The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-17

A PRETZEL SToRY.-Our city has u
goodly number of citizens who enjoy q
fresh glass OF lager aud pretzel after the
cares of the day are over, with u relish, no
doubt, as keen as that of our Teutonic
brethren. The pretzel may, by some, be
considered an unnecessary adjunct to tbs
lager, but this is a mistake in many
cases, and particularly when you drop
in for might cap" In proof
of this one may find the best run ofcus-
tom ut the saloon where the most liberal
supply of pretzels is known to exist; for
nothing irritates patron so much as to
call for his beer and when he asks for a
pretzel to hear the sleek voice of the pro-
prletor articplate Gust out But like
all good customs, this one is abused and
the saloonist is frequently compelled
to resort to "fib" as matter of self
protection, because there are those who
will pay for "ono beer" and to the horror
of the host deliberately steal away all the
profits thereon by munching up plate
of pretzels. But to our story:
Ed. and Joe, two of our young and
prosperous business men, can't sleep
soundly if they didn't get inside of an
Ordinary" just before going home for
the night, and putting "swi glass" and
several pretzels apiece under their belts.
They say it drives away SO much
care you know" Their salt and
baked -four proclivities are 50 well
known TO our economical German
friends that in answer 10 the call for
pretZels, the response frequently Is, '.ust
out" or 'the man didn't come round to-
day" This worries them, and they are
compelled to drink their lager in silence,
feeling very much disguised, and won
dering if there was the requisite thick
ness about the story to make it truthful
The other evening their suspicious were
strongly aroused by being imposed upon,
as they thought, in this way, so
they determined TO play joke on
the veuder of lager. The following pight
they stopped at an Ital ans stand on one
Of the corners and invested nickie in
pretzels and thon adjouraod to - .
They seated themselves comfortably at
one of the little tables, and said to the
proprietor with infinite satisfaction, 1.-TWO
beers" The fosming liquid was
placed beside them, and the
next call was "auy pretzes?' A
of the muscles around the
mouth was plainly noticeable, then iol.
lowed the OFT repeated expression aust
out" which was made more emphatic BY
the supplementary remarks, '.Dot dis was |
a bad day on predcils'
Ed and Joe's eyes twinkled and as soon
as the proprietor turoed to wait on an
other custumer. onto the table was laid |
pretzels that had but q minute before |
graced the stand of the Italian. They
at once set 10 on them, and few sec.
ends later when the host passed by with |
several glasses Of beer IN each hand, he
almost fell over chair in his astonIsh.
ment Our mischievious friends |
finished their pref
zeh, but the hosts face |
got red ct the start and be talked Ger
man 70 the barkeeper like streak Tor an |
hour Afterwards --.. S''l a --
This story should be warning to the
boys to drink more beer or elee est less
pretxels. There is no profit on a glass Of /
ager wilh several prstzelsi thrpst: a /
while the license is at its present height.