Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1917 — In Days of Hard Drinking. [ARTICLE]

In Days of Hard Drinking.

In the days of George, IV, when ability to drink hard was regarded as a mark of distinction, every glass on the table was dedicated to one dr other dignitary. <*The guest who dared to omit any part of this elaborate bacchanalianroutine was looked upon and treated as an unclubable fellow, the spirit being identical with that of the “bad man” of Bret Harte’s stories who emptied his pistol into anyone who refused to drink with him.