Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1885 — At the Bar. [ARTICLE]

At the Bar.

Frank Brower, a favorite negro minstrel of olden time, walked into the bar-room of the Metropolitan* one morning, dusty and unkempt from a long journey, and asked for a glass of brandy. The barkeeper handed out the brandy, and then, suspicious of Frank’s appearance, said, ’’Just pay for that before you drink it, will yon ?” e Frank, who as well known in New York as anv man about town, looked up, astonished, and stammered, “W-w-what?” “Just pay for that brandy before yon drink it,” repeated the bartender. “W-w-why,” said Frank, leaning confidentially across the counter, “is it so im-m-m-mediately f-f-fatal in its effect?”— New York Citizen.