Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-03

than those of our country. They are also,
much heavier than those of Germany and it
is well-linOwn fact there is more drunken
ness in England. Scotland and ireland than
Ill Germany, France or Italy. All Of the
lower classes of Glasgow seem to get drunk
of Saturday night, and throughout Ireland
Scotland and England saw many drunken
people of both sexes. | saw some drinkers
who appeared to he stupid in Paris and it
may have been that they were half drunk
with absinthe, but there was no maudln cry
upon the street, and there were not the reel
ing, bowling drunkardS you will find in New
York and London. Italy is also wine
drinking country and it stands on about the
same level as France rs regards to drum en-
ness. In Egypt up to late years very little
drinking was done and the drunkenness
of Egypt has been introduced by the Eu-
ropean. The tcuets of AIohammelaniSm are
very strict against drunkenness. hut the
young Egyptians of the better class wish to
initiate Europeans and in Cairo and Alex
anrla you Will find the same character of
cafe chantants or drinking places connected
! with concerts which YOU find in Paris and
Vienna
Speaking Of Vienna, the AuStrians are on a
par with the other German nations as beer
drinkers. The Vienna beer is excellent 1t
Is light, foany and pleasant in taste and you
Will find ii ON draught in all the great cities
in Europe. The Bavarian beer is also very
fine, and there is a brewery in Munich under
the patronage Of the crown. This brewery
has been managed for several hundred wears
by the government and it is one of the queer
est drinking places in Europe. There is not
much style and you drink your beer in a
kind of cellar which is entered by a paved
courtyard in which are also tables and seats.
Every one waits upon himself in the cellar
OF this Munich brewery The beer mugs
stand ON row of shelves and any one who
wishes Il mug Of beer must pick up one of
| these mugs wash and clean it himself and
carry it to the counter. Behind this several
men are drawing beer from barrels The
drinker lays down about five cents and the
mug is filled for him 1t holds about three
pints and he carries it off to hunt table
where he can sit down and enjoy it. All
classes are on a par in this brewery, and
! ladies and their servants, mobiles and peasants
| pay the same for their beer in this "Hofbrau-
haus In the spring of the year the book
beer is sold and this is a great time for drink
| ing III Munich. Every one goes to the "lIof-
! brauhauS and drinks mug after mug of the
Bavarian book and this drinking keeps up
| till the beer is eXhauSted. 1t is wonderful how
much the people drink and that with it all YOU
see no drunkenness to speak of. Children are
given beer to drink and have wondered at
times as to whether the amount of beer drunk
by them or their parents has not something
to do with the large number of bow-egged
children in Germany. Certain it is that
more bow-legged young ones are found in
Germany and the Scotch cities than any
where else in Europe.
In this matter of drinking and smoking
one gets closer to the great men of the past
than in any other way. | have had some
queer experiences in hunting ont such haunts.
In late letter | told you of the noted
port wine Of The Cock" in London, which
Tennyson celebrated. | have visited Auer-
bachs keller in Ieipsic where some Of the
scenes in Gorth, : Faust are laid, and | have
looked with interest upon the beer mu. of
Martin Luther in the Johanneum museum in
Dresden. 1t held about quart and it was
Oh mug of Luthcrs that the following Ger
man words were inscribed:
Wer liebt ncht wcn webb umd gtsan.
Der heibt Elm narr sein eben lang
which translated means:
Who loves not woman, wine and song
Remains a fool his whole lf- long.
saw another drinking vessel Of Iuthe sat
the Wartburg castle, which was used while he
was working here upon the translation of the
Bible, and which believe is the Identical one
which he is said to have thrown at the head
of the devil when he tormented him. At
Saltzburg, i'm southern Bavaria where Mo
Fart was born and where Haydn wrote some
of his finest music, visited the noted wine
cellar known as the "Stfts Keller" and found
a crowd of one hundred well dressed men and
Gln iI,,. i. l
years ago, when Mozart and Haydn drank
among them of equally good wines and per
haps at an equally cheap price Of five cent, a
pint. In Scotland this summer took "A mug
of ale at Tam O'Shanters inn in the village
of Ayr, where Robert Burns drank wears ago
and where Tam and Souter johnny began
their drinking bout which started Tam upon
his adventures past Alloway kirk The old
room Is the same now MS it was then and the
same old tables and rude furniture remain
The ceiling is low and everything is smoked
but the old drinking place honors the man
who made it famous. Pictures of Burn,
hang upon its walls AMI there i, a statue of
Burns within it. 1t has an old fireplace \
long table runs through its center and old
chairs and benches are scattered about it. IL
is not hard to repcoplc it with the iovill
crowd Of the poets, and | could almost Seo
the rosy cheeks Of Robert Burns a, ne rOar,d
out one of those songs which have since ult,l,.
that part of Scotland SO famous
The American bar has become great fea
ture Of Europe. 1t is usually fraul and l.
an excuse for charging high price for poor
liquors. You often see the sign in Eu.land.
American bar, All drinks one shilling
And the rulc is that you pay twenty -fv, /
cents for the article which at the English bar
across the way You get for eight OF ten cents /
At the American bars mixed drinks are sold. /
but seldom beer They are patrauiled by /
American travellers who have more money /
than sense, and on their bills Of fare they I.
have all sorts of ridiculous tides for drinks /
such as "Beauty's breath, etc Many Of the /
bartenders in England are women, and this
is also the custom in Germany. | have seen .
women drawing beer in Scotland who had as
good faces as to beauty and refinement as YOU
will find in Sabbath days journey. and it
seems to be the rule in both Great Britain |
and in Germany TO pick out pretty girls for
barmaids. FRANK GEORGE CARPENTER
A pen-worn writer says; "And now. soon