The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-06-06

THE MAN FOR BAYARD TAYLOR.
A GERMAN-AMERICAN WHO HAS NOT DRANK
DROP OF WATER FROM HIS BOYHOOD.
From the New York SUM

DkOP OF WATER FROM HIS BOfHOOD.
From the New York Sun
READING, Pa. May 3l-When Frederick
Lauer of this city, the eX-presdent Of the
Brewers Congress of tie United States,
made speech at Valley Forge the other
day, he said that he could not recollect If
ever having drank a drop of water in his
life. He had appeared before the COM
mittee that had charge Of the coming cen
tennal celebration at Valley Forge. An
idea was prevalent that the committee want
ed to keep malt liquors from the ground,
and had gone down to argue against it. He
is tall, well-tormed German gentleman,
and carries cane. He is II little lame,
dressed in black, has clean face, small
gray, sparkling cpes, and is as full Of ges
lures in his speeches as Frenchman.
MY, yes, young gentleman, glad to see
you, glad to see you. They want to keep
out beer and il amt right, No. sir It's
anst American principles these fanati
cal ideas the cX-preSidcnt OF the Brew
crs Congress said as he greeted a reporter;
and by every lookand gesture he seemed to
mean just what he SAID.
Here he put glass of toaming beer into
hot water You see, this beer is too cold
for me. | cannot drink it when it is colo,
so warm the glass and reduce the tenn
pcrature drink no water, and have not
done SO for thirty years. drink beer at
all meals instead of tea or coffee, 1t doesn't
hurt me- but it must not be too cold. Our
American beer is just as good as that
Of the old country, if not superior
to it. They tried to get hold of BaMrian
beer to retail in this country, but it would
not do, Our American beer is superior to
most German productions Now look at
this Here the speaker held n glass to
the light and dcscantcd on the rich color OF
the liquid. Our American brewcrics are
managed by Hmcricans, but in all cases
you will find the brewers, | mean the praC-
teal men, to be foreign born, intelligent
Germans. We have the finest water and
the best native hops and the facilities Of
American brewers are such as will enable
them to compete with the world.
MY workmen," Mr.. Laucr continued,
'hayc the privilege of drinking as much as
they want. Some average as high as forty
glasses a day, and they are fat and healthy,
and never Compla'1, and are never intoxica-
I'D. lIor rs dr'rk beer, p1d out there you
see those big black bull dogs, they drink
beer and get along. We don't know any
thing about dr"kcrNeSs around the brew
cry. Our men dlink all they want and are
never rpsy. Most people who are accused
Of getting drunk on beer have always
drank something else before they started
on lager Lcer has been blessing to
America. Instead of d"iNk,ng whisky,
that is men crazy and v Id men drink
beer to .cat extent and c'cipe tie terri
bic consequences Of rum. 1t has helped
our civilization.
NO. sir; | never had dyspepsia the
brewer continued. Lager beer drinking
people never have dyspepsia, But dyspcp.
C people drink it to cure them, have no
desire for water and don't d'i"k it. Tea
or coffee may be ,ght ~ its place, but give
me beer. My STONE ii is always in good
order. never felt better in all my life and
have been hard worker all my years"