The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-26

and who also sold Bibles, caused Mr..
Cheever to be indicted and tried for
"false, scandalous, indecent and mali
cious libel" and, after long trial, du-
ring which he made an able yindica-
ton, he was convicted, fined 81 900,
and sentenced to one months impris.
onment. We give the dream in full,
as it appeared in Salem Landmark at
the time:
Enquire atAmos Glles's Dlstillery."
For the Salem Landmark
Some time ago the writer's notice
was arrested by an advertisement in
one OF the newspapers, which closed
with words similar to the following
inquire Mt Amos Giles's Distillery."
The reader may suppose, il he choose,
that the following story was dream
suggested by that phrase.
Deacon Giles was man who loved
money, and was never troubled with
tenderness Of cnlsclrpcr. His father
and his grandfather before him had
been dislillers, and the same occupa.
ton had come to him as nm heirloom
in the family. The still house was
black with age, as we'll rs with the
smoke Of furnaces that never went out,
and the fumes Of tortured ingredients
ceaselessIy converted intn alcohol. 1t
looks like one ri Nucan's siilhies
translated from the internal regions
into this world Its stencil filed the
atmosphere, aud it seemed as i. drops
OF poisonous alcoholic Precipitation
might be made to ooze out from any
me of its timbcrs or clapboards at a
slight pressure. Is owner was a
treasurer to II Bible society, and he
had little counting room in one cor
re IL the distillery where he sold Bi.
blcs.
he that is greedy of gain troubletll
his own house. Any one Of those BIZ
bles might have told him this, but he
chose to learn it from experience. 1t
was said that the worm of the still lay
coiled in the bosom Of his family, and
certain it is that one of its members
had drowned himself in vat Of hot
liquor, in the bottom OF which skele
ton was sometime after found, with d
heavy weight tied to the ankle-bones
Moreover, Deacon Gilcs's temper was
none OF the sweetest naturally, and the
liquor he drank and the fires and spir
ituous fumes among which he lived
did nothing to soften it. If his work
men sometimes fell into his watts, he
himself oftener fell out with his work.
men. This was not to be wondered
at, considering the nature OF thei
wages, which, according to no unfre
quent stipulation, would be rs much
raw rum as they could drink.
Deacon Giles worked on he Sab
bath. He would neither suffer thu
; fires of the distillery to 60 out or t
burn while ne was idle so lie kept IL,
busy as they. One Saturday aernoo'
his workmen had quarreIed, and nj
: went off in anger. lie was in mucl
perplexity for want OF hands To do tht
work of the devil on the Lords day
In the dusk Of the evening II gang 0
singnlar-looking fellows entered thu
door of the distillery. Their dres
was wild and uncouth, their eyes glal
ed, and their language had tone tina
was awful They offered to work 70
the deacon, and he on his part wa
, everjoyed, for he thought within him
self that, as they had probably beel
turned out OF employment elsewhere
he could engage them on his owr
terms.
He made them his accustomed uffr
AS much rum every day when til
work was done as they could drink
but they would not take it. Some {
them broke out and told him they ha,
enough Il hot things where they cam
from Without drinking dimnetinn il
the distillery. And wh'n they sal,
that it seemed to the deacon as
, their breat!. burned blue but he wa
not certain, and could not tell what t
make OF it. Then he offered them
pittance of money but they set nj
such a laugh that they thought tn
roof of the building would fall il
They demanded a sum which the des
7 con said he could not give, and woul
not to the best set o. workmen tina
ever lived, much less to such piratica
h looking scape-jails as they. FINAL
. he said he would give them half o
t what they asked, il they would tax
t two-thirds OF that in Bibles. Whe
4 he mentioned the word Bibles thpv NJ