Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-08-16

deb. Reputation followed, tht
notes were not worth the cost of the
printing. Five hundred dollars
would not buy pair of shoes. Their
was no money for exchange. Me1
traded this for that; anything tha
wonld pass in exchange among them
II was only thirty-three years from
the close of the revolutionary war tC
the war of 1912, when hard pincbins
times again came down au the coun
try. Business was ruined, commerc,
was destroyed, the banks all closed
The United States Bank, financia
concern that was organized Eat the
close Of the revolution was helples:
to give aid to the people. Paper
money again was worthless. Colo
and silver was at such piice CT pre-
MUM that great sacrifices were re
quired to get it. Merchants and bus
mess men issued little pieces of pa
per marked 20c, 25c, and 100cts
The manufacturing establishments
all closed, men were thrown out o.
employment. There was no demand
for labor. There was no sale fol
real or personal property except by
the sheriff The Legislatures were
all convened to pass stay laws or.the
relief of the people staying the col
lection of debts and the collection oI
taxes.
Thank God! at this harvest home
we have no such times confronting
us.
Such were the times that confront
ed our fore-fathers of three geuer4.
tions ago. Three generations ago,
the people Of this country raised
wheat, rye, oats and corn in abund
ance, but as almost everyone was en-
gagged in the raising of grain it was
of little value. Except for food for
the producers aud their families, and
feed for their horses it was a drug
upon the market The inhabitants
of this valley were of 5 otch and
Irish extraction and they brought
with them from their ancestral homes
in the highlands of Scotland aud Ir=
laud Knowledge Of the dIs'illatiou
of whisky. and they soon learned that
they could convert their 10 and 12c
gram into whisky and sci! it in tue
low land counties east of the Snsque,
hanna river for cash, realizing 60 and
zoe bushel for their gram and that
stimu!ated the manufacture of whis
ky TO wonderful degree.
You can scarcely name aprominent
family Of so years ago in this Wiley
that was not actively and eagerly en-
gagged in tho distillation of whisky
There were at that time over tive
hundred dIstilleries in full blast with
in the territory of what Is now jun
alta county.
They manufactured their graiu in
to whisky in the winter time, put il
in barrels and on the spring fresh
ct sent 1t down the river to market
sold it for cash with which they paid
their school teachers, their taxes
and preachers and paid for repairs,
and improvements on their farms.
The morality Of making, drinking
and selling whisky was not for a mo
ment questioned The battle was in
every house and in every store. !
see in the assembly here, Judge Bar.
ton. If the Judge had lived in that
day as Il store keeper he would have
had a free bottle in his store. Dur
ing political campaign es,such as
We are now in the midst of, every
candidate bought every bar in the
county from Waterloo 20 Richfeld,
and from the long narrows u Thomp.
sontown, at a fixed price, and placed
a bottle IN each place with his name
on it, and if Won aud 1 came that
way and wished to take a drink we'd
go in and drink to the health ano
success Of our favorite candidate.
Times have changed. There was
no sly drinking then. Now there j!
a good deal of sly drinking; drinking
behind the door. Sly drinking j,
certain to be found out. 1t nevel
fails to present a sign. 1t will oder
ize a mans breath or perchance put
blossom on his nose or in some way
make its mental OF physical mark OF
the drinker. However, sometime:
men are blamed with sly drinking
when they DO no such thing.
Abraham LIncoln's wife was {
good women but she was Jealous OF
him, aud q. times she would scold
If he chancel to pass more than the
common civLt!es when with ladies
she became j. alous. Sometimes she
wonld scJ.d, and then she frequent
ly said, "Abe, you are drunk. o.
the night of tie day when he was
nominated for the Presidency he re
NAMED ont later than usual. When
he came home, he knocked at the
door. Mrs. Lincoln looked out of an
upstairs window and asked: who
there" Its me Mary" said Lin.
coin. you're drunk Abe" she re,
piled. "For goodness sake Mary.
don't talk so loud" said Lincoln,
The neigLbors VIII hear us" Come
down Mary and let me in, I have
good news to tell you M | viii
not come down and let you in TIL
you tell me The good news" well
Mary, [ have been nominated for
President of these great United
States" answered Lincoln. .'Ah,
Abe. Now 1 know you are drunk.
From such little dialogues like that,
men may get the reputation Of sly
drinking.
As time ran on business centers
multiplied throughout the country
and as they increased in number the
price of grain advanced and farmers
could sell their grain without con
verting it into whisky and that clos
ed the distilleries, for Just as soon as