Wichita daily eagle., 1885-09-08
MEMORANDA OF A BARTENDER

When II Took II Pretty Good Man to Run
"A Daatlwood Ear.
TDeaGwooi Cor New York SUM-
Bill Dunno. who has kept a saloon in
thirty-two different mining camps AMI III
every far western stats AMI terr.trry except
Oregon. i in town, renewing old acluiint-
ance, AMI 10 5kins up prospects. Dunno Is
lively tilker almost all our prominent
men, saii he. IN ths west began life By
selling whisky. Ag,od many of them hate
to own it now, bu. 1t is fact. all the same.
| can name lc1 rich AMI prominent citiz,n.
who got their first start behinl a bar, and
of course can recall a good many who got
t, going the other way from that point
Somebody suggested that it took pretty
Good man to stanl behind bar in a minins :
town and come out alive. and Dunno said:
That's true to n certain extent, thou sh
I've known soms mighty good men to come
out dead You've got To humor certain
class OF cu,t )mers, AMI a certain other class
you've got to shut down on bard l had a
bartender once in Leadville in the early
days who was abou: good a judge OF men
rs ever saw. He never made but ono mis-
| take and that was hi, last After he was
killed couldn't find just the right man, so
| took a whirl at the bar myself for several
| DAYS. With his fate SO FIRE h in my mind,
naturally wished knew all that he dill he
| fore he diel, with the aiiitional lesson oil
his death as well. AMI began - look ar oun
for his account. ! hunted half day, ex
| p.cting to find some record or other tha
| woul post me, and in this meantime any
| boi iy who wanted anything got 1t AT Ia i
| came on an oil sheet II brown wrapping
| paper. on which the bartender had kept hi'
| msmorania I've go: 1t We: somewhere !
| few OF the entries were ike these:
Little Gro s-eyei man, -ometims' gets hot
but take, a staniof p'aceaSiy ~,
| jim -, check shirt. two guns. Owe
eleven. Paid three. Cant be pressel.
L1ng-leggei galoot from the Gunnlson
Alwuys wants t. fight Licked him IIlIllIil
| time, AM get money everT time
Henry Barber. Promise. but nevei
come, down unless jumped on. Gire hin
| drink when he asks har 1.
Tutt.e family. Won't stand refusal, an
never ask seconl tim,. Pay once IN
while.
an crippled two.
Tin Cup Tom Big buffer.
sam Coon. Shot in the neck by Denve
Eartenier and can't get over it Better le
him alone.
The Lumleys Always take what thel
want and smash things but always paw
Jim Likes to jump on bartender. Nevel
hurts.
Bill Rledder Throw gun on bar an
calls for big drinks Lick him every tim
| be tries 1t
Hank Smith. Needs killing. Better wstc
{ him.
-Naw, the funny thing about this busine
: was" continued Dunno. my bartender wa
kilie! by old man Beeb'. so that the recor
was not complete uat:l had given bin
anath,r score ami made it four instead {
t,,r,o hart ,niers that he had got way with
NJ man wa, very sySts matte, and he ha
| NOR, than Sd ot his customers down IN thi
: VIZ He knew the whole paper b. hart
auI rev exactly what TO do when Gu
,o,n,r can, in. II took me some little tim
: T. catch up the tusiness. bu. got along
~ : after awhile.
TIE trouble with most new men benin
tn, har /. t5at they can't tell when man
iok!a-. or when e i IN earnest Thers al
lots ot p,oVle out he-e WAC have always g
70 nave % much fuss when they get drin'
, ami who ,ioa't mean anything by IT; whi
tfs-e are 0 10; of others who SO throuS
| about the same motions, and mean hgs
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