The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-06-29
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aGrisa writes s .the Cincinnatt

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in Illinois recently there there asa large
temperance majofit5 among sheofapored
sex, who sling The llllot, and tho conse-
| quence is they dispe ssedl laltogethepwith
the dramshops and ars. e',% Z. 60 % '@4
/ No license to sci any liquorais per-
mitted to'any one and "a pretty sharp
watch is kept to sep that none is given,
away. This wohlai not have, troubled
me any, and probably would not have
known it, except THAT that landlord
rs registered mot he'd me mysteriously
into the hall. -isioagse ~
Stranger" eaishe, as he closed the
door. keeping highland on the knob,
'this is the worst $snperanoe town in
America. They IL allow us. to sell
drop, taveru-keepe uorrany one else.
Can't buy itat the d5ug store But know
how it is With travelling men they like
a drop of suthiu' to take when they go
to a hotel. NoS here Quitting his
hand in his coat-tal pocket and produ.
cling a small flask some New Englan'
rum that 1 can .ecommend. Take a
good horn it'll dol you good. Nobody
can see you"
1 thanked the hSepitable and sympa.
thetic landlord, wH wanted to put d d
bottle to my lips, 'tat Ifdeclined. "AlI
right" said he, aft& taking .. syig him
SELF whenever yybp feel like having "a
small nip just lcmma know rIJI
1 sought my rosm, and was making
ablutions, whom ttere was knock at
the door 'a s~''''d 10
Come in ~ ID
He came in, q gfod, humored looking
man. with. a.suuseI glow. on the end of
his nose, who, wit fnrtiye glance. ont
In the hall, closed -,thee> door and turned
the key. Thenske 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, L must confess. Didn't know but
L was to be made victim to emotional
Insanity by an injured husband who had
| mistaken me for another man. But my
fears were dispellcd when he drew out
willow flask. IL 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, s.our folks
here has got temperance on the brain.
Teetotal abstinence has struck in. Thar
haln't been bar open goin' on two
years. S-good thing, no doubt, for them
as cant govern their appetite for lker,
but it's kinder rough OH the boys as
occasionally likes drop. And it's
rougher on strangers rs stops in the
town-gives EN- a bad idea of the place.
Sc ye when ye Eum in, and [ thought
yc looked dry, SO lmade bold to walk up
here and offer you dram out'n my par
ticular flask. It's good y,u can pend
on't Pure old Bourbon whiskey right
from Cincinnati"
My mysterious and unknown friend !"
said L, Il 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 / 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, Gall on me-"
1t was pleasant afternoon, and
sauntered down on the street for walk
The landlord YVES sitting on the front
step. With tha: desire to make it pleas.
ant for me which was so marked Il fca.
ture i'll cur fist interview, he introduced
me all around. If there is anything
like better tbnn another it is being in
troduced all around to party, say 25 or
30. You will know them all the mext tim e
you see them, you know, and call thoir
lanes so readily. And it is SO pleasa It
to be suddenly and unexpectedly callc d
upon to converse with twenty five or
thirty strangers, particularly when you
are not in a humor to converse with your
most common forms of American in
PRODUCTION, and you know how it is your
SELF
at lensht mentioned thas was going
to take a little walk, and Immediately a
couple of my new friends volunteered IN