Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-26
FAMOUS MEN AND THEIR DRINKS.

hMhH ABOUT hord Lornr Marl 1,.sat,
ti"renee tho Actor, ana other No,nbl,
Pefsops
New York Mail ana Rxprcaa.
Happening to wander into the bar Of
one Of the fashionable uptown r, stsurant,
lew nigats ago reporter met the pro.
prietor and shook hands with him. Mir.
- Is man who has risen from The
ranks. He has been bell-boy, bAr.tonae,
sud proprietor In turni has kept billiard
Soles, restaurants and hotels, all of The
nrst-elass, anu has seen the great men OF
the country pass In review before him
ApArt from MIS- natural Intelligence aud
eno very Iair education nc received Tor a
start, nus oontac with statesmen, journal.
lslS, authors, actors and public men gen
.iiul'y mas ueVelopeu In him the peuelra,
N.un euu powers OF observation 80 neces .
sety 10 a successful business man In his
line. - 49,
"fou are looking for news. eh and
cant hnd amy II had leisure / eonld
furnish you With column OF matter y
Take leisarc, then, aud t,ll ma what
The favorte drinks are OF some of the
Prominent men Of the country, Yuu
nave seen thom all
Most OF them. Well. supposo wa
commence with Mark Twain. Ho IL nm.
uouotedly prominent man, | under.
stand Mr. Clemens poses IA u strict tenn.
perauee man In the domestic circle,
Nevertheless, II | had a dollar for
every whisky straight he has swal-
lowed at my bar might retire
from business. Old rye used Ia bo Mia
weakness, When | was bartender at
the Manhattan club saw most of tho
humollsts and llterau OF tho day. petro-
lenm Nasty used To affect neat whisky.
IL seemed TO inspire him, though | didn't
mink he needed much inspiration. Flor
ehces the actor, took ponies OF brandy, and
Barney Williams oysters and ale. To my
mind beer Is not q Christian drink. II
conduoos 20 melancholy, aud have no
doubt those occasional articles I'm the
Times and Evening Post predicting blue
ruin ~ the country are written by lu.
happy mortsls under the influence of beer
lyon have heard OF Chris Buckley, the
San Francisco politician uu is "A great
man. II b he who taught me TO make a
drink ~ for the gods out Of port wine and
few 9th + Ingredients. lie calls them
sangarces, ana mono drink them with
moro relish than he Dave Higgins, an
other Pacific slope man, takosa mixture
OF vile compounds, OF which brandy Ia
the chief don't like brandy. Artemus
Wardf remember him we'll Il was
glorious 10 hear him talk when 10 the
hnmor, though he used to play me an. |
noying practical jokes AZ tines. He too
his whisky like an honest man. Artemus
rushed into the bar one night In state |
OF wild disorder
"'Qulek, quickp he cried, In apparent
agony "A bottle OF your strongest |
whisky. I've been bitten by rattle
snake
"The terrified bartender handed him a
quart bottle OF Gu!nneas' stout.
"'hnn, now and bring me bottle Of
rum aud jar Of cider
"When the bartender returned W th the
rum and cider, he saw Artemus take an
Empty bottle from his mouth, seeminnly
liter draining II. fIe then took bold OF
ne rum ana cider, placed them ia
,sskei, and crylng I'm OF for doctor
an out az rapidly aud AS wildly as no had
'ntered.
"0i course he paid Tor them next day.
lie and q few conEenlal spirits were hay.
ug n l3iiiHcatiun'at one Of their rooms,
nd thai was Wards way OF contributing.
ame6 Kedpath ~ partial 20 hot irish,
ometimoH Scotch, but the former Is his
ayoflte beverage, The deeper he drinks
he laore serloug aud philosophical ho
rows. In this respect no resembles
many OF our literary men. lubert o
Thompson was addicted TO soar mash,
which, In my opinion, was. mis-
axe, AZ mashes muddlo the intel.
act. Mayor Grace Is fond OF beer
n all varieties, including lager and ,
alfand.hslk Cleveland IL NOS partIou. /,
ar about his dTnks, aud that is one Z
eason why I did not vote for him. ~
ook upon drinking as an art, and think 4
bat no man ia ~ 10 be president Of thls /
reat republic who IL not sele2t as to his i
.qpors. Boss Tweed was a regular cpl
ure. II was real pleasure 20 see him
rink the choice wines he loved 80 we'll.
hey DID him good, poor soul, and one Of
he chief causes that led 10 his promo.
are death wSs being deprived Of
Is hook and soda IN the carly
forming lts use was against the
rlson rules, you know lie often
mused himself Of nights when tto,eArre
oiace were thfown 81 by breaking y
Irge French mirrors with botbjes a 4
hanpagne aad paying double for she a
amnges ont Of his own pocket. Cam d
c9urz Is fond Of negus tbot sherry On Il
iAukilF fHouHut btaNEt w y Aftlh hfal
tner lending mug ggmps arc. Senator d
bnunds drinks punches, aBt 10 fact y
'Ost 81 Tho senators, as ! found d
hen tended bar 10 Washing.
)n, have their own idiCsyncueles y
Tho line Of drinking. Yes, 4
en-. Logan Is siTicly mpnato. q
uC, alter ~, Americans ars ppor cre1. 4
Tres compared WIN many Europeans { a
ave seen The Grand DUO lexlscOula / d
ut iaOre cQbbiers uairr bis uigt-dtesBl l.
ae 10 % bed sober han asY mas / X az b
except Lord JDynp 10 told me ifbe y
.ad d lew mOnths longer Ia this countfy Ii
Er beautiful whisky vOuld make re.
Hblican " him Lord LorDe was TIE b
nest drinking DlAn Of TIE age HO mad 2
marvellous faculty Dor tosKing On hot Z
inches 1lthOzt winkinR. he came Into I.
D uptown house cps day some Yesrs
90 and called al he could see 10 drink u
18th him. fou may not bellows Il, but Il
E Disposed Of forty-Hye cocktails while q
Anding a. the bar. he iuid out Boss n
racy, Tin Valentine and jimmy Carroll q
no time, went down 10 dinner and o
wiped Two bottles Of champagne, came 1
, the bar 6gGln and took three ram .
inches aud went 10 bed" o
"Drunk ~ iOidf" II
"Noi sooeE ~ judge, assure you.p a
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