The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-01
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New York Press: / don't know the
origin Of this; It ives handed 10 me 81
q collector Of curiodties Of literature,
and Il supposed to be q letter from
here By one Pittsburgher to another. I
give a few extracts:
Why can't a fellow put on new
suit. make few calls and 80 home like
q gentleman? The minute Got into
that new sack suit I fell of the water
wagon with an awful bump, although
/ hadn't touched a drlak for thirtY-sevs
en- days. oh, but got lovely bun on!
That's the last No more for me.
There's nothing IN t. II anybody says;
.'Have something, Billy7" youll see
your Uncle Bill take to the trees. Yes
terday at ESQ I had $40. This morning
I'm there with 81 50, and that'e the
draw out OF a tWo-dollar touch. You
know me, Jim. I'm one OF those bright
people who try to keep up with = lot Of
guys who have nothing 70 DO but pioW'
their coin. ] stood around yesterday
and looked wise, and licked up about
forty high-balls, Then Stretched.
The writer continues:
Whenever E4tG 0AAA ~ $1,000
stretches and swell Up bit, that's 9
sign am beginning 70 get wealthy.
switched over and took couple Of GIN
fizEeb, and then 1t hit me. was richer
than Jay Gould ever was. had the
Rothschilds backed clear of the board,
and made William II. Vanderbilt look
like q 100 to shot. I got little red
SPOT in each cheek, and then / leaned
over the bar and whispered: MI.
Bartender, break q bottle Of that Pom.
merry" Ordinarily call the booze
clerk by his first name, but when you
are cutting into the grape at 81 per you
always want to say Mr.. Bartender, and
you just nod your head each time you
open a new bottle, as It makes It ape
pear as IL Vou are accustomed 70 ore
dering wine. You see, Jim, that's where
got OF my dip. That wine affair Is
IN awful stunt for a fellow who makes
not over $1,000 a year, carries 10000
life, and rooms in a nat that's SIS
month. stronger than he can stand,
Let us go on; this appeals to human
lily:
I lost the push started out with, ana
got mixed up with a fellow named
Thorne, or Thorpe, or something, and
we got along great for awhile. He
knew lot OF fellows in Boston that
did, and every time we mentioned a
new mutual friend we opened another
bottle. ] don't know Just what the to-
tai population OF Boston Is, but We
must have known everybody there. Eli
nally Thorne got to crying because his
mother had died. You know am a
good fellows, 30 cried. too. 1 always
cry some time during bat, and there
was an opening for your life. Imade
Niobe look like a two-spot. Between
sobs asked him about the sad affair.
and found that his mother had died
when he was born. had wasted o wad
Of cries that would float the Maine,
and was sore for fair. A fat fellow
cut into the argument, and there was
three minutes rough house. To avoid
complications blew the bunch and
started up the street. guess the wind
must have been against me, as was
tacking. When got up this morning l
had to ask the bell boy what hotel I
was in. I'll see the fellows tonight,
and they'll all tell me how dirty my
face was, and what called so-and-so,
and make me feel as bad as they possi-
bly, can. It's a wonder q fellow doesn't
get used to that, but never can. Guess
I'll take the veil. Don't fail 70 come
down Saturday. Several OF US are go-
ing yachting on the Ohio river. It Will
be lovely billiards.