Ellsworth American., 1892-04-07
He Hoped to Hear from Her Soon, and
He Did,

One of the female sisters" of Winter
Hume Lodge of Good Templars, having
| received several circulars from wholesale
liquor dealers requesting custom, etc, con-
cluded to answer one as requested, aud
the following is copy of the letter sent.
Read at union meeting of Good Templars,
March llth.
So. DEER Isle, March 10, 1892.
Hdyner DistHling Co.
Your circular of Feb. 18th, has been re-
ceived, as well as others of the same i'm
port. In reply take pleasure In inform
ing you that l consider each and every
member Of your company A scoundrel
Strong language? Yes, but the occasion
demands it, Why would any gentleman
deliberately insult woman, without the
least provocation? Yet you say to me,
Maine woman, We know that you live
in Maine where prohibition Is the law, we
know you as a married woman, possibly
mother, yet we consider you so destitute
of moral principle that for the gain we
offer we have no doubt but that YOU will
purchase our vile compounds and deibar
ately offer them to your children, your
neighbors, or to any and all who will buy
them of you; we also consider you SO
destitute Of common sense that you will
not even knotr that you are insuted by
our proposition for you to violate the
well-known laws of Your state
We know that YOU iare not receive our
liquid poison undisguised therefore we
Offer to send IL in packages without marks
or brands, so no one can know what the
box contains and we consider you so
ignorant of all business principles that
you do not know that goods sent by ex-
press must be credited to the parties send
ing them, therefore We expect you to
swallow this bait without gansaying it,"
All this YOU say by your proposition
and yet this j. the very least of your
otfenses. You say OF your whiskey that
you have "a wonderful trade in this arti-
Gle all over the county, and | do not
doubt it in the least. The cries of power
ty-Stricken families all over the land rise
to Heaven in confirmation Of your state
ment, and call for vengeance on your
traffic You say YOU have thousands Of
you To boast Of the evil you accomplish?
Other manufacturers can point to some
good to mankind resulting from their
work; you cause only evil, and that con
oil n.
by the Creator for mans >u~tenance and
comfort are by You perverted and made
into poison 70 drag him down lower than
thy brute Shane oR y"u, and shame upon
my state, il any of her citizens have
given your vile traffic sufficient encourage
ment 70 warrant YOU in sending your in
sulting circulars abroad among us
For once you sent to the right place, and
wish that every such notice you send to
this state may fall into the hands of per
sons who feel just a. | do about it, DO
not expect 10 work reformation in your
case, but If you read even few sentences
of this you will haze heard more truth
than you are accustomed to- and only
wish could treat you and every one like
yon TO liberal application Of our Maine
laws, honestly executed Rest assured that
il had the power | would sweep your
abomlnable business from the land so sud.
denly that you would never have occasion
TO send another Of your insulting offers to
any one. You hoped to hear from me
soon" and YOU are welcome 70 this opin-
ion, and if YOU have any more 10 say am
stiIl AZ the same place. Hoping you may
yet Sc and forsake the error Of your ways.
am yours in righteous Indignation,
A MAINE Coon TENPLAR