News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-05-14

bill at the end Of my stay paid altogether at
he desk.
Q. At your room in the hotel were you
served with intoxicating beverages. \. Dc
frOm time TO time as felt desire
after lecturing, might want milk punch
or whiskey; L didn't Keep anything in my /
room; / am not drinking man in the Ordi-
nary sense, but | would order by ringing the /
bell and having il answered by the bell boy |
or porter, and having it brought to me.
q. And the milk punch that you speak OF, |
did that contain Intoxicating hquory A. To |
the best of my knowledge 1t had Santa Cruz |
rum, should say.
Q. And how was the compensation made
for these beverages furnished you In the
Dom. A. The same way, in the final bill;
| never paid anything except finally.
q. Did this entertainment, both in the
dining room and at your room, continue
during the whole period Of your service in
the college? A. During the six years?
q. Yes. A. | saw no difference from one
year to another.
Q. When you ordered intoxicating beyer-
ages either from the walter or from the hall
boy or bell boy, what instructions, If any, did
you give him? A. Nothing at all, except to
ask him to get it and he got it.
Q. You told him what you wanted and he
got it? A. Yes, sir.
@. Did you know where 1t came fromg
A. No, didn't; had no interest in it;
had my opinion about it later.
Q. Later, but at the time? No.
O. Did you on any of the occasions that
you had 1t, did you prepay for such beyer-
ages? A. No, sir, may have tipped the
porter for leaving it, in the usual way. L
never paid anything, even for carriage hire,
but in one bill, check or cash, finally.
q. And how frequently at the table would
| you have such beverages? A. Two or three
| times a week, presume, or every other day
| possibly; | could not fix it because / do not
know exactly.
Q. AS frequently in your room? A. Yes,
think every day during that season; l was
pretty much rushed, you know; l was there
| for a short period eCturing three hours day
and operating at the hospital and besides
| that having consultation work at the hotel in
| the morning which came incidentally to
| the professOrship, so | was really tired
| out and in that way probably every day did
| take a milk punch or something of that sort,
| which perhaps would not do at home, as
say | am not a drinking man.
| Q. Was there any other part of the hotel in
| which intoxicating beverages were furnished
| to you? A. The first year, or possibly the
second year of my going to Burlington, there
was in the basement, in the billiard room, an
| accommodation for people going down there
| asking the billiard man for something, he
would go, as my memory serves, to room
| adjacent to the billiard room and then bring
| out the required stimulant and serve it at q
little counter like an oyster counter, In q
bottle, and give you glass to help yourself
this was usually called pear cider.
Il Q. Have you made search among your Ole
1 bills for any of the bills of this hotel during
this period that you were thereI A. Yes
| looked over a number of bills and | found
one, have forgotten the date of 1t, 1893
think. The statement made the other day
will give the date; do not know what datt
it was.
Q. And you have given that bill to Mr.
Clement? A. think so.
@. You have not got the bill herer A. No
sir
@. You did give bill of the Van Nes
house to you, you gave such a bill to Mr.
Clement? A. Yes, it was here the other day
Mr.. Wilds: We shall produce the docu
ment, we have not got it here.
Q. Speaking of ales, did you indulge II
that hotel in any kind of ales that were no
Intoxicating; have you had ales served t
you which were entered on your bill-wOul'
that have referred TO anything except Bias
ale or some ale of that nature? A. / neve
drank any ale there except Bass ale.
: Q. 1t was always Bass ale? A. Yes; ! an
not an expert on aIes, but | know it was nc
Weiss beer OF anything of that sort.
@. Did you know Mr.. Woodbury., the pre-
pTl6JOT Vi luG uOI6l' ~ lCsi l. nSI lilL al
knew him to shake hands with, that is all.
: Q. And was he about the hotel? A. UsU
, ally daily; he didn't live in the hotel as far 8
l | knew.
@. Did you see Intoxicating beverage
= served to other people in the dining room b.
sides yourself? A. Yes, sir.
+ Q. Was it rare or common occurrence
e A. Claret and beer were quite common
? my observation there.
Q. Did you observe anything about Il
o way in which such beverages were served
l. the guests that seemed to be In the way
4 eo con- tt was there any ATTEMPT TO co
served in teacup, for instance, as | ha,
:. seen it in New York on Sunday; no, | new
saw any concealment about it, it was OPT
i and aboveboard.
e q. Did you one season, one year, take al
l. intoxicating beverages there yourself? A.
:. took a barrel of bottled beer one year fro
/ New York, shipped it from New York to Il
e Burlington house in my name, and it w
e delivered to me; had 1t to give to the do
/, tors who came in occasionally, in my room
d didn't have this served at the table; he
d it for my own convenience for these gent
J.. men who came to have consultations, and
q had cigars and bottle of beer or something
d | think It was shipped as olive oil; that
=; the way 1t got into the state.