The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-05
MEMORANDA OF A BARTENDER
When 1t Took Pretty Good Man to RI


When 1t Took Pretty Good Man to Run
Deadwood BAR.
fDeadwood Cor. New York Sun
Bill Dunno. who has kept q SALON In
thlrty-two different mining camp an in
every far western state anl terri ~ ex
Oregon, il in town, renewing old aoq mint
ances an 10 liking up prospects. Daane j, 8
lively talker. almost all our pro1ninen
men, sal he, I'm thu vast bs-a1 life by
selling waisky. A good many of them hat
10 own it now, but it is a fact, all tia anne
can name loo ri h AMI prominent cifizen
who got their first start benin a bar. ana
Of course / can re1al a go0l many VIII got
to going the other way fir I'M tina poiat
Somebody suggested that it took a pretty
good man TO stand behind bar in a IN sniny
town and come out alive, and Dunno sail:
That's true to q certain extent. though
I've known soma mighty goad men TO come
out dead. Hol've got 10 humor certain
class OF Gu tpnlsrs, an a certain other ella IS
you've got TO shut down on hard / had
bartender once in Leadville in the early
day who was about as good jndye of men
as ever saw He never made but one mis-
take, and that was his last After he was
killed / coul int tn just the right man, sol
took a wbirl at the bar myself for several
days With 5 fate SO fire b in my mind, ]
naturally wished l knew al that he did he
fore he dlei, with the additional lesson of
his death as well, AM / began , look ar ,un
for MS account. ! hunted half day. ex-
pscting TO find some record or other that
woul post me, and in thu meantime any,
body who wanted anything got it. At lat
l came on an oil sheet of brown wrapping
paper, on whicl the bartender had kept his
maj an IN mt RAJ.
few Of the entries were like these:
Little GRO s-eyed man, ometimss gets hot.
but takes q st IN LOT p ,aceably.
Jim -. Geek shirt, two guns Owes
eleven Pail threa. Ca at be preset.
LaRg-leggel galoot from the Gun lisan.
Away wants TO fight Licked him IIIIIIIII
time anl get money everF time
Henry Barber. Promise, but never
corres down unless jumped on. Give him
drink " hen he asks bar /
Tuttie family Won't stand usal. AMI
never ask seeonl TINA Pay once In a
while
OH man Besbe. KiIlel three bartenl ers
an 4 cripelAl two
Tin Cup Tom Big buffer
Sam Coon. Shot in the neck by Denver
barten Ter ami can't get over It. Better let
him alone
The Llmlevs Always take what thew
want All ma h thing. but always psv.
JIM LIKES 10 Jump On BARTENDER. Never
hurts
Bill Bledder. Throw. gun on bar and
call for big drinks. Lick him every time
he tries IL.
Hank Smith. Needs killing. Better waite
i'm
NV, the funnv thing about this husines.
wa" continued Duane, my bartender wss
kille1 by old man Beebe. SO that the record
was not complete until | had givan him
another score and male it four instead of
three hart nlers that he had got wly with.
Ny man waS very systematic. an he ha
more than SOB OF hi, customers down in this
way. He knew the VIII l. paper BY heart
and knew exactly what to do when a Gus
TONER cam in. 1t took ms some little ii ne
TO catch up the tusiness, but | got along all
right after awhile.
THE troulle with most new men behind
the bar is that they can't tell when MAJ is
joking, or when 20 Is IN earnest There are
lots Of psople out here who have Away got
TO have 80 much fuss when they get drin1.
ani who don't msan anything by it, wnile
t ere are lot OF Others who go thr ugh
about the So me motions, aud mean fight
from the word GO