Year: 1878

The moved out of the Grand Central Depot few
mornings ago with the usual crowd of humanity board
In the smokng-car three farmers from somewhere
along the Sound, who were now going home All were
smoking vigorously and each was telling the others his
particular city experiences, whenever he could get in
word which he often failed to do.


One of the party describing his good luck
other occasion when he visited sleghtohand perform
ance, when he treated to some wonderful Bourbon
whisky This time he had visited similar exhibition
but the performance not equal his expectations.
The bottle trick wanting


sit finer than silk that whisky he told his friends
" and | wanted more. Brandy, too, and all kinds you
could mention-all out of same bottle-that what
beat me.


oh most all of 'em can do that said another, but
who this chap you went to see last night? What
his name?


II disremember it now but it was a sort of Bible
name"


During this conversations the conductor having collected
his fares had into the car with gentleman and took
the seat next to the rural patty The conductor and his
friend heard the conversation and smiled significantly
each other when lighting their cigars. 1t meant fun for
somebody The tannHr, meantime, went on with his ac-
count OF what he the night before. The tricks
new and strange, but nothing in his estimation equal
to the bottlefck the Bourbon produced in other days


The CONDUCTOR friend now interrupted him.


my friend said he, do you think you would be able
TO recognize that brand of Bourbon if you taste
it agan have been told that there is great deceit in
liquors, so that really does not know whether he
gets the same thing twice not
+ Great Andrew Jacksonl do / think I'd know it next
time? Of course do You must think can't trust my
mouth Why little snifter of that whisky would
keep good taste in mans mouth for week. You'd
u


1T must have been good said the conductor friend,
drawing suspicious looking bottle from his pocket 'but
now my friend let offer you something that is said by
good judges to be fne-hard to beat not a Judge
. myself.


Pouring out little he passed it the farmer.
Il was drank with evident pleasure.
Il THAT'S like lit might be the sort. That
? good


Then the farmer at entered into conversation with
the of the bottle. There excellent fishing al
most anywhere along the Sound, and if the gentleman
< would only out for days SPORT would find
friends to assist; and finally the OF bottle
such whisky that would always be welcomed in his
neighborhood This whisky excellent but still he
calculated there in the country equal tC
I? what he had once tasted from magicians bottle


The cigars smoked out, and the conductor
: and his friend rose to go into another car.


Let me offer you another taste from my bottle before
go said the gentleman. Perhaps your friends vii
try ii aso?''


They did each try ii, the spokesman of the party
being the last 1t must have been good for they
well pleased, all but the last named man he opened h
mouth in speechles misery Another then asked the
i gentleman his name.
'Great Caesar gasped the victim of misplaced conf
dence why that last set all fire What did h,
say his was, John 2hell something? He's th
d very chap went last night | knew he had Bi
BILE kind of and that whisky just matches tire,
8 hot -


Amid the Of the smokers the conductors frien,
4 then bowed himself out.