The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1877-09-20
GETTING A DRINK IN MAINE.
How TIE Law is Evaded by Neal DOw's
Thirsty Fcllow-Citizcns.


Portland Letter 10 ,,.c v Y, sun
Residents of this city smile when they
read Neal Dow's assertion that the sale
of liquor is practically unknown in
.aaine. Though familiar with this State
for years, and, of course, with the vari-
Gus trials Of license and prohiLitory
laws within its borders, l have never
seen in it greater consumption of in
toXicating drinks than now.
Arriving here few dayago. at once
visited my old friend b. in his office.
There were several persons present, and
before the first cordial greetings were
hardly over when b. wrote few words
on IL slip Of paper, and handed it to
ME with an air of mystery. took it,
and read, Would you like to have a
glass of lager?" | had begun to answer,
well, don't ca--," when gesture
warned me to be silent, and / wrote on
the slip "Yes." He then invited me in
to the back room to see his new desk.
Once there, he said: Il don't want
these fellows to know" and led the way
down flight of stairs into the cellar,
where, at the further end. we found n
case of bottled lager
From b. aftcrward obtained the fol-
lowing facts: Although the law in re-
gard to the sale of Intoxicating liquorsis
not openly defied, save in a few isolated
cases, the evasions are so many and in
genious that great deal of liquor is
actually sold within the State. One of
the most famous of these evasions is the
egg dodge" This consists in making
two small apertures in the shell, blowing
the contents from it and filling the emp
ty case with prime old whisky. The
holes are neatly sealed with white pa.
per, and these eggs sell readily at Sl.50
per dozen.
Another plan, successfully practiced
for several months until it was finally
discovered by the sharp-nosed detec-
tives, was the faucet dodge" An inno-
cent looking cider or vinegar barrel is
with what appears to be an
ordinary wooden faucet, from which,
when turned in one direction, there
flows cider or vinegar; but if it is turned
the other way, there gushes forth
stream of foaming, brown ale. One in
genious invader improved upon this
method by connecting barrel of ale,
placed in another room, with his Sebago
water pipes and serving his customers,
according to their appearance, with
Frank Jones ale or Adams.
a saloon in tie lower part of the town
batlled the officers for long time.
They were CO tain that liquors were
sold there, b'ij could discover nothing
more eliminating about the premises
then empty casks and bottles. At last
one of them cast suspicious eye on
the high shelf, upon which lay, flat on
their sides, Il quantity of corkless and,
empty TASKS. Mounting to
this he discovered that each flask con-
tained lrandy or whisky in such quanti-
ty that it just failed to run ont from the
neck.
Bottles OF patent ginger beer" of
which two contained alcohol equal to a
bottle of whisky, had a ready sale for
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press purpose of drinking. Each mem
Der pays Il small weekly fee, and re-
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u PACKAGES OF nquor between Boston
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: Express company toio me that
iiey received on an average car load OF
lq"or per u'y from Dostoh' LUIS dahger-
'uS, however, lor thGm 10 denver pack
yes " w. D'' us Judge oliiiord decides
il'1 i'n express agent tii,'s becomes an
Oh tne dealer, ana that nquor thrls
q, Is Solo Wi'inh thG state
DO stringent Is inc law tlat apotheca,
les are no longer allowed TO sell alcohol
OF medicinal purposes even when 1t IS
ny a physician Inns mas so serl-
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