Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1876 — A Deadly Drink. [ARTICLE]

A Deadly Drink.

A good story is told, which we do not think has yet found its way into print, of the evils of temperance from a bibulous point of view. Two old soakers, steadying themselves against the bar, were taking their usual beverage. “Herwaryer, Jim; whadger goin* ter take this morning?” “ Guess I’ll hev er brandy cocktail; wha’ yer goin’ tak’ yerself ?” “ Little ole rye in mine.” u Eny news ’smomin’ f! “No, northin’, ’cept papers sez Vice Prps’n’t Wilson’s dead.’” “- Yes, I heard o’ that; an’ they say he never took nothin’but water.” “ No, ver don’t say so (drinks), ah-h-h ?” ’* Never drank nothin’—here’s to you (drinks), ah-h-h. Yes, he never took nothin’ but water.” “ Well, Well, that’s what fetches ’em after a while, isn’t it* ole feller?”—if. Y. Commercial Bulletin.