Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1867-10-25
OCTOBER %, 1867.

Nithout iear or iafor- Complaint has been
made in some quarters that the rich and
powerful rs--seller has iAred 90 better
than the poor dram vendcr. bet 80 long -
ke occupied his present position there could
be no dis;isesiOn Of persons.
Dir. Nye sad be lad not eomnenced
prosecutions without notice and followed
then up barbly. ss bad been charged. lie
had sent bis dePu,ies drs, to visit every nan
-bo ~As engaged in rsmselIing throaghou-
the State. aad lad andy aiaaonished al Of
theu 70 leave The Business. assuring tbem
that Il they did not 10 50. The Law wouia
surely be executed. Tlirfy-one Auafrod
places soors fossnd ukas hqs0r sras all az a
bsrcra9s-i0ur hundred m one eity-sBd
large number cf open bars. In ninety nine
cases cut Of a hundred these uen went out
of the busisess when they saw this deter
minatioa 20 enforce the h-. Many hotel
keepers said th-y -rr- rlsd the law vas 20
Be sIeeuied. because 10 their ne;gbbors did
not sell they would not have u. The mere
ocoAsional visit Of q dePaty throogL these
sections have prevented most of these men
from resaming theiI terrible business. With
Oot prosecution.
NO~ The question arises has there been
any change IN consequence Of this vork Of
the State Poiice7 OF course IN Androseog-
gin snd fsw other coaniies where tbe Iaw
wAs previously executed and infoxicatiou
unirrqueni. yoa DO not notice 80 marked an
improvement ss is apparent in other eoun-
ties. The very fact that every run seller
And rum sy@PaihiEsr throsghoui the State
- 90 clsmOuro0s against The Cou.tabuiary.
show, that their business - interfer,-d With
by it. These fellows never denOurcc a law
or officers tha. do not is,clere With their
irafiic. You might cover your Statute
books With prohibitory la-s having she se.
verest penalties. and set an officer as the
door Ct every ran-shoP. but 80 long a. the
laws we're not executed. and the ofIicers
. minded their Own b.siness--to use a
common Phrase Of Eqaor sellers-so long
they Sogl4 not have 4 sord 70 say. There
forc the amount Of ciamor raised by rua-
sellers. j. an index Of the efficiency Of the
mean, psed 70 stop their business.
Bot there i clearer proof than this Of
the efhcseney Of the amended la~. enforced
b. the Constahulary. Mr.. Nye s4id il j.
acknowledged that there are no opeu bars
IN the State AZ the present time That Ger
taialy i one point gained. for or youth
are usually IN little danger Of going into
secrct dens to take the fr.t glass. lie.
ho~ever. vas prepared 10 show THAI there
wss not one tenth as much liquor sold and
drank nov in ihe State a. there was one or
too yeArs ago. The Boston and New York
uholcsale run sellers say that lat year
they sold oue and a hslf sifI,oa II dollars
trorfi = fhquors 20 90 INTO Maine. bat that
Al the rate they have sold lhc same for the
past six months. they uili not dispose of
f'co kuadr,d thousas.d a.,llass urorfh the prss-
ent year 90 20 20 Maine. Does not this
falling 81 IN the sale % Iiqaors. Of million
and quartsr Of dollars. Indicate marked
decrease Ia the frAfbc and use of tbcmY
Bot the people q nearly every city and
t0-B IN the State have oocuiar proof of
tbs fact Ia is generally sgrsed that
drunkeonsss las been less prevalent fhan
ever before. Mr. Nye said b. convsrsed a
short time since With an Insurance agent
~bo lad been accustomed % travel over
the State every summer. And The agent vol
unfairly said 90 him that b. had never vt
messed soch a change for The better. and
thar instead oi meeting intoxicated men
frygucnfiy a. Formerly. BE- hal scarcely
seen one for tbc sunmer Mr. y saw The
manager q a circus which hal travelled
throngh our State for several .sasoas. nnd
altbough D. was liceuse man, yet ~ bore
cheerful testimony % The wouderfai ira
provcmcnt. lis Ovn men. the manager
sad. instead 81 beng irrqueniiy intoxi.
csied. a. uIuki. bal been Unable - obtain
nquor. snd hsd Kept scher al summcr.
Hardly case Of iufoSicafion hsd been no
ticsd in thc crovds IN atiendance upon the
circrs When the circus sas a. WaierviIie
not one mas -as isfoxicafed. Tcu years
ago there sould have bcen fay A. Skos.
hegaa only one uss seen AZ Dexter rone.
The sane has been true az The camp Mcet.
i1rs and Cattle Sho~s
The Belfast Age says that s75. 90 -orik
~ hquor sas soid 10 thai piece iasf year.
shaie thus far ibe present ycar none has
been soii ard hat several usen vho hars
teen aocusfoued 10 make yesriy from g.
oo0 10 $1,000 each by ruin ssllisr. have
been wandering abosi the streets al Sum-
rner. out oi busiucss. Tie Rockiand Free
Press says thst rsm ssiiinr Be- rrsrticaiiy
bfoken % iu hat cry. Ar fist drunten .
ness = fsre. The Basror Wig testifes 90 /
ihs MARKED irnprovcuenf 10 thtf ciiy. Otb- .