The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-17
sas isiaai - City axs.yExh

aiHh vac AsgiA- ~ ~ pEpsp~flif. VIC
first through tn. city. Ship
loading and unloading =; the
wharyes; long train. Of ~ were run
ming To and fro, carrying all kinds of
merchandise; wagons and trucks so
ne TO seem a, tir. glance III
u hopeless tangle, threaded their Way
the street,. Throng- O: pep
pie passed continuously over the side
and the air wa full of cries of
men vending their goods. The husi-
Ness houses were doing a great deal Of
work. judging from the number of
people rushing i'm and II u them.
imagined. Most Of the stores had
large p~late-giass windows through
which they displayed their wares; hut
here and there on each block l mott
ced q building which had its Windows
door screened. I had the usua9 re-
luctance of strangers in n city u ask
questions, and trusted tn tim. To salts
fy my curiosity in regard To these pla-
ces. The residence part Of the city
next claimed by attention. Every
where handsome houses, beautiful
yards and prosperous looking people.
Occasionally We drove through neigh
hoods not only %uninviting but repul-
sive. Dingy, tumhle-down buildings,
no fences, no yards, and not a spear Of
grass, but at every corner stood the
mysterious room with the screened
doors and windows. Leaving there
squalid places il was good 10 get u
on the main streets again. We passed
a large stone building with high and
grated windows. This" said my
friend, IL, the Jail, the principal one
on the island What is 1t for |
inquired. For criminals-fOrscrS.
thieves. murdcrers, burgu!ars. etc.
There is a gallows in the jail-yard on
which to hang mnrderers." 1T
scarcely seems possible that III So
beautiful and prosperous All island
you should need such instruments of
punishment" 1T would not be pos
sible except for Ia thing" replied
my friend. And what ia THAR
You will learn presently Having
now left the city and reached the high
road, We passed in quick surcessson
several fine buildings, which my
friend named as the reform school. the
lunatic asylum, the w%orkhouse. the
inebriate ASYLUM, etc. The uses OF all
these were mysteries 10 me-. and !
waited with impotence till he should
be ready to explain. By and by we
saw walking before us on the road two
young men. swinging their canes, and
singing at the top Of their voices.
though their uttcrance was very thick
and indiStinct. They had full. rcd
faces, md walked ~unstcadiiy. They
have been drinking beer. That comes
first" said my friend. Later on we
met a man, or a thing wearing the
sembIance of IL man, who was beating
numerically a little child that cried
pitifully to us for help. We stopped,
took the child in, and carried him
some distance, letting him down near
his home, a filthy hovel. in the woods.
| He said his father had been drinking
whiskey. Turning, we Setraceo our
steps. and halted a moment in front al
the inebriate asylum. A covered wag.
on WAS Just driving into the gate.
From it resounded the most frantic
and h~cart-rending What
can be the matter" | exclaimed.
Some poor fellow has drunk himself
into delirium tremens, and they are
taking HIM here to be taken care Of
was the answer He fancies he sees
snakes and wild beasts and devils com
ing after him, and it takes several mer
t. hold him during these paroxysms.'
is it a common case?" | inquired
horor-struck. "Only too common
was the reply. Re-entering the city
We drove through districts where III,
friend said it would be foolhardy t.
come unarmed even in daylight.
became used to seeing men leaning
against lamp-posts talking incoherent
ly, on rickety fences fast asleep and II
danger Of falling. or stretched out III
the edge If dirty sidewalks, the SUI
shining hot upon their bloated cheeks
red noses and bleared eyes. their dirt.
shabby, garments, and generally upo'
a black bottle protruding from thei
pockets. You see," said my FRIEND
1.-The island may seem like a paradise
!. but like paridise the trail of death
over il all There is a worm At tn
, heart Of our prosperity that will soD
time gnaw to the surface -that ha
gnawed to the surface in some place
, Liquor is the bane Of the people I
this island. From beer and ligt
wines to the strongest whisky and q
the PROCESS is rapid and sure. It
{, these that fill the jails, the reforI
schools, the lunatie asylums, the In
y briate homes AMI the gsliows." Ar
where do the people get these DANCE
: Gus spirits? l should think it wou'
he m@te a crime 10 sell them
They get them on evoy corner, in :
those rooms with screened doors, al
!, the only thing that the island does
: protect Itself il ~ charge each nj;
; who keeps a saloon a fee small in pr
4 portion to his sales. The revenue d
rived from these places is n OF {
reasons urged for TOT closing them
:. law, and the island takes the revenu'
~ o,j ,Sor .IIfnn ~ rhenH a mn