“ A GLASS OR TWO.”

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3392, 6 December 1911, Page 7

“ A GLASS OR TWO.”

TEN PINTS BEFORE BREAKFAST

WITNESS TELLS "WHY

At an inquest at Yarmouth on the body of Albert Reeve. 45, a watercress seller, who was found drowned in the River A 7 are, George Charles Barber, a Labourer, said that Reeve “had a glass, or two” on the day before his body was discovered. —The Coroner: V hat do you call a glass or two?—Witness: Three or four won’t hurt any man. If a man can’t drink four or five pinto before breakfast he is no man at all. (Laughter.)—l hope you don’t —4 can always do ten pints before- breakfast a,n-d always get home- (Laughter). .—Miore- is the shame. f wonder you are not ashamed to confess it?—The brewers would not be wanted .i I it wore not for such men as ns. They would get tired. (Laughter.) They would not brew any more beer, sir. (Laughter). I till-ink they would brew .justas%nuch if you drank a little less. What do you do for a living?—By working in Yarmouth market. T have worked there for forty-two years.—At w.liat? —Carrying the- stalls in and out. lam the oldest man they have, got in the market.—You can hardly sec, too?—I can find my wav better in the dark than in the light.—You arc like a oat. You would Hot like to say your friend was drunk hut you will admit- that he was the worse for drink? —Bless his heart, he. was one of the best- in the world. He may have had three or four, but be was not the worse for drink-—lhe jury returned a verdict of “Found drowned.”