The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-27
NO REST IN %NAUGATUCK.
THERE WAS TOO MUCH "DRINKETR
DRINK" FOR TIL NEW YORKER
Thought He'd Take n Nice Rest Up in the Old
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valley, Where He Hadn't Been for Eight
Years-A Merry Round of Twenty.four
Hours Drove Him Back to Town Again.
BRIDaEPoRT. Conn, Nov. 20.-He was n
well-dressed young man. but he carried his
hat on one side OF his head. his eyeglasses
we're badly askew. hia thumbs were In the
nrmholes of his vest. and he bore the air Of
one who has looked long and earnestly upon
the wine when 1t is red. yet had still pre-
served q share Of self-respect. He moved
restlessly up and down the platform OF the
Bridgeport station. talking to a chance ao-
auaintance as he walked.
Yes, SIR said he. I've got a talking Tag
on. and I'm going back to New York for a
real rest, Just as quick as the train comes. l
came up into Connecticut Yesterday for a real
rest, but. my dear sir. | wouldn't dare to try to
live here for a month. Not for a month, sir.
! ind 1t drinkety drink and drlnkety drink
here for the twenty-tour hours around almost.
Why, New York's q graveyard for quiet COM
pared to this State. Let me tell you OF my
one days visit.
you see." he ran on. after the lection
Perry says to me-Perry's my brother, you
k~n"w-Perry says. Now San you've been
working pretty hard lately. Why don't you
take a few days Off and run up into the old
Naugatuck Valley. try q shot at q fox or two.
drink Pm the ozone and take a real rest?' /
had I been up to the old homestead for about
ei6St years, and finally told Perry that l
guessed l would take the trip. see II things had
changed much. and get q little quiet. So yes
tarday morning l left the Grand Central Sta
ton early and landed at my station. well up the
NauGatuck road. long before noon.
"The first man l met was Bill skeers. tho
stage driver. Used to go to school with Bill.
and so l got up on the box to drive over the
hills to the village with him. I was the only
passenger and presently Bill says: Steve MOE
gan's pressed out some powerful fine elder
berry this fall. I'm going to pull up there and
let you try q few horns Of it. We stopped at
Steve's. Steve always was free-hearted and
open-handed. and before we left him all three
of us had toyed with three rosy goblets Of the
wine on three different occasions.
'That." continued the speaker. was the Boz
ginning OF my real rest.
Arriving at the village. as I IA walking up
to the American House for lunch. 1 met old
John Turner. Turner's been running that
house for years. you know. He called out:
'How-d'ye-do. Sammie. my boyr Haven't seen
the likes OF you for q season. No. not in q
thousand years. Come right in and have Q
drink l says. No. I haven't been to lunch.
john That makes no difference he persist
ed: come In and get an appetizer As we
went in he introduced Dae to Col. Tassels. an
elderly man with a military cloak and a gray
goatee. who stood before the bar.
well. gentlemen. what 'tis2' says John. and
Col. Tassals says. A little whIsk.' and 90 we all
took whiskey. Then the Colonel. he was on
some Governors STAFF cnce. says, DO that
again to the bartender and We did II again.
After that. OF course, II was my urn TO treat.
and we went through the same operation u
NJ H.. .-s. - R..t Ill., ht,1 T
won't out and ran right into Charley Dunn.
who keeps the drug store now. He says. SUI;
iering Sailor. Sam. is that your You're good
got e axed up new We went il BACK side Of
the prescription counter and there was Pr.
Jenkins and some other representative men
of the village sitting along. one side OF the
s eess msrted on Hw fhs esheE !N siae En wes q row Pum 81
T AHs 3 tan bic; T for each So Hes.' i I saw That I
in. Might have known better. but 1 IdiGn't
know before that 2 drug store did a barrel
trade @bu in 'h intSo5 stntI;i y Ss s sssi 90. OF ,ha. old
The States d, North and South Caroline, and
flsis 9 ! q y2 hard S't stS e. al aIn Sc s RifSsis MI " bs 81
spell Doc Hartshorn says. Same all round
and then we took the same, once more on the
Postmaster. then % Jenkins, and finally y
spoue Sb.i and SO %ef had p The rest Of ! The % party. FOR
noon. had Su ses Wh sP a | says p! !siS stq u, s som shs f fSasi
cigars, Charley. thinking, they would LET up on
the drink for once. they looked at me Zinc OF
whiskey.' and so says Doc Hartsborn and the
Postmaster and all the rest Of 'em. got my
crowd and over to the American without at
tracing too much attention: ,ou .ou
for I Hn hour eSRen when n my o fG9m N seS snsh sea an assfsR
to Hiram Monett's with him and look q some
pretty soon Jim Bradley and a party Of fox
hunters came along. Jim pulled out 2 big
!Tsks "A" q dr gasi from N the e P Bottle Sssi sasHm M ns H5r id
times sake. One swallow OF 1t Ii equal in
strength e three hnGers II a Tashtub q com,
this this sort Of a pace ) up Sp'' I've had ten Of. . dozen
drinks since struck town this morning. In and
took their draGs without me. and that closed
ION The way BACK to the village, Newoombe
name e ~Jacob-who has managed the Lake
Crest Club for years As soon as StiPples
looking % we'll H. Am going to AK YOU 70 ddee
M bi s9e d fnSor q t. Eli st q a aP rdas dlne N E,1n %sb Y had
an engagemenf. and SO T loft. him and went
with supples. At the club stipples took me
drink racket on me afresh by asking me to
allow him TO celebrate my return, to my ma
tive heath by splitting q small bottle with me.
Then he threw open a cabinet containing o
bucket filled with ice. After that was drunk
/ returned the. compliment By opening an
other quart. and We had q, rafting good din,
ner. and my time was fully taken up until y
O'Clock. Then / started for my room at tho
American, Lehind u good cigar. and feeling
"Tbe village streets were rs dead as q door
nan. even at that hour. The lights In the
houses were out for the night. and the only
signs OF life were about the drinking places. at
the drug store and In the American's barroom.
In fact. between you and me. | believe that
une reason drinking is SO general in the village
IS because there Is hardly any other means OF
recreation there. | succeeded In ~steering
was bound for punn,s. and | also determined
not to be lured pp to Turner'S bar again.
ION Southeast street whom should | meet
but Benny. Criddles, the organist. Everybody
knows and likes Bonnie. He's q good little
fellow. Always was. Bonnie says, finally.
'Sammie. I've got something especially fine In
the way OF a drink down ut my house. Como
down and tell me what you think oil. It, We
went down and he brought a Jug up from the
cellar and poured out u sweet wine that was
Of the %cleafest, p~rettiest crimson color that you
ever saw. Now says he. here's TO the days
gone by. in q drink that's as sweet as nectar.
as pure as water. and as harmless as a babe
newly born. TITS something that I've got IN
~ 80, ~ .,aIfa1 aunr all rn,u and I'm