, 1879-08-08
CURRENT GOSSIP. /.
NOT MUCH ALIKE.
H0cttHsdct RtRutiicdH.
A mans high ambition
10 never complete
TIL he has accomplished
a very great feat
Not 10 with 4 woman,
Who likes 10 he svectt
Por Hl,o Ia cnntcntol
With very smAIl foot.

Por nhc is cnntcnel
With very snlaIl foot
CINCINNATI BEEfs-DH1NKERs.
Gtnc4anan D07sHsrctai.
The remarkable statement was made to Com
tnereias reporter Yesterday that one Of tho mem
bors of the Mohawk Fire Company stood ready
to drink on bet any day twelve glassea Of beer
Of tho ordinary SEC while the nre.bclts wore
striking II o'clock noon. A visit was made to
the former quarters Of the, Mohawk Company,
and inquiries made ia regard to tho matter, and
the statement verified. Tile mnn referred to
Is Peter FarbauQh formerly reel~dr!vcr OF
the Mohawk Company. He is not now connect.
et With the Fro Department, but Is still living
In the vicinity OF the engne.houso nntncd. Our
reporter was told by several credible witnesses
that Farbaugh had repeatedly performed tho
feat OF drinking twelve glasses OF bcor of tho
ordinary size while the 0ro-bell wns striking 10.
Finding that considerable time wns lost In con-
vsytng the glasses 10 and from his lips, Far
baugh on ono occasion poured scventecu Elasses
OF beer into largo bowl, md, pluclng It 10 his
lips, began 10 drink whcn the first stroke was
nado on the bell, and at the twelfth stroke had
swallowed the last drop. The besr-glns6es In
common uao hold onc-.cnth Of gallon each.
Seventeen glasses would, therefore, make tull
gallon and half Of beer, after making due nj.
1owanct for foam. Tile time required 10 strike
the noon hour on the fire bells does not exceed
hnlf minute. 1trcmans for tho physiolugists
to explain where the gal!on and half of beer
which Potter Farbaugh ta ab!c to pour down his
throat ln tue tino named goes TO. 1t does not
make him drunk, ind he claims to feel no bad
effects litter thus gorglng himself.
,asb3ashs ason,n for eeS' 'ug
rounds OF the bfcwerfes for the purpose Of en-
Tightening the public regarding the possibilities
In bcer'drinkng.. Tho following well.autheutt-
Gated facts were learned:
Dr.. Nocfllor once, ut the residence OF j. g.
Sohn, the brewer. drank a kcg oi beer In two
hours: kcg holds eight gallons. DR.. Noeiler
Is quito obese, but no moro 30 than before he
effect whicl, Ills enormous consumption Of beer
has had upon him has been to seriously reduce
him tinancally: Henry Dicllcht, aorse.trader,
has often drank 10o glnases OF beer In day, and
i is belicvcd by those Who know him Intimately
that 10 would drink that amount for any NUM-
Der OF consecutive days could anybody be found
to fuEn!s! It for him. One hundred glasses arc
equnl to about niue gallons. No bad physca!
e!fecta arg known TO hare resulted TO Dlelicht
from h!a Unsuitable appetite for beer.
Jncob Klosn, man 65 years Of age. once
drauk, on wager of IS, d full keg OF beer ia
enco Of a room full Of spectators. After lnial,-
ing his task within the allotted time, Klein
drank two schooncrs in addition for luck. Iic
was not Intoxicated. mud claimed 10 have auilcr.
about year aud 4 halt ago. Two months ago
Klein deceased. Chris A1cdcker stated to our
| reporter that he once drank eighty ordinary
sized glasses Of beer iu saloon In ono Rftor-
| noon. Ho was playing cards at tic time, aud
| staten that he had full possession Of his scuscs
| to tte last AtJacob Dolls saloon our reporter
| was told OF a moldcr who once. drank on bet
Ths e. nodef 1s now vii lives In louisville. II" Ills nnc @
| could not 10 recalled by tho witnesses who con-
| yersed with our reporter.
