New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-06
AZ OLD ENGLISH ALEHOTSE.
IT STANDS NEAR COOPER UNIoN-sTRANGELf IN
CONTRAST WITH THE MODERN DARKROOM

IT sr,NDs NEAR COOPER UNION-sTRANGELf IN
CONTRAST WITH THE MODERN BARRooM
Within a short distance % Cooper Union there
has stood for forty years alehouse which mas
scarcely a single characteristic in common WI" nv
Naw-York barroom. SO far rs appearance goes -
might have been transported direct from H"s'"1
and put down in its present SITUATION II - ="
every respect an average Englsh nm an" '' ~
toners are principally composed OF Enghs'"e"
, nosssrh,. nigh, easily miss the "Old House al
tg,," as II Is called for there Is nothing 20 III
dcate IT'S nature but the above title over the uo'
and almost obliterated by age
v-be, rho door IS opened the visitor seems to step
AZ once into England. The floor Is Hosra'' De
sprinkled with sawdust, not the scahty p~a"' 'S
which IS used IN saloons but a thick GOVERNS ""'Sn
makes footballs almost inaudlbie. Nothing pu' are
g. soia larar being unknown in the "Oid Rouse a.
Home and +, Is invariably served In pewter mugs
Some OF the mugs are fifty years DID, haN'ns oee'
m constant service al. the time Back OF the par
room g a large sitting-room. when i e''"ueu
during the evening with customers.
peonls who come in are expected to sit down aho
- la,s,rol,, their ale man who walks IN, ana
ar randy swallowing his beer rushes out again.
is Looked uuon with undlsguised contempt oy 'he
hs--erder With every drink clay pipe may y.
,,Isr hv the customer and filled from DoN VI
tobacco lying the counter
~ho ,ev,,ar mugs are extremely capacous and
vary
r,ev pr5w wider toward the bottom, ana 10 empty
two or three fl.ed with ale IS heavy tax on .ne
oh,,-,es n, the average Newly Yorker. Inc
I-,grshn,en who frequent the place VIII drink mug
o,,er mug OF arr and arr without any apparent
dlncultv and trouble OF kind IS rarely eN-
nar.snced in the old-fashoned barroom Nearly
on tho patrons OF the place 70 there for quiet
SMOKE and cha, for two or three hours and dis
order is almost unknown. There is no restraint N
tba "Old House at Home" When man has ordered
his beer ard filed his pipe. the usua, rule Is 10
a,,s- into conversation with the man who Is near
him ,
All round the wall hang pictures whose coioTs
are diugy and obscured by age. curious feature
which Immediately strikes the observer - the
number OF clocks In the room. Ihere are
,our large old-fash.oned timepleces. all gong
and every one indicating exactly the same time
1,ba mace f. kept By an Irishman named Mcsorey,
ga ,,dssd the place is known 10 the majority OF
60 ,rsouenters as "Mcsorley's" The old man 10
strongly opposed to Innovations OF any klna' ara
b.s contempt for the modern. Sorgeous.y hiied up
saloon IS something remarkable. The OH man
derives much qualification from the various tX-
MISSIONS OF astonshment which are uttered py
new,y landed Englshmen entering ms place lot INC
nrst time. ao,or fran, An.
o., the English liners came rolling IN; As
soon IA he got fairly inside the door ne iooked
around with his mouth wide open ara then rtnspshs
I mus. be IN hold Hens,and, or heise were nam J.
owing 20 rs dingy appearance ana absence OF
signs the place is not widely known. and the same
faces are generally seen there every evening