The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-17

whisky sold over the bars has been mis-
judged.
For half century Vermonters have
been drinking whisky adulterated with
crude alcohol and spiced with red pep
per. They have also used alcohol and
water known as "O1d King for a
beverage. Both these kicked and
bit" going down thirsty throats, and
the more they kicked" the better the
brand was supposed to- be. While the
stuff now sold is not above par, it is
smooth in comparison with the old
brands and the farmers have taken
too much with the. idea that it was
watered.
Nearly All Went Too Far.
When the bars began to open noun
taineers and farmers poured into the
city to see how it really seemed to take
a nip openly and unmolested, and the
result was that they all went too far.
Many of the countrymen had never
seen real bar in operation and their
only idea of a saloon was a back room
with a lookout stationed by the door
of a hole under the sidewalk into which
they could sneak after being properly
introduced.
Rutland and other large towns have
boosted real bars, but they always ran
under cover and only when the en-
forcement of the law was lax. AS it
was necessary to be well known to get
into one of these places, the farmers
who came to town but two or three
times a year patronized Kitchen bars"
whisky bibles" or went home dry.
The splendor of the new saloons, with
their white-jacketed bartenders, cut
glass; mirrors and electric lights Great
ed great admiration, and from morning
until night the saloons have been sur
rounded and filled with an admiring
crowd.
The great complaint seems to be that
the whisky don't seem t. hev no kick
t. it," The Vermonter wants his mon
ey's worth, and, as he has been in
the habit of getting a liberal bite"
for his 10 cents, he thinks he is being
cheated.
Up to this week the Manhattan and
Martini cocktails have been practically
unknown, and when some one intro
duced the amber-colored fluids there
was a mad rush Many thought the
beverages as harmless as beer, hence
their downfall.
Old Favorites in Demand.
Outside of whisky the most popular
drinks are those that have not seen the
light of day since the early sos One
bartender. who came here from New
York to teach the natives what to
drink, has resigned his job in conse-
Guence of these old-time favorites and
has gone back to New York. He said
he supposed he knew every drink
mixed from Maine to California, but
he found that he didn't.
Before noon on the opening day he
was stumped seventeen times. and
finally sent for a farmer friend of the
proprietor to help him keep trade. He
got along all right with a shoe horn
and a 'Mayfower ringlet" with an
"Old Glory" chaser bat fell when a
party of five mountaineers ordered a
rye bootleg "souse and two" "whis-
ky pickle" brandy fluff" and a beer
omelet." Such things as farmers
fancies" and "tastle and tufts were,
he said, not uncommon, and he gave up
his job in disgust.
A mountaineer who lives so far back
in the hills that he doesn't keep up
with the news was greatly surprised
when he came to town and found the
saloons running wide open.
"Ye don't mean { tell me that We kin
go right in one f them places an git
a glass Z pison an not git tn sheriff
arter YEP" he inquired OF a policeman
on the corner.
When told that he could he stood IN
deep meditation for a moment and then
said
"Waal I reckon, that n old state =
on m high rud [ perditIon. but as there
seems Z be a turrible mess I folks a
traveln' we're Uncle Mosell jine tn