Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-11-08
Thirty Peorie.

People who suffer fIom tnirst are often
III great agony. There appears to be
no limit to their efforts to quench thirst
while thus suffering Others have an
appetite for drink. and toIsatisfy the ap-
petite resort to sll manner of means.
Soldiers on the march, under broiling
sun and over a dusty road, suffer more,
probably, than any other class. In our
own city, on gala days during the heated
term, how refreshing is glass of lemon
ade to the sweltering soldier or ordinary
pedestrian? On the march, in active
service. we have seen the soldier stop
bv the roadside and moisten his parched
lips and throat from a slimv pool of
water which was almost unfit for beasts.
We have seen gallant lives sacrificed
during the late war in efforts to Obtain
water to quench the thirst of pickets.
Tie springs were in range of the rifles
of the rebel sharpshooters, and the SOL
der who escaped with his we'll filled
canteen was most fortunate.
Not long since novel cane was III use
among attendants at places of public
amust ment, from the side of which the
holder could secure drink for himself
o. friends at any time during the per-
formance.
On one occasion we remember of a
party who was hemmed III in the gallery
of the theater, and could not get out for
a drink. He saw friend in the orches-
ira whom lie begged to relieve his thirst.
The friend was willing, but was at loss
TO know how TO get it up. The man in
the gallery was not at loss for means
under such trying circumstances. and
promptly met the emergency. He asked
the crowd if any one had a string in their
pocket A youth VINO had been out fish
ing during the day produced his line.
The man III the orchestra was notified,
and soon thereafter a bottle was seen
whirlrng around as it gracefully passed
upward IN front of those in the family
circle. The man In the gallery had a
racket all to himself during the balance
os the night.
But there are other methods even
more ingenious than this to crafty the
appetite and guard against thirst. The
most novel device We have yet seen is
the opera glass whisky flask. Ia its use
no one would believe it else than an
opera glass, yet 1t LS:ds good half pint
OF whisky. For use in crowded au.
dience it Is a very handy thing to have,
as the holders ale not Obliged 10 go out
side for drink between the acts. 1t
can be used as an opera glass with or
without taking drink. IT you want to
take drink there is spring that you
touch with finger, when silver tube
drops into the mouth and the whisky
flows easily. 1t works best when the
glass is pointed up at the gallery. The
other evening the opera glass whisky
flask passed between two men and one
woman At the tileater who would alter
nate in looking up at some imaginary
friend in the gallery. Before the per-
formance was over the flask ran dry,
and they were III a quandary. But they
had drank sufficient TO SHARPEN the ap-
petite for more, and It was not long be-
fore the flask was replenished by some
of "Phil's' best. These people did not
cause much annoyance by running ont
between acts" but then the odor OF
their cOrn-luIce was so perceptlble IN
their immidiate vicinity tngt some peo-
pie supposed distlllery had been
startad IN the neighborhood. There
was a number of other parties, among
them ladies. Pc. ring through their g las
ses into the gal cry, but wheather they
had the newiangled glass or not we can
not say. SIuce the opera glass whisky
flask Is being used, people attending
public places had better De little care
mi how they turn their opera glasses
toward the gallery, as their glass may
he suspected as one of the whisky fask
kind and attract unusual attention if
not hard criticism.