A man named 1l0eiseplettcr once sat down to
key from. wlte!, but eight glasses had been
drawn, in the cellar OF the old brewery on Spring
| Grove avenue, and In two hDurs nnd thirty min
| utcs had 1t entirely dry. Mike Bcck, who used
to 1.-Two on McMtckcn avenue, claimed that ha
one who knew his capacity III that direction oYcr
disputed the claim. His daily fcasts In beer
drinking were afmplY enormous. md gave him
considerable celebrity r. the rast Of tile city tn
wound Inflicted by hltusc'f; II was supposed By
accident. "Vantzy," one Of the old employees
nt KaMlfmanu's brewery, boasta tlat ho eau
use ut the brewcrlcs) 4 day. AZ .he saule
brewery there Is IN employe named Hemlick,
| who drinks regularly ercry day !lftY.two gnsscs
Of beef He has been doing this regularly for
| eighteen years. Ons of the owners OF the brew
cry ono day figured tho nlhttcr up, mud found
TINT had they charged Helmck 1T the rate Of
five cents glass ior this beer instead OF letting
him havo It for nothing, he would have now
sssSo soSs aS their '''' to the astonishing amount Of
George Klottcr, watchman ut Washington
Pork, mas been III enormous becr.drinftcr, some-
times consuming as high rs u hundred glasses
ner day. Ils is Ut quito spare build, ind 10 still
Ithu and active. Jonn Hauch was mentioned as
q quite spare tnau, who hos long bccn IN cnor-
nous bees.drinker. His sase, Wlth others goes
nutslways Assoeutcd witt, great capacity for
| drink. Al knuftmann's brewery the employees
drink eighteen kcgs Of beer daily. They aver
are thirty-tlye gtusses apicre. At the Ganlbrinus
Stock colnpany's brewery the employees are al-
lowed but twelve or fourteen glasscs eae}l--
nbout 4 gallon per dny. The employees at Moer
lttn's brewery average twenty-five glasses OF
beer day; J; 9. soh,l & Go, allo'y tie'r thrty
towanee of uht keg to every six nleu, or gal-
Ion ind third OF beer to each man.
The men cinploged In tl's business begin work
nt oc!oek 10 M n tt's mornnE a''d 10 not 90 home
It heavy, and muny Ut them have BEEN thus cln-
ployed for q scoro VI ycars. Tlley arc stout and
hearty, 10 sp!tc Of tltcir weakness for beer.
lteir parents were hsahy teioru them. They
sleep less than must men. They aru not as
quick, either mentally or u their bodily !uoye.
.nsn.s, as thosu iu many Of the other wa!ks Of
only wllen they like aud 10 much *s they Hike.
provided they eau get it, There Is anotl.er class
who tave 1t much less their own way. They are
S wS .no as ep epssa y T. trsas n
| ut'uk W efe+f sAioon lHe1 fIalL' 4Hehe Hlcu
often drink II hundred Elussoa u day, more or
lusa OF It from cunpnstoLI. They urr obliged to
keep III their custou,.-that Is, The custom,
which goes tu thu brewtry,-du tie saloun-
keepers expect that they Will treat AMI drink
| every tituc they cotno IN. The collectors aru,
for thus rensun l,al lltgh salaries, but few ot
tt,eM Gun save ll,ora tim the ulrrtst ptttaucc.
They treat uld drink 1t up In uriur to hold tho
customers Vt tic brewery. Sums OF them tell
nlaryctuus stories vi tlle number u llMcs they
drluk day.
THE BOSS AMERICAN.
| WASHINGTON Eapltat.
Tile Civil War has not ret wiped cut patriotism
frou the American heart. 1t u,ay ltu Biul,ber
tl.g and unseen upon our onu ssoscs, but. when