The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-06-29
The Experience bf, ) oasGris',a. 4 in I
Strict Temp lance Towna .
"Gris9 writes the Cincinn atti

"Gris" writes the Cincinnati
Times Chronicle thui
I stopped over nisht in Q little town
in Illinois recently Ihese thereisa large
temperance majoris. among the favored
sex, who sling the lllot, and tho conse-
quence is they dispsfs altogether with
the dramshops and Jars. F',4 ~ -o2,
No license to sci any liquorVis per-
mitted to any ones and a pretty sharp
watch is kept to sce that none is given
away. This wotle not have, trouble
me any, and prqbbbly would not have
known it, excepsttha that landlord
rs registered mot shed me mysteriously
into the hall. laq-
Stranger" sai3he, as he closed the
door, keeping hisghand on the knob,
'this is the worst temperance town in
Auerica. They ,:,3st allow US to sell
drop, tavern keepeH nor any one else.
Cant buy itat the dpug store But know
how it is With travelling men they like
drop of suthn' 10 take when they 90
to hotel, Nol here quitting his
hand in his coat-toll pocket and produ-
cling a small flask \ some New Enylan'
rum that 1 can .Scommend Take
good horn it'll dol lyou good. Nobody
can see you"
l thanked the h,epitable and sympa-
thetic landlord, wNb wanted to put
bottle to my lips, bas Ifdecined.. "All
right" said he, afta. taking a swig him
self, whenever ,ybu feel like having a
small nip just lcmm9 know rlJs
1 sought my rosm, and was making
ablutions, whom there was knock at
the door. "a'a 70
Come in" ld
He came in, q gtod humored looking
man. with a sunset glow on the end of
his nose, WHO, wi. n fnrtive glance out
/ In the hall, closed The door and turaed
the key. Thenthe advanced mysterious
ly toward me on tiptoe, with one hand
to his mouth, as he stated. IS h-h,"
while the other was reaching for his coat.
tail pocket. ! was little startled at
first, | must confess. Didn't know bat
| was to be made victim to emotional
insanity by an injured husband who had
mistaken me for another man. But ivy
fears were dispellcd when he drew out
willow flask. 1t is sufficiently deadly
weapon in some hands, know but it
dpesn t scare me as loaded revolver
does, somehow.
stranger" said my visitor as lie sat
the flask down on the table sour folks
here has got temperance on the brain
Icetotal abstinence has struck in. Thar
halnt been bar open goin on two
years, S-good thing, no doubt, for them
as cant govern their appetite for liker,
but it's kinder rough on the boys as
occasionally likes drop And it's
rougher on strangers Us stops in the
town-gives en- bad idea OF the place.
Sc ye when yc Gum in, aud | thought
yc looked dry, so | made bold to walk up
here and offer you dram out'n my par
ticular flask It's good; y,u can pend
one. Pure old Bourbon whiskey right
from Cineiuaasi."
My mysterious and unk friend, ,"
|
said |, 81 thank you for your extremely
thoughtful kindness. An experience OF
several years in observing the effects OF
Cincinnati whiskey satisfies me that Won
have got good article there, and one
that l could safely warrant But l
don't feel the need of any just now
"All right, old Cap said my caller,
taking long pull at the flask himself
"All right, you don't have to. If you
get dry, though, call on me-
1t was a pleasant afternoon, and
sauntered down on the street for walk
The landlord WIS sitting or the front
step. With that desire to make it pleas
ant for Inc which was SO marked fea-
ture in our tiyst interview, he introduced
me all around. If there is anything |
hike better than another it is being in-
troduced all around to party, say 25 or
80. You will know them all the nextlime
you see them, you know, and call their
lanes so readily. And it is SO pleasant
to be suddenly and unexpectedly called
upon to converse with twenty five or
thirty strangers, particularly when you
are not in hunlor to converse with your
most common forms of American in
PRODUCTION, and you know how it is your
self.
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