Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-02-28

Several gentlemen in the smoker were
telling how they had sworn off from
certain things the other day. 81 have
sworn off in the matter OF wet pool, "
said travelling man.
And what is wet pool?" the student
with the bang and achaperon was heard
to inquire.
at is pool at the end Of each game Of
which," said the bagman, as we call
them in England, "the loser has to stand
the grog."
"And what made you swear off?" came
the birdlike voice Of the boy with the
noiseless bang"
"Well. last Thanksgiving l was sort
of practicing with the pool balls when
tall, thin man strolled up to the table
and asked If I'd like to play. | said
yes, and we played one game, which
was on him, and he drummed on the
floor with the butt Of his cue aud asked
me what it would be. l told him, and
we had the order filled. So it went on
till we had played twenty-seven games
of wet pool. / did not sell any more
goods that week, and when / got ready
to go at it again found out at the hotel
Office that my tall, thin adversary had
been three days in his grave.
when / play now II is for the natural
exhilaration Of the game, and the most
arid pool there is is the pool / prefer"
~ have sworn off from drinking in q
drug store any MORE" said large pow
erful man, who handles millinery goods
on the kerosene circuit in Kansas. 81
have to make Kansas twice a year, and
Won know of course that there the pre-
scription business runs largely into vini
galfci, tones and the frumenti side OF
the pharmacop9ia. One evening we
gathered in the back room Of drug
store, three OF us---Ellis, who handles
overalls; Bascom, selling grain elevators
and union depots by sample, carrying
three trunks with street numbers on
them instead of names, and myself. We
took port wine three times around.
skipped the last round, because / had
nromised my wife before | left home
that | would not touch liquor Of any
kind--unleSs wanted TO very much in
deed.
"Ellis went home with NE and Bas-
com went TO another hotel at the sta
ton. Ellis snored so in his sleep that |
tried to wake him up, but couldn't, so |
got mad and emptied the ice water all
over his head Then poured the con-
tents OF the big pitcher on him and got
him on his feet. l gave him everything
| had in my valise, including package
| Of common baking soda and mustard
| master that was Christmas present
To- Y I'm m
| that could walk him around the room
and knew that he had given me gen.
eral idea OF what his diet had been for a
dav or two, there was big racket in
the hall and pounding on the door. A
big doctor rushed in, and with him o
sobbing drug clerk. The doctor rum
mayed around among Ellis vitals with
a stomach pump, and finding that, bar
ring a few follicles and the everyday
coat of his stomach, he was pretty
empty, he got his breath and told US
that Bascom was dead and il Ellis got
through it would be due to my wonder
ful foresight, for the clerk had given US
| laudanum the last round by mistake.
| So get along now without prescrip-
ton in Kansas, and hope TO die natu-
raj death, greatly beloved and incurred
by all who know me, casting great big
gloom over our quiet little community
and generally mourned on account oil
NV charming qualities both of mind
and heart. Eastern papers please copy
Then theconversation gradually drift
ed into other channels, and man who
handles trnsses for the northwest got &c
talking about hunting. He could shoot
with unerring accuracy, he said, and
loved dearly TO shoot all kinds Of large
game. he preferred elephants, judged
from his talk, and when he cared up q
coyey Of these little feathered songster.