, 1873-05-29
BOSTON,.
The Massachusetts Beer-Fight
-.-The Authorities in
q Dilemma.
a Theological Melee---Th Ho-
1neopaths and Allo-
paths.
anerican Social Science AssOcia-
tion--COnlpnrison Of tnccs
--GOssip.

--GOysip.
From Our Olpn Correspondent.
DosroN, May %, 1873.
4 was, II mistako not tho inin,itable Arto-
mus Ward who onco electrified IN Audience ny
declaring, in that tono Of melancholy graSlty
which gava such point to Lis drollories, tint ho
wna 'tin favor Of tho Maino Law, but opposed 10
~ oxccution" 1t Ia rather amusing to observe,
rs w.-,,ay from timo to time, what largo pro-
portion u tho uosy advocates OF prohip'tofy
liquor laws arc
IN THE MI: CATEGORY.
Here, In Massachusetts, wo hnvo just now
striking inHtauco. That saplaut body, the Groat
and Gonoral Court, being largely composed
Of tho claHs OF philosophers wllo believe that
thcy can by legislation compel watos TO run up
hill, havo 80 amended our liquor law as to include
ale and lager-beor among tho forbidden stimu-
iants. The Prohibitonists have becn working a
long tsne for this end, aud, in tloir temperance
meetings, have rnthor givon us to undorHtand
THAT when it waB secured, they would at once
proceed to inaugurato tho Millennium. But,
though they have, according to tleir own dec
larations, got things just aB they want them,
&hoy soem to DO ..
NOT YET PERFECTLY HAPPY.
Tho law nomnally won't into oboration May !,
and.it WAS oxpoctod tllnt tl.a tato foroee would
ere this have mado a stroke; but thor move
ments hayo thus far boon extremely spasmodio
and uncertain, 1t ia assorted that ball TING
1iouor-shops IN the State havo boon closed ny
tho voluntary action Of tho prorrictors. or tho
other half only u very few have been visit
Cd and now and thon a beor-wagon ID
stopped; but thore Inns boon no vigorous ehor'
..'an.s t,,o fo~, ,s1,o ,,nvo hmm unlo viot,ms.
4osioo' 'nv ~" w. ,- ..s1..,,ts.;,.s ,to,roi
anu alao tnosc "nu n@'e ". ,o."nsa5 a,I It r..
Holnng. complain plttcr'y oi tno laeh VI @'1 A"tl
. ,,cating tha other dav Of representatives
e.-e' -. ,>.tt,,t. .r,;,a l., tho o,tv
3fom tuo ptancip''' ~ - ~ - ..t 49,,
resolution was adopted to tho enoet that, nav
Ing discontinued sending out a1o and pOrter fora
tcasonah,e rumbor of DIVA and fiuuiue that tlss
80 T.ro..,, ,,,o,. ,rvot1;or c1asu ~
an" aa m.sn i2o on1nra ti,nv rpu1a ayon commancn
n ~ aae, Il a1,o1 Ia w nnforccd
% EnunB g. w. , a;ts",,a thov .roui1 ;as
Wish, 10 az aaf H. T., III .eaon ~ nroaann-
.aot to H. htu ot "a ~ ,,art a -
o9n segs % tno a't1u IT, ~ t,,nso ,mu 'no h,vo
~ ~ o'''oA' tInr nrsn s1,Ia GRIEVANCE
90 a,o11 y" oSo,ren alJ h,,t tou 10y yrca s"o
lAW i'hpattn3 ti ~ tIoy !.ns .ns tnou
aohaoly or ~ c'ass f ofondor nnsornnain-
uu 10y ,,art;n' az r;s,;d o;,forcan,n1,t ~ thn
law is precisely What the Prohabitioniste dare
so,,,d us t;,a nn;cfv bacomo 40 ob;,oxious aa to
causo a nearly univorsal demand Tor lts repeal.
We have, therefore, the
SINGULAR SPECTACLE
aoa+aa ~ ~" - ~ 1fni, Ionrornta ia onforco,nant
while its enemies are loud IN tholr demands to
havo it enforced, Petitions, PRAYING the author
itics to chow neither fear nor layor nre tn crcu-
lation in many Of tho cittea and towns. and Arc
largely signed by men who q desire to render tne
law as odion8 as poasinlo. II is coftainly nn1or
tnnate 1or tho cause OF eemPoIance tnat tnelo
should be found among its foremost aaVooatoa
SO many Of those narrow and domneeEing spirits
who, bocauso thing seems goou TO tnen, arc
rcBoluto to cram 1t down tue throats or gu other
mon. we hayo Ind one uovornor here In Mas
sachusotts WHO perceived the truth, that, though
temperance may 10 good, lipofty ls pet.ef ana
ho died mark Tor every Il, epecies OF insult aha
obQquy from tho Prohloitiontsts.
JOHN A. ANDREW
faced public sentiment almost universally op.