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 or other dignitary. The guest who dared to omit any part of this elaborate bacchanallan routine was l&oked 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.