Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-01-25

A SaloOn.keeper's Novel Almanac.
meHt.--A sfloon-kcspeF % Miami.,,,,,
Ohio, has issued a business card, on the b,rk
Of which is the following:
"A CARD.
ITO al whoH Il may concern:
'Know ye that, bv the paymen, 600, I
am permitted 20 retail intoxicating Hon--, II
my saloon in this citv. To the wife M, ~
druukard for husband, or friend ,vbo i
unfortunately dssipated, ! say emphat;cslly.
give me notice in person of snch 60. az
cases, in which You are interested. ana al
such shall he excluded from nv place Iet
mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers Az IKE.
wise, and their requests will he kindlv re-
garded pay a heavy tax for the privilege
Of selling liquors, and ! want it distinctIv IN.
derstood that ! have no desire TO sell TO
drunkarss or minors. or 10 the poor or dcsii-
tute. much prefer that they save their money
aud put it wLcre il will do the most good 70
their families. There are gentlemen Of honor,
and men Of money who can afford il, and i, is
with those that desire to trade"
Above we see, high license; aims at high
game gentlemen Of honor, men of money
who can afford it, and it is with those the
"Salosn-keepers, desire to trade II Is very
plain, he wants no dead-beats about fdoes
any saloon-keeper, his great ambition seems
to be- to obtain money by his saloon. tIsit
nc. SO with all saloon keepers p The a.
mighty dollar, covers up all the deformiiiss
OF the liquor-traific and he goes for it to gen
temen Of means and honor, and should he be
successful, what will become Of his customers
We presume he then places them upon the
list and level Of the poor and destitute with
whom he desires no trade. What humilia-
ting result in a christian land Of our boosted
freedom The business Of making drunkards
Revenue to the State to rnin It's best citizens
II there was no liquor traffic there would be
but few drunksrds.
He has no desire to sell drunkards OF nj
nors or the poor and destitute, only linen OF
money snd honor, &C." land he must eI-
pect to get their money! and when reduced
to drunkards and poverty, all the money
changed hands, honor gone, they are chased
among those whom he desires not to trade
with See the operation Of the high-license
system.
Let us for a moment take a survey Of sur
in our experience and observations,
and see the sad havoc of the evil results OF the
low license liquor traffic. Their are but
few old families but what the evil of the ter
rble traffic in alcoholic liquors, have Jeff
marks and memories of what, once was in
their prosperous lives and fortunes, their prop
erty gone or possessed by others and families
scattered from ailluenee aud wealth to chance
and to make the most of life in their own way,
to say nothing of the heartaches and suffer
ngs it has caused What do we see to-day,
permits granted by the Grand Jury of this
county TO some seventy or eighty applicants
10 trade in spirituous liquors in this poor
What will become Of our people |
With so many GROCERIES in full blast2 It's |
,lone sufficient to parayize our progress. Re
orm is the great cry of the politician of the |
lay II is what we want in this matter; our
people should be aroused 70 rs importance
what is the remedy? Abolish the traffic and
by it we abolish the social habit of drinking I
md gaming in bar rooms, aud will save the
Using generation from one Of the greatest
.urses and evils of the day and will he bless
d with sympathies Of mothers, fathers, sisters,
,rothers and friends for all time TO come.
Charles Co., Jan. 10th. FREEDoN