The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-18
a TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT.

The horse-trough at the corner OF Race and
Marigny stresta IL gone. or rather the water
that used to be left tn the trough overnight is
now let out every evening by order Of Capt. p.
Calvin, commanding the police Of the Locality.
The question Is therefore being seriously de-
bated by the good boys OF Magazine Market
whei her Capt Calvin knows where he Will go
when he dies. According to NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
traditions, say the boys, policemen, WHEN they
die, change into car mules, unless they may
have DONE Id their human existence. some-
thing that should redeem them from such ter
rb tats and II YES hpp s taau an M eae an
portunity to slip by az the lenting 81 nis neeh
tive assistance to the cause q stempefaince 70
secure for himsei ehange als ,s, uea nar nf
snow white wings coming. out OF Ms shoulder,
blades and an illumined keg hoop around
This viii doubtless sound like Greek or He
brew to many so here ID the explanation: Fpr
a while back soma OF the boys VINO cnngTegate
of evenings In the neighborhUod OF the Maya
Zine Market bad bscoIne unrnly. Under pre-
text Of helping out Mike McGraw, they ire
daently took y little more Of the ardent spilats
aboard than they could conveniently carry. ana
when iii that condition were not quite 20 gentle
"a Mary's lamb 30 one day tha good boys " ~
circle, without obtaining charter however ever
perance ASSOCIATION the prlncipa feature OF
which was the trough committees who, on the
first evening Uf the OFkhllEHl0u. AecusSu W.
Of their boozed comra les down to the corner oi
Magazine anu Rnee streets and quietly latd
them in the trough. clothes and ell. TO get wet
and sober off -.
through the same ordeal, until recently. when
the dread Of dueking having more power than
a pledge. found the Magazine Market circle
Nhey call It gang UP tharel one Of tile most
temperate sets In New Orleans. But as the
moral practice was atteuded with lots OF fun TO
the boys III general and committee especially.
and the want Of subjects among themselves was
becoming horribly HOMOGENEOUS. they resolved
to extend theirenission to all wayfarerH who
happened that way on their road to their
homes and the water cure was being applied go
vigorously to everybody even SUSPECTED Ut hay
Ing INDUCED In b dozsn of drinks down town,
That the saloon. keepers one dark, rainy night
got together and resolved that such all effective
temperance movement should he stopped con,
sidariug that their receipts were failing. CIT
fearfully, and a committee was appointed to
devise ways and means TO protect Them and
nothing better was thought Of than to let the
water out Of the trough every night. The con
III u1an has been that the eNffae- houses that
we're wont to close at 3 o'clock at night now
keep open Until the last ear has gone to rest
| the price Of whisky has been raised to fifteen
| cents d glass the orders for lager kegs in
| creaaed and the boys sit down on the mark.
| curb and weep all night bitter tears made
| bltterer by the vast amount OF Agosturf
/ required to make their numerous cockt a
paiatahle But, say they, sohpingly. Capt
Galyin will vet regret tie day when he was Sc
ill-inspired as to spoil 80 much good water.