Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-05
TIle T3oTrlt Register.
EDITOR of the Alexandria Gazette:

CULPEPERr Va, APll q, loio.-~'"o Lev o
papers, in urdi1g 10 the Instructors !esey
sent commissioners Of he rlveoue bY Audl OF
TAYLOR, upon the w5rkiug o! the NJ ttett regis
ter, branch ch upon Speaker Allen's James
Barhoul'f, and DR.. Mofstl's countcs, aud COD
c!u1c that it cannot be otherwise than OUT
great frauds have been committee; aud say 10
Shenandoah it is not officially koown whether CT
not register has been put Up, AID Cu'reFer
there are 50 many parties iotereSteG 10 the reg
lister that ii has not doae as well as 1t ought
to have done, meariug, | suppose, that we
should take drink cvery ten minutes, or pay
some oae TO take it for US, as Mr.. JohnSoe, the
manufacturer, lives Ia said c9uoty, and D2sIoes
knows US to be very patriotic clt!zans, ana
unanimously in favor OF paying the public DEBT
as Mr.. Barbour's, our worthy representative,
course will show. As to DR.. Mofett, don't
think it would be becoming or christaD'iike 10
bin to preach to a party OF Intoxicated. sinners
on Sunday, and spend the balance OF the week
10 ringing the bell that his county might make
a good return, and iasist that editors have ut
the right to make such demands. WILL admit
that there has been great falling oil 10 returns,
and yet, no great Temperance wave has struck
US. Such thing might occur, and still 20
very great fraud be committed, nor reVolu'
ton take place either kDow it 10 be a tact
that men who had never INDUCED 10 dllnk
of whiskey before the Motfett register was put
up took several drinks merely to hear the bell
ring, and to maintaio the honor OF their State.
There were others who had been 10 the habit
of taking eight cocktails per day Increased 1t to
forty per day for the first month, but cot 10
like tho "readiusicrs," fually compromised,
and got back to where they commenced. Thou
sands from Washington vi,ited the city OF AT
cxandlia merely through curiosity OF turalng
the crauk and listeDiog 10 the patriotic Jungle
of the bell. II am not mistaken the Rich
moud papers menii,ned several times the Gu
riosity manifested 10 that city when they we're
first put 10 operation. If the crowded saloons
and the many fights that occurred over who
should be the first to ring her, and snow to the
world that he IVES more than atxlous TO place
bis dear Cd poverty s.:!ckcu Siatc rpoa hrm
foundation; but Richmond, like her sister cities.
| am so.ry 10 sly, has undergone Change, aud
her cou3tty lovicg iohabita3!s arc rnalng very
goo!lg and perceptibty less. 1t is bad, lAdred,
aud, if not rcmedicd, uuss necessarily bElns
about reputation.
The Auditor instruct5 TIE commissioners to
examine the register aad ascertain whether or
not they have been tempered with, which In
presses one very fOrclbly that Dir. Taylor
thinks that fair play he's not been going Oh. l
ask if it is necessary to tampcr with the reGls-
ter, should the dealer feel disposed to Commit
fraud? Would o. his merely failing to turn
the crack when q party took drlDk be sut1.
cicn,? Besides Slr. Taylor must not forget that
When there is such failure on the part OF the
dealer, that with the two and a half cents he
swndles the State out Ct, added to t|o aud
half cents more, (which be gets when the drink
is sold for fifteen ceuts) is quicker Way OF
getting rich than Whca he Formerly s9d drlck
for ten cents.
Agsio, would ct it be very easy matter TO
ring the malt bell instead Of The alcoholic, aud
by 50 doiog save two cents; they both have
identlcaIly the same sound, AID would never
be noticed. | have OF the slightest doubt but
what some dealers have been struck With the
idea that it pays to keep beer whether there is
any sale for it or not. Could The purchases
of soma Of the saIooa keepers Of Richuood be
gotten ct, AID then their sales be koowr, they
would show that one keg Of beer furnished
twenty five hundred drioks, and barrcl OF
Bumgardner whiskcy or apple jack about TWO
hundred and fifty. Who cares or darcs to
make az enemy Of popuIrr and generous Ii
auor dealer by reporting him, aud at the same
time not to be benefited enc c.nt pecuolatli}.
Il must be b ,rna ia nird that hey are vcly
Influential As we'll as W Il 80 popular gootlc
meu With iu 1ges IS well as uiy. with ottcial;
seoeraIiy, tut especially with editors, aud th4t
some other plan than the ouc suggested Dy Mr..
Taylor uuit be resortcd to. WHAT it shall be
| am not able to say, but a deaf friend Of
mine, who i'm !gius the State IS cheated every
time hn takes dirk, has suggested Il plan
which | will give.
Acartf ,ate shall b, ISSUED By tho State, to BE-
known as the Moheit certificate, and Issued By
the Auditor Ct Public Ace2uois 10 the treasu
rers Of counticS said o.rilIc, !es IL BE- furnished
by the treasure to the lluuor dealers Of bis
equity, with the Dealers name stamped or
each c-rti6cIte, said certificates to be given to
the consumer, one for every drink taken. which
shall be worth one cant 10 the holder, aud to
b. redcrmablc by the treasurer 10 lawful Do1cy
of the United States, and it shall BE- the du'y
If the treasurer 10 make report 10 the CcuDty
Court at the end 0! each caicod4r mooth OF the
number Of each dealers certificates redeemed
and said report 10 be compared with the month
ly report OF the Commissioner Of the Revenue
for the purpose Of ascsr;alning whether or not
there had been as macy dtirks registered By
the dealer as there had been certificates redeem
ed By the treasurer, AID should the rcpor:
show that such IVES not the case, the dealers
license to be taken from him, and not allow
him to deal in liquors within the State fer TWO
years therefrom. Should the dealer be caught
or known to redeem bis certificates 10 any way,
to make him liable to fi9e cf one hundred
dollars, haf CT said 6nc to 20 to the party de
tcc!ing he fraud. The certificates to be issued
monthly by the treasurer to The dealers, bear
log the mouth srd date issued, and not re.
deemablc by the treasurer if not presented for
payment by the holder during the month said
certificates bear date. A. ?.
HSJ@ INCURRING TREMENDOUS Risk
They incur tremendous risk wac cjourn or
emigrate to reside in districts where mslarisl
disease is prevalent without medicinal means Of
fortifyin their systems against the periodic
scourge. The danger to bilious subjects, and
TO these who lack bodily stamins is particular
ly serious. A preventive and curative agent of
known anti malsrisl efficacy should be frequent.
ly used ard constantly kept at hard By such