Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-03-08

TnaUxs on Az AmAxnuRs-The Hoa.
Hugh Caslyn of Lyon eounty wAs IA
Virainia City lase week. he ~ nM-
| tuFally goodsnalared an4 unsaspestIng.
but don't presusss TO lsF o. be- wili hs
sure 20 drop On ycarlitlls kaase. Sume
time age Hugh wes IN kEufekn. N0t
havine Agaking % domhsm - 69st af-
rived L 4Wn. BE were away coed
be Of tiRe ii q Rsl0ah kept BY af cid
sequaintanee, whom Be harpsned %
6nd there. te> ac
0ae mosninx his Isisna haa ssans 49,
iness Uus % town ard eOt Hugh % lake
charge Of the bas during his absaMes.--
Hugh laid aside hIs hzt and tosk ~ bis
POSITION. & @srn htt afM
eome psfssn uhe Ne in fhs ssiepn
whea Hagh thus took esmSsumd, went
cut smOag the hoss iokefs 0f the town.
I'm pursuance 'of she plan agreed up0n,
tie iirst customer thar aRfived said, -
be marched up the baE. fs0ot any real
fiFstrate whisky 90 - 80 Elsu sHsl
ssFzave I kct asy goea whiskys--
Haven'ell You don't And sBything
else passed over this bar Never was
q Glner package of whiskey legged into
EUsekn than what is-oa TAP ia The back
sd The men poured ost big hern, took
. swallow OF IL and began coughing
He coughed 30 bard that he was obliged
60 set down hIs glass. He then elapped
both hands upon his stomach end
coughed himself all around the room
---coughcd his hat OF and c0ughed till
he vas black IN the face cooghed till
the tears streamed down his cheeks
till he seemed not to have breath enough
left 10 cough more, or % utter . sylla-
bic, when he took his handkerchief
from his eyes, shook his fst at the as
touished deputy bartender and rushed
out of the saloon without word, leaV-
ing his glass Of liquor standing on the
aa Hugh was frighteaed and bewildeFed.
! He AOokth whisky bottle, held II up
TO the light, and carefully examined Il,
fearing be had made some mistake
finally, 10 make sure, be tasted il, and
found 10 to be whisky, and pretty iair
whisky, too. sad -a -s2
He had Just recovered bis usual Sc
renity Of mind when q gentleman came
and said: "Have you got any good
brandy-real. good brandy--no manu-
factured stuff" FL
"What do you take us for!" cred
Hugh. There's not one drop Of doc
tored liquor Of any kind about this es-
Enlistment. No such hquOr Is this was
ever brought TO Eureka. Itcost Us S22
gallon in San Francisco. It's like
oil H
The customer poured cut a liberal al
lowance, but had no sooner attempted 20
swallow il than he commenced cough
ing and spat out what he had in his
mouth. He held both hands TO his
cheeks and whirled round on one heel
like dancing Dervish, and ran for the
water pitcher and then began coughing
as though he would cough up his lungs.
"Ough-hooh," coughed he. "Call
that brandy :" and. doubled up like q
half open jack. knife, he eoughed him
self out ofthe saloon. 1rf
Again was Hugh astounded, and again
be critically inspected the liquor he had
dealt out. He was finally convinced
that Il was all right. but that the fault
was in the people--somethIng wrong
with the people. e !. s..ao -.l7i.. .a. .,zr
About the time that he bad arrived at
this conclusion a man came in and
spreading himself out before The bar TO
good advantage said "Have you got
q good article OF gin--seal good, pure
gini'' }-.. i A.
"Of course we have-never keep
anything else. what do you taxa US
fOrr Add Hugh reached the gin bot
lie with his lelt hand, whilsIo with has
right he brsnght up from under the bar
a cooked revolver, which he pointed at
the head OF bis customer a. he placed
the bottle before him. saying. t-NoW
you cough, d--n you!" -rrr4
.f That customer didn't cough.