Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-12-27
LETTER FRON DAYTON, OHIO.
DAyros. ONO, Dec. l6. 1867.

bAiiCs, Cdtp, Lee 10. 1901.
Ed. BULLETIN Thinking a short com-
munication from the home Of the notorious
vallandigham, the father Of Cops, might no,
be unin.eresting TO some Of your readers, /
take pleasure in penniug you a few thoughts
and observations, foremost amongst which,
j. the indiscriminase sale Of Intoxicating Il,
quors. Ii dealt out with immunity, not
only in saloons, bat in all the hotels, and in
most Of the grocery stores il, this wealthy
and beautiful city, of upwards Of forty .hor>
sand inhabitants. When I left Indepen.
dence on the 81 inst, ! was almos conyin.
ced of the practicabili.y Of a license law !;
believing that whisky was being seld in eve
~ saloon and possibly in one dry goods store
in Independence. need only add that one
hour in a hotel bar room, or saloon, in Day.
ton, ought TO put 10 shame the mos. ardent
advocate Of the repeal of the good prohibi-
tory LIQUOR law. II ardent spirits are deal.
on, in Independence on the sly, it is far pre-.
ferable to the influence Of a general drinking
system. | will here relate one Of the many
instances that have come under nv obser>
Walton while stopping at the Montgomery
Hotel in this city. The bar is opened about
hall past five A. NJ, from which time drink
ing commences, and usually lasts until
eleven P. II. Young and old men are con>
ii%nnaliy staggering in and ou, during ih.
day asd evening. The landlord drinks, Ii.
clerks drink, the landlords wife and mother
ssry frequently take wine aud beer, and
sometimes hot whi2ky. The landlord has !.
soa, eiyh. years old, Who drinks with bis IA,
tier AID with customers. This morning his
father drew him q glass Of beer and placed
i before hin: be pushed it aside and called
.r sngar aad whisky with as much impor.
t-nce IS q man Of forty. Who can blame
that ber for being a drunkard? This is ba,
oGe case Of many. TIE effect Of this indul-
genoe is more particularly observable
Groags. iie lower classes. ! wish to urge
-p9a ever one the importance Of a s,ric,
Pr& 4iy1. Talk abop. q place not four.
alilg - vel where whisky is nc. sold /,
- bosa
4 word aboIs VsIla5dighsa. His lit,,e
essgF sya hangs cuf frDn . second story
yaler ~ sesrfso- street, between Second
81 TA3ra-1e eso<k !. very ow. / have
sssr - .sey latDfnse5 TIA. ls own par,y
s ~ ssTegs hsm fer ssy eslce, e.
spDrga <ess IL rare LA been raen-
NJ ~ ~ se = ssnss n hs par,ic.
as sa,
&@ ~ fsgst ;, ~ sgs tia. ! .ar
x@ Snat zsess snf josrsaiss,4
g~s Ys~1 Ets,a, 54terdsy evening
g9~s DyNez Hs.s, ia sais city. He
81 : rs4sz = sery fsv isciden,s
eas 1ess. " EsA % Eis agseat feat
- ~ ~ RI Is ~ cbica.o papers.
as ss = axsae way BIZ did not make the
~ h
fss sssiss IL txepty four eons4cn-
~ &ssrs, bst .iznaFy failed. He then at,
tss1 aiaassif IS M al. ia which be walked
I'm pgrsn9 - Chicago. He frs. walked
sfe4sa w Pafasetss a. the rate u three
ass ~ hour, then four, and FIVE, he then
asl<sd fofsy-t~o times arondd the Parqnette,
: ~ tspce a one hundred and twenty-five
.ai l~a,-.birds feet IN nine minutes and thir
gteo seconds. II IL a curiosity to see bin
Walk. We start for Wheeling, Va, this
mDrsing.
As ibis communication is already loo long
! will close.
Yours, DC,