The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-05-25
THE SPIRIT or DEMOCRACY,
TUESDAY, MAY IS, 1880.
IN. Y Sun, 10th instl
ELEVgN YEARS A RUM.SELLER.
What Mr.. Stacy Saw and Heard I'm
His Sixth Avenue Drinking

HIS sixth avenue Drinking
q ssa, ssg Palace.
e Eas4 -
Il aI have seen a man take his 6rst glass
of l'qaof in nv place who afterward filed
ssn,ojde' grave. ! have seen man after
man, wealthv and educated, csme into
nv place. who now cannot buy bis din
ner :"
This was the beginning OF an address
OF s. Stacy before the Cadets OF Tenn
perance, mere lads, who sat clothed in
their bright regslia of blue and red in
long rows on the, settees In Franklin
Hail, South Brooklyn, Yesterday after
noon. The meeting was held under the
auspices ~ the Sons of Temperance, and
It had been announced that Mr.. Stacy,
having given MP his drinking-place in
Sixth avenue, New York, would give his
personal experience
sFor eleven wears | sold liquor" he
sail. 81 had one of the handsomest sa-
looms in New York. Some said it was
the best saloon in the CITY. II it was the
hest, God help the poorest can re-
call twenty customers, each worth from
el00, 900 TO $500, ,0o0, and only two of
them now are able to huy dinners for
themselves tn you, Cadets Of TEN.
pefauce, I would advise that you take
rather a glass Of prussic acid than glass
Of liquor. II you must die it is better
to die q, once II q Gospel friend ever
takes you by the arm and seeks to re-
strain you from drinking, don't turn and
nay 10, him; ~
ssI know What I'm doing. Be kind
,Sndhah % mind your oan business. , !
"I've seen young men stand at my
bar with this hlue rihhon on the lapels OF
theireoats drunk. No, no, these Young
men pouId say, tPve taken the pledge.
Tn obliged to yon all the same They
bad no business there. Mr.. Stacy rais-
ed his voice. That was not their place.
Liquor Is al deadly enmi,y with blue
ribbon. Pretty soon it would he, We'll,
I'll stske @--glsss Of cider.t 4 knew-I
knew-i knew what that glass Of cider
meant"
aThe rum seller is . good fellow, He's
.hberhl with bib money. He's jovisl.--
Whsn Z customer enters his door be
says: Hello. Johnny, where have you
been these two or three daysT But he's
calculating all the time how much money
tue customer has in his pocket and how
much .of 1t be can put into his till. = He
isse Z thief. He takes money for which
be kixes nolbeneft u retprn. al
I'D III Of nv. eleven wears behind the
bar ] can recall only one agreeable thing.
A young lady came 10 me and said /: Il
wish you would nor give father anything
more to drink laughed, as rumsellers
-Hss accustomed n do In such cases, bul
she persisted, and finally I promised
Nonldn't let him have o drink. I dom
know what possessed me, but promised
When next the father came In he walked
up to the bar smiling and said: We'll, l
guess I'll take a drink No, sir, moi
bere,' said l. sWhatr said be. re.
peated what had said and also ordered
nv bafkeep6r never to let him have q
drink on pain OF dismissal. The result
was asquarrel and I threw him out into
the street. He was smaller man thar
I. There was 70 struggle outside The
door, but as be rolled over the curb al
the edge af the sidewalk be seemed tc
lose ell his strength. Looking up to me
he said:
".Here T am IN the gutter and turned
oul of q rum shopP
sThst man to-day is member Of DR..
Armitage's church."