Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-05-28
TEMPERANCE NOTES.
a NAME INCIDENT.


n steamer -lr44--Ne-%----
ing down Czseo bay from Portland one
su.amer's afternoon
several Hzrpswe1 Neck and OTIS
island people were on board There
va one sez captain from Baiiey's
island who was quietly reading the
j s,;lv 1.ner The remainder Of the
raSssnps-s were strangers One wno
was from = distant state was talking
Ioudlv about the laws Of Maine
cts all nonsense the way they DO
down here. he said ITS true that
these Islands are rapidly being built
m But the work Is mostly done BY
people who don't care 70 live under
stupid laws As for the natives here !
know that they were far happier when
I they could drink all the liquor they
wanted Va. Most Of the money here
( was gathered in those days
A companion of the speaker. who
I perhaps Thought that he wac talking
Z too loudly. turned TO person near
Z him. and asked IL he knew the name Of
an island lust of TO the right
Il do not was answered but
think that this gentleman can tell you
pointing % the man who was reading
the daily paper He looked up as Il
pleased to give any bit Of information
desired He gave the name Of the
island. and drew little nearer 10 the
group Of strangers. saying: That
place has quite history. One Of the
strongest and hardest women on our
coast lived there tor years she otseI
wens fishing. AID always had COOL nc
cess Shs raised q good crop on the
island. and saved up several Thousand
dollars
-And III wager she liked q good
glass Of New England rum" said the
stranger with the lond voice. straight
eainz himself Up. Il wouldn't wonder
II barrels Of liquor have been landed
on that island"
The man with the paper folded it
slowly as ne nodded his head IN assent
Its one Of the outermost islands
you see he added. '-and that made il
easy to srnugyle things ashore there.
And that strong woman played
many sharp trick, III wager. said
the stranger with great glee.
Yes One time vessel from the
British provinces came up the coast
with q load Of liquor They landed
several barrels on that island But The
custom house officer. at the citT ;. On
heard Of 4 Down they sailed. exp ct
lag to maze a hne haul but just as
tseir hoe. -owad n 20 the shore own
s.ame the woman with her head al tied
and bandaged up She walked slowly.
,-~..a ~ ,,nrr .wI than
.'-Oh. captain" she said. I've had
terrible night That tooth of mine that
has bothered me so long hasn't let me
get wink of sleep You haven't got
littie bit Of rum have you. captain?
o.. dear. such shooting pains, II / only
had half a cupful to battle NV face in il
would be all right Nothing seems TO
ease it ike that Haven't you got just
drop. captain
".No. he answered Tn sorry
you're suffering so. But we don't carry
around such remedies as that
The men were resting. on their
oars. What's the use Of fooling away
our time hereg ore Of them said.
" That's 50 added another. II
there was rum anywhere on the island
you can rest assured that she'd have all
she wanted
Guess .ha.'s 90 tho CAPTAIN assent /
ed. and ..hen he Lad told The woman
he honed she would soon feel better. he I
rave orders 70 row back tn the yes .el. =
Guess she did feel tetter.' laughed I
the stranger. she had keen mind. I
That proves just what was saying. I
that before these temperance notions /
came around. and people drank freely, I
they were stro-g. quick and bright 1
There you can see by the looks of the 1
buildings there how such people pros
per though 50 much is preached about /
the curse which always follows those ]
who deal in such business
but are those buildings owned By |
the descendants of the woman asked !
the passenger who had inquired the 4
name of the island.
NO. said the islander with a twin 4
kle in his gray eyes, strangers occupy
the place Some years after the wo-
man had deceived the custom house
officers. man came there to live. In
some way he gained the woman's con-
fidence. She allowed him TO take up \
her money to a city bank When she
had about five Thousand dollars deposit
ted there he drew it ont and left,
leaving her duped as she had often
duped others In the end she seemed
to lose her reason She was found
drowned in the little cove yonder one
day. We who live here in Maine feel
that there is a great deal of truth in the
stosies about the curse which always
follows the meddling with liquor"
The man spoke quietly. but the
stranger from the distant state rose
quickly and went to the bow Of the
boat-C has Y Sinnatf in Irnir,r Sirr