NOT DRUNK, BUT INEBRAITED.
Bartender's Expert Opinion.
Patrick Cunningham arose as the Noah Webster of the circuit court yesterday. In the division presided over by Judge W. O. Thomas, Cunningham was asked:
"Were you ever drunk?"
"No, sir," said he.
"Were you ever inebriated?"
"I was."
"What is the difference between being drunk and being inebriated?"
"Well, a man can be inebriated and still attend to his business and walk straight and not bother anybody. But he can't always when he is drunk."
"How many drinks does it take to become inebriated?"
But the witness dodged that one.
Still, he should be good authority, for he is a bartender in Tom Noland's saloon at 214 West Fifth street. He is suing Francis X. Bogenschutz, who runs an ale vault on Baltimore avenue, for $10,000 damages, alleging alienation of Mrs. Cunningham's affections.
The Cunninghams have been married for twenty years. He formerly was a peddler and lived at 1117 Cherry street and accumulated some property. The couple first met Bogenschutz about ten years ago. The husband's testimony in his own behalf went to show that there were domestic difficulties so soon as two months after the marriage. He said his wife once rushed at him with a poker and he put out his hand to stop her.
"That is the time she claimed I broker her nose," said he.
"Did you?"
"She might have hit herself with the poker."
The rest of Cunningham's testimony was largely expert evidence on inebriety and the rest of the drink family.
