Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-09-07
on rHR SLY.
How to Do 1t, and No One the Wiser.

~ from people who drink, for a 0ood
percentage Of the money that goes INTO
inc I'll comes from those who arc
strictly temperance people," said tbe
Sashler IN The bar-room VI one of the
large hotels In the center Of the city
"iow do they do itP" .Ohl It's easv
enough Tor man who wants his hi.
tiers 10 get them right here. even II he
Y an ayowed blue-ribbon man. There
was Boston clergyman stopping here
lasl week. OF course he does not
drink-certainly he does not! But
every morning at breakfast we sent
into the dining room glass OF settler
lemonade for him, which he drank TO
wake his stomach up, ms he told his
friends az the same table. One-uuar.
ter OF that glass of lemonade was pure
Holland gin, which, being white ia
Color could not be detected even by
the person sitting next 10 him. Yes,
OF course We knew the gin was in il.
Tor he has been stopping at this hotel
when IN the city for some Is wears.
anu there was an understanding
reached between is long while ago.
Then there is the wife OF "A naval
onieer Of high rank who ALWAYS stops
mere while her husband Is on one of
his cruises. With dessert al dinner
she has two small cups of very black
coilee, and her friends always speak of
how much more animated aud enter
tanning sue is after dinner than she Is
before II. She becomes d really bril-
liant talker. The true reaosn is that
there was a stiI pony Of the best
French brandy ia each one Of those lit
tie cups Of black coffee.
Now look there; watch that" said
the speaker stopping suddenly and
hoddlng his head toward the door Of
Ia" room, "now you'll have a pracii-
cal illustration 81 what | say.
As he spoke, three gentlemen
slrolled % and walked up 10 the bar.
Each one 81 them wore six hats, with
large diamond sulilaires in their shirt
fronts. They each ordered drinks,
two taking whisky aud the third Il bot
tic u ginger ale.
You keepit up better than thought
sou could, Alcck, said one OF the
whisky drinkers 10 the third man. as
he came ap 70 the cashiers desk 10
pay the check. I'm blessed il don't
think Billy would win inside OF two
weeks
I'm going 10 win that bet, and
don't sou forget II, said the third
man, complacenlly. There's only "A
month yet. and then the times up.
The man who drank the ginger
ale, said the cashier. when they had
left the room, is ia the cust0m-h susc.
pretty near the head Of IL. He made
a bet ~ 500 two months ago that he
wouldn't drink drop Of anything for
three months Two or three times a
day hr comes IN and takes a bottle of
Belfast ginger ale with some OF his
friends The barkeepcr over there
will be SO richer when the custom
house man wins the bet
Way asked the reporter. doubt
fully.
Don't YOU scc? said the cashier
iu disgust; "ihc barkccpcr has a pccu-
liar buA from which hc takes those
bottles nf ginger ale Each bottle in
The box has been very carefully opened
50 as not 10 destroy the tin-toil capsule
over The cork. aud has been fixed with
old rye whisky quarter whisky,
three.quariors ginger ale. Do you
iumbiv now pr
There was one old fellow, retired
merchant and pillar u an up town
church who stopped here last winter.
who always at bis meals bad lemon
sent 10 him IN small glass One end
IT the lemon wAs nicely sliced oil and
the lemou was caiciully sel'up Ia the
glass on the other end. lie sucked
tho juice from the lemon after he had
done eating, aud everybody thought
he took !, 70 help his digestion. So hc
did. but the lemon WAS about halt full!
ol the old siut, 80 that he got q good
'whisky sour every time. could 20
on Tor an hour telling you Of games
like these. II seemed 10 be mania
with good many people to hide the
fact that they drink anything, and
they will 20 10 any amount Of trouble
10 deceive their friends and acquaint-
auccs. But we who are behind the
scenes, as Il were. know all about Il.
OF course We never give il away. for
IL Is worth good deal Of money TO
as 49, Baltimore Icrnm