The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-04-30
TWO AGAINST ONE.
The Influences Of Lager Bccr.

II cannot be denied by tho most zeal
Gus temperance advocate that tho in
crcasing taste Of our people for that
soothing Teutonic beverage, lager beer.
has at least tho quality Of diverting
many from the debasing habit Of
whisky drinking. Besides the hcastly
intoxicating properties Of whisky. each
drink costs fifteen cents, while % brim-
ful glass Of lager. fresh from the cellar
and foaming with fantastic reveries. can
he had for the triilng sum Of five cents.
This economy Is greater than one would
suppose until 1t IL realized. Beer drink
ing has saved many from long and
tedious walk by having u nickel or two
In their pockets to take n last car. or to
invest in one Of those fragrant genuine
Havanas, at five cents apiece. And 1t
may be that. in not few cases, n loaf
OF bread has been secured where whisky
drinking would have left starvation
This last reflection IL perhaps over
drawn, but II has some plausibility.
And then, III inclined 10 extravaganza.
one may drink lager till he can hold no
more, and yet not be drunk. At this
point, the conversation. which was
going on at Redwitz's beer saloon. on
Common street threatened to change
into discussion. One Of the party Of four
who were sitting around that table. hap
PLY put IN diversion. 1T makes no
difference, gentlemen" he said. AT
any rate, beer drunk is mild and amia-
bic, It prompts q friendly feeling for .
fellow being"
Hush you are drunk r. came from
beer drnker at an adjoining table. and
whom the party recognized rs W. will
call him John. because that's his name
No attention was paid to the remark.
and Bill we call him 50 because his
name Is William-Bi resumed his re-
Elections: Yes. and it has the ad-
vantage over whisky"
60 soak your head" was the rccep-
tion from the other side Of the house.
Its advantages over whisky are
pleasant to consider
You're bloatl"
For whoever heard Of q serious quar-
rel in beer saloon?"
"Oh. you old crooked spongel'
II venture to say--John, | wish you
would behave decently-I venture to
say that you never heard Of q man being
killed in u beer saloon
Nobody ever smelt your breath,
then"
"Or, John, ] am among gentle
men. ... or, even q"
"You cussed scamp, you had better
pay me those twenty dollars you owe
me. or even a fight. A blow is"
Just then there was q commotion,
and among the debris Of pret-
eel, pomponickel. and streams of
the amber -colored Juice, Bill was
struggling to walk on his head; all of
which was the consequence Of the in
fluence OF Johns biceps which had
reached spontaneouslv a spot imme-
diately behind Bits right ear AS soon
and with the rapidity Of lightning had
grappled with his assailant and driven
him to the wall at the back door open
ing on Redwitz' s Geological Garden. In
another momentJohn lay PROSTATE and
Bill was preparing to administer a terri
BILE correction to him. Suddenly a
shrek arose from Johns excited bosom,
and he shouted at the top or his voice
\. Two Of you on, mel get Off ! that
isn't fair'
/ Bill realized the situationin twinkle
MT instead Of relenting. he calculated,
| pr you; do you call me q monkey"
Tfe words were hardly out Of his mouth
thfp one Of Redwitz's biggest pets, a
| genuine ape, who had dropped uneX-
pectslIy on the scene and provoked the
uneakhly shrek that John had uttered,
now tackled on Bill, and the. three com
batanh were rolling over the tagging
Ct the Yard. The struggle was short
John WIS soon afterwards seen in a
nelghbofpg eatinghouse applying q
raw oysteAto his left eye, while Bill was
seeking anrug store to have his face
patched WAh court plaster.
Redwitz 'sSape was left standing on
the head ofp beer keg trying to tie a
knot in his Vail, the while looking up
triumphantlyA and seeming to say
That's the. md Of monk / am"
Redwitz had lst two Of his best Gus
! toners.