Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-08

years and then came Esst to Utah, where
/ he met johnny MeClecry. Johnny ana
! Tip became last frisbis. and jobany vas
/ soon broke in aud became q uend' DC
I Clcary was a young fellow Who could
learn anything quickly, and came West
NON - gHsas with the track layers on tue
L hipu Eeific Railroad, where nc drove a
dump cart, He would 20 "a towns on the
Pacific Railroad, which WAS then nullt up
quickly ana mostly Cf tents, ana con-
talned a few small stores, plenty OF large
dance houses. in which there were always
a bar and plenty OF games Of chance. lie
would play anything, and soon became a
real live sport. II johnny won, he usually
made Very large winnings, and as money
had 10 yalue With him he MADE friends.
Tip and Johnny made d trip 20 Denver to-
gejher, and there met tie Hon Harry
WiUks Of New Orleans. Harry was The
prince OF borrowers, but he only hOr-
rowcd money for two tllngs-one was 20
gamble with, the other 60 spend with his
companions. The three men whom have
named are the men who introduced opium
smoking in the United states among
Americana When these men left Denver
OrenQovi went 20 Virginia City, New,
where there We're at one time 200 smokers
who could trace their habit OF opium
smoking 10 Tip OreudOrf. McCleary went
10 san Francisco ana taught about 1000
men and women 10 smoke. He made a
big winning and Went to New York. re-
NAMED there long enough 20 initiate a
hundred or more, got broke, ana Went
back TO san Francisco, where he stayed
without money for q long time. He could
always raise money enough 20 smoke. He
made u big winning in 1870 and Went %
Europe, and smoked in London and Paris.
lie came back as poor as a Hot springs
pig, worked his way West, where fortune
smiled on him again, and be raised big
amount Of the filthy lucre and took his sec
Ond continental tour, visiting England,
France, Germany and Italy, and returned
to his native soil tramp in looks. He
worked his way West, but sunk into obll-
WON,
Nov for Harry Wicks. He left Den
yer and went to some mining camp IN
Colorado where there were races going on.
He established himself as a pool seller, got
the box pretty well filed and then jumped
the town. When it was discovered how
he had put every one in the hole men
started after him, prepared to take him
dead or alive, but he escaped, and when
next heard OF was in New Orleans, where
he had taught several of his friends to
smoke the pipe. From New Orleans some
one carried the pipe 10 Nicksburg and Hot
Springs. In Hot Springs IL is still used
every day. In st. Louis one fond whose
name is known 10 every man in the state
of Missouri has "A joint fitted up like
palace, and invites every smoker who
passes through his city to nit the pipe
with him. They all know him through
one another. Here in Cincinnati there
are probably 100 confirmed tends, and,
while they are in different stations in life,
they all know one another, and when
new fend arrives in town with or without
money, he IS sure to find a place to smoke.
Now, will tell you that know OF a BUSH
ness man who smoked so much that he
lost a good situation. Almost every
troupe that plays here in the fall and win
ter season has more or less tiends in II. In
Louisville and Baltimore there are opium
Joints, as well as in Boston. Within a
radius Of one-halt mile OF the Enquirer
Office there are at least twenty-five rooms
in lodging houses used as joints. 1t is "A
low, dirty, beastly habit, and there is
only one cure, and that is TO throw away
the pipe, suffer for long time, and may
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