Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-03-09

SATURDAY ENLSING. ..MAkcH y.
rsrchiaf,fon W. License.
A. this particular umc when the friends \
O" prohibition in Davenport are hurting /
tn r aus,hainas at license in every form il |
m " be well for them to stop for a moment /
a "a take council from thUse who are with |
them in sentiment but much wiser in expc-
rence. For several dR,sa Joint Special |
Committee Of the Massachusetts Legis ta,u'c |
haze been exau,ng witnesses as to the op,
ATOMS Of the Prchibi.ory Liquor law. The
testimony SO far as tss been. IL the main.
strongly against the efficiency snd salutary
effects Of this law. Ex-Governor Clifford.
sx>Govcrnor Washbusne, Judge Parker, all
Of the most prominent Catholic clergy Of
Boston, ard many other influential citizens,
have testified 10 this. The last report Of the
examination gives the testimony Of several
others. The Rev. John p. Robinson testified
that ",he increase ofthe secret placcs for tho
sale q liquor has been fully ~ large as III.
decrease OF the shops where liquors were
once bought. From his observation he was
satisfied that prohib,ive law could no, be
enforced"
Rev. VIM II. Alg,r SAL that - far a. lie
could Judge tie Troh.biioiy law was null and
vaid lie believed inicmpeTarcc Ind much
lad raf. i f,r sx years. although be regard
Dttie increase n a De from ifgisl sli"n.--
lrsavnred q northumberland excise law
.. ihcgr bah tory law vas io theory oppos-
TO tia, f set D,mocratic Government,
which y osRed On he idea ofnot interfering
riin the habits 81 the people any more than
possible
Rev Dr. Budgsu never liked the Erohib
lutc system. He considered temperance 10
he scll,oontrol, and could not conceive Of
tempc.ance whcrc the power to nae did not
exist.
Dr. Geo r Bigelos. the Secretary Of the
Howard Benevolent Society, physician OF
Tho wash,nvtonian Home, aud had been
connected with the Boston Dispensary.
avrrrcd that during the last ten years in
temperance had greatly increased. lie was
IN tho Legislature or 1855, aud voted fos the
Maine law. Il,s opinion had changed since
that time. and he now Thought license law
would he FAR preferable.
Rev. y r. Taylor Gather Tavl3r) said
tina, lie had been MY ears in Boston, forty.
tive years minister. aud been settled bc>
tween thirty.6ve and forty years.
There had been great increase Of i0temper-
ancc.
Albert q. Goodwin asserted that lie vas
connected with the Boston Provident As.o-
cation. and from h,s observations. he
thou .ht that drunkenness WAS on the in
crease. lie had been favorable to the pro.
hib,tory law, but his opinion had changed
and no nov favored the trying Of license
law.
V,is Norcross, ex- Mayor Of Boston, re-
marked that h. recommended the psssag,
Of = license law in his message. from his oh
scrvation willie he was member Of the city
Government. lie considered thnt the pro-
h6itosy Law was imperative. The feeling
II tho community Is not With il.
Mayor Lewis. Of Roxbs~y, Mass believed
the Law TO be q failure. from the indsposi
ton Of the people TO enforce il He did not
think the amount OF drunkenness had H. p
creased. The community did not regard
the State cpnstabuarly as oi any consc.
qucncc.
Cnss. I. Russell. who was Mayor of Cam
bridge par, Of 1861 and 80, sa,d ,ha, h,
considered the prohihiory law difficult on,
10 en- orce. No FAR M fulGllirg the law an,
pron,blung the sale of liquor are concerned
lily ENGRAVING the license system
upon III, present prchibitory law, Mr. Rus
sell believed that public opinlon could b
formed for such law, that woul
enforce 1t, aud be Of advantage 20 the cou,
munity.
Marketing in a wciena lireece.
From Felton's Ancient and Modern Grsecs
"A sit 10 the market was one Of the ar
ranyemen,s OF the day. You will remember
that pwwirchus tAid the Athenian sgors
was We supplied with all the necessarics
and luxusies of life. lsocrates =, caks ~ IN,
same purpors. lts locality was between ths
Pnyx aud Acr,polis 1t was adorned viii
temples. galleries, altsrs and statues, snt
shaded by plane trees. planted by Cimon -
The time for visiting the agOra was . ou
the middle u the forenoon, when that quar-
ter of the city exhibited = spectacle no. I'm
like high Change. The breaking up Of Oh,
market wsa about noon.
All kinds Of trade were carried On in III,
market the native Traders and foreigner.
equ lily paying tee for the privilege. Her,
advertisements II things found or lost wer,
posted ur, or proclamation made by the city
ruer aud here philosophers and soph,s,
gathered ther hearers about them 10 dis
.ou,s ca the nature of fittings. The mer
chant WHO imported aud sn, his goods IL
wholesale /; the retail dealers the farmer
from the country, with the produce of thei
gsdeus aud fields. -wrre here brought to
ether. The market was divided into eli
CHS, .or tie different kinds Of merchandise
furniture, slaves. meat, fish. The seller
had horths, hung with wicker work or vat
ties a"d each place wss called by the nam
ci the article sold there. Thus, to go to th
h-h, ~ 10 he wine means to 60 20 the Il 81
market, 10 the vine market. etc. In on
quarter tood the auction mart, whore 81
sosts Of merchandise we're disposed Of to tn
bidder. Women, except OF the lowest class
never snads purchases in the market Eth
ev tho master Of abe house Or HE slavc-
male slave, called the purchases-st,snde
to this part Of domestic duty. On one cid
Of the agora stood cooks waiting TO be hret
Crockcry and cooking utcnsiis we're 10
found on ano'hsr. Articles Of luxury an
splsndcr hsd their particular place. Win
brought to the city in wains, o. distins uist
I'd ftGm the dram shops, WAS cold in III
open market The dram>shops, inps I
saverns were not considered very reputabl
places to be seen in, though, Of c0urss. fre
qucnted bv loungers in the streets. Thsi
keepers we're accused Of weakening thsi
wines With waters from the llissus, beside
using ANAL M assures. Poultry VS. sold 4
tables The name Of Q noted poultsreu
Pn'locrates, 10 preserved 10 the birds Of Ar
istophanes. whore the birds sci . price o.
his head. The uss Of chaplets for saeritlcis
ceremonies. feasts aud numerous other %
casions q oil seasons in the year, created
large demand for this article, which -
msnu:acsSrsd BY women, Who, With u
sellers Of ribbon and Of ready made hail
dresses. occupied place called ''she ,nyl
Ties" Salt Deb was sold outside Of d
gates, although il vas 90 extensively uss
- an article Of food that the inventor Of
had statue erected 70 his memory %
public benefactor. Bread women sold thei
losves a, stalls. This class OF dealers Wet
notorious for vitupercus eloqrence. a. Oh
dealers in chaplets and the flute player
were FOR their pleasant manners and read
wiz. On one side Of the asora were range,
the tables or banks Of the money changers
acass of men essential TO the commercia
enterprise OF the Athcnians,-who vii b