The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-30
TIRED OF No LICENSE.
Some OF the Effects or the Voting at Town
Meeting In Sviilimantic Inst Fall.

WILIIaiANrtc. May 20.-At Inst falls town
meetings in Connecticut the big borough OF
Wil'lmantic surprised itself BY voting mo
license" and. therefore. score or more OF
liquor dealers w,rs forced to abandon thcir
business. Most of them got storage for their
goods for year. pending the election next
fall. when II l. not doubted that tho borough
will readopt the lcense plan; others Quilted
the business Of dispensing liquors. and few
have been trying to soil balm on the sly.
trusting to their wits to hoodwink the officers
OF tho law. They have succeeded very we'll in
doing so.
According 10 the provisions Of the stifY Con-
nccticut license law. all liquors that are dis
pensed in Willimantic now must he doled out
by melancholy town agent. who eits day after
day in n i:tle room that tho State has rented
for him. On shelves about him are bottles Ia
boiled. "Sr. Frum ent." "Ol. Bo'rb'n." "Hol.
GIN" "Schnarps." 1t is not intended by
tho Stnte Of Connecticut that tho town
agent shall consume any Of the common
wealth's wares when his circulation Is Inn
pcdcd. and so he has little brown stove in
tho office to warm him when tho wind is
in tho east Any particular day Is just
about tho same as every other day to
the town agent. for tho breezy boozer never
boards him with the ribald remark. set up
boozer in Connecticut is not fond of and never
courts tho town agent The moral character
to fro ,he flowing bowl with personal warmth
enough to make It ,Eur-g,l.e; In order to be
asS to get arnx at the bar nS town
cuse himself Of rheumatisn,. lumhagc. OF. Cpl
gr1stic disturbances and then, he is likely
agency or dose OF sl.N cholera cure. accord
Ing to the, mood Of the doctor. The patient
customer
terms with his physician.
Willimnntic has had the no-licens Sc and town
not p eased with 1t. One result Of it is that the
town treasury is minus several Thousand dol
the. saloon keepers under the license system.
M ,I, Just about as much rum is sold in
w~He as there evsr wa The
people Of tbs borough swallow loads OF Illicit
rena thst ST. M e,seeR rs does
not mean that he is DRUM. but that he isa sortot
to Sf others
sold hy bold %assrs S%s e hole in
into Wiilmantic under cover Of hight. and
household with a cieverness that puzzles and
often defles the rural detectives and other
The officers are sharp. too. and in the past
Of law violators demijohns OF whisky hidden
by cord in house chimneys. and secreted in
the cornmeal chest. in hnystacks. and hollow
of anSer h
the kitchen sink \. Al day friends kept drop
Into tho Kitchen. frequently tiptoed to tho
sink. bowed themselves before it and then
stopped quietly into, tho kitchen. tested
, sph GOOD sa o his no ps snd r sd
and his testimony was instrumental in
the SIMON owner. cut. of 500 and
day. As n rule. the officers raid the promises
Of suspected dealers in illicit LIQUORS three or
sf thsm but tssy
One Of tho most interesting and successful
Frenchman. Haoul Dlanchette. was dealing in
one had been able to detect him. Bianchettes
home Is in Jackson place. and officers had
SsWs saa h s SSz S t% uss ss
and I'm E9pg to vs %s the RS
OK hound as he went over. Raonl's house from
;;ellar to garrett; hut in an hours search not
md breezy French Canadian trotted along at
leweirs heels. grinning at the officers dis:
out a spats sss
vhere,a" req able ofi!ceT might expect f. dRd
ne SHERIFF Ps1e ,Ra int ha9as bedroom
", no. means 50 chip, and 80 iro @a:
'scon4s, to tor, Fitch the clothing Of kaours
he room, Thereupon he dropped on his
Jaw not thing indicating that the boards had
'een cnt and opened. While making this ex.
oint in Dashboard on tho side Of the room.
;ext to the outside wall Of the house, and
hin erevice in the bourd he, swung open
maothI b, as = i had been oiled; In big
he officer found about q dozen bottles Of stuff
hen. turning toward the crestfalen French.
an !. dash Of Hdmirption in Ills voice; kaoui
hucklins no more. The JIG WAS IN Next
ay, in Justice Lynchs court he pleaded guilty
he charge of keeping liquor with intent to
III. and paid q fine q $50 and costs. am cunt
lg to 500: Then he was arrested on the
barge of having the renntation OF keeping
Iuors with intent to sell" and mulcted out OF
}S mora.