St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-05
ALL KINDS OF DRINKERS.
Peculiaritfes of Those Who Call For
Stimulating Beverages.
I'D ressed Man Whom The
Barkeeper Would Not Trust.

Inc odd combinations of character who
came In and passed out of noted ''dovu
Town" saloon yesterday was enough to
make any one laugh.
oo 90 unusual were they, so different from
az Son o'ler' that the saloon-keeper called
INC "a %'tehtlon OF friend to them.
60, olten have odd characters. y said he.
snccnSsi INTO the place, but seldom is therea
'"SI TISS ION OF them as today
:, Inc nrst one was a very irage and how.
H!-puiit man. His whole annearanoo Vas
one Vi eminent reSpectabiIitv. His cIdhes
Mele good his mutton-chop wbisl[ers we're
t s.li!lileu neatly, and he was the very EN-
oOuIIlienC OF mercantile man
I,oo, aaU" w ~ AZ you do?" he remarked b the
keeper OF the place. 1T has been Utmost
t; yea SINCE I've seen you. Hap he con-
t 1llue9, picking up dice-box which han
pened TO be within his reach cpl shot,,
you now they do it down east '-''"
he proceeded to throw the dice and out of
uo%en throws every one turned up fves of
sonie particular spot. He amused himself
Ill thlS manner. talking all the time Afto,
few minutes he stroled ont of tbn s 4Ht.et
again. 'io S'A0on
Now, that fellow wanted drink awful
pad, but he's no good and wouldn't trust
nun; said the salOon-keeper.
| What" exclaimed the friend. ssdid hs
have no money!"
ono. 70; ne was just talking for drink"
= one Oh the most Oted confidence men
IN al sile country. That's how he knows how
10 handle the dice so well.n
THE CONFIDENCE MAN
had hardly got outside when the door woe
q N TIr-l ,r1
business. He was short. thickset little
fellow, and very dirty. ''Vagrant' was
stamped all over him from the crown of his
head to the sOles of his feet.
want to buy any tobacco" he asked;
what kind is it?"
1hiS KIND you put under carpets te
keep out the moths, you know. Fye got a
for 81. va --'o ="
Got tobacco license?n
bah! no; don't need one. Do YOU
want the tObacco?"
Not to-day
''All right. I'll sell it before 90 two
blocks. Good day." and he was off.
AS he disappeared through the front
door another came in at the side door. Ha
was IN his shirt sleeves and wore no hat.
Give me glass of ale'' he said, gulped
IL down, Iald nickel on the counter, and
was off.
What is peculiar about him?n was
asked.
He keeps saloon in the basement I'M
deneath lie.
HE SELDOM DRINKS
his own liquor, but comes up here twenty
times day and buys mine. l don't pat
ronlZe him at all, have no special friend
snip for him, and why he comes here is
more than l can tell. He's a queer
fish"
The little Saloon-keeper whiSked himself,
out of the door and disappeared into his.
own place. The next to come in was am
Old man, with gray hair and whiskers. His
clothes were exceedingly dirty and he was
more OF tramp than the one who wanted
to sell the Tobacco.
Gimme drink" he said.
he poured out trimming glasSful and
threw 1T down his throat with the air of all
expert. He never offered to pay for il, but
walked over to the stove.
WHO is he?" was asked
1.-The fellow that cleans out the cuspi-
dores and sweeps out in the morning"
DO you pay him a salary?"
mo, he takes it out in drinks mostly.
Sometimes when he wants a meal or shirt
he will strike me for so cents, and 1 al
ways
GIVE IT TO HIM.
How in the world he manages to keep soul
and body together is more than 1 can
tell"
While this conversation was in progress
q Well-dreSsed young man staggered in.
Throwing $40 bill on the counter he said
''Seltzerp and gulped glass of it down
with remarkable celebrity. When he had
finished his eye fell ON the old man by the
stove.
''Ta<e somethin'," he said thiclzly. Turn
ing to the saloon-keeper and his friend, he
asked them to join. Three times he in
sisted on ''setting 'em up" After his
fourth settler he gathered up his change
and started for the door,
Pretty full, amt -" he remarked.
''Big time. Coin home to bed. Tra-la-la"
He was totally unacquainted with any Of
the persons he had treated.
Then, to finish off the people who had
come in inside of ten minutes, two sisters
of charity walked in. In their quiet way
they asked for aims, were given a small
sum by the saloon keeper, and left.
1--WE often have odd people come in, but
it seldom happens that tine difference is so
strongly Marked" concluded the propri-
etOr.