The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-03-08
Standing Trent.

| SonuAh6 ATeuts
the Chicago Post says no American Gus
'ohi causes more genuine surprise and
amusement among travelling foreigners
than that which is known in our saIoons
as treating" consisting in the entertain
ment OF two or more with refreshments for
whlch one volunteers to pay. 1t is pure
| hmerlcanism and all over the Repnblic
III, III Is as common as in Europe it is unknown.
| hhere is probably no minute in any day in
the year when two or three hundred citi-
nens VI ohlcagO are not guzzling some
| lung stronger than water at somebodv
| else's expense. ''o''
| Inc casual meeting oftwo men who have
ever exchanged a word together is signal
,or Doth instantly to exclaim, Come, let's
| nave somethlng" and for both to dive
GOWN into the nearest subterraneous cayi-
W below the sidewalk. The one who
speaks hrst usually insists upon "paying
the Shot," the ''shot" being metapborical
reference to the deadly character of the
contents usually taken into the stomach
II two old friends meet the regular thing
TO say first is Lets drink to old times
and the resident must Invariably "treatn
the stranger. II man be well,acouainted.
1t is considered the generous and princely
thing to seize upon all his acouaintances
as often as possible, take them to a saloon.
and give them complicated stand.un
drink at the bar.
II there is anything absurder than this
n"o'., we are unable to put our fingers on
IL. Men 90 not always treat" one anoth.
Ct 10 car tickets because they happen to
inee' On the same seat. We never saw
man take out his pocket book on encount
erlhg an acquaintance, and say, "Ab,
George delighted to see you; do take
few postage stamps it's my treat p Do
men nave mania for paying each others
ooard bllisI And is drinking together
more social" than eating together or Sleep
ing together
a traveller may go all over the continents
OF Europe, Asia and Africa, without see
ing any man except Yankee, offer to
treat" and the French are quite social
enough, but when they turn into a cafe to
SIP thelr wine or branded coffee together,
each man pays for his own. When two
1erhlans, long separated, meet, thev will
DE very likely to embrace, and then to turn
into an adjacent beer.cellar, sit down and
drink lager and eat pretzels and chat. but
when they part again, each man settles his
e own score independently. SO in Italy,
Inc ltailans are proverbially merry and
generous, but every man pays for his own
WINE, macaroni and cigars. They never
go into each others pocket books, in the
sacred name OF friendship. They would az
soon thlnk OF transferring to each other
their washer-women's bills.
Inc preposterous fashion of"treating"
IS responsible for the terrible drunkenness
IN America. There would be as little need
OF temperance societies and little work for
the GOOD Templars as there is in GERMANY.
FRANCE, and Italy, if this pernicious and
inslolous habit was abolished. 1t is. take
IL IN all, the most ridiculous, the most un-
reasonable, and the most pestient custom
.hat ever lald Its tyrannical hand on civil
lied human beings.
sold 81" Speaks his Mind About Bill
Chandler.
Old 81 came in yesterday and said,
phe'W = with the accent heavy on the
what is the matter now?"
wen, use had er two days. job dat wuz
"urse dan plowin' in stumpy LAM"
NV hat was that? 2"
"Well. Use bin reedin' dat letter dat Mis-
ter Bill Chan'ler rit' bout de Presidenchil
mortgidge!'
NV hat do you think of it 2"
"Well, hit puts me in mind of dem two
lellers az stole de ham-least wise. one
stole de ham an glib hit ter de udder!"
"Well, what of that?"
why, de one dat got the ham. he eat
hit all upl'
"What did the other do ?"
HE didn't git none an he went round
turnin' States ebidence on de street cor
ners"
Now, how does that apply here ?"
"Well, Mister Chan'ler, he went down
to Fluridy an stole Mister Tildin's ham an
glib hit to Mister Hayes"
"Yes?"
Am Mister Hayes he tuck an went up
IN de White House an eat up de ham !"
"And where does Chandler come in 2"
Oats hit He don't come in at all
Hayes eat de ham, wiped his mouf wild his
cote-sleye an didn't eben greece Mister
Chambers mouf wild de meat-skin-an'
dats what he's howin' bout r'-Atlanta
Constitution.