St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-03-27
Temperance Siege.

ll"n iil~ Guinness would nave lost.
Temperance Siege.
EDITOR TRANSCRIPT Having read
enough to convince me- that a motion
t" stop the sale of intoxicating liquors
is om the tapi>. in san Francisco. by Il
pra ing and singing legion of those who
ncNr r drink. | would lac much indebted
To Nou for the information and answers
Nou could give to the few tnllowin"
questions
Ist Can the PRAYING legion lawfully
block an individuals place If hu>lur>>
and keep him from making sufficient
money to pay hi license which i gcucr-
ally happily collected by State and city
authorities.
ID Would said individual. he sub
icctrd Ia arrest in preference To- the
prayers and singers if to get rid of the
n'tiSance hlncka,ling his place of bu>i-
ness he Was To organize Il hand of five
tin flutes. q couple ot grind organs. u
bass drum and Il liyEt accompaniment
of SAW filing nI. under pIrtrNt of wash
ing the floor of his saloon he WAS To wet
their pedal cNtrcmiti,>. and 81 forth /!
BY this answering. >ir. You would
greatly ohige one ot your
OLDEST - H>CRIREHs
OAKLAND. Feb. =.
In answer to the first query of sub
srriher.' we will say. that We don't
know of ANY law prohibiting pray wing in
a saloon Though pray ing would he the
last thing we should lnol, fol in such Il
place. We have seen about every thing
in tn" calendar transacted in Il saloon
hat urNci happened l." Witness that
gIi"N"'l> utfru>" against the morals of
the place. W" have Witnessed dancing
singing. Swearing. lighting and shooting
hui no praying. We ;Ir therefore I'M
'lcr The impression that pray ing would
NOT bc legal in Il saloon. because il
would he contrary I" all precedent.
Then again. PRAYING people are not
good customers. and We agree with
''SuhSclihcr. that If they occupied his
premises aud didn't buy any Whi~kN
he couldn't pay his license. and the
""umnmv cIlth would Ice >Wiudlcd out
"i 80 much revenue. And then. old
S"Ikumtirll cpuldm't get his regular
''pil.n. and if he didn't get il. he
WuUldu't get drunk and if he didn't
get drank. the police Wouldu't have
any ching To do. and Judge Jayncs would
hay. to- shut M >hup. and th, Gin,
Treasury vould loose lis rerulo, install
mems of fines. and th, Nancy thar
ought to 90 into the city Tr,.,srr,
would Ice diverted and >uun,d,r,d far
iucad and ,Inth,s fn, old SnaEuntuIi.S
children all of which would IL. can
tral\ To uS;,rr. if NOT to law.
In regard To query No. , we mr.. NOT
urrpircd To give. \ definite answer If
the tin flutes. and the grind organs. and
the, base drum. and the sav-tliuU were
plavcd moderately. 81 rs mot to disturh
The puhli, reuc. we don't kn,v nf am,
law to prevent Il >aloon-kecrcr from,
nrroI,jlin" surh = hand and ,,,uu;ur !,
rs am acromunuimcut +, tb. other .x-
.rci,e,. W., heard , racket ON, r;,,lt
in = saloon that vnuId have, Lr,v,n.J
half Il dozen bands of fine kind proposrd
and prctt, soon saw a fellow Knocked
through the window. taking along the
s;lsh as Il necklace. all for the am,>r-
mcnt of the place. and the proprietor
wasn't arrested But the fellow with
the necklace. who furnished the amu>c
lar ten dollars. lust for tn, privilege of
being knocked through Il window. As
this is Il precedent. we don't believe
that ''>ubscriber" would he arrested for
i,lst introducing Il little music in his
place of business If the PRAYING la
dies can't stand the music. they can adj
iourn t" other quarters. AS to washing
the floor of his place of business. we he
Iicvc that for sanitary reasons his place
should he kept clean but he ought to
give notice to the ladies beforehand. 50
they can come prepared with rubbcrs
and gum boots. We have known cases
though where it WAS absolutely neces-
>ary for the proprietor of Il saloon to
bring ont his wash bucket and mons