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Peck, George W., 1840-1916

"Peck's Compendium of Fun"

Peter's gate,
if there is any backtalk, and they have any trouble about getting in, the
good old doorkeeper is hereby assured that we will vouch for the true
goodness and self-sacrificing devotion of the Milwaukee Young Men's
Christian Association, and he is asked to pass them in and charge it up to
the _Sun_.

BUTTERMILK BIBBERS.
The immense consumption of buttermilk as a drink, retailed over the bars
of saloons, has caused temperance people to rejoice. It is said that over
two thousand gallons a day are sold in Milwaukee. There is one thing about
buttermilk, in its favor, and that is, it does not intoxicate, and it
takes the place of liquor as a beverage. A man may drink a quart of
buttermilk, and while he may feel like a calf that has been sucking, and
want to stand in a fence corner and bleat, or kick up his heels and run
around a pasture, he does not become intoxicated and throw a beer keg
through a saloon window.
Another thing, buttermilk does not cause the nose to become red, and the
consumer's breath does not smell like the next day after a sangerfest. The
complexion of the nose of a buttermilk drinker assumes a pale hue which is
enchanting, and while his breath may smell like a baby that has nursed too
much and got sour, the smell does not debar his entrance to a temperance
society.


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