Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1889-10-11


| Sam D-drick has for years been
identified With the cattle business
IL New Mexico ia S.corro county.
Sam ia a pleasant companion md
true f,ieud, but his strongest hobby
10 prohibition. no olute abstinence.
! Sam has been Ut il Arizona re-
Gently and while am' ng ,hr Papago
Indians observed with horror Il e
amount OF liqu,r tls. c'nsoned.
He resolved to address them on bis
pet subject, prohibition, and this is
the st ~ a. lie himself tells It;
III WIS strange scene, said
Sam, .'sud | will not soon forge IT.
Here | W 8, out ON the plains, the
ceutre II MI admIiing group of ln
ai,us, standing on stump dealing
the liink halit 6, me most liter
blows. l told them that whisky
was the curse of the white map,nnd
cave them some L,tahle distances
IN Albuquerque that | heed nat
now repeat l said that the curse
of our civilization WAS whlsk, !
whisky! whisky! aud these benign
children Of the for-s, drew closer
sb, ut me and l,stened with rapt st-
trnt,or. In closing my remarks |
said. Now, my dusky friends,wiil
yuu f r.go whisky? Will you put
the sccursed firpwater behind you?
Will you cast rum to the dogs and
be better and truer men and " :
m.s?' l indicated that Swai ed
their reply, and | was gratified to
recsive an affirm ative grunt all
around the circle.
IL got out my pledge book and
went around for them to sign
n na could write, of course, hut all
we're glad to Hffix their marks, aud
the work went on with positive ELL
thusiasm. After had their sig
natures l thought il well TO again
ascend the stump and offer them n
few words ct congratulA,ion. ! had
not proceeded tar when large
sized warrior interrupted me with:
Ugh! Heap talk Where's the
whisk, p
II paus, d moment, thinking l
had no, understood him. aud he re-
pentrd the observation.
"rhe silence which followed was
broken by lalfa dozen braves and
asquhw or two repeating the same
ri iculaus observations:
Ugh! white mHn talk much!
where is the whisky p
II saw il all" said Sam These
poor children had taken me for an
Indian agent or s"lnethihg, who
. had come 10 sell them u new kind
/, OF whisky. Their interest III my
remarks about frewHter, theiI
eaeerness to sign my paper, 1t was
/, all clear now. 1t WIS still more
clear when dozen braves danced
nut IN front of me, brandished theii
' batche,s aud began ~ clsmor L
4 the whisky. nm not wholly
a lacking in discretion, if do have
> fits, and my course WAS clsar.
= "Oh yes, my friends,ths whisky,
/ began. Il wss just coming to
that. | have down here ut A4bu-
aueruue a train los, 1T the finest
whisky that ever cane to gladden.
the heart Of th. noble red man. l
control seventy or eighty dis,illrr'es
near Las Vegas, and to morrow
will have pipeline connections
:, with them, aid will then be able 10
pump whisky out here till lie will
:, be dream Of riotous pleasure. All
| will have to do will be To turn .
stop.cock, and lol rum will flow to
2 YOU in n living aud everlasting
stream.
"And, telling them that l would
take a run down 10 Socorro and gel
the thing started. | reached the
place where my horse was tied,and
WAS soon leaving the scene of my
triumph behind me.
! Oscar Lohman and Miss Alice