The daily gazette., 1879-09-18
From the N. Y. World.
"That's what John Kelly Said"


COUNTING THE RETURNS AND NOT
GUESSING AT THE BEER BY ITS
FRoTH.
A young man went into lager beer
saloon on the West side yesterday and
calling for a schooner of beer and lay
ing down five cents said to the proprie-
tor of the saloon:
"what do people say of John Kelly
around here ?"
"Oh, dey dom say noding much," re-
piled the German cautiously. "Dey
shoost goom in and drink der beer und
sit bal der table and blay garts-dots
al"
"Well, what do you .hink9 Think
he's going to win?"
"Oh, dom know. dom guess much
many times. l know wot beer sell by
gountin' der money at night, you know.
und not by guessin' how much l get out
of der kegs"
"John Kelly's pretty smart man,"
said the young man as he carelessly
tossed off the froth on his glass.
"Gess, VERY schmart," answered the
German.
"Dots what he said. He's very
schmart und very strong"
"IIe's hard man to beat" continued
the customer.
"Gess; hard man to beat" assented
the German.
"Dot's wot John Kelly said. Yor
CANT hit a man wen he's down, yot
know. Cess, SIR"
'And he's hard worker, too," contin
ued the pilot of the schooner.
"Gess, answered The beer seller. "Dot'
wot John Kelly said. Wen der Tam
many barty works it works hard. Cess
He'll do all wot he can, you bet, to elec
Cornell"
"Well, he doesn't want exactly to elec
Cornell" corrected the young man "bu
he wants to defeat Robinson"
"Gess, dots it," said the German
"dot's wot John Kelly said. lie don
want Robinson to be Governor som
more, und he CANT git der place himself
Cess dots it,
"You see," said the young man conf
dentially "Roblnson didn't treat the boy
right" .r y,
"Gess," answered the German "dot
wot John Kelly said. Robinson bounce
Gumbleton und dem odder fellers VIC
been doin' tings dey diden oughter dont
and wen be bounced Kelly he cot mad.
at outrage" said the youn
man, warmly assauging his wrath with
draught of beer.
"Gess," answered hls host "dots We
John Kelly said. 1t wasn't square. De'
fellers have to make livin' same as OF
der PEBBLES. Wen l read Kelly ws
bounced felt as bad as if he'd been a
rested for shtealin' or Something's"
"Oh, he'll come out all right" said IL
the young cheerfuly.
| "Gess," answered the German "dot
wot he said. Dey CANT do noding
him, you know. 'Taint like Tweed ur
dem tellers, you know. Cess"
"You're good friend of Kelly's, all
you ?" asked the young man.
"Oh, gess," replied the beer-seller.
always voted init Kelly. Pm sorry
aint DEMOCRAT any mere."
"Oh, yes he is" cried the Young ma
eagerly. He'll always stick to Tamm
n.y."
"Gess," said the German, "dot's W
he said. He diden care for Shtate D
mogr acy, but he'd shtick by Tamman
Cess, dots wot he said"
81 suppose you'll vote for Kelly al
get all the votes you can for him ?" ask
the young man insinuatinglv.
"Vell, l dom know bout dot" answ'
ed the German, thoughtfnlly. "You E
. l always vote der shtraight Demogra
dcket-Bresident Governor, Mayor,
. derman und all wot der is. Und ne
-, Kelly aint straight CANT vote mt i'm
az a., "Why, thought from the way "
o. were talking you were going to vote
Tammany," said the young man in 81
- prise.
n "Gess," said the German, placidl
K ''dot's wot John Kelly said. He said
" dem Kings Gountyfellers, wot he thoug
dey was was goin' to vote for him. b
3. dey diden. Dots wot l tole you abo
ID gountin' der money in der drawer, III
not guessn' at der beer in der kegs"
The young man said nothing fol
re- r. moment. Then he looked at the clio
and exclaimed "Hello, l must be c
20 S1ong."
tn "Good-by,' said the saloon-keeper.