Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-29

CoSGauTaLeurS nave some urOll names IOr
their establishments, as for instance,
poodle Dog" "'Villa Long Branch, etc.
The ''Poodle Dog" is kept by a French
man, and it is said by the knowing ones
that he serves most stunning dejeu,ners
ct diners at stunning prices, and that
his establishment, on the corner of Bush |
and Dupont streets. is much resorted to
by the richly attired mistresses of mar
ried men, and all the gamblers (not |
"dead broke'D and rogues in the city.
All restaurateurs, English, French,
German, Italian and Spanish, offer sea
gull's eggs. which are of strong and,
to an uncultivated taste, unpleasant tia-
vor, as rare delicacy
The women of San Francisco dress
extravagantly, and they affect the most
gorgeous colors for the street, no matter
whether they air themselves in carriages
or by promenading on Kearney street.
1t is the writer's impression that they
buy rouge and powder by the wholesale
and apply it to their faces, necks and
arms ad Abituns. They are utterly de-
ydd Of taste in dress, since their only
ain is TO be cloud" There seems to be
lite social life in FRISCO All the women
seen to have a desire to walk on the
principal thoroughfares, or to 60 to the
Saturday matinees. Many of them are
flirts, and if they succeed in making
what is vulgarly called "mash" Gan
impression on some of the sterner sex)
they are happy. There are numbers of
male mashers in "Frisco," too, and one
can not help wondering how so many of
hem exist, as most of them have no
visible means Of support. Cigarettes
Chey pronounce this as though it were
spelled se-ga-rete, ,here) are much affect
eoby all these corner loungers, the .sfree
Lunch brigade" included. A great many
women indulge in putting away at these
cigarettes, and every now and then they
vii smoke strong cigar.
Tie saloons, both the s'toney" and
lowr order of them, have free lunches.
In tie better places, small mug of
beer (Which is not considered equal to
easten lager) costs ''two bits" but one
may lartake of the most tempting lunch
with ii and be waited upon by shiny
and natly attired negro, or as is the
case inmost instances, meek and sleel
Chinanan. The poor devil who i.
obligedto 'catch his food on the fly
will 60 FIVE cent rookery. and if h
be "bused" he will linger, in the hope
i that some one, the happy possessor OF a
dime. will invite him to step to the front
and tas a drink. If his hopes are full
, filled. le not only quenches his thirst
but, what is Of more importance to 8
starving man, he has carte blanche t.
f the lunh table: And, oh! how deliciou
, the boogna, and what strength tn
cheese has! The ''hard-tack" (sailo
| biscut) is far better than bread. If tn
free-unch be served by German, h
will occasionally vary it by placing
disl of herring, picked, and some slice
onions, or dish of saur kraut, befor
the brigade.
If one desires to see the "can-cans
he must go abroad at very. early morn
In door-ways, curled up on mats, or un
der some sheltering awning, he will dis
: cover men, broken down, most of then
without "bit' to bless themselves will
sleeping as soundly as though they wer
: reclining on the finest hair mattresses
, with all the accompanying comforts
Most of these poor creatures are up {
the first streak of daylight. A descril
: ton of one will not be uninterestin!
The writer watched him a few morning
since. Slowly rising from the old piee
t of. bunting upon which he had lain a
night, he made feeble effort to stretc
himself, which was futile, as he was O.
} identity suffering from rheumatism
" brought on through constant exposur
s With peculiar hitchlng of the ra.
D which hung on his body and fe
n scratches which, IN his case, were su
: gestive of. an insect born of filth,
e looked around for his old oyster ca
e. Alas! it was not to be found. Havir
, been successful IN his efforts to pr
Y. cure all the beer he wanted, he b,
: gotten drunk the night before, and Il
+ loss of his utensil was the penalty
b paid. What did he do? He simp
t. shambled off. and. after awhile,
e found an old can which had been thro,
e into the street, and eagerly seizing
8 he slowly hobbled along until he reach
l. corner grocery. This was his bons
d "a! The grocery men, Ohere are I
y more than half dozen groceries wit
is out bar-rooms attached to them, hel
ID place their empty kegs outside, wh
Y, they close their bars late at night
is early in the morning. OF course tt
st do not always succeed in entirely en-
y tying their kegs, because they may ha
d some nights, when. sales being SLOW
n than usual, the beer flattens and eau
le them to lose the last pint or two in
is keg. The member Of the "can cs
band takes hold of the keg and turn
in it over drains it into his can. He g
es through the same performance "
lat every keg and may find that he
in about quart, perhaps more, OF st;
alt fiat and Improbable beer for his pa
x This he eagerly swallows. regardless
lie, the defunct flies or other dead ma
which may have settled in the K,
lea Occasionally fights occur amongst
on tin can brigade over, tin, sometime
he hat-tull. of beer.
IT. Sunday is a galaday in San Francis
y in fact, it is considered holiday throu
ey out the entire state AS the late B
lb- Fanshawes friend stated to the Ego!
me Singer" as he termed the mini
lip (your readers have doubtless laug
tie, over Mark Twain's '.Roughing Il
nd "they don't 60 much on religion"
CO. Franciscans frequent Woodwa
md Garden" One may see more for &C
ess bits" at this resort than he would to
ce, spend five dollars to see elsewhere
ten Sunday. 'Tis really a charming pl