Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-30

4 PRETTY GOOD MAN
II Io0'--y a DEADWOOD BAR.

.aoD. July 6.-Blll Dunno, VINO
p4Al saloon in thirty-two different
has A'fs .amps and in every far Western
mimi and territory except Oregon, IS IN
sls'S 9 sanowing old acquaintances and
town. mn ~, prospects. Dunno is lively
lo@,r Down at the Star last night he
'aD ,,o,ost all our prominent men in the
bsgan life by selling whisky. A
wei 1 many of them hate to own 1t now,
sO'O is a fact, all the same. can
~. ,co rich and prominent citizens who
DAA hair first start behind bar, and Of
Y, "a I can recall a good many who got
W. ~, the other way from that point.
" more in the hills running a saloon
~ w. ttev we're opened to settlement
ee9ie ,ce u.ed to say they were not open,
taa' Il, ,b.v we're to anybody whose scalp
pd' ,iad ON. [ had II partner then who
Noe cood BUSINESS man. but he over
WIZ tad himself once. His name was
Baden, % mo ono dow and amid
1a. were bound to be opened in the
". ~. and that if we could get a big
st..3 o, whisky into the country before
,nl,op, left we would get on to both
w.. IN the deal and catch 'em like the
I..tsr AID the coon, a gOln' or comm.
S Soor5pel That the Indians would want a
n, simply when just going out on the war
sa,s and thattbe miners Just coming into
c1,lntrv where ValOr was essential
aati5 sl.n have TO have Il good deal
.s,,,,bt fayOrably of his scheme, and we
..5med IN ten barrels Of pretty good
s,Sf We also had ten other barrels, and
s,1an We got the liquor in here we drew
~ half OF The contents Of the full barrel
sra nnt Them INTO the others. Then Bel
5sr .,jd tiat he would fill up the twenty
5e@raIs with water. 1 told him this was
n,'gftv eccentric climate, and nobody
rr,w what minute it might turn cold,
s,t h. stid we'd have to risk it. SO we
ff.i he barrels up and waited for bust
nss. II came sooner than we expected.
Abauta week later a terrific storm blew
nm snd when it cleared off the thermOme-
ier gsgk out Of sight. 1t was frightfully
aid Along about midnight my partner
md / were awakened by an explosion,
a,i we had no more than gained our feet
goeD there came another laundering
rash right under US, where our whisky
Was.
1.-the soldiers have come, surev yelled
Beden: get your gum
Just then there was another rip and
crack and, getting down from the loft,
We found that our whisky was flying all
around the room. We couldn't do any
thing to save it, and when daylight came
We found every barrel but one burst, and,
dcoufse, ruined. My partner said:
"We might have put little mite
less water in the stuff, suppose, but
yOn'ye got to take some risks in every
business
"Wel, as he had more money than did,
| didn't say much, and as soon as the
weather moderated we tried 1t again. We
didn't go quite so strong on water this
time, and didn't use any until we We're
about ready to ladle the stuff out. In
that way we got rid of a big stock and
made good deal of money. Belden is
out 10 California now running a national
bank, and it would hurt his feelings to
have any one know that he had ever sold
whisky"
Somebody suggested that it took pretty
goOd man to stand behind bar in a min
ing town and come out alive, and Dunno
said:
That's true TO a certain extent, though
i've known some mighty good men to
come out dead. You've got to humOr a
certain class Of customers, and a certain
V'uer class you've got TO shut down on
laId. had bartender once in Leadville
II tle early days who was about as good
Judge Of men az | ever saw. He never
ilaue out one mistake, and that was his
iasl' Alter he was killed couldn't find
lst tle right man, and so took u whirl
4. ne bar myself for several days. With
ais late 50 fresh in my mind, | naturally
WISHED knew all that he did before he
gled, with the additional lesson of his
eeatl as we'll, and began to- look around
W us accounts. l hunted half day, ex-
.O'Is 10 una some record or other that
nuuu post me; and in the meantime
Ii,'I,l 9ogy Who wanted anything got it.
A. ast came on an old sheet Of brown
tsteppiog paper, on which the bartender
nau Aepthis memoranda. PVe got it vet
iI,V ll =" A few of the entries were
/, u, ave AYE eross-eyedman, sometimes gets
=. ~ }- taxes standOtf peaceably.'
In 'l44 II, check shirt, two guns. Owes
~ ~ faid three. Can't be pressed
Can Loaisiegged galoOt from the Gunni-
6i- r A1i@ays wants to fight. Licked
rn al 1ill!llil times, and get money every
oo,. nclry Barber. Promises, but never
'drr' l'"n uuless jumped on. Give MIN
f. ils, fleh be asks hard
a55 iu.'ie family. Won't stand refusal.
.sws Jig'ef ask second time. Pay once in
Its,55oa man Beebe. Killed three bar
'-u V, and crippled two,
~ Nup Tom. Big buffer
|bsry'lm loon. Shot in the neck by a
IRs.s I, oaf Tender and can't get over 1t,
q him alone.' s
sar, ' ', Liumleys. Always take what they
+ ..li,l.' smash things, but always pay,
.Grsr int,. i',1es TO jump on bartender.
.bn1 r egn. HS'edder. Throws gun on bar
lne ba ,' ,ri ,of .oig drinks. Lick him every
eslcb I pja, 9nIlh' Needs killing. Better
e. Wv w. we funny thing about this bust
Iende, as continued Dunno. "mv bar
lhaf \. "aa KILLED by old man Beebe. so
|ni s ,iIe Ivcord WAS not complete unit, |
|6lr wen MN another score. and made II
r .I''ead Of three bartenders thai he
kJsemet"a way with. My man was very
Isl eTs'a,.o' ana he had more than 300 OF
uew tbs ,ls's down in this way. lie
|1aclly vg.n.'1le paper by heart, and knew
". N ,"Ilal 70 do when customer came
ae bpsi ,oA me some little time 10 catch up
0er sSbn sS' but / got along all right
|iind t6e Gl .l with most new men be-
lnln +. ,,5 N.Y. rs that they can't tell when a
lels srn 'i,uk OF when he Is in earnest,
|lgays.,i' ols of people out here who have
laey fet ~ nave Just so much fuss when
'hirg /, ,oIlnk,a and who don't mean any
Do 10 , 49, "hile there are lots OF Others
NJ ibae, =. ga about the same motions.