National Republican., 1886-10-23
Woodward g. Lothrop,
No. 1913 + Street Northwest.
BEATING PROHIBITION.
Tho Scheme Adopted to Get Drink
Where Local Option Prevails.


Where Local option Prevails.
"Did you ever try to get a drink In a
town where prohibition is enforced ~
asked commercial traveller Of a REPUB-
L1cAN reporter the other evening IN an up
town hotel. Upon being Informed by the
scribe that he never had such an expert
ence, the knight OF the sample case said /:
"Well, last month i was in La Crosse, Kan,
prohibition town. 1 arrived at night and
put up at the hotel. As | had a bottle
along with me, didn't inquire for the bar
that evening, but went to bed after dinner,
as was tagged out from travelling. The
next morning drank all | had in the bot
tie for an 'eye-opener.' After breakfast /
took n stroll through the town, as IL was
rather early, before went out to see any
customers. 1t struck me as rather queer
that there didn't seem to be any
bar rooms in the town, and on
returning to the hotel, felt a little dry,
and requested to be directed to the bar but
was Informed by the hotel clerk, who,
strange to say, was n rather sanctimoniOus-
looking fellow, that no liquor could be OBJ
tanned In the town and the hotel had no
bar. felt disguised, for | have been used
to drinking moderately all my life, and
enjoy my three or four drinks day as
much as l do my meals-have to have
them, in fact. for have been used to them
go long,
When the drummer paused to take
breath and give his cigar several strong
pulls to keep II going, the reporter in
quired II he got drink,
"Oh, am coming to that,n he answered.
"1he first customer | called on was Il
deacon in the church OF the place, and one
of the prime movers In the prohibition
movement, and, OF course, he told me what
a great thing for the place the closing up
OF the saloons was, and nodded my head
in approval. He kept me IN his store till
noon talking temperance aud religion, aud
then invited me to dinner, aud had u go.
The hope OF getting drink was passing
away. j called on several other merchants,
but they were all In favor Of prohibition,
and | didn't dare TO ask them where /
could get any wet refreshments. just
as ! had about given up hopes Of being
able to get anything to revive my dropping
spirits met young fellow that travels
for drug house, and he laughed when
told him that | couldn't get drink In the
d-n town, and he said If | would go with
him he'd get me all wanted. We walked
down to a PHYSICIANS Office, aud, after in-
Producing me to the professional gentleman,
said that was suffering from general de-
bility' and would like TO have pTesCrlp-
tion,' The doctor filed out this blank
said the drummer, as he handed the re-
porter printed slip labeled, Statement Of
applicant for Intoxicating liquors for medi-
cal purposes.n 1t read as follows:
do hereby make application to purchase of
NJ. De Tar carrying on business In Ia CrOsee
Rush county, knns., Intoxicating liquors as
follows; Kind. whisky quantity, half gallon
Aud do hereby state that said intoxicating
liquor is required for medical purposes gen-
eral debility, and is not intended fir n beyer.
age nor TO sell nor give away; aud further
state that said intoxicating liquor Is necessary
and actually needed for medical use Tor
The application was signed by the ply
sician and attested by the druggist, the
name Of the patient being filled in.
"You see how much trouble II Is TO get
drink out there said the drummer as tho
reporter handed him back the "prescrip-
tiOD,h "and as II is not so hard 30 get a
drink here, let's have some'en,' aud the
commercial gentleman aud one Of the hotel
maiahs disappeared behind the swinging
doors OF the bar.
RoBrRT GRANT writes his stories with a
typewriter, and fastens the pages at the
corner with a legal rlyet. Prof. Boyesen
writes his stories on the green, pink, or blue
rosters of Columbia College, Prof. So
phocles wrote the Byzantine Dictionary on
ribbon paper. II Is whispered that joaquin
Miller, Ike the father Of his country, spells
uncertainty, and leaves punctuation for the
proof reader Julian Hawthorne marks the
number Of words In his manuscript on the
outside page, Edgar Fawcett writes with u
lead pencil and uses an eraser. George
Macdonald uses thin French paper, aud
his handwriting is very fiue Sidney
LanIer, wrote on highly-glazed paper iu
blue Ink, and made his corrections in brown