The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-11-11
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Iprcposed 10 BAscom last mite ,Lai be
take me into partnership. on The strength
Nv the sppintmsnt nv which I en- nov
ashocred. rs soon ~ The President ssls 10
Il seisstin that miis move tho Post -ciIls
into his sroccry, and thus attract : large
trade ! slso ssicsted that I Good tend tho
bar while he wus out. and at I'll evcncc,
relieve him nv gres. deel NV work By
hslpin myself wheu | wanted refresher,
| To my surprise Baseom declined 10 con
sider tho proposishen, remAskln that he
didn't think tho trade wood stand two
sich industrious drinker.
In the course nv the eouvsrsashsn Bs,-
com remarked eE follows:
Likksr ssllin looks like . nifty profitable
bixuis. but Il aint alluk II hes ik dror.
bAx. yoo ses yer customsrs don't live
long enuif 10 mako ths bisnis n profitable
% u should bc. Jest a. 700 git man
fairly nEed 20 that be hex 70 hsv bic iitksr
regler, he gets 40 thai be won't work. and
consekently dont hev money TO sstisiy HE
appetite. That's the trubbls. Wat good
to me 10 man with healthy lougin for
ssimulAnt, aud no mcnsy TO pay for 1T
III ! Good ind likker wich would mako
man drink without dsatroyiu bic cspas.
sity for laber. IL wonld do. for then be
Good earn money every day. and spend il
every mite In my bar. and Il would be
pleasant But II don't work that way. Ef
man gets drunk Saturday nite and stays
drunk oil day sunday. he isn't wuth
straw for laber Monday, and ef he gets
down to biznis by Thursday he 10 doing
persy we'll. 30 you sre half his time 10
lost, and his capassity fur payin for likker
is curtaIed by the very likker hc drinks.
This Dustin mans sistem by stimulants
cuts me out . good 30 per cent nv vat
there should be In the bixnis.
And then smother trouble is that every
now and then regler customer gets .
foolish spasm. and goes and squanders
part Of his earnings on his wife and chill.
dren. ! sce only yesterday the little girl
Nv one Nv my best customers 60 by 10 a
moo calico dress and moo pair NV shoes,
wich know be he'd paid for. for he hasn't
bin in my place for four days. And the
money which he paid for thcm shoes and
that csliker dress wood hev been In my ill
by this time ef be hedn't sQuAndered II 10
thet onjestifable way. What rite had he
to do IN Ef his little gal wanted moo shoes
and dress, why didn't his wife get The
money, by washin and sich7 I hate TO SEQ
moo shoes and moo caliker dresses on tho
little gals Nv my customers. II is jist 20
much robbed from me,
And then trouble We hev with likker
don't end with this sort Nv thing. When
man hez drunk too muoh he won't work.
The eppetite for likker ought 10 end with
man'S capassity for payin for u, but u
don't He must have II whether be works
or not, And 40 be Gums 10 and demands
credit, and wat arc you goiog to do' II
you refuse him likker the poor devil mite
git his stumick heeled, and mite possibly.
come to pint wher be wooden't want IL
at oil, which would DO rooinous. 80 70
hev to give II TO him on tick, to keep hi
stumick properly inAamed, 70 that when
he does gil 10 work be will continner 10
contribbit. Inezmuch ez vat he earns
when be Is st work comes 10 me anyhow,
be never hez any surplus TO pay of old
scores, and the result ID loss nv wst 700
hev advanced. A skore wunst run up al
luz stays run up.
Another trouble with us IL tho Ates
which is inseperable from likker. The
breakin Nv chares. and glasses aud sicb,
don't count but when one nv your best
customers gifts his he'd broken 70 he hez 10
stay 10 bed week snd can't git 10 yoor
bar At all, that u hart rendin. And when
they git TO shootini ! shsl never foreit
how felt when saw Lish Pognm. the
leekin's Oldest son, curled up on this
ioor, with hole thro bis forehead. with
Pete Gavitt. Isssker's oldest brother,
'tsudin over him with his pistol smokin'
Lish Pogrsm wus ded ex door nail. and
10 wnx with to me at least $500 . year.
Ind to finish up the disaster. they sent Pete
o the penitentiary for lie, for KILN Nv
lin, and ther vent another $500 yssr
Pete committed socicids before bs he'd
lin ther year, for he and 'Lish he'd alius
,in good trends and KILN nv him when
10 wuz drunk kinder preyed onto bis
mind.
However. hsv dun we'll snu6 and don't
ick. hev mortgage onto most Nv the
arms hereaLouts. which, whiis they don't
~ any interest on their notes. IL amounts
. the same thing, = they spend I'll the
,ony they make st my bar anyhow. /
sv MORTGAGE on their lsber. tbst is the
lber Nv their wives and children.
The rsglers die too soon, bat thsr y
be children comm up. and thst i sboor
ssonrcs They claim the rits 70 70 vhsr
her dads 90. and they cum. They cum
hoor. And sz ther stomicks IL fresh. for
few years they kin stand great deal Nv
kksr. and stiIl do . toIlsbls dsys work.
J il sad fact that yer old customers die
Z nity fast; but The young mas cun Ia
take tbsr places. and they sort o. kssp
10 thing runDin.
But yoo'd never do fur the bisois. Par
20. never. II requires. to keep . bsr u
10 Corners, . cool head, "a sbsIoot sb.
'nlsncs, tiII sftsr the bar il closed. Yoo
snt 10 kuow who 10 trust and vho not,
~ want 10 know when 70 interfere bu
i. snd when not snd you ssut. above
4 ,at "a drink mn vo0Y cxuuvtia vOof.