The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-18

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80 tender hearted that he always found
somethng to make him cry, and he would
bawl like good fellow and Just as soon
as no got through crying he wns sober as
a Deacon
THERE'S NO MUSIC IN WHISKY.
II guess you are right about the oratory
contained In whisky" said the colonel. but
there is not much music In It. You will
notice that the beer jag is the most musical
jag There seems to be something in beer
that makes a man think that ho can sing,
even II he can not sing note. 4 small
beer jag is noisy sort Of fellow gen
orally, perfectly good.natured but II its
proportions are increased II makes q very
nasty drunk"
You are right" said the major. "ot
course, as a broad statement, no gentleman
viii got drunk at ail. but one thing Is cer-
tain. aud that Is. that no gentleman will
get drunk ON beer"
Did you ever wear a hard cider jag?"
asked the Judge. We'll, OF all crazy jays,
hard elder lag takes the cake. II is an
oddly behaved Jag from the start, | had
an experience with one once. You natur-
ally think that cider will not make You
drunk, and then all Of sudden you dis
cover that II has, II pounces on you all at
once. II is worse than II squirrel whisky
jag. You are apt TO climb tree or Jump
Off roof, and 1t takes you about three
days to get over IT..
Well said the colonel II never know
any aort OF u drunk TO last like good old
champagne jag, Why. II get too much OF
II DO not get over II for a week. Cham
payne IL an odd thing anyway. II Is to
my mind tbs beat drink In the world to let
alcno. While you are drinking II your
mind Ii whetted up. aud you think OF
before and then afterwurd you can not
think of your own namo for a week"
FROM fHE BARTENDERS VIEW.
liquids who was serving the party hal been
tending strictly to business, but finally he
remarked THE gin flzz jag is the nae that
should ho most carefully avoided OF course
you gentlemen would not get drunk On Gin
fizzes, but u great many young men do,
aud 1t Is very bad--postively the worst In
the world, The sweetening, the lemon end
the gin makes bad combination IN large
quantities and produces a eeathly sickncta
that Is wurse than sea sickness. Now one
gin tizs Is all right In che morning.. hui
man should not drink more tnan one htt,'
he added, III man drinks too much Of
any kind Of mixed drinks he is ~ asnirst
It, II there Is anything | hate 10 fave
around Il Is couple of fancy drink 1ags
There Is fellow who comes In every now
and then; he's a well known lawyer, oY tho
way, aud he starts out with malre eiore-
thought to buy him = jag, tie ,akes
regular course OF drinks, and The order is
always the AAmo; frst gin tEA, ,hsn u
atraight whisky then a couple Of cocktails,
then couple OF beers and than drirped
absinthe The absintho always sets ms
knees TO knocking together and hs las TO
be helped to u carriage,
ut is wonderful though" said the judge.
show some men can mix drinks ani ROT
get drunk. have friend, you NIL know
him. who never drliks The same drink
twice In succession, He has sysinm II
he drinks beer. he says that chil's the
! stomach, and he must have IA little bra ndy
10 warm him up. Then II ho drinks
whisky, no must follow It with cordial,