The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-09-21
GETTING A DRINK In nAlNR.
How the Law is EvadCd by Mr. Dow,s
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How the Law is Evadcd by Mr.. Dow's
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PORTLAND, ME-, Sept. s.--Resi<ients
ot this city smile when they read Neal
BOWS assertion that the sale Of liqnur
Is practically unknown In Maine.
Though familiar with this State for
years, and, of course, with the various
trials OF license and prohibitofy laws
within Its borders, have never seen
in IL a greater consumption OF intoxi-
eating drinks than now. hfSlHA' - E'-'s
Arriving here u few days aRo, at
once visited my old friend 81, In his
office. There were several persons
present, and tho flrst cordial greetings
were hardly over when B. wrote ON 4
slip of paper a few words, aud handed
a. TO me with an air OF mystery. took
u glass of lager? ?" I had begun to an
swer, "Well, don't ca-5' when q
gesture warned me to be silent, and I
wrote on the slip, eyes" He then In.
vited me into u back room to SOC his
new desk. Once there he said. ssI
don't want those fellows to know"
and led the way down 4 flight Of stairs
into the cellar, where, at the further
end, I'VE found u case OF bottled lager.
From b. i nfterwarti obtained the
following facts: Although the law in
regard to the sale of Intoxicating
liquors Is not openly defleti, save in q
few isolated cases, the evasions are 40
many and Ingenious that great deal
Of liquor Is actually sold within the
StAte. One Of the nioet famous of theee
evasions Is the "egg dodge" This
consists II, making two small aperturee
in the shell, blowing tho contents nom
1t and filling the empty case with
prime old whisky. The holes are
neatly sealed with white paper, and
these eggs soil very readily at Sl.5O per
dozen. ,4 M -, ,-,,....-'., ..
Another plan, successfully precticeta
for several months until 1t was finally
discovered by the sharp-nose detae-
tfves, was the "faucet dodge" An In
nocent looking cider or vinegar barrel
IL furnished with what appears to be
nn ordinary wooden faucet, from which.
when turned In one direction, there
flows cider or vinegar; but II It II
turned tho other way, there gushes
forth n stream Of fOaming brown ale.
One Ingenious evader improved upon
this method by connecting q barrel Of
ale, placed in another room, with his
Sebago water-pipes, and serving his
customers, according to their appear-
ance, with Frank Jones' ale or Adams.
A saloon in the lower part of town
batfed the officers for long time.
They werc certain that liquor was sold
there, but could discover nothing more
terminating about the premises than
tenpty caslks and bottles. AT last one
lOf them cast u suspicious eye ON the
high shelf, upon which lay, Hat ON
their sides, a. quantity of corkiess and
apparently empty TASKS. Mounting to
this he discovered that each flask con-
tanned brandy or whisky in such guam
tity that it just failed to run out from
the uncorked neck. ,f ...r Eve.
Bottles OF " patent ginger beer" of
which two contained alcohol equal to q
bottle Of whisky, had ready sale for
| months. -N. ........ ...
In Portland there are vast number
of small clubs, of from q dozen to TWEEN.
ty mentbcrs each, formed for tho ex-
press purpose OF drinking. Each mem-
ber pays II small weekly fee, and re-
ceives II certain number Of tickets. A
room is hired, near tho express Office II
possible, and liquor, generally beer, is
sent there In bulk from Portsmouth or
Boston. Each OF tho tickets held by
members Is good for one drink, but
none OF the liquor Is sold.
The express companies are doing an
immense business in the transportation
of packages Of liquor between Boston
and Portland. The Portland agent of
the Eastern Express Company told mo
that they received on un average a car
load of liquor per day from Boston. 1t
is dangerous, however, for them to do
liver packages q. o. d., as Judge Cliff
ford decides that an express agent thus
becomes an agent OF the dealer, and
that liquor thus delivered is sold within
the State.
SO stringent is tho law that Il. pot heca-
ries arc no longer allowed to sell alco-
hol for medicinal purposes, even when
1t is ordered by a physician. This has
so seriously inconvcnienced them that
every druggist and apothecary in
Maine has bound himself to support
only such candidates for the State Leg
islature as shall favor the passage of a
bill, to be presented this coming WIN
ter, removing this restriction. This
bill, If passed, will allow them to dis
pehse any medicine mentioned In the
United States pharnacopGia. 1t passed
one branch Of the Legislature last win
ter, and was in a fair way to pass the