The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-10-05

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10 10 save money vas tryin' 10 run down d
Q. pceEness. Dere vas John u. Go-ofl ur
). suse Anthony und Barnnms circus M
3 bleniy nv odder vellers, but ven do
you something's, guess you would say, "Bu
il ly for Sauermilch, his head vas level.
Dere ort to be rum shop on every co
' ner in every town und den peezness vi
$ be goot, Der whiskey peezness helps en-
town. No matter how dull beezness va
4 beeples will spend deir money fer thinks
' Dis vas proved every day, All over Ne'
( York you will find working mans dot vii
e go on some strikes because dey don't 60
some more wages und ye: dose same mel
: will spend feefty cents every day for whis
) key und beer Dotlproves dot der peer
ness vas helpin' trade
Und dot vas not de only way. Dere va
menny odders. II il vas not for triukin
, manny public buildings would not beer
built desc prisons und jails md poor
houses und inebriate asylums und sucl
dings; und if desc houses vas not built
Wy, NV course, de mechanics would have
holdings to do, ain't it?
fyou don't got some rum shops inter
town you wouldn't need no Jail, und ol
course you don't want no sheriff, und vol
would der politicians done?
Uv dere vas no rum dere would been nc
murder, no fites, no stabs, no lickin' your
wife, no holdings for de newspapers, und
vot would der editors donep
Ali Mine trends, pefore you run down
der rum, you must think nv all dose tings.
How many beeples would have been nit
ont work mitout liquor? Wy, we would
need no polices, no charity commissions,
supehouses, no communists, no holdings.
Wv you had no whiskey shops, where
would your boys spend der efenings? Wy,
dey would have to stay at home, und it
would kill many NV dem to be cast into de
same society as dere mudders und seesters.
Do dere mudders tell dem der same jolly
stories vot dey hear NIT der saloon? Dot
vas impossible. Besides der saloon vas
NV use to der family. If you have a son
und You don't want him sitting aroundt
der house all der evening, you can yust
send him to de saloon und he would not
worry you some more dot night. In all
desc Ways saloon helps town very
mnch, amt it?
Und it helps you socially. 1t benefits
your family. 1t helps your sons to git ac-
quainted NIT beeple dot dey would not od
derwise know, mitout der saloon.
Dere vas nodding like beer for socialble.
ness, except whiskey. Whiskey was lit
tie aheadt
Dere vas two frents would meet und ex-
change der compliments nv der day, und
den part. But der saloon has done away
NIT dat cold way Nv acting. Now ven two
or tree frents meet und shake hands NIT |
demselves, one NV dem would say Lets |
haf something's und dey will walk inter
der saloon (dere is always one handy, und |
one feller says, "what will yon take?" und
der odder feller says, II will take der
same, und dey yust douch der glasses to-
gedder, und say, "here she goes, und she
does go.
Und der odder feller will say. Now you
must take Something's NIT me, und dey go
Ir,, 1ar co p,a parfornaoca nit Jap,ealyao |
once more. Dot vas sociability. Nv you
don't got some saloons, how you vas gone
10 done dot, eh?
Ven you ask man to took Something's,
Vou don't want to treat him TO coat or a
pair nv shus or loaf NV bread, or no such
oolishness, do You?
Whiskey enables man to bury his
thoughts. Sometimes he will forgot all
4pouf his hard work for more ash week.
1t gifts a man courage in running his
louse. Vot wonld man do mitout he
rinks? / vas so meek as Moses ven | vas
ober; but ven vas full NIT beer, you yust
yet your poots de children und de old
oman has got to shump aroundt lifely.
iein wife don't talk back to me den Nv
he would, l lick her like blazes. let +,
er know vas as goot a man as vot she
as, or some older vons also.
Whisky teaches IN IN not TO be proud
ait himself. Ven a man vas sober, he
ants CLEAN CLOSE und a good bed und
lenty NV odder tings. But ven he vas
runk he don't care vat kind OF CLOSE he
ares, und ven it comes to shleepin', lie $
'ould yust as soon shleep in der gutter as ,
ONE odler places, und he thinks do curb. c
tone vas pillow. don't it?
Liquor was healthy too. l know dot.
ust you watch emmy man dot keeps ga 0
,on, und vas not too stingy to trink his Il
wn thinks, und see vat big belly he has f
ot You don't want some better proof as J
OF, ain't it? Ven started saloon was
cry skinny. und now der boys call me,
Old Bloat." / vas gettin' very fat s
Every town likes to have rich men, und v
ere vas no peezness dot man could got
ch so soon in as der saloon peezness. d
'ere vas very goot profits in all kinds Nv
inks. Yust look at some very young fell Il
II dot vas tending bar. He starts nit
oddings, und in few years he vas got
lirts init frills und a diamond pin und n
DID watch init chain dot weighs den y
ousds und monish enough 10 start sa. j
,on NV his own.
Look at me. ] started beer saloon az
II failed to get rich 10 der puggy peez
ess, und now got no troubles md no
ork, only TO tap new keg ven der odder p
le gets try, nnd rake in der stamps, al
/ am friendt Of dc working man, be- !,
luse dey are friendt 10 me und helps 10 ai
lpport me- Ven der working mems vas IA
at NIT der posses. dey meet In my saloon
1d trink beer und make speeches. und h
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