HOW DIFFERENT NATIONS DRINK BEER.

Inangahua Times, Volume XI, Issue 1751, 1 September 1886, Page 2

HOW DIFFERENT NATIONS DRINK BEER.

By careful observation, aided by industrious inquiry, the following is claimed to h*» how persons of diflerent nationality drink beer. The rules dp not, of course refer to the members of the different bottlers' associations, who are of a convivial turn of mind, or to those, who drink their leverage from a jug behind the door or down the cellar.

The Englishman always drinks standing ; he waits until the froth geta off, and then, keeping his eyes on the bottom oMbjy tumbler, never lets go until the last drop has gone down, saying, as he sets down the glass, Well, 'Enry, that's tol'ble.' The Frenchman prefers to sick on the back of a chair, if such a placets* handy by ; he sips once or twice, anft then waits ; he sips again, and then says l *aeraV and then, with a 1 • grande ' gulp', the whole quantity goes down. The Yankee rushes in as if jnst off the express, invites every occupant of the room to drink, gives his ell»ow a twist that makes only one swallow of a five cent, glass, and wiping his mouth with his coat slee\e, calmly saya, 4 Frank, just charge that to my ac count.' \

The Irishiran had rather lean against the bar. He drinks slowly, so that the sensation will last as long a? possible, and, when through, smilingly nsks the clerk if it wouldn't • now be a foine thing for you to threat me with a glass.' The Pole steps lightly up to the counter deposits his money in advance, bows and looks so pleasant while drinking thai yon might imagine he wishes every sort of good luck to the man who first BUbttitned beer for cold

waiter.

Tin* Spauiard walks in with a tt*m, dcfiHM air, looks all around as though counting nofrf. aud then drink* alone,

If the beer is good, he will say he never drank worse ; if bad, he will sooner fight than pay for it.

The German walks in as if it were a hig effort; sits down on the nearest chair, and looks all orer the room, then takes ont a big pipe and fills and lights it. In about half as boor lie calls for some beer ; in from three to five minutes ha thinks he will take a little lager ; in ahout ten minutes h« wants to talk, and he believes he whi take a little beer ; talking reminds him that he wants some more beer; in the coarse of an hour he will eat some pretzels and bologna, and nothing like beer to wash down the crumbs, he thinks of going, iad takes a little more lager; he gate &p to go, and takes a little beer j lie asks for his bill, and makes the chane* in his favour by a big glass of lager beet ; exelaimiogaslie goes oat, ' Mein switsw pretsel duurler blitxen himel sweigtenboargow* helfrankwrfelternein ! * — which weans th*t be will be iv >>y aud-bye aaJ get a glass of heer.

At a meeting of the Statistical Bocivty, held on June 22, Sir Rawson Rawson presiding, Sir F. D. Bell. Agent-General for New Zealand, read a paper written by Sir Robert Stout on the above subject. The writer as terted that to take twenty years for the purposes of comparison and contrast was especially (suitable in the case of New Zealand, for twenty years ago the gold fever had >*gun to cool, and Colonists were looking for other sources than gold mines for the production of wealth. New Zealand, like other countries, had passed UirowgU periods of commercial depression, and be was glad to acknowledge that agricultural pursuits were flourshiugin the Colony, and that the many manufacturing industries of New Zealand were in a flourishing condition. The shipping trade of the Colony had especially increased, whitt its mineral wealth was exceptionally rich. In conclusion be said that he, as an old Colonist, could not attempt to gauge the fntnre development of the Colony, especially as a cereal and pastoral country. Miss Fortescue recently played " Frou Frou " in what are deHcribed as " Sev«n of the most glorious frocks ever seen on the British stage/

An interesting return was (says the Wellington correspondent of the Grey Argus) prepared by the clerk to the ftoldtields' Committee, which shows Ijow arduous the duties of this committee have been this session in having to deal with several petitions, and also with the Gold Duty Abolition and R<' d action Bills, which were each adopted by the House of Representatives, but were either thrown out or laid aside hy the Legislative Council. The Mines Bill, the Mining Company's Bill, and (he Coal Mines Bill were three important measnres which passed, and are vow on the Statute Book. The return shows that there were 29 meetings held, at which the attendants of members were as follows : — Col Fraser (chairman) 29 ; Hon. Larnach, 54 ; Bevan, 28 ; Guinness, 23 ; Cadtnan, 18; Menceatb, 18; Brown, 14; Duncan 14; MKenzie, 14; Seddon, 14 ; O'Conor, 12 ; Cowan, 7 ; Grace, 6 ; Fergus, 6 ; Pyke 5 ; Hurst 8. Wh!le the hotels, shopkeepers, and others at borne are making a pile out of the visit to the Exhibition of the wealthy men of Victoria, the shop* keepers of Melbourne are complaining of the dulness of trade. Naturally, if only five hundred families accustomed to live at the rate of from 2,0002. to 20,000/. per annum were away in London, that would make a serious difference in the takings of a relatively small community like Melbourne, so (hat it will be seen there is nothing that comes to the world in the way of good that is not tinged with a little evil. That the show which Victoria makes at the Exhibition will have an influence npon her fortunes in the future no one doubts, and the shop' keepers may, perhaps, find some con* flotation for their loss of trade in the reflection that the absentees are doing ttSOtr t»rßt to popularise the Colony in a national sense. Trade, it may be hoped, will follow upon the exposition of the resources of Victoria, and thus many capitalists in this country, who are at their wits' ends for a profitable source in which to invest their money, tnayvV dippoted to give some attention to the resources of Victoria.

Ballarat lias a flutter of pleasure («ays the Argut) in the circumstance that the diamond drill at work on the slope of th<* Black-hill Fiat has brought up a core of auriferous quartz fiotn a depth of a little over 1000 ft Rich quartz has been obtained at 2000 ft at Sandhurst but the drill has struck a lower reef than any worked at Ballarat, and congratulations are being changed accordingly. There is no doubt that the prospecting of the future must he conducted down below the present mines rather than round about them. Th» places where there is most hope of finding new reefs and fields ara where reefs are being worked to day or have beftii worked before, and it is to be hoped that the distributors cf the prospecting vote, whoever tbey may he, will not fail to remember this principle. H.M-S. Myrmidon which arrived at Townsville, reports that on July 7 a boat was sent out to heave the anchor. The anchor ros#», and was slung at the stern of the boat. Tke ship hauled th» boat in when there was still 80 fathoms of cable to be hove in. The officer m the boat was ordered to let the anchor go. The officer forgot that the heavy rope attached to the crown of the anchor was coiled in the boot, tfryant. a petty officer, Francis Taylor, Hie boatswain, -and Harry Bowers, an A.8., were caught in the coils of the rope, and wen* dragged to the bottom, n distance of 160 fathoms, and were drowned. The bodies were recover* d a quarter of au hour afterwards, still in the coils of the rope. They were buried

A Vienna critic writes or Ruben stein's touch that it ii fiubensteiu liirowlL " et him play with his hand fcrehed or with straightened finger* ; let him shake his tone from th« wrist or hit the keys with a stiff wrist, each time his tone will be different in shade, and from every position of the hand, or of each •eparate finger, there ariee new and remarkable touches. He understands how either to compel or to coax his effects from the instrument At the tide of »agical tnne coloring we meet elementary effect* that are only prevented front becoming noises by the force of bis soul power ; under his handi arise thunderstorms and the gentlydropping spring rain "