Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16

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| q. Any other he'll u"y have access. A. No,
sir; only my night clerk.
q. Do you recall time In '9S about Gov.
Woodbury. calling your attention TO the
Transaction Of bows getting Is CENTS or some
thing. A. Il do, very distinctly.
2. StnUe that time have bell boys to your
knowledge, at the Van Ness buus., been
given any money. to 80 out for Intoxicating
liquor. A. No, sir, not to my knomltdso
and don't think they have.
| Q. Has 1t been, al the years you have been
there, common thing for guest TO require
= smssl amount OF cash. A. On, yes, that II
quito common.
| Q. Has 1t been since that time common
thing for guest to want aud for you or !"ur
| clerks to supply the guest with small anou, t.
I OF money. A. Yes.
| Q. You have taken pains to go over In
register for 1904 to determine how much csh
lp drihlets you have handed out to guests. A.
| Yes, I have.
Q. How much did It foot up. A. shout
say In round number something like $4!5;
about that amount.
Q. Give some Of the Instances, some OF tho
purposes. A. Well, there would be Il thou.
sand things wanted In hOtel-perhaps
wanted to have check cashed that u guest
couldn't get cashed that night, and If coul
/ would II couldn't he would say "Give
me half dollar and will pay you when 1
| cash the check" Or they might want 10
send out and get their clothes pressed, or
buy flowers or laundry, or thousand an
| ono thihgs, different Things to let genlc.
man have cash for to accommodate him, and
1 always have done 1t, express matter, etc.
| Q. Have you gone through the register r
the year 1892 10 determine how much You
handed out. A. Yes.
| O. How much did that amount to. A. In
| whore near that.
Q. Tho amount varies from year to year.
| A. Varies, of course; sometimes lur,e
amounts, sometimes small; sometimes peo-
pie have e. U. ID. packages, and let m. ncy
! out for that and charge them.
Q. You took 1892; that Is the year before
YOU had this talk with Gov. Woodbury., AMI
! 1894, the year succeeding that. A. Yes, sic.
Q. And YOU took the calendar years, from
Juno to June. A. Yes, Jan. to Jan. or Aprll
| to April; Jan. to JAM, think.
| Q. Have you hal any liquors there In the
hotel for culinary purposes. A. Yes.
| O. And who has bought those ordinarily.
A. MIR. Woodbury. later years; Mr.. Drew
used to buy them had nothing TO do vita
those except to pay the bills.
@. Have you done all tho paying. A. Yes.
q. You paid all the bills. A. Yes, all the
n. Have YOU looked over your accounts to
determine the amount you have paid out per
year. A. For liquors.
,sS the az average would be from SIS to s75a
year; not to exceed 80, and l think 1t
would DO less than $76 for all liquors for
| cooking purposes
@. You didn't tell me whether you ha |
looked over your books to help your judg-
menI in that respect. A. Yes, did look
| @. don't know but you may have some
! figures there that you could show upon tho
suoirct. A. From 1882 TO 1896, something
ike $1,000. w for tue 10 years.
| @. Do you recall time when Gov. Wood.
bury called your attention to the fact that
the head waiter, seeley, or that he had heard
| that the head walter, Seele,, had some iu-
toxicsting liquor In his cupboard for sails TO
furnish the .gaests. A. | don'I think he
worded Il in that way; think he told me lie
board there; l think that Is the way he
spoke to me about 1t first, and asked me to
20 and see.
q. What did you do. A. Immediately,
a. soon as l saw Mr.. Seeley-I called him
right In there; he didn't have chance 10
put anything away; did it at once when
saw him, and I asked him to unlock his cup
board, which he did, and saw two or three
bottles Of lager beer, think, not over that
Il wouldn't say there was three, know
there was more than one. That Is all Il d
see. have looked In there since that time
and l never saw anything, never found
q. Did YOU call his attention to the rumor.
A. called his attention TO what Gov. Wood.
bury spoke to me, and says, ''Mr. seeley,
this 10 something Gov. Woodbury. don't
allow, and don't know ANYTHING about it,
and It is good for you that he does not know
it,"
Q. What explanation did he give you. A.
His explanation was 1t belonged to some
l guest Of the house; didn't ask him what
guest; I told him what to do after that
never to be allowed again, and 1t passed off
that wa, that was the last; ! know that he
| has never had anything since, because have
looked in there numDer OF times.
| Q: And during the whole IA years. has any
wssst out through ny you for amy
intoxicating liquor to be taken into the
dining room. A. You mean the head waiter
| coming out himself.
O. Yes. A No, don't remember that he ever
came out to me, the head waiter; he would
send bis boy out himself, yes, sir; but that
very seldom, very rarely.
Cross-examination by Mr.. Prouty:-
@. You nay that at some time In 1898, you
had a conversation with Gov. Woodbury.
about furnishing the money Of the house
with which to buy liquor. A. Yes.
@. And that after that the money of the
sir, not to my knowledge.
@. You say not to your knowledge. A. 1t
has not, sir.
! Q. understand you by that to mean that
you haven't used 1t In that way and YOU
suppose 1t has not been used in that way.
@. OF course, II some clerk used 1t that
you didn't know anything about, YOU
wouldn't be responsible for that. A. No.
@. You say that after that time the money
of the house was not used In that way and
YOU called up the bell boys, didn't you, and
told them that after that they must not have
liquor charged on the books. A. I don't re-
collect as gave them-I gave the boys in
structions what Gov. Woodbury's views
were about taking the money from the Office
and going out for guests for buying Liquors
to the Office for money If you know it is 10.
ing for that purpose"
3. When Gov. Woodbury. said any thing 10
you people in the hotel as though he meant
it you generally attended to 1t, didn't you. A.
generally did; yes, sir.
3. In the summer time, did you keep
what is known as transfer ledger. A. Yes.
@. Tell us, p cas- what that transfer |, Dig r
was. A. The arrival Of the guesIs wLl,h
are on the books, are transferred to the
ledger after the days work is over, after the
call off to him the names from the book on
which they register, and 1t Is transferred to
that ledger.
Q. What Is the object Of making that reg
lister. A. By carrying out their time, and
different rates. There are different rates
their time IL carried ont, 10 In the morning
when the guests are all in hurry to settle,
when there are 100 or $50 guests, We can
turn to that transfer ledger and see what
that man owes, so we won't have to stop and
figure It up.
@. That transfer ledger shows exactly
what each man owes when he pays his bill.
4. Yes.
@. Suppose go to the Van Ness honse,
on the Goth day Of January, snd register my
name in the morning and have breakfast.
What 10 there that shows you whether pay
for breakfast, dinner or supper. A. My
cash book would show that, my transfer;
my cash book would show the amount that
you paid.
The American house lease and the agree
ment between Gov. Woodbury. and Mr..