Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-30
MEN WEO CAN CUzzLE Spl2TUoUS LIQUORS
BIZ TAB BARREL
Ana Still Retain Sons Semblanca Of So6rietY.
Men Who Drink Beer Others Who Drink
WHISKY and a Few Who Swill Cham
pagns-A Few Bi6uloEs Champions.


blspce TO sobriety. The matter has re-
ceived careful attention. The repor-
torial eve has gazed with admiring awe
ppon some OF the most capaciOuS
sstanks" i'm this bibulous city, and the
reportorlal ear has listened TO tales OF
capacity such as seldom reach the puo-
lie.
The man who undoubtedly won the
laurels of supremacy in this particular
line did not live to wear them. his
name was Edward Hyer. He claimed,
and proved his claim, that he could
drink three bottles Of Holland sin every
dav before noon. He kept this up for
several months, varying the tipple
with other kinds of ''pizen" ia the after
noon and evening" Whether 1t was
the quantity or the quality Of the stuff
that cut short his career will probably
never be known, IS no autopsy was held;
but one morning about a year ago
Mr.. liver set his tumbler down upon the
counter in the BOWery saloon where he
was employed, strolled up that cosmo-
pOlitan thOroughfare until he reached
She corner of Bayard street, then fell
otlv 20 the sidewalk and paid his
taoutraged nature. 1t was the
TOT Mr.. Hyer that he could
WHISTLES an hour for ten
then skip a srOpe 800 times.
after OF record that Hyer's en-
ffsred him So y day for the
be drank.
Barrett, a Spring street bartend-
.bted the current statements
Ir. Hyer. In the first place, "
"Hyer never drank no Holland
cause the man be worked for
sell il. The kind OF gin he drank
ida water with dash Of bitters in
tow, Tll put Mushhead Jim, the
who discovered the Bowery, up
ost him. Who's Mushhead jim?
toughest man In New York. DE
Ds in an ice wagon in the winter
e, and they have to chop him out OF
ice in the morning with pick. I'll
re- poor. old, feeble, tottering man
tof the BOWery and make him break
ger's record. Let me drink my own
ink, and I'll stow away eighty glasses
ten hours"
Johnny was interrupted by James
wn, an officer on the steamship Alene
he Atlas Line. Mr.. Brown was pos
that his friend Barrett could do all
claimed to perform. As for himself,
r. Brown said he often brand half
ottle OF Jamaica rum before breakfast
simply as an appetizer. But the sailor
had friend named Poole who could
drink q gallon of tarfce, or Haytien
rum. which Brown said was stronger
than absinthe or arracR, in day.
James SandersOn, proprietor or
sting resort on the west side OF
alludedjn q feeling and apprecl-
I've manner to William Ripley, an
.trhteen-carat absorber. James said
that he had known Ripley to sit down
with his friend, Mat Tee, and dispose Of
twenty-four quarts OF champagne in an
evening. Mr.. Ripley, according to
Sanderson, has the unique habit Of pour
ing a quart bottle OF champagne into
schooner" glass. He then quaffS the
stimulant in half-pint gulps, like Ger
nan baron. Mr.. SanderSOn Is also au-
Nority for the statement that Nal Tan,
1leecker street cigar agent, can drink
bottles Of claret a day and keep
on selling cigars.
Jim Montgomery, Sanderson's
,nder, is practically beyond cOmpe-
.son In capacity. Jim weighs upward
II four hundred pounds. He is rOtund
sa beer tub, and his stomach is like
nto cistern. Behind the bar stands
inns glass. No one ever drinks from
sbak she giant 1t is shaped like a
goblet The upper rim Of the glass Is
covered with porcelain. IL holds eight
binary glasses Of beer. In warm
ather, when business is dull, Jim
IS into back room and losses
twenty-five Of these goblets.
is related OF Montgomery that
long since he sat down with
friend named Gloom, who has since
ned the majority, and that together
~ drank two kegs Of beer in an
ur. Shades of Gambrinus! what
endid capacityl Jim is also great
armand He can stow through his
SzaTan amount Of chowder equiv
10 the beer be drinks.
k Anderson, a colOred gentleman
rting proclivities, who resides In
ker street, has gained some dis
ion as a beer drinker. Mr.. Sander
who knows Hank intimately, says
yank at q single sitting has drunk
sses Of beer, 10 of whiskey, and
Of with half Of a sugsr-cured
Sank weighs $50 pounds and is
-airsty.
On Bunnell, the sweet singer of
,ker street, who sells hot corn and
cts customers by the melody Of his
is credited by Mr.. Sanderson with
& imbibed a key of beer and fms
up with a bottle Of brandy in one
ing. On the day when Sam drinks
,on' eat, and when he eats he don't
biz. Colonel Casey, former part
of Matt Grace's, wasn't slow as a
Ser," said Mr.. Sanderson, with a
tive air. II guess he could get
with nearly two gallons q
Che Colonel never takes water
hts LIQUOR. Still, I think
rles Mills could knock out the
as a hard drinker. ] have
ills to drink the larger portion
Of Three-Star Brandy at a
atting." Mr.. Mills was alive
=, although Sanderson says his
ls are pretty well picked.
tement consequent upon the
having somewhat subsidized,
y was resting In front OF his
}orty-second street and Sixth
hen the reportorisl cOrkscreW
ed into him. The cOnserva-
inc man ronGnrod ovr,r - a