New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-14
GOSSIP of THE BOROUGH.
old Druggist Comments on Old
Fashioned Tenn perdnce.

The Oldest druggist tn this borough is in his
eightieth year, but attends TO business every day
with the activity OF most men OF fifty. John
yvorthington, Of "Apothecaries' Hail." in lower
F1slton-st.. IS an interesting figure among old
Broolllynites. IFS fund Of "reminiscences is APP
parently inexhaustible and his witty comments
mora entertsin1nent TO many residents OF The
Heights district who his friends as well as his
IN a talk with a Tribune reporter yesterday ref
Sbe sgbway TSTeTn by BISHOP Potter Mr. Worth
ington readily recalled an occasion sixty years years
mont said: 1.-The triumph OF the temperance socleN
ties would be the triumph OF inhoelity.' That re-
- mark made as great sensation in IT'S day as Dr.
Potter made when he stood sponsor Tor the SUD
way Tavern.
'.ft was the Bishops idea" remarked Mr.. Worth
ington that temperance folk were putting tenn
1erauce ahead OF The Ten Commandments in point
OF Importance But you remember the Apostle
says II any bring you any other gospel than
that you have received let him re a2cursed. /
There IS commandment against drinking. Many
men are sticklcrs for temperance. who break the
Seventh Commandment against committing adul-
terry and the Ninth Commandment against bear
ing false witness"
i think the abolition Of treating. is attempted
at the Subway Tavern. viii DO more TO stop IN
Temperance than the fanaticsm OF total abstainers
Let every man pay for his own liquor, and he will
be the better for It. IN 1885, when 1 came TO
Brooklyn. men would sneak into saloon but now
they al 20 IN boldly never tasted glass OF
was introduced IN this country in 1850 There was
sbono be s0ele5 esr or ber The tempeTanee
people insisted that it should be spelled bier.
The Scriptures say. Give strong drink 10 him
who is ready 10 perish and wine to him who is
feeble Of heart and let him forget his sorrows and
remember HIS miseries more But II is usually
the healthy young who drinks when he should
not DO so. A dangerous feature Of excessive drink
ing is that when victim falls I'll. and only alcohol
his system. Nothing take its place. All the
stimuants in a drug store are more less COM
pounded OF alcohol"
spesing Of good health and longevity. Mr. Worth
ington remarked that people were healthier now
than they were sixty years ago. when they ate
bread. baked with saleratus which was nothing
but potash, and ate out the stomach. He attrib-
uted his hale old age IN part TO cheerful DISPOSE
tion which he inherited his father and grand
father. each Of whom reached the age Of eighty
health, but Mr. Worthington frankly declared that
worry was really difficult TO throw OF, despite
the best relefs from worry to be found in
outdoor exercise.
An incident that afforded amusement TO many
spectators greatly embarrassed two young women
the other day at Dreamland Coney Island. The
women. who were fashionably dressed. took a ride
for a lark OF the ungainly camels that
stalk up and down IN front Of the Fighting the
Flames show. They managed to preserve their
dignity and enjoy the adniring glances cast at
their Ane clothes till it was time TO dismount
When the awkward beast. rocking TO and fro like
a ship in storm. dropped fore and then aft TO
the ground the women became hysterical and
screamed shriIly for help. Hundreds Of spectators
gathered around and sent u. a shout of laughter
az the women's plight. When the crowd assembled
al the ridcule they had excited Making flying
leaps TO the ground, nearly upsettng the camel's
guard, who was trying 70 assist them 10 aIght,
they hnrrledly disappeared.