The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-04-25
The Fat Contributors Experience in Tenn
Uerance Town.


nois, recently, where there is large temper
ance majority among the favored sex who sling
the ballot, and the consequence is, they have
dispensed altogether with dram shops and
bars.
No license to sell liquor is permitted to any
one and pretty sharp watch is kept to see
that none is given away. This wouldn't have
troubled me any, and probably would not
have known it, except that the landlord as soon
as registered motioned me mysteriouslY into
the hall.
stranger" said he, as he closed the door,
keeping his hand on the knob, "this is the
worst temperance town in America. They
don't allow us to sell drop, tavern-keepers'n
no one else. Can't buy it at the drug store.
But I know how it is with travelling men; they
like drop of suthin' to take when they get to
hotel. Now here putting his hand to his
here is some New Englan' rum that can re-
commend. Take good horn; It'll do you good
Nobody can see you"
1 thanked the hospitable and sympathetic
landlord who wanted to put the bottle to his
neighbor's lips, but declined. "All right"
said he, after taking a swig himself; ''when-
ever you feel like having a nip, just lemme
know"
sought my room, and was making my alb
lutions when there was a knock at the door.
"Come in !"
He came in, good-humored looking man
with sunset glow on the end of his nose
who, after furtive glance out in the hall,
closed the door and turned the key. Then he
advanced mysteriously toward me on tiptoe,
with one hand to his mouth as he stated "S-h-h, !"
while the other was reaching for his coat-tail
pocket.
I was little startled at first, must confess
Didn't know but was to be made victim to
emotional insanity by IN injured husband who
had mistaken me for another man. But my
fears were dispelled when he drew out willow
flask. It is sufficiently deadly weapon in
some hands, I know, but it doesn't scare me as
loaded revolver does, somehow
stranger" said my visitor, as he set the
flask down on the table, "our folks here has got
temperance on the brain. Teetotal abstinence
has struck in. Their haint been bar open
goin' on two year. IS good thing, no doubt, for
them as can't govern their appetites for Ticker,
but it's kinder rough on the boys as 'casionally
likes drop. And it's rougher on strangers as
stops in the town-gives 'em bad idea of the
place. I seen ye when ye KUN in, and l
thought We looked dry. So I made bold to
walk up here and offer you dram out'n my
pertic'lar flask. It's good you can pend ont.
Pure old Bourbon whiskey, right from Cincin-
natl"
sMy mysterious and unknown friend" said
1, 81 thank you for your extremely thoughtful
kindness. An experience of several years in
observing the effects of Cincinnati whiskey
satisfies me that you have got good article
there, and one that could safely warrant, but
1 don't feel the need of any just now."
Gall right, old Cap.," said my caller, taking
a long pull at the flask himself. Call right.
You don't have to. If you get dry, though,
call on me-"
1t was pleasant afternoon, and sauntered
down on to the street for walk. The landlord
was sitting on the front stoop with a party of
friends, and with that desire to make it pleas
ant for me which was so marked feature in
our first interview, he introduced me all around.
If there is anything like better than another
it is being introduced all around to party, say
of twenty-five or thirty. You know them all
the next time you see them, you know, and
can call their names 80 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
humor to converse with your most intimate
friends. But that is one of the most common
forms of American introduction, and you know
how it is yourself
l at length mentioned that 1 was going to
take little walk, and Immediately couple of
my new-made friends volunteered to accompa-
ny me and show me the town. After seeing
the town, which didn't require much time, as
it wasn't very large, they were very anxious
that should see their new race-track.
Of naturally yielding nature las the track
was when found it), complied. Ipraised
their track, as they seemed to expect should.
rrz1I 1 AZ fox,,
American Tract Society equal to it. eulo-
YOU know,) extolled the ticket-office, and Law
ished words of the highest commentator on
the Judges stand That stand, told them,
could stand anything, and innocently inquired
if it could stand treat.
Then they insisted on taking me up on the
Judges stand, but stoutly resisted that, though
I finally com promised by looking into little
room beneath the stand called the judges room.
Once in there they shut the door and-you may
not believe it, but it is so-each of those young
men drew flask out of his pocket and offered
me drink
/ will not repeat to you the indignant and
scathing rebuke | administered to those young
men, and it is hardly necessary for me to say
emptied their fasks-both their fasks-right
where stood, as a salutary warning to them
against trifing with the temperance regulations
of their native town, or attempting to lead an
innocent traveller astray.
positively never had SO many snares laid
for me and temptations spread before me as l
had in that temperance town, where they didn't
sell drop. They were most generous and
hospitable people, though, and did SO hate to
see stranger suffer. They didn't seem to
care so much for themselves, but liked to have
little within reach when q traveller camc
along.
Wearied with resisting these clandestine in
vitations to "take sut6in'," I at length an
nounced my desire to go to bed. A colored
man showed me up to my room, and asked if
there was anything wanted. 1 told him no.
He hesitated, walked to the stove and poked
the fire (he was an original Polk Democrat),
then turned his attention to the lamp, to see if
that waS nronerly trimmel and BURNING got q