Horns and hooves under a degree

Often the behavior of a drunken person is compared with the habits of an innocent animal. But residents of St. Petersburg 100 years ago could see cases where the opposite comparison would have been more fair.

So, on Ligovsky Prospekt lived one truck manufacturer. He was a good man, but a heavy drinker. And he taught the goat he had on the farm to drink. The inventive wife of the thug used this habit in the right way for herself. With the words “Bring Tarsych”, the wife drove the goat out into the street so that he found his wife drinking in the inn. Moving in search of the owner from one beer store to another, the goat knocked horns on the door until one of them came across Tarasych. The owner immediately pleased the goat “drinker”, pouring into his mouth a couple of “Bohemian”. Then they both literally returned home, where their violent behavior was subdued by the ferocious appearance of the hostess. But this is a special case.

At the same time, the real problem in St. Petersburg was drunkenness among horses. So, hoppy horses could be seen in any of the market days on Horse Square. Sellers drenched the animals with vodka: deftly sticking dishes into the horse's throat, they poured the contents - it reached one bottle per reception. And in a drunken form, any knight on a trial ride rushed at the speed of a blood trotter until the hops came out of his head. The same was done in the evenings by taxi drivers, whose earnings directly depended on the speed of delivery of the passenger to the destination. In addition, in the winter on a frosty night, the remedy is, as the dimmers said, "very useful" for cold and cold.

So imagine, friends, motorists and pedestrians, “live transport”, which goes only on vodka and at any time can stop and lie down to rest.