Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-02-11

= ! Fidr lIt ui'.a oii1 DiCdh sAAbSs, 6a~'
r they reckon, don't they 2"
, Il shouldn's WONDER" responded Ma
Pipes.
: cha! h.. Well, III be dogged
! they musn'. be mighty peart Sc. o peer
o down to Augusty, last session; to pass tho
kind of law-stop folks from selling lick
T er, ba ha P' very heartily laughed Pau
! Somebody present ventured to remark
: that the Law was going to be prets.
: tough Job to &c: over, anyhow. Perry
winkle turned on t'other heel as he lesnet
sgains. the bar that was, und eyed th
speaker:
"a tough job Why, you DON, pre-
tend for to say" said Paul. "thas rum
sellin' can be stopped p
"Yes, I do" said the speaker.
"By them Augusty peeps of the Leg
islaturc"
"fact no sort o u.s doubling it,sir,' ~
was the re.ponas
"Well," slowly and drily said Perry
winkle, ~ dunno! I've lived around
here, about forty years I've seen good
many funny Things, and heard a'mazin'
sight of nonsense in my time, but never
did expect to see any man so doggeely
green as for TO believe that rum sellin'
could be put down by them peeps who 60
to Augusty to Sc. in the Legislature, for
two dollars day. It's impossible 1t
can, te did :" And this "opiuion"
Perrywinkle clinched by rap with bis
fss upon Pipes bar-rhany!
But, rot :hem peeps who set in the
Legislature down in Augusty, for to make
laws for us as doesn't need EN-, continued
Paul "Pipc., hand out the R. G. Pm
dry as powder horn drove clean in
from Pipkin this morning without a
dram"
Not drop in my house, rir - again
responded the c--Publicaa.
"Sho, Pipes, how you talk tell you
I'm dry as a powder-horn."
''rerrywiElle," solennly replied Pipes,
II tell you its against the-law to-sell a.
drop-of-icker-in Bangor, and rather than
lose my licker I sent it up - Portland
last night by express, and it's ny opinion
sou won't 6pd drop il town
Not DROP"
Not drop %
Well. Is / said afore, I've been
aro-od here forty years, and I've been up
to Boston two or three times, said Per
rywink,c, "and l reckon Fve seen 'bou:
as many elefnts as any other man, but l
ruoss you couldn't get me to suoiler that,
nohow Set out tie bottle, Major; dry
IS e povdcr-horn, tell you
That's the JottLe,' returned Pipes,
Nth a melancholy gaze ct the piece Of
glass.
"Bo.tle'" says Perrywinkle, trying to
look funny and force up 4 chuckle, why
there amt anything in il"
Not a drop" calmly aud ,olemnly
Pipes.
"ro you really go to say" said Perry
wirkle, "that YOU ha;u't got drop of Ii
Quor in your bar, NajOr-that them Ages
ty peeps haze shut Joa up
"Not drop in my 1a., sir, answered
Pipes, an more an that, net drop IN
my house; them Augrsty fellows have done
.Aae bosincss clean, smack ar, sir -
70 JFsH,' emphatically said Paul, "rs
said afore," he continued, I've lived
around here forty years
And thus .oliloquising, and looking very
much shocked, he stycde to tie door, and
crossing the street, entered another grocery
where the crttter was usually to he had IL
quantities to sult purchasers But, 10
re propreto- Of the shop was tearing down
his bar, and fttinc up for the shce trade
P14l wheeled Oh his heels, -igEt-abcut
face, in disgust.
Well, III be dod rotted," says ne,
'' il don't believe some Of these Bangor
folks ain a-git:in' skeers! Ia! ha stop
4 fc'le.'s grog, that would be pooty .cke'
la ha. ha III bet l find place where
they ain't skcert at Augpsty peeps; make
EN- quit sclliu' lickcr-ho, ho' Lo All,
here's the place" And down an alley
way pops Paul, in litter, at tic iaeA of
man gong without lis bi;ters in Bangor
Now this temple Of Bscchus WAS always
kept open "upon the sly" and hence the
patrons were always expected to resort to
i sort of deaf and dumb alphabet and ho-
Gus pocus formula to be understood.
Morning" says Fari, as he stepped IN
and closed the door, and faced the var
nished and sleek looking proprietor OF the
runcie, " Captain John, how is th:res"
"Oh, workir', wogkin' - was the res
ponse.
Hot morning" continued Paul, WI
ping his bronzed forehead, and looking, AS
&c selt, hot and thirsty as smelling FUR