The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-09-29
Look Not Upon the Soda.
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There Is a beautiful young lady in this
city, atemperahce girl, who has a pair OF
eyes that sparkle so that a stranger would
think she was winking when she looked up
and smiled. She was on the way to the
temperance lodge the other night, and stop.
ped at soda fountain to get glass of soda
and when the clerk asked what flavor she
would have, she looked up and smiled, and
said: .'fs
~ will leave that to YOU" Ht7
The clerk said afterward, when hei
brother came In after the lodge was out, to
whip him, that he would have sworn she
winked. 1t seems some of the customers
want little brandy in their soda, and the
proprietor told the clerk when anybody
winked and looked sort of cunning to put In
little brandy with the favoring. The
soda began to take effect on the girl just a:
she got into the ante-room, and instead Of
whispering the password to the outside
sentinel, that worthy official, vino is young
married man, says she put her mouth up to
his ear, and bit 1t, and then threw her arm.
around his neck: BE would not have cared
so much about this only his wife was in the
ante-rocm putting on her regalia. The sods
girl also caused remarks in the ante-room
by getting into her regalia feet first, and
pulling 1t on as she would pair of trous.
ers. There is hole in the door which the
applicant for admission puts her mouth up
to and whispers the password into the ear
Of the inside sentinel, who is a lady. The
soda girl put her mouth up TO the hole, after
giving three distinct raps, and as the ear Of
the sentinel covere the hole on the o2po-
site side of the door, the soda girl said
a"Set 'em up. Soda with perfu (hic) merry
In It," trse 80 t+f-a=r a
As the regular quarterly password was
"Strong drink is raging" and the inside
sentinel smelled liquor on the breath Of the
applicant, she thought some saloon charac-
acter was trying to get into the lodge. so she
drew her stuffed club, the badge of her
Office, and opened the door. Seeing that it
was member, the guard let the girl In,
after rcprimandiDg her for her levity, and
the girl marched TO the middle of the floor.
The custom Is for member on entering to
go to the middle of the floor, look at the
grand worthy chair-holder, and place the
right index-inger to the right side Of the
nose, and keep 1t there until the chairman
responds, when the newcomer takes seat.
The girl instead placed her thumb to her
nose aud wigglsd her fingers, and went and
took her seat beside the chaplain, and put
her feet upon the desk In front of the good
man. The chaplain tainted, the worthy
chairman declared . recess, and the mem
hers all gathered around the sister, whose
face was flushed. The sisters tried TO get
her into the ante-room TO soak her head,
but she said she wanted to ride the goat,
and she took run and Jump and sat upon
the table as thosgh it was side-saddle, and
laughed so loud the brothers and sisters
thought she would disturb the worshIppers
in saloon not far away. Finally the choir
struck up the tune. "Cold water, brighI
water and the soda girl sung, ssJohnny fill
up the bowl" and tried to put her thumbs
In the arni-holes Of her vest and walk like
Pat Rooney.
The brother finally got her 70 go home,
and now il Il Co IS " ol. please between the
girl and The drug. clerk and the proprietor
aud the girls bfother . to who 4 TO blame