Show I 1 A SPREE ON WATER the Ee formed member of aad ills friend there is a member in the house who has for many years been fond of fluid to invigorate writes the philadelphia telegraphs washington correspondent the other day ho resolved to quit I 1 dont know for how long on the very day of this resolution but before it had had time to cool or grow feeble ho met a friend with whom ho had often spent a merry evening the first proposition was to go and got a drink tho member who withal is an original fellow said ho did not drink but ho would go along they went to a fashionable restaurant tau rant the friend ordered wine and tho member took water lie managed to mako as merry as his companion more wine was ordered and more water and as the friend warmed under the influence of the active liquor the followed in all the merriment of liis mood when the wine drinker pounded the bablo with his fists in maudlin energy and called for more wine cursed abo waiter and asked where his straws were then devilor devi lol crabs and lobster salad pickled pigs feet and diamond lack terrapin the member did likewise lie grow as hilarious as his friend sat sidewise in his chair hammered the table curbed the waiter and ordered as great conglomeration of food as ever a jolly inebriate fancied his palate demanded his tongue wagged as thick as that of his friend ho sat as limp in his chair with as great an air of recklessness and abandon so the evening went on th friend drinking wino and tho member drinking water but each showing the same evidences of intoxication when they loft the restaurant the friend staggered and so did the member the friend aliat liat was mashed on tho hack of his head the members hat was pulled down over one eye the friend put tho wrong end of his cigar in his mouth tho member did likewise and then they saw each other home or rather the friend was seen homo safely after which tho member straightened up and became as sober as a scotch deacon too know said the member with a confidential whisper in the ear of his friend it is just as much fun as being actually drunk and I 1 have no headache but I 1 toll you confidently that I 1 never took so much potomac arater abono time before in my life |