Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-04-27

For some time past / nave noticed
party of boys, ranging from 10 TO IA years
of age, who haunt the alley back of the
Metropolitan" said gentleman to the re-
porter the other day as they rode out K
street, land have noticed that slmost
every evening they are under the influence
of liquor. didn't pay much attention to
them at first, bat when found that 1t was
a nightly occurrence with them, l began to
wonder where they got the liquor. Think
ing that l might earn the thanks of the
boys parents, as well as the community at
large, by discovering the guilty saloon
keeper, resolved to investigate"
"What did you learn?" asked the re.
porter.
II learned that they were about as sharp
set of boys as 1 ever heard of. The
saloon-keeper could hardly be blamed for
doing as he did. watched the Youngsters
Friday night. They were cavorting and
cutting didos in the alley, and finally one
OF them-the youngest, apparently, in the
party-shouted out Say, fellies, les have
'nuther booze, hey? I'm gettin' dry The
others agreed with cheer, and one OF
them said: Here, | got ten cents; put in
YOUR tenner, Patsy, and that'll pull Their
four schooners.' The money was handed
over then to a third youngster whom the
others called Brick ard the latter went
out onto Fourth street and entered saloon,
l followed in right after him. He
slapped the two dimes on the bar and gave
his order, -Four schooners, in a hurryl'
The barkeeper filled the glasses promptly,
and, as he handed them over to the kid
said: Those actors seem to be stuck on
big glasses, don't theyP' The boy grinned
and replied. oh, yes; I guess they gets
purity dry singin' and actin They all
likes beer between acts The saloon
man innocently added that he guessed so,
too; and out the boy went. l followed
again, and saw the quartet down those four
schooners with evident gusto''
But that saloon keeper is guilty, lust
the same" suggested the reporter.
well, maybe SO; in a technical sense.
He won't sell them any more, though.
After | had witnessed Interpretations in the
alley that night | went back to the saloon
and had talk with the proprietor. He
was surprised and indignant when be
learned that those kids had PLAYED him.
He told me, though, that he had sold a
great deal of liquor in the same manner,
believing that it had gone to the theater,
and it never occurred to him that ANYTHING
was wrong. He promised that the next
time boy came in TO work the theater
dodge he'd get kicked out"
You look sleepy this morning, Jones.
What's the matter?n
"Oh, COMPOUNDED tomato man took ND
his station at the corner above my house.
last night, and sang his doleful song nearly
all night. 1t was enough to wake the dead.
yelled at him dozen times to try an
other corner, but it had no effect. | tell
you, sir, there ought to be law against al
lowing those fellows to make the night
hideous. You never hear one of them veil
in San Francisco. Not much The police
would drop onto them in a minute Down
there the tomato man is content with a
lantern and sign. 1t ought to be thesame
here"
Right you are"
Il tell you our Governor is we'll up in the
history of California" said prominent
official, whose Office is in the Capitol last
evening, to g friend whom he had met in a
blue car
Yes? 1 didn't know that"
"On, yes indeed. l was Just out to the
Pioneer reception which took place in the
Assembly Chamber. The Governor made
speech. In it he inserted some history,
He told the visiting New England Pioneers
how the Truckee river got its name. He
said that in early days there was mining
camp near the river, and an old Indian
used to pack off garbage from the camp and
dump it in the river. The miners called
the garbage truck but the Indian called it
'truckee.' Then everybody called the river
'Truckee.'
That's the first time I ever heard that
said the officials friend ~ wonder if
Historian Win DAVIS knows that"