The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-21
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A Harmiol5 Cookfaii made far Model
prinKers In chafieston, s. q.

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A HARMLESS cesktaii Made fsr mods'i
Drnkerain ciafisstop, s. o,
Il cAarlerea zssats.
HGimuie dream, said n dude Whf
Il ,ynya, ,,airf,Ii,, t;s,,t rantaloons nointad.
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toea slioes, aug y y ~. 70 ~
leaned over the counter oil tashionaple
lbaf.room the other day and gently sucked
tba ear.nan.s n vat knoh ~ fiis lblcant
s -. ,yitI !,
cane. AtePo1Isst, wtio was y w t "..e !.
4 light gin toddy at the same counter, pul
down his glass, struck an idiotic attitude,
aud vatched deyelopments. When d
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aetieate species sAips ii'su.ty UP " w. ~.
counter oil o baISroom and boldly asks LOT
Il a sSlrean. the natural inference Is that
no a a;,laS 4 i,na,ic mr. that he wants n
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dose OIL aicohohc poison sttohg enough ~ " :,
thin TO sleep, "pefchance to dream
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fhe artist who mixes the cocktails be.
hind this particular counter, however, did
mot seem To- be at all disconnected. lie
started to work, and in q few minutes
placed before the dude q champagne
glass about half filed with a thick liquid
substance resembling an egg beaten up.
Into this he poured white fluid from a
bottle labeled SApollInaris water.1 Then
1.-The stuff in the tumbler began to foam
\ and b1bbleup, The dude igazed upon It
lin idiotic admiration for second or two,
and then taking the glass in his hand put
| it 10 iis mouth and erlped it down. He
Itieni pulled out 5.cent initial hand.
Ikerchief from hiscoat pocket and departed
with an Injunction to the artistic cocktail
mixer To chang her up.n
AS he leitthe reportofial eye was caught
lbyaaien displayed over the battery OF bot
jtles IN the black walnut sideboard, on
which was the legend, 'ssThe Dudes
Dream. is Centstp In reply to his in.
ouiries the batkeepsr con- escende ed an ex.
.,lanation. Illustrating LIS explanation as
| lie proceeded bymixing q dudes dream.''
.drhat,s nv own invention, % he said,
1and mighty good invention tits. 1
think Of appiying for apatent for II. How
i came 10 invent it, illtell Won. Bust.
mess, YOU know, has been terribly dull Of
late. To Be sure. we have the old soafs,
who come regularly for their medicine,
but there's very little money in them.
They generally come in, call for a whisky
straight, take bath, put down 10 cents,
and 70 ont. When they get through with
their bath they don't want anymore whis.
Ky for three or four hours.n
ttBut," expostulated the Innocent re-
porter edo you also keep bathing house
here?b y
ttYoung man, y replied the artist, adon't
Won know what a whisky bath,is? Well,
mi tellyo You zee there's suckers all
over the world. Some bar-rooms beat the
suckers by using very small tumblers, but
we don't: we give a regular.sized whisky
glass. When q gentleman comes Ia he |
don't like to stick his nose into q thimble,
and most gentlemen likeI 10 weaken their
whisky. with ipolfnafis or seltzer-'poli.
naris and seltzer ia very popular nova.
DAYS. Some like ginger ale in their whisky
they sayit tastes like champagne. Very
few drinks brandy and soda nowadays.
Well, you see, we keeps regular whisky
glasses, glasses that will hold more'n ill, Il
p'raps. "A sucker will I'LL nm! that ri 81
with whisky. gulpit down, shove hisdime
on the counter, and get out. That's what
we call a BATH Sometimes when we |
strike such customers we don't sayl any.
thing. There's no use kicking. but we get |
even with ,em by inst GETTING a big towel
and Iputtineit down on the counter long
side the elass. They Lnowwb that means, |
and It makes 'em feel small and lnean.p
swell. as was saving before. that's not
the kind oibusiness thai paws. Whatyoul
want in a respectable saloonilike this Is a
run OF customers who drink fancy drinks,
and drink lots OF 'em. To keep this Gus.
tom we have to be alive and ret up new
and enticing mixtures. AlIthe old drinks
are PLAYED out, There was good run on |
'fizzes' in the summer. and tom and
Jerry, went offpooty well about Christmas
time. People began 10 get fired Of Inc Old |
things, however. and things looked Blue.
.Dules generally drink spony beers. or |
.seltzer lemonades, or sasp'rilla, but there's
no nourishment In these. and Il puzxles
me 10 get,up something rssiersLe ior the |
'i.IsESss dau,t So, one night after a yery
dull business, Thought sotmuch about Il
that went to sleep dreaming about new
dnds's dream, and tbis "a how IL mste e
NV Watch me close. bnt don;t siye Il
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sfTSa, volnblal artist then toni a large
class into Wb;cb be'nonred n tahlssnonn.
fniol iarnoni ;n;ce' H this ba addsg 'two
t t ~ suoay; which la m;sed
III tcaa,ha. ,han sbo,nt a ha,, ~; ~ 1.Is.s
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