The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-03-02
GLASS GoURMAND..

He DayolIrs Tumblers as He would
pie-.A New Way to Get sSOber-sl
Reneyenuto Cellini OutdOne..AI
Valuable Jaw for the Coming
Campaign. a
New York Mercury.]
A burly man, with full, forid face,
sat behind an empty beer-glass in How's
saloon in South Washington Squire last
Wednesday evening. and chewed some
Ahiug which .craunched harshly between
his teeth asifl m be brick OF paw
ing-stonc, or some similar material OF
resisting force. The Mercury reporter
had just stopped to look at him, when
he picked up the broken half of com.
mon Rhine swine CLASP and took a afbite
as big as quarter out OF 1t as nncon-
cernedly as a hungry tramp would rip
six square inches out of bakery pie :
There he sat grinding and champing the
glass up with noise like quartz crush
er While d zen bar-room frequen-
ters encouraged" him with commenda-
tions. "He's in first-rate trim tonight"
observed one. "i never see him do
better" remarked another "Good for
you, Biyer." !" '.sChaw the juice out Of
/ IT." Allows the favor, old. man ?"-
''Don't you want some horse-radish p
and Mr.. sBayer masticated deliberately
on, twinkling his eyes with a horrible
lgusto, that made the uninitiated specta-
tors blood run cold and his Resh creep
when there was no more glass in his
mouth TO crush he slid his tongue out
TO exhibit that il was coated With yitre-
Gus paste, and then washed the mess
down with glass Of beer the bar. ten
der handed him 7"What did you do
that forp" asked the reporter, as the
Eglass. .devourer sank back in his chair
land licked his lips as IL with feminis
cent regret Hungry for glassp' isNo,
beer, They wouldn't stand drink for
me, because they said I was loaded al
ready. Sol eat the glass to sober me y
"And do. you mean to say it sobers you
to eat glass ?" ave eat it for twenty
years, and l ought to know, 1 guess
Its the best thing ont. -Hs
I IT settles your stomach just like seid-
litz powder. I've been so drunk
couldn't see.' aud in less than half an
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anu "nAs w sou un'nA tuey uiu WY,
hrinleo my letser I'm IN an ea'.orla,' neaaea .
LOOK 10 iour WINDOWS ana said y
4 must nave oeen written oy iunatc.
sno~ .na' eq'.ot,ai .'a Was Vas. sr,..en y. uy :
w .ool 1o.u = iiisna u ,n''s,
aoctor up sue street. o. as'- anu asAea
nim Wnas ! naa pes'er oo -, ~ t,ra
Ana Wnat aid ne say W a., /,
he sag nolo my tongue OF q iana
on .ne islahu ~ : Hlagn. Jackes ,an, Ano
nley cali 'n,s = e,villzeu country Y na,
IS t2e use ~ .neing ou. tuinSs, wan van
70 knowf - Ana Mf. DaYer oegan 70
cnew tne sse,n ol tue giass up 70 disgust
some one sskea n,m y ne couio caeW es
s'one' 700 ne salo' wny nos cup 3,
pea y 'rag.nesut sNs ifoln stone caina na.cu
noiael anu peSan mastlcating ~ ana the
glass INTO q nasn no patent sausage
cutter ever WORKED i1eti WIN more precision
A signt OF the colossal energy OF ina
single pair OF maxlllaries f'i'ls. Would nave
driven "anasn campaign orator iran.
NC WIN envy. " men Mf. payer nnisaeo
nis lunca tne reporter askeo II u was
/ 2 easy, as!1,,I 10 &C. y 4, IA ~ ss'u
,,' ,ua' YES An you wasn't 10 s'rons
sep.u .ul, ~: Loaa ''ese: ,., -...o.t
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using n.s nanes, u1a'ueu ano.uer .ul.oie s.'
i O tue 1amorinian oeversge' anu 'lite'
the lour-ieggeo taoie py' l's cage As u
mad the cnalr. before any one .coule
Icomp,.meu. nun on ms genius ior ea''nl
glass he Wsn. w. -. I,
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was . young seilo" 10 Germany. wa
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uo !. .oo' 90 ~'ien "ens nonis = ...ie,
II. a. n'se useu' W cue u myse,l' Du.
soon oiscosereo Tue .eal secre. of gas
lesung. ! olscoeereo u IN tne iiie Q
benevenoeo ceuin'' eDe great sculptor
! oy Goeene.Aoome pr'ess !ried 20 pol'
son Oe'ilni Wisn aiamono ouss' sna CAV
!. somc diamonds 10 laploaryaio o
u ground 70 powder when was 70 oe dis
tiiouted VI avs tooa. ne iapiuaiy sou
tne DIAMONDS ana erounu up some com
u mon g'aes. nn's was pu. ~ = o,sn .
salad, ana Ceiiini' aiscoserea y alter %
nag eaten some. ne 'ouhd ~ was gas
, ana didn1 nurt ann ~ all "hiie II II na'
t been diamond ~ would nave created ui
+ GERS IN his lntestines wnlcn Wonld nav
killed him. so be eXperImente0 on DOG