Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-22

Hf1FiN bfe IN IfO fTeS RFS65.
An old farmer from Wayback county. who
was brought before the court for breaking the
pea IN prohibition county, told the follow
ing pathetic story:
"You see, Jedge, the whole trouble come Of
my dT1nkin' some of that peW-faug led tenn
p'rance cider. which 1 amt used to, and
when don't believe Pd ever get used to afOre
the horn toOts for the general ied2ment.
y war born and bred on q farm, Jedge, an
Pve knOwed apple juice since war X nee-high
TO gras hopper I've tempered with ciuer
when 10 war sweet. an rve Iampered with II
when 1t war hard; Eve drunk il Jest From the
1ress. an Iv' drunl i when II carried "A good.
stin bead; Pve laid across barrel under the
waKonshed and sucked II through a rye straw
rom the buns hole when It war lest gjlt-
edged, an Eve sWigged IL when It Is ar ez hard
ez An iron wedge as' sour 'nuugh to mab e a
an eros eyed for iIfr; nut. Jedge, upon nv
sacred worn, never had no cider to unn, rye
me like that cy II in this here town
Jedge, it can't b. the cider II long ago; it
can't be the cider OF me bOyhood's happy
days.
''iou see, Jedge, druv inter town with a
load OF sweet pertaters. an after I'd sold Odt
1 JesJ thou h es they mt sell anything
strUnger'U cider in this here tempranre town,
ia try little of the good old drink of me
jouth. An, ledge, | tired it.
There war crowd OF Old friends about
the tav rn, AN l asked EN- up to the apple
JUICE. an then somebody sed: Come up
aging an then another sed, iii EN- up at my
cXpense;' an' still another sed, Have QUE with
ne afore you Eo; an shafts jest the way 1t
happened
Somehow. Jedge, it didn't taste like the
cther war brought up on, but the bottle had
'0der' printed on to it in gold letters an
hey sed l. war cider, an es long es the flavor
OF 1t war sgreeahe | war'n't cur'ou- about it,
l only OOk five drluks, Jedge, only Eve COM
mon lumber fun. an then | begun TO feel
sort of queer, Jedge.
81 never had ID cider 10 make me feel that
way afore. | war hurst weak es a new DO n
calf, an then war es strong es O e Sampson
afOre his head war shaved. | thought could
lit the tavern, an l think | { led to- NV
m nd's rot clear, Jedge, hut they say | made
sort Of huhbub, They say / tnrowed a man
over the bar IN broke "a b loOkln' glass with
MIN, an scattered the whole cOngry CATION
an went bow,in' down the main street
a1kin' for man of my strength, an at lat
wal Ell plumb III ough show winder that
hey Sed cost $50. Then / was taken away to
pris,n cell. disrsmember all the little
p'r'lcu ars, ledge. but suspect that all they
say about mo l. too true. | think war drunk
Jedg II am a'mO { certain sure | war drunk
an the n"w-fdBg Ell Temperance cider they
sell in this here town Is to blame fur it all. p.
81 kin drink Almost anything with impu-
nerty an little sugar. Jedgp, am stan IN
under it ga straight es the sieeple of a meetin'
h 'use; KIN drink peach brandy. an apple
j OK, an plain, humble old corn iiulce half a
day. with the usu0ol INTERIM ~sions, an still be
D peaceable, aw-abdin' citizen but this here
Temperance cider Is too much fur me ledge
it's TOO much fur the Old man. Make it easy
on me, iur I'm done with Temperance drinks
jest rs long es ives, Je ge."
ANA the Judge, VINO IS very well acquaint-
ed with tue ways of town cider in Wavback
county, ma le II very cay on he old man.