The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-27

none; but our conduct is a heap onham-
pered. which is the same thing to the chap
lain. He gives 1t out emphatic, after bein'
with the Pine Knot Cavaliers over q year.
that he plumb despairs of us becomin'
Christians
Whatever does he lay down on you-alls
like that for?' says Faro Nell. Couldn't
a soldier be a Christian, Daddy Enright%
why, I reckons he might says En-
right, he'pin' himself to a drink: a soldier
could be u Christian. Nellie. but. after all. 1t
amt necessary.
"'Still, we-alls likes the chaplain because
them ministrations Of, his is entertainin';
an, for that matter. he likes US a lot. an
In more reelaxed moments allows we amt
SO plumb criminal-merely loose-like on
points of doctrine
"'Baotis' folks is shore strong on doc
trine.' says Tut. coincidln' in with EnrIght.
I knows that myself. Doctrine is their
long suit. They'll go to any len'ths for doc
trine. you hear me! I remember once ridin'
into a hamlet back in the Kentucky noun
tains. Thar amt two hundred people in
the village. corral count, an yet I notes two
church edifices.
"."You-alls is plenty opulent on sane
tooaries." I says to the barkeep at the tav-
ern where I camps for the night. ITS sur
prism. too. when you considers the size OF
the herd. What be the W denominations
that worships at them structures?"
"."Bo.l Baptis'." says the barkeep.
"'"Whyever. since they're ridin' the
same range an runnin' the same brand"
1 says. don't they combine like cattle folks
an work their round-ups togetherT'
"'"They splits on doctrine says the bal.
keep: you couldn't get EN- together with Q
gun. They ~disagrees on Adam. That OUTFIT
in the valley holds that Adams all right
when he started. but later he struck some
thin an glanced Off: them up on the hW
contends that Adam was a boss thief from
the jump. An thar you be. You couldn't
reconcile EN- between now an the CRACK
OF doom. Doctrine to q Baptis' that away
is the entire check rack" .
"'To ag'in pick up said narrative says
Enright. when Tut subsidies. at the pinS
where Dave comes buttin' In with them on.
asked "reminiscences. I may say that q 6rst
source OF pleasure to us. II not OF proae
while we stays at the Plaza Ferdita, u .
passed. Of Mexicanos with a burro train that
brings US our pulque from someers baab
further into the hills"
whats pulque?" I INTERCEPTED.
It was slain the OLD Cattleman a. little
liked my interruption as Enright liked that
of the volatile Tut. He hid his irritation,
however, under an iron politeness and e1.
planned.
'Pulque Is a disapp' intin' form Of bsvsss
age, wharof It takes q bari to get Q gent
drunk" he observed. And then. with some
at amt for ms to pull no gun at
criticism, but I'm surprised at a party Il
your attachments. son. bein' ignorant Of
pulque. It's. as 1 says. a drink; an It tastes
like glucose an looks like yeast. It comes
from a plant what the Mexicans calls ma
guey an Poets calls a aloe. Thu pulous
gatherers scoops out the blossom Of the
while it's a bud. They leaves the
place hollow: what woodchoppers back in
Tennessee. when I'm a colt. describes Is
'bucketin' thu stump This yere hollow
fills up with ooz!n' sap. an the Mexican
dip, out two gallons a day an keeps 1t up
for a month. That's straight; sixty gallons
one maguey before ever It quits an
r~efooses to further turn the game for you.
pulque, an when them greasers gath
ers 1t they puts 1t into q p~igskin-skinned
the pig Is: them puloue recepticles
Is made out of the entire bark Of the ami
NAL. When the %pulque's inside they packs
it back down. an hung by the laigs. a pig
skin on each side of the burro. It's gath
cred the evenin' previous an brought into
camp in the night SO as to keep 1t cool.
When I'm 4 child. an before ever I con-
meets myself with the COW trade. IL thar's a
we-alls has what the folks calls a
an I can remember an old lady
rom the Moth who CONTRIBUTES to these
yere festivals a drink she calls sprooce beer.
An pulque. before 1t takes to frettin' an
round In them pIgskins. reminds
a mighty sight of that sprooce beer.
Later It most likely reminds you Of the pig
kin.
Mexican barkeeps, when they sells pulque
% you. likes to dispose Of 1t two glasses at
|, clatter. 1t gives their conceit II chance
o spread itse'f an show. The pulque's in
tub down back Of the bar. This yere vain
seizes two glasses between his first
IN second fingers, an with n finger in each
;lass. Then he dips 'em full back-handed.
IN alters comes up with tho back Of his
land an the two fingers covered with
,ulQue. he slhinS EN- on the DIT. eyes Jou
heap soopercilious. like he's askin' you
o note what a ackeyate. high-grade bar
;eep he is. an then, raisin' his hand. he
lats the pulaue off his fingers into the two
If he spatters any o N the bar 1t
hows he's a bungler. OMIT for his high psi
ion. an oushter be out on the hills tend
goats instead Of dealin' out puldue to
What do they do with the sour pulaue?
fake mescal Of it-a sort O. brandy, " o
COOKERS OF which changes you into a rob-
er. No. thar's mighty few st!llhouses In
fexico. But that's no setback to the ma
Ives when they're out to construct mescal.
IS a roole Mexicans is slow an o~ninventive.
ut when the question becomes the arrange
tent Of somethin' to be drunk with. they're
lenty fertile. Jest by way Of raw ma
erials. II you'll only confer on q Mexican
kettle. a rifle bar'i. a saddle cover an q
igskin full OF sour pulque. he'll be con-
uctin' a mescal still in full blast at the
nd Of the first hour. But to go back to En-
yarn. !
These pulque people, says Enright
loes a fairly rapid commerce. For while.
s you-alls may know. pulque is tame an !
.cks in Rebound as compared with nose .
Amt. still pul9ue. bein' it's the best thar =,
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