The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19

A N o!d-umcr. while conFcrsins with
z some friends few evenings ago.
was moved by the spirit 20 dis
course upon Washington teddy mixers Of
III knew many Of them i'm my. halcyon
DAYS of Youth said ne and tnoueh /
was never what might Dee called
'rouuuer or con FlNanl ilhel liS
good things of the day. both liquid ana
solid and in those times Do didn't require
the purse OF "a Eoruuatus to OBTAIN thcm.
"AV earliest recollection OF genuine
old-fashioued landlord and tavern Keep
fr was Chat great old patriarch. 'Anay
Hancock. The old man had "a long, Ven-
cradle beard that was as white es snow.
He was "a native of Eugland, and ms
place In tho days of his prime was as
much ora the model Of the OLD 2uah1
'ouse ~ hls fancy wished AZ the tlme
] sneak of tcrrapu abOunded Don tne
waters about Washington. CauNas-pteh
duck was am ordinary. everyday escur
lent. Ecusl0r steak was as readily OBJ
tanned AS beelsteak is today and i don
suuu0se there was n luxury, rAtcptlt5
suails-ii those Shiny reptiles can pee
ciassed as mNurles-tldt could not pe
found Iu Old Andy iafdef but tht
beauty 0l De- Il was Inc style in Which
the Viauds Iu his place were served
d" ANDY was nor much OF "a tuddv mix
cr. LIQUORS. outside of tne plain brands.
la looked upon as made drinks oul ne
could Coucnct "a Iuirp that the pafttAeia
of were feiau 90 look upon ass a nectar
ut Tor Che gods, ana ne took nus ilmr ln
Its preparation Another thing about ms
III den WAS am array of uDttles VIA
cubWchs chat talked and spoke eloquently
ut the contents or the bottles tArt
sUalhed with their ulmy clothing. / know
of men Who have walked from Callloi
lul down town 90 mis- place 90 seJ a
drink of brandy and the old man sOlu
DO t1r doIIa- O. drink.
"Mure chan that le was ever WulnB
l1 make aullTl thereto ll any one
doubted b.- word chat there was no het-
t.r brandy Zoo the world. lie had among
hi- patrons members pt both houses OF
guusrcss Ions before the war and MANY
oft Ilem were daily callers. Indeed. DO is
related that after the surrender under
Che ApuumattoS apple tree au eS-lnemuer
UI congress. rDEIsIIug the capital. and
being asked after he left che train where
Doc would like ,o go drst said:
Let's shut zap old Andy and get
60 duck and some Burgundy.
"Ila old man. true 90 his ancestral In
-tIucts. was mo- SLOUGH of sportsman,
and was reuuted Go Doe no tyrO in the use
OF che rod and gun. MANY old citizens
viii remember his gray horse, which had
sd.t 10. about two miles am hour, and
his dluEV old uO-t1uped buggy. which
rouTtN-d him from his establishment 90
DTS home uI Capitol hin after the cares
oil tlc ddy were over
Nearly. Dr. not quite. as patrlarChal I'm
disappearance was old john Russell hIs
beard was noe quite so white, but 10
reached 90 his girdle and gave him "a
most ldtherly appearance. lie figured in
various places, but was best known, prob
ably. when De entertained as host az the
National hotel One of the peculiar
traits of this genial parsonage was that
Doe knew what almost every man wanted
as soon as he made his appearance and.
like OLD man Hancock. was we'll known
not only 90 great many of the nation s.
LAWYERS bat also % a host of visitors 90
Washington, who. upon their arrival
within the citv limits, took early OccA-
sion tD present themselves before him
and claim his attention Russell. iu his
early DAYS. was an engineer I'm the em-
ul0v OF The Baltimore g. Ohio railroad.
"a peculiar character in the army or
-mlNologists' iu aute-hcllum days was
John. otherwise known by the pet name
of Dirty OJlu.' who OfdClaUed at am old
bar room iu Seventh street. The pleas
amt appellatiOu didn't disturb John I'm the
least. lie probably felt that he deserved
&c. John was afflicted with strabismus
t0 Iu unusual decree. When at his la
1urs. which consisted Don e. great part of
pulling up a trap door and descending