Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-11-06

WON on IT.
From tho Louisville Courier Journal
lie was well dressed, and said he came
from Cincinnati. lie looked ike drummer
for prosperous dry goods house, except
that the diamond pin he wore was larger
and more rretentiously displayed even than
Is the custom Of these peripatetic gentry.
And besides he did Mt seem more than half
wittel anyhow. for all the good clothes and
diamond pin and the latest fall style white
hat he wore To the loafers and Others
that stood around the bar-and good many
" regulars who were hanging about on the
sidewalk had loangcd in when they heard the
loud talk-he seemed like young fellow on
bis first spree, who had more money than he
knew what to do with it.
lie was Mt very drunk when he first came
in, bat he was mighty loud with his talk.
lie asked everybody up to take drink, and
the loafers did not need any pressing. In
point Of fact. there was n one of them that
did MT take a drink. Theirs were big
drinks: but the Cincinnati mans was MT
more than a finger. and he left some Of that
in the bottom Of the glass. But it seemed
to iy to his head, notwithstanding
Il was an up town saloon, and at the be-
ginning Of the pork-packing season, when
the hJy-rai-erS were driving in their
-runtcrS There were three or four of EN-
In the saloon at the time. taking a little
Robertson county ii a group by themselves.
They did MT drink with the Cincinnati man,
bat the stock raiser who was treating hi-
PARTY paid up their drinks, and showed a
wcllfllcd wallet aS he did II. After that
the Cincinnati man was disposed To be
friendly with the hog droyerS, but he dlt mt
neglected the loalers for all that. He want
ed every holy in the room TO drink with
him again. The regulars stepped up
PROMPTLY. hut the countrymen declined.
The Cincinnati man pressed them to
drink with him lie had dead loads Of
money wiki him. lie was on little tear,
and d-n the expense. 50 they must Drink
with him.
lie Wa 50 polite and liberal, and seemed
10 be 50 anxious, that the droyers each took
drink. The regulars had all poured out
theirs and had gulped EN- down while
the talk wa, going on. The countrymen
each took the usual horn, but the Gin
eiuna;i man poured out two fingers tins
time. but did Mt drink more than hall
of that. But he seemed to be getting drunk
fast
Then he treated all .ound again, and
though his drink was very small, con
>iderin-. it begin to thicken up his talk a
little.
less take mother glass, gen 'lemen,
said he: and be diyed down IN another
r,cket and drew out 4 big roll of bills.
:. There's 'nuf money to treat whole town
an I'D i'll amt goin' to spend all oi II
fore get through
So thev drank round with him again, and
his tongue was getting surprisingly thick
seeing that he had not taken enough liqoul
To make a cat drunk-that is To say, Ken
tuckv cat which Is supposed to be used to 1t
Bat then he was a simple sort OF fellow
whose head did MT seem to be of the strong
est. As for the loafers, hdeg were not phaset
in the least. and no more were the country
men.
Now. zen l'men, less have mother drink
anil show YOU trick with cards. Say, bar
keeper. han ont deck cards
The gentleman behind the bar took dowT
a pack Of cards and gave it to the trnclnna
tian. whose big roll Of money still lay on tn
counter.
"Genl'men." said the stranger, who b.
this time was getting drunk very last
q. renlmen, Il bet $50 can do trick witt
card, none of Won can fin out. But les
take mother drink first 81 they all drani
round with him again, and the loafers AM
countrymen gathered about him as he clum
siv sbuffied the pasteboards, nodding sleepll..
toward the counter every once IN while
Then he tried to do several tricks with tn
cards. which were very transparent, indeed
As each of his tricks were successfully de
tected by both loafers and countrymen, h
began to get mad.
"D-n f | can't do one thing" said he
at last. none you can fin out ca
cut any card n pack you name, no
half try. Bet $40 can cut any card {
mack - he repeated, and drew SlO bi
from the big roll on the counter. Ii wa
evident that he was very drunk
Then the loafers gathered by themselves
a correr INIT there was mt as much as 81
in the crowd.
BET twen'y dollar can cut any card
pack. but nobody saw the raise; the loafei
looked longinclv toward the pile, an
then started for the door, as by suuoe
impulse. a,t
somehow. although he was very arunf
the Cincinnati man addressed himself alt'
gether to the droyers, and especially TO "a
one who had already exhibited the porti
pocketbook. If he had MT been so drnn D
and so innocent-looking, sharp one migl
think he was making dead sci a' 'n'
green countryman. .., -, -
individual
Wanner bet fif' dollar can cut any car
in pack" replied the light-headed man iro
Cincinnati.