The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-01
DRANK 100 BEERS DAY MANY WONDERFUL GUZZLERS IN MILWAUKEE. Whole Lot of Them Take a Hundred Glasses a Day-Some' Per
 formances Against
 Time.

Milwaukee Sentinel.
 The story telegraphed fro mMontana to the brewer had made a statement under oath while on the witness stand that lie frequently consumed fifty glasses of beer in an even- ing without injuring his health or disturbing his mental equipost. gave rise to some dis cussion in Milwaukee as to whether the Mon tana man may justly claim the bcer-drinking champ mpionship.
 While there is apparently no disposition among experts to belittle Mir. Iehrkings feat, which is conceded to be a creditable one in its line, the consensus of local opinion seems to be that he is by no means entitled to cham considered in that connection. It is claimed that even some of the lesser lights among the BoZeman man under the table fin a fair glass for-glass competition with no favors.
 Why that is nothing to crow over;' scorn- fully remarked a bartender, when told of the way in which the citizen of Montana had pun ished the beverage which is alleged to have Milwaukee who drink 100 glasses a day. They say that so-and-so, and the bartender named Of the bIsness men in tse there Is Bank'' naming another man whose name is very familiar to Milwaukeeans, The averages at least sixty. to my certain knowl-
 ''It Is simply impossible" continued the bar get drunk good beer. After he drinks a certain amo1nt he will become what call social. but shat is by no means a drunken condition.
 "of course the men who make high aver ages don't drink 1t all at one sitting They will drink perhaps twenty glasses and then work for a while or go somewhere else to repeat the dose there. Such men do not seem to De affected by the quantity of beer they drink. Oh mo. MT Montana will have to try again if he is really out for the title"
 Several performances against time which completely dwarf the ffty-glass proposition learned of by brief inquiry. One heal thy-look.ng young fellow of 25 who Is ployed in the office of 9 local brewery. ad- mitted having drunk a wager. the contents of a pony holding one-eighth of a keg of beer in fifty minutes As there something like seventy live glasses in a pony. the feat, which is vouched for by eyewitnesses, Is rather a startling one fer teetotaler to contemplate.
 'I did 1t to win a S0 bet" said the youth. who Is rather short and built to accommodate a large cargo T thought l could drink a ten minutes to spare.hNo I suffered no ill effects from It. felt little happy when I had finished the task. but slept 1t off in an hour. I don't claim the championship by any means for know of a man who did the same trick in thirty-1ve minutes.
 Naturally, many of the heaviest drinkers of beer are to be found among the employees of the big breweres, although the quantity which they consume during working hours is limited by a rule. being fixed by agreement between the brewers and Brewery Workers Union. The daily allowance per man aver This Is given out to the men at regular in- tervals. the hours of distribution in of the breweries being g, l2. 3 and 5 o'clock.
 It is not stated upon the authority of per while the men do not drink more than the specified allowance in working hours, they among the best patrons of the saloons after their work Is done. where as a matter of pride and acquired taste they almost in variably drink the product of the brewery in which they employed. Most of the heavi- est drinkers are found among the peddlers, drivers and other employees who are engaged In outdoor work