The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-05-16
BAzOO GOSSIP.

weeks, but suddenly finds himself
dead broke. Then on the strength
of his former patronage he will exc
out a few drinks on credit.
Another will approach the bar-ten
der and tell a pitiful tale Of feeling
decidedly "rockey" or sick and secure
what he wants. Whether true or not,
his story will not travel as far as cold
cash. Never.
Another will promise to pay some.
time durirg the day, when he knows
not that he will ever see a dime
again. This familiar dodge may work
in some places, but it is simply case
of a thirsty man catching at a straw.
Some men, in their desperation, will
lay a nickel on the counter and de-
clare that to be their sole financial AS
sets. a compassionate barkeeper will,
now and then, be accommodating and
hand out a glass of liquor.
To gather up empty beer, wine and
whisky bottles and give them in ex-
change for a morning bracer, is not
uncommon and is recognized as the
proper thing in saloon ethics.
When some men are totally ''busted"
and imagine they must have a
drink, they will sit around a
barroom and watch and wait with a
longing and patience worthy of bet
ter cause, the approach of friend
who, better fixed than they, will in
wife them up to have somethin'. Then
how friendship is plighted afresh !!
How the benefactor's welfare is scru-
tinously inquired after! What loyal
protestations of s'I'll do the same by
yeu sometime" are made! In fact.
the false favor, momentarily at least,
is, in the eyes OF the beneficiary, "the
greatest thing i'll the world"
People unacquainted with saloon
tricks and habits decry the barkeeper
as hard-hearted, grasping and even
cruel. They say he makes fortune
easily and by means of dlshonorable
traffic. But such accusations, in the
main, are not true.
A bartender has dozens of the above
named cases to deal with
daily. His business, trade and
incidental expenses are quite
heavy, and, as rule, he pays cash as
he goes. In order to meet the many
OUTLAWS peculiar to his business. he
must sell as nearly on cash basis as
possible, and no one can rightfully
deny that he must draw the line some
where and even on many people. Be-
sides, the law does not permit him to
collect a liquor debt, as may be done
in other lines of business.
The fact of the matter is simply
this: The man who cannot walk up
to a bar and pay in the coin of the
realm for the drink he may desire,
ought to quit right then and there, as
a matter of credit to himself and Ordi.
nary justice to the saloonkeeper.
L. D. Drake, superintendent of the
Missouri Reform School for boys, at
and his accomplished wife,
returned home last evening,
after having spent the afternoon sight
seeing in the city.
Superintendent Drake was appoint
ed to his present position, at the open
ing of the school, by the late lament
ed Governor Morehouse. He was
an Indianan and had already had
several years of practical experience
in a similar institution in that state.
At the time much dissatisfaction
wasexpressed at Governor Warehouses
Official action in this matter. This was
SO among a set of Cooper
county statesmen who aspired to the
position. They claimed that some
local or other Missouri man
should be appointed because this
school was purely a Missouri institu-
ton. All or any of them thought
they could conduct the school with
and success, though some
Of them had never before heard of a
reform school and none of them knew
whatever of its operation.
The governor decided otherwise,
and the wisdom OF that decision has
lOng since become fully recognized.
None but an experienced man could
ever have taken the work in hand and
accomplished the results which have
made this school at Boonville the
pride of the people of this state.
As an all-round educator, worker
and manager, Superintendent Drake
IS quite remarkable. He |
IS a Christian gentleman,
, thorough disciplinarian, understands |
practically the several trades taught,
and is 50 much of an athlete that he
engages in the various outdoor sports
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