Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-31

tlllery punch. combined with ! plate Of
chicken salad. It 10 my private belief
that the chicken salad mixture u 4
myth. invented by the resourceful news
renee with ssat parsicuia aop punch mS f1 am
free to say that I believe Its. deadly ef-
fects need d sside issue to put 1t on the
plane of knockout drops. \
Our southern friends. who UNDER
stand the mystery Of the compound, can
They have gone through Dewey's p
rience, and the strange element In the
tale Of an artillery punch Is the fact that
after 9 man gets over the first essay at
it he may regard It with scorn. It's
something like q boy smoking his first
cigar. The second was never known to
make him wish he had not tackled the
first.
u MY initial experience with the punch
in question was acquired ar Huntsville,
Ala. where we were encamped in the
winter of 1S9S-s9. after our ineffectual
attempts to inject ourselves into the
struggle in Cuba. The officers of our
regiment were invited to a ball given at
the best club | ever enjoyed the hospi-
gment was a monstrous bowl of artillery
punch h officers of the Sixty-ninth.
;toasted by the charming ladies of Hunts.
Vile. drank off this punch brew.
II drank two glasses, small glasses at
tSu0SS aAAA tAAS ASAl Il hllC i was H.
two horses around the public square,
standing up holding the reins with one
hand and my revolver with the other,
but failing to hold my voice. Another
tof the boys was engaged with target
practice at negro cavalrymen on their
way to a cake walk. One young SOL
der jumped out Of a window in tho
dubious because a girl he had never
met in his life refused to marry him.
We were all foolishly intoxicated. and
thu onvf ron~n~- C,N4n4I D,,R,, ,-Nn-
heard of our exploits, threw the soil
diers' invective into us in q manner that
made us long for a sight of Broadway.
We learned that day that some of us
had been found asleep in vacant lots
and doorways. and that the only Sixty
ninth regiment officer who had escaped
the seductive influence of the punch on
this occasion was a dear friend OF Mayor
Murphy of Huntsville, who had put him
through a rehearsal a few nights pre-.
vious.
"well. along came another reception
at the club. We went and scorned the
punch as we would a chance to retreat
before the enemy. But so strong We're
the assurances that 1t would not affect
us that we took q chance; Say! it was
glorious. Dancing with those beautiful
southern girls seemed like floating on
clouds with angels. Conversation Of d
scintillating nature was the rule. We
went to camp clear Int fresh and got
up in the morning feeling like poten.
tates.
II don't know what they put in the
punch; it Is a southern secret. but I Inn
agine that there is a blend OF superior
moonshine whisky and champagne in it
somewhere. a couple Of New York
newspaper men came to Huntsville to
report our movements for their papers.
We took them to a stag reception at the
club. and with real repertorial enthus-
iasm they went at the punch. After
three glasses apiece they moved the pi-
ano downstairs and wheeled 1t to a ho-
tel q block away. turned In a fire alarm,
broke a crap game. released all the pris- /
oners in h guard house. woke up the
manager Of the telegraph office and
wired news Of a bloody riot to their pa
spiked-and finally went to sleep on the !
roof of a cotton warehouse, with their |
feet hanging over the caves. When they !
got aon- earth two days later l asked
The replied in chorus:
'Carbolic acid. chloride of lime. |
cyanide OF potassium. nectar of the goda
and dynamite,
{ "On subsequent nights. when we had
at the club they remained at
the hotel and played pool for 'highballs
Of gin In Nashville beer. !
The artillery punch is the grandest
on earth-after the first time
we couldn't get those cynical New
YORK scribes to believe 1t. I trust Admir-
Dewey will be more reasonable and
find as ] did that after the initial inter-
vaccination the seductive dreams
induced by h green pill are as the roar
OF Broadway traffic to the tinkle Of
that follows indulgence in this
premier of southern drinks. To the taste
1t is as pleasant as mild lemonade: to I
the senses-well. I've told you a few
things / know about it."