Evening star., 1898-02-19
DRINKS WITH THE BOYS,
A BurrO which Has Berome Such m
Drunkard That His Case L. HopeIes.

A burrO which Has become such m
Drunkard That His Case In Hopeless.
From the ST. l. uis Republic
For over year past Dr. Farrell. the
United States veterinarian, who is Ioca ed
IT this city. has been the owner Of n burro
whose appetite for strong drink would
shame levee roustabout So much trou
BILE did this little bi ute with a freak anne
lite give him that he decided TO dispose of
MIN in such a manner that the little animal
&C uld disgrace him no more Yesterday he
gave him away TO some little friends who
live in the West End, and as the place
Were he will henceforth make his home ia
not near saloon. and no one in the family
drinks. DR.. Farrell has hopes for the de-
praved beast
rms strange animal rejoices In the name
OF hlondike- Aside from his being n
drnnkard his habits are good. and he is a
handsome little animal. with the exception
OF MS 'front.' legs. His appearance would
irdlcate that nature had been Undecided rs
10 how to finish that portion of him ana
had changed her mind several times while
the said legs were being constructed They
nave three or four separate ana distinct
curves. and give him very ludicrous an
peararce as he walks The deformity is
very useiui 10 him when he gets on one OF
fis drunks. for his staggering Is often at
trlbuted to the shape of his legs
For about six months after DR. Farrell
came into possession of the burro he ke;,.
rim at Tom Wand's stable. on South 9th
street. One day the burro wandered out
OF the stable shortly after dinner and oiS
not show up again until late hat night
On his return he had load that was too
much even for a bErro to carry. and after
staggering into the stable he fell in a heap
on the floor, and had to be carried pack to
his stan. AT first " WIS thought that ne
was sick, but after he had been I'M ad TO
he fa.af
around; the stable two or three times his
true condition became known. An investt-
cation as to his actions revealed the fact
that he had walked into Rothschilds sa-
Ecse up on the bar where several people
were drinking beer One of the men as a
joke. poured some beer into his mouth II
vas Joke that the burro apprec ted, for
he drank the beer with avidity and kept his
muzzle on the bar until more beer was
poured into him The FOUNDERS who hai
treated him took the burro with them to a
number or saloons In the neighborhood.
ana every time they drank they treated the
btrro. During the afternoon they tried
him with whisky. and he seemed 70 like
that as well as he did the beer. He finally
accumulated such jag that he was I'm
able to walk. and laid down TO sleep 4 OF.
He woke up in the alley back OF wand's
stable several hours later and was sober
enough to make his way to the front door.
Since then he has gone out at every CD
portunity and got drunk He finally be-
came so bad that DR.. Farrell felt that he
was disgrace to the neishborhood. At
first he thought of giving him the Kelley
treatment, but abandoned the idea and
ccrcluded to send him away from the place
where he knew SO many drinkers. So the
burro was sent to the coal yard Of Watts
& Co, at the corner OF Jefferson and Scott
avenues. For awhile he behaved himself
and did not get drunk. Finally. however
he made the acquaintance OF a lot of
rcrDders. who would take him out and get
him gloriously drunk and then send him
home. OF late he has become so bad that
he would sneak out two or three times
every week and have to be hauled home in
a wagon to sleep OF his jag.