The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-08-23

| ity than his father and grandfather paid
before him. A recent attempt at Frank
fort to reduce the size Of the glass caused
most serious revolt, the troops were called
out, mon and women shot down in the
streets, and those arrested have been sem
fenced to penal servitude for series of
years. Any suggestion here to touch size
or price has met with such demonstrations
| that it has been abandoned, and although
the demand constantly increases at the
Royal Brewery they do not increase the
| quantity manufactured. That was being
sold to-day, as indicated by notice in the
tap-room, was purchased from private
breweries, Government stock having thus
early in the season become exhausted
Any manner of tyranny will be submitted
to by the Bavarian, but if you touch his
bear all the ferocity of his nature is aroused.
THE COURT YARD.
In order that your readers may under
stand the Scene we witnessed, it will be
| first necessary to give them some idea of
the premises of the brewery. 1t is long
steep rooted building with wings, appar-
emily two or three centuries DID, located
right in the heart of the city, covering
three or four acres of ground. The beer
| drinkers enter it through the same paved
court yard that the beer wagons and malt
carts enter, which passes under an arch in
| the main building. On getting inside of
the court yard, number of tables and
seats, sufficient to accommodate about two
| hundred, are seen to be ranged along the
wall to the right side of the entrance, I'M
der long shed built against the wall of
that wing of tho brewery. Here were
seated all classes of the people, including
many ladies, if elegance of dress and refine
ment of manners is any criterion. Most of
these were with their husbands, and they
drank their beer just as they would when
hungry eat their bread and meat. Most of
those who had their wives with them, it is
but proper TO add, obtained but one of
these large mugs, fom which they drank
alternately until it was empty, and then
| left.
We sat here about an hour, noticing the
moving scene before US, DESTROYS of giving
as accurate and correct a description of
what occurred as possible. We also plead
guilty of having during that hour con-
sumed one of these immense mugs of beer,
and although unaccustomed to drinking
| inebriating fluids, felt no more effect from
it than we would had the fluid we imbibed
been milk or water. If person were to
sit down and empty two or three of these
mugs in succession it might intoxicate,
and probably does, but among the thous-
ands here assembled, there was not one
that was even emery over his cups" nor
did we see any one who had on him any of
the outward signs of drunkard. Neither
old nor young looked like men Audited to
drinking. There were no bloated faces
nor besotled ceuntenances, and if we OK
cept two or three old men and women with
the tips Of their noses rather highly color
ed, there was nothing among them to de-
note that they did not all belong to the cold
water army.
THE TAP ROOM.
a door to the left of the court yard led
to the tap room. Here was plain board
counter across the room, and behind it two
barrels of beer mounted on skids, and two
men to attend to the spigots, which, when
once turned, are seldom stopped until tho
barrel is empty. At the other end of the
room was trough with running water,
and row of shelves with empty beer mugs
upon them, just as they had been brought
in from the tables, without being washed
or cleaned. Any one who desired a mug
of beer must enter this room, take one Of
these mugs and wash and clean it himself,
carry it to the counter, and hand it to ono
of the men at the spigots. 1t being filled,
it is handed back to him, when he pays his
eight krcatzers and hunts seat and table
where he can sit down and enjoy it. There
are no walters Of any kind about the
| place, except few old women, who in re-
turn for the privilege of selling radishes in
the court yard, are required to bring in
the empty mugs and place them on tho
shelf in the tap-room. Here we saw we'll
dressed gentlemen and laboring people all
on an equality, the officer and the private
soldier, the lady and the sewing girl not
only sitting side by side and drinking their
beer, sbut rinsing and washing their own
mugs at the same trough. The prince and
the beggar are here on an equal footing,
and as good beer, better than can be had
elsewhere, Is served out to all alike; pride
or position can claim no special privileges
after entering the court yard of the Royal
Brewery. There are also rooms on the
lower floor of the left wing of the brewery
building, provided with benches and tables,
sufficient fer five hundred persons.
CASE IN POINT.
Immediately in front of US we noticed a
young couple, whom we supposed to be man
and wife. He was we'll dressed as either
of us who were noting his movements, ano
his companion bore all the outward indica-
tions of refinement, and her countenance
indicated extreme delioacy and modesty.
They walked into the court yard with the
air of those who had bsen there hundreds
of times before. Having reached the tap
room door he entered, and she waited out
side until he had washed his mug, had it
filled and paid for it. On coming out she
again took his arm and walked over tho
cobbe stone pavements in search of vacant
seat. Having secured seats they altern-
ately slipped out of the same mug until it
was empty. when they retired arm and
arm, as graceful and as pleasing to the eye
as any young couple that may promenade
on Charles street this bright summer even
ing. The probability is that this young
couple were reared on beer-that it has
been part of their daily nourshment from
their cradles down to the present day
We frequently see whole families dining in
the RESERVATIONS" and the beer mug is
handed around to the youngest of the chill
dren. Even nursing infants are accus-
toned to drink it, and will reach out their
little hands in entreaty before their tongues
have been taught to lisp the word "beer."
THE INN KEEPERS COMMANDMENTS.
Whilst travelling through the mountains
of Bavaria we stopped to rest our horses
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