Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-28
MEN wEO CAN GUILE SPlRlTUOUS LIQUORS
BY TEE BARREL
And Still Retain Some Ssmblancs Of SobrieiY,
Men Who Drink Beer, Others Who Drink
Whisky and Few Who Swill Cham
pagne-A Few Bibulous Champions.


LIQUOR and still maintain some SEM
blance 20 Sobriety. The matter has re-
ceived careful attention. The repor-
tOrial eye has gazed with admiring awe
upon some OF the most CapaciOuS
tanks in this bibulous city, and the
report0rial ear has listened TO tales OF
capacity such as seldom reach the pub
lie.
The man who undoubtedly WOO 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 10 was
the quantity OF the quality Of the stuff
that cut short his career will probably
never be known, as no autopsy was held;
but one morning about a year ago
Mr.. Hyer set his tumbler down upon the
counter ia the BOWery saloon where he
was employed, strolled up that cOsmO-
politan thoroughfare until he reached
he corner of Bayard street. then fell
NLIN 10 JIG 1A4EMNAA 0AA pau At0
-aOutraged nature. IL was the
tot Mr. Hyer that he could
WHISTLES an hour for ten
then skip a srOpe 500 times.
after OF record that Hyer's en-
fered him 50 a day for the
he drank
Barrett, a Spring street bartend
.bted the current statements
Ir. liver. I'm the first place
"Hyer never drank no Holland
cause the man he worked for
sell il. The kind of gin he drank
ida water with a dash OF bitters in
Tow, I'll put Mushhead jim, the
who discovered the BOwery, up
nst him. Who's Mushhead jim?
toughest man in New York. He
Ds in an ice wagon in the winter
e. and they have 70 chop him out OF
ice IA the morning with pick. I'll
re a poor. old, feeble, tottering man
of the BoWery and make him break
yer's record. Let me drink my own
ink, and IN stow away eighty glasses
D ten hours.
Johnny was interrupted by James
Wn, an officer on the steamship Alene
re Atlas Line. MIR. 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 a gallon Of tarfce, or Haytien
rum, which Brown said was stronger
al ef~sb. a. owroulr IN q fav
James SandersOn, proprietor OF a
ring resort on the west side OF
alluded in q feeling and appreci-
We manner TO William Ripley, an
.tghteen-carat abSorber. James said
that he had known Ripley to sit down
with his friend, Nat Tee, and dispose OF
twenty-four quarts OF champagne In an
evening. Mr.. Ripley, according TO
Sanderson, has the unique habit Of pour
ing q Quart bottle OF champagne into a
schooner" glass. He then Quatfs the
stimulant in half-pint gulps, like Ger
nan baron. Mr.. SandersOn Is also au-
Nority for the statement that MAJ 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-
.,on in capacity. jim weighs upward
< four hundred pounds. He Is rotund
beer tub, and his stomach is like
nto a cistern Behind the bar stands
sims glass. No one ever drinks from
tbLt the 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
as into q back room and losses
TWENTY-FIVE Of these gobletS.
is related Of Montgomery that
long since ne sat down with
friend named Gloom, who has since
ned the majority, and that together
sv drank two kegs of beer in an
ur. Shades of Gambrnus. what
endid capacity! Jim is also great
lrmand Re can stow through his
way al amount OF chOwder equiv
10 the beer be drinks.
* Anderson, colored gentleman
rtlng proclivities, who resides In
ker street, has gained some dis
ion as a beer drlnker. Mr.. Sander
who knows Hank intimately, says
Iank at single sitting has drunk
lsses OF beer, Is Of whiSkey, and
Of with half of a sugar-cured
flank we.shs $50 pounds and is
.airsty.
m Bunnell, the sweet singer Of
,ker street, who sells hot corn and
cts customers by the melody OF his
2 is credited by Mr.. Sanderson with
LIZ imbibed key Of beer and fms
up with a bottle Of brandy In one
ing. On the day when Sam drinks
on eat, aRd when he eats he don't
AZ. "Colonel Casey, former part
OF Matt Graces, wasn't slow as a
5er," said Mr.. Sanderson, with 3 /
tive air. - guess he could get
with nearly two gallons a
The Colonel never takes water
hts liquor. Still, I think
lrles Mills could knock out the
as hard drinker. have
ILLS to drink the larger portion
OF Three-Star Brandy at
.tting." Mr.. Mills was alive
az, although SanderSon says his /
gaDS are pretty we'll picked.
excitement consequent upon the
an having somewhat subsidized,
kelly was resting In front or his
lt Forty-second street and Sixth
when the reportorisl cOrkscrew
Ed into him. The conserva-
ing man pondered over the