The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-06-29
The Experience pfs e.sGriss'',so + \, 4 in a
Strict Tempsfance Towna
"Grisy writes S the Cincinnat

"Gris" writes b the CINCINNATI
Times Chronicle thu
stopped over nish. in little town
in Illinois recently Ihere there is large
temperance majorits among the favored
sex, who sling the hllot, and tho conse-
quence is they dispefsed altogether with
the dramshops and Jars. e'.@ - g.
No license to sell any liquor is per-
mitted to any one,hnd a pretty sharp
watch is kept to SOP that none is given
away. This woni1 not have troubl ed
me any, and probably would not have
known it, except THAT that landlord
rs l registered mot!s he'd me mysteriously
into the hall
Stranger" saif3he, as he closed the
door, keeping islband on the knob,
"ths is the worst $mperancc town in
America. They :,9a3t allow US to sell a
drop, tavern keepea nor any Que else.
Can't buy itat the dneg store But know
how it is with travelling men they like
a drop of sthin' 10 take when ,hey no
to hotel No4 here Quitting his
hand in his coat-tall pocket and produ-
cling a small flask i some New Enylan
rum that 1 can :Scommend. Take a
good horn; it'll do you good. Nobody
can see you"
thanked the h3apitable and sympa-
thctic landlord wHo wanted to put a
bottle to my lips, btt Ifdeclincd. "An
right" said he, aft& taking a swig him
self, whenever ybu feel like having a
small nip just lcmma know" YIja
1 sought my ro,m, aud was making
ablutions, whon ttero was knock at
the door 10
Come in - Td
lie came in. a gfod humored looking
man, with a sunset glow on the end of
his nose, who, wit n fnrtise glance out
in the hall, closed -Ehe door and turucd
the key Thenrlfe advanced mysterious
~ toward me on tiptoe, with one hand
TO his mouth, as lie stated IS h-h."
while the other was reaching for his coat
tail pocket. | was a little startled at
tiist. | must confess. Didn't know bat
was to bc uade victim to emotional
insanity by an injured husband who had
mistaken ne Tor another man. But my
fears were dispelled when he drew out a
willow flask. 1t is sufficiently deadly
weapon i'll some hands, | know, but it
'eSn t scare me us loaded revolver
does somehow.
Stranger" said my visitor as lie sat
the flask down on the table, "our folks
here has got temperance on the brain
1cetotal abstinence has struck in. Thar
hant been II bar open goin on two
years. S-good thing, no doubt, for them
as can't govern their appetite for liker
but its kinder rough on the boys us
occasionally likes y drop. And it's
rongher ON strangers is stops in the
town-gives em bad idea of the place.
$ c ye when ye Gum in, and thought
ye looked dry, SO made bold to walk up
here and offer you dram out my par
iicular flask. Its good yu can pend
on't. Pure old Bourbon whiskey riyht
from Cincinnati"
My mysterious and INK uowu friend"
E.r l..
thoughtful kindness. An experience of
several years in observing the effects of
Cincinnati whiskey satisfies me that you
ha"H .::o' .,aaa ""';:.'e 49,. "a
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 |
sauntcred down on the street for walk
The landlord WIS sitting or tic frout
step. With tha: desire to make it pleas
ant Tor me which was 50 marked f.a-
ture i'll our fist interview, he introduced
me all around. If there is anything |
hike better than another it is being in-
troduced all around to Il party, say % OF
30. You will know them all the ne 4 ! time
you see them, you know, and call thor
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 hnmor to converse with your
most common forms OF AneYican in.
PRODUCTION, and you know how ii is your
self.
/ of lo,,c IL