The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-07-14

- Who has been moved BY stress Of
III hieself and liquids to the
Aeeo. For several dry. previ-
knorable first Of July, Leon.
thriving business. From
= to dewy eve" there was
stream Of customers into hi.
hlle unceasing streams Of ,he liquid
Iowing out in pocket pistols. pitch
gs, decan,ers. demijohn.. and var
Nher atent ils The character ard
erence Of his customers were equally
oas. Timid little girls. bold fac,
boys, SYi Sorts Of men and women, com
posed the motley throng. 1t was evtent
that monstrous ''dry time" was very
generally anticipated. and with a prudent
foresight, which would be highly com
mendabis in other matters, Leonhardis
customers were laying in preventive stores.
We have no doubt nary perss MS sup
piled themselves with more or less of the
''needful. whose cupboards and decanters
had long been str. ngers to the fumes Of
liquor. They had lived for years without
having liquor in their houses. Could
they not continue to do SO? How perverse
b human nature Adam and Eve might
have lived happily till this time, for aught
We know, and never even touched the
forbidden fruit, had it not been forbidden.
The positive prohibition laid heavy upon
1bem. They became curious and uneasy,
and then they fell. All remember the
story 4 the man who had reached nearly
four score years without ever setting lis
foot outside the walls o, his native city.
This curious fact becoming known to the
Governor or Emperor, The Impe rial edict
was i.sued TO the octogenarian that he
should never pass out Of the gates of the
ci'N while living. At first the old man
laughed ct the edict a. useless and nuea-
tory. But he couldn't help thinking about
4. and the more he thought OF it. the more
uneasy he became. After awhile the re-
ssraint upon his liberty Of locomotion grew
painful. A strong desire to see the ad-
jaesnt country seised upon him. He con-
cloded that he snst 60 out Of the city,
and that he should die if he did not.
Human nature is the same in every age.
Man 10 always impatient Of unsccustom-
ID RESTRAINT. unless self imposed. In the
present case, the proposed restraint was
- b indirect rather than otherwise. The
Inv did not positively prohibit the gra,ifi-
estion Of the appetite. Ii did no, say
"thou shalt not drink" but merely "thou
shalt no. make. or buy. or sell" Thi.,
however. was sufficient to set the rebel.
6ous wills OF men to work. They had
- kept liquor 10 their houses for y ars.
peshaps, and they had lao use FOR q even
0ew. Bat, then. there was Chance that
thsy night need it ". some future time,
I'D vas not the Law about 10 interfere
With this chance? SO abou, the last da, s
q June the liquos traffic bee lme brisk all
q once, and Leonhardi's casks are ANA
sinsly depleted.
Whether m increased consumption Of
the sardeni' has been or will be the conse.
quence, we are unable positively TO say.
We suspect it has. Desire waits upon
Opportunity. When the tempting and
~sll-6lled bottle stands upon the table or
the side board, within reach of your hand
how natural to take Just drap"! Wis
ible insbriety, however, we may safely
say hes not increased. And the closing
mp q innumerable rum ho.es-thoss nur
series Of crime and poverty-no one can
1sny has been : public blessing. Temp.
tofioo has bssn removed from the thought
- and uawsry. from those who would
1b1nk occasionally with : friend, and,
ebsse N. from the habitual frsqusnters
= sssh places ~ho. perhaps. would rare
y. Msver. drink slsewhere.
- Supported the Law with a hearty
- viIl- Long before i's passage. this
Ysper lsbored earnestly TO prepare the
Wy Iss il. and the citizens Of Keokuk,
sspssisIly, Dssd not to be reminded Oh
~ lbas5sss md incorporating warfare
whish Il wagsd agaisst the rum. sellers, to
- innissst personal danger Of the Edi.
-. vi With signsl triumph in the srd
~ u present sbssnss Of tho Senior Edi-