The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-12-11
From the Outline.
Our Mlch Abused Town,

EDITOR OUTLINE:-My very soul
is perplexcd; mine understanding is !c-
w,ldcrcd and verify believe that the
ambrosial locks which crown my caput
with glory Chat portion OF it which
isn't bald) have turned grey more
within this sho, sojourn of mine at
Hersey, shan during the past forty
five years. 10 ono interested as am
in finding retreat safe from the raw
ages of intemperance; the search for
it becomes Business; daily work,
and work which claims my individ-
ual attention; and when I closed my
last letter to you | thought that in
this my next letter l might offer some
suggestions which w,uEd lead to that
much desired end, viz: the keeping
out OF our streets nfen who had bought
and drank whiskey ut Reed City and
Evart and hal come to Jersey to So
Der off. thought, say. that l
could offer those suggestions, but under
visitation of more light which | have
received since then, | think it is I'M
certain whether perhapsL hafn's bet
ter hold or little before | make any
suggestions to that end; whether, in
f.ct, all of these people do come from
Evart and Reed City to sober of; and
just here | may as we'll observe that
if it be true that so many witt us for
that purpose, thcn Hersey is ono of
the most popalar resorts as Il SOLDERING
oil place l ewes saw, and there must
be something very peculiar in our at
nospherc which has given 1t a rcpu.
tation of that kind among hard drink
crs. If this be true, perhaps We
should not deprive them OF the free
dom of our pace, since pickles and
other little remedies Of that kinl may
be scare, at Evart and Reed City.
But new light has dawned upon
me, or, FATHER, some things have trans
pircd; or, rather, they are said to have
transpired; or, rather, l have been
told some things; or, rather. have
learned some things that have been
told-or, rather, l am puzzled, and
don't know what to think. or, whcth-
er it is best to think anything; and to
make a hong story short, l will tell
you how my present unsettled state of
mind came about. A day or two aft
ter the publication of the last Outline
containing my communication. l hap
pened ut one Of the stores of the place
(whcrc. by the wav, find that they
sell soft drinks at "only five cents
nip" whatever that may mean) where
group were talking over my letter
and making various remarks of very
wide variety, when discovered in
the group man who took an extern
sive part in the conversation, and from
the sclfsatisfcd way he furnished his
tooth pick and strokcd his somewhat
auburn whiskcrs, | concluded he was
one Of the Oldest inhabitants. | do
not desire to state his name, but many
will know who l mean. We'll, /
thought, this is the man | want to get
information from, and 30, after care
fully manipulating the conversation,
and skillfully (as I think) drawing
HIM one side, began about the
weather crops, numbering prospects
&c. BY and by we got upon the IL
quor selling subject, and the way that
man did either lie or tell the truth
was Astonishing. He gave me such
shock that expect never shall get
over il; and as for confidence in hu-
man nature, think that with me it is
hereafter out OF the qucfjon. lie
said, fret, tha. liquor had tsen sold 10