The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1883-02-18
working IA Bartender.

There is probably no class of people that
have more tricks played on them than saloon keepers.
People who want drink and want 1t bad will study
up more ways without paying than they woud study
to get meal. IL all of the thought that Is wasted on
schemes to get drink, and To get ont of the saloon
without being hit with a bung starter, was utilized
Ia connecting schemes to pay the national debt, the
debt would have Deen paid before now. Bar- tenders
think they know all of the rackets that mpeCunious
customers are liable To try To get drink, and they
think they can tell beat at sight, hut they mis-
taken. man that Is trying to got adrnk for moth
Ing Will use more Ill pOmacy than foreign minister
stranger went into u saloon recently, aud after
looking at the bartender n moment asked him II
his name was not Murphy. The bar tender, taken
of his guard said 1t was, when the man asked
where his sister Kate was, and on being told that she
was married, and where she lived, he said he must
and call on Kate, as he used to attend school with
her, and he had u message for her from young
lady schoolmate, who was now married to railroad
superintendent al st. Paul. The fellow talked ahOnt
old times, ana was complimentary to Kate that her
brother asked the friend OF his sister to take drink
and he took three or four, aud then oil call on
Kate. That was the last seen of him, and when the
bartender saw his sister, and asked about
her friend, she had never heard of such
person. lie had baCOme familiar with
the family history OF Murphy through drunken
companion and had loaded himself with Information
10 get dTlnk, and got II. some day Murphy win
meet the friend of his sister and choke him iii his
tongue runs out. II Is amusing 10 a who
wants drink pretty bad work bartender. He
win have some strange story to tell of disaster by
Hood or field, and VIII make himself ont hero with
out admitting IL, until the bartender viii feel as
though no was doing phllanthropic act to give him
drink, When any calamity occurs the heat who Is
after drink Is the first 10 tell the story In saloon
and he gets drink. tramp was at The police sta
ton when the news came In, few weeks ago, that
had killed her three children. lie went right
to salo0n after getting the particulars, and actually
looked pale as he stood To the bar and said he had
lust witnessed sight that fr0ze his blood, and then
he went ON aud recled tho horrible details of the
chOppng to pieces of the Children and how he hap
pened along aud gave the alarm, and lie became faint
At the recital of the bloody scene, and the hOrrhed
bartender handed HIN drink. All he had seen OF
thetragedy was q policeman who said q woman had
killed her three children, hut the news, and his
method of utilizing H. got him what he thought did
him more good than suit of clOtles Probably In
Chicago there Is more business done la working bar
tenders than anywhere else aud when uf them
Pets heat everybody laughs at him, Opposite the
Criminal Court IA Chicago II row of Saloons ANA
when one bartender gets beat he sears the beat
the rest. The other day a fairly dressed man
came IN and asked for drink, and after
dsDosing of u lie leaned the bar and
cnnndentally told the bar keeper that ha had no
o. clock, and would drop In andpay. lie was too
spectacle looking 20 thunp, and so the bar tender
Just looked at him IN disgust, aud lie went out. A
little after O'Clock the man came In with u friend,
aud, with his thumb and nnger In his vest pocket, NJ
, said, smiling: " suppose you thought would mol
| come around again.h The bartender smiled, anu
, | said: 'slr, knew you would come back. | Cai
tell gentleman when see one. aud SAID to myself
that gentleman Is good for all lie calls for - The
man thanked the bartender for his confidence, auC
said II was pleasant these days, when there S,
many beats around TO foel that business men had
entirely lost confidence In everybody Then he cale,
for the drinks and he aud his friend took good
everyday sort OF fun glasses, and after he had wipe
his mouth and asked what brand OF whisky that was
i aud said they would take more, he said 10 III
4 bar tender al came IN 20 tell you that my fTien
from Peoria did not arrive. expect he WIN DO her
at O'Clock, when viii come IN aud demonstrate I
you that your cunhdences we'll placed. lie got out
side the door Just as an empty bottle struck the doc
CASING aud the maddest har tender In Chicago wa
Q the glasses and swore.-Peck'S Sun.