The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-28
A CHAPTER ON TEMPERANCE.

The following article is from that
spicy Journal, the Springfield Re
psEJ(ie::
"COl. Montgomery. OF the Logan
Republican, has had talk with q
bartender, and it was something be-
yCnd the ususl-"Givs me s Finger
of. Old Rye The Colonel put the
bartender through regular process
Of interviewing and brought out q
number OF interesting facts, and as
We have always presented our view
Of the liquor business from the stand
point of the opposition, It is no more
than fair that we give statement
representing a view from the bar
tenders stand peia.. This statemG mt
is Trustworthy and The sctual words
OF the dealer are gwen. He says
that for clear profit there is MOTH
lag like it in the world The best
whisky is furnished at 81 so per gal
lon; 3 gallon averages one hundred
drinks at ten cents each, SO 90.
We may be allowed here to suggest,
that if it is watered, it will 60 still
farther, and as it Is all the better for
watering, we shouldn't wonder il it
was as thoroughly diluted as "milk-
mans product" The business is
good every day Of the week, and
every hour OF the twenty -four. A
saloon opened early on Sunday morn
ing will take in SIS before the Sun
day School bells ring. AS a genersl
rule a bar-room opening into hotel
is best, because customers enter the
hotel without notice from the street
Especially is this the case on Sun
days Such bar will pick up many
q dime from those going to church,
while half the congregation will come
in when church is out. Then this
crowd being little uncertain as to
where they will spend the afternoon,
will take two drinks for fear they
NAV not get back. The bartender
then detailed to the Colonel bow
liquors are "doctoredh until very
little of the original goes into the
mouth Of the drinker. This makes
business nearly all profit. And now
comes in an important adjunct to the
liquor business. A billiard tsbls, or
something of that kind, retains the
and brings the second |
rink but then It encoeqrages loaiDg,
nd that your true bsfsstender
espises. The model customer is =
our well.dressed man who walks
ight in, calls for what he wants,
SKIS the bartender to "join him." :
sys down the money, picks up :
offee grain and walks out The c
social glass;" where three or four d
len stand and talk, though profi;a- 5
lie, rs each will treat before leaving, I
, nevertheless q nuisance, because !
ne or more OF them are sure to be- y
ONE boisterous and liable tn injure u
be reputation ofthe house. 1t is not,
owever, tie naughty men alone who I
re concerned 10 the business, for '
ne gentlemen who is st the 'cOn-
.ssionar' says that, where the bar is 7
Dnnected with hotel, ladies can be 6
They walk up to =
le parlor, ring the bell and send a {
srvant. Ladies want hot Whiskey
y aieht. Drinks sent out are charg-
/ Is cents. The path Of the bar
.nder is not always one of roses. He =
sgards drunken men as an abomina- !,
on. This high-toned, sensitive gen " !"
eman, who deals out damnation by =
he drink, despises the product OF 4
is work. A man who gets drunk !,
! one bar, and then reels into -
mother, gets very shabby treatment. =
II course q gentleman wants to get "
q blow once in a while. The gen. :
eel way TO do this is 10 take a room :
t q hotel with three beds, and three ',
and order mp Is cent :
rinks until all three are completely =
runk, and then go TO bed and sleep !,
. of. The ColonePs friend was : :
onfdens that drinking would be :
ept up as long as time endured, had : :
o patience with the talk about rag =
ed children, suffering wives, agoniz- :
d parents, and dying drunkards =
Ie thought that when man had :
nough he ought to quit, ard if he J
lade fool OF himself 1t was none OF !
be bar-tendeI's business. ;
Wss ever a more graphic sketch :
{ bar tender given Colonel :
Iontgomery is entitled to the thanks j..
{ the public for so faithful portrait :
this heartless eoncieDceless wretch. :,
We were about to say beast, but no " =
east has ever yet voluntarily eDgag- :
j in the liquor business" :