Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-03-22
lBy request.l
KIT R A CT s
From Letter from Worcester, published IN the
last Number Of the Boston Temperance Visitor.

lBY request
EXTRACTS
From Letter from Worcester, published IN the
last Number Of the Boston Temperance Visitor
l wish in this to give you brief statement
of the efficiency of our present city officials.
intend to keep you and your readers well
! "posted" in this matter. We consider we are
a very important city, and its doings are i'm
portant to the world "and the rest of man.
kind" | will not, therefore, let any other sub
ject take the place of what is doing in an of
fetal capacity.
have already told you what kind of a city
government we have, and by whom elected !;
and also that the casting vote of the Mayor
turns the question whether we should enforce
the ant-iquor law or not. He says no.
wish to be pardoned for saying what did
previous to the election-that we were in no
danger OF having 'cOrSe city government than
we had last year. | confess l did not know
how mean and low city governments could de-
scend. now wish to retract, and say that the
rum government of last year looms up greatly
IN comparison to the present Last year we
did not trouble any one. The rumseller was
at ease, and the temperance man was free from
harm. But this year. the officials, in imitation
of the "hgher" powers of government, are
trying to persecute and put to trouble all those
who did not vote for our present rum govern
ment.
| Last week an onslaught was made upon our
| good temperance men, because they did not
clear the snow and ice from their Sidewalks
They were brought up before our Police
| Court, and fined 81 and costs
| One of the prominent temperance men pro-
| duced several witnesses to show that he had
always kept his sidewalks clear, and he could
have called any man in the street. who would
hnxv 100 E11A -. H., L
was fined 81 and costs AS matter of course
he appealed from such high authority. This
not being satisfactory to cur City Marshal, he
went about to inform some of the temperance
men that the boxes that were standing in front
of their stores must be taken in
That noble dignitdIy came to your correspond
ent and told him, with great pomposity, that
those boxes must be taken in. And of course,
they were, for we are obedient to the powers
that be, however strong they may smell of
''rot-gut." In looking around upon my neigh
bors, found several boxes larger than mine,
and also the streets were made much more i'm
passible but happened to think that they
could drink more rum than l could, or did,
and also that they voted the "citizens'" ticket,
alias rum ticket The whole mystery was
solved.
Now where is there such another model city
government as ours? echo answers where"
We should not wonder if some of our temper
ance men were complained of for walking
these streets. hardly dare put my head out
OF doors more than two feet, for fear that it
may obstruct these city officials. 1t requires a
good deal of room for some of them to walk
Now ask any man if we are not highly ia
vored by being under such city officials Not
rumseller in the city is troubled-al can car
ry on their internal traffic, night and Sundays
included ar1 fhora =. n r