Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-19
BEER AT ASBURY PARK.
People Get All They Want of It in Spite
of the Prohibition.
It - Ordered by Mail and Delivered by
"Beer Arks"-Mr. Bradley's
Indignation.

Correspondents Of The Evening Star
AsBURr PARK, July IL, 1893.
Beer is the DEVILS own brew. Such, at all
events, is the opinion Of Founder Bradley Of
Asbury. If no such beverage existed he would
be almost perfectly happy, and this place would
be paradise.
wel-nigh an-powerful as he is here, he can
only gnash his teeth in impotent rage when he
sees "beer ark" rumbing through the streets
OF the town and delivering what he calls
"bottled damnation" at the doors Of dwellings
and hotels
Such beer wagons invade this peaceful vii
lage from outside the limits Of the borough.
Most OF them come from the neighborhood Of
Shark river, six miles down the coast, where
stimulants OF all sorts sold without restraint
They cannot "peddie" their LIQUID wares on the
streets Of Asbury, but the state law permits
them to deliver beer which has been ordered by
mail
In other words, anybody here can get all the
beer he wants by mailing postal card orders for
it. Bradley may be angry, but he cannot pre-
vent it. The same permission does not extend
to whisky or other spirits. Residents or tran
silent visitors at the park must fetch such pow
erful intoxicsnts, IL they want them, from New
York or elsewhere. 1t 10 the same way with
wines.
Many Of the people who procure beer in the
manner described have It delivered in as unos-
tentatious . manner as possible at their back
doors. Accordingly, the ''arks" take the ut
most possible advantage Of alleys and private
ways along their routes. Many Of these lessel
thoroughfarss are the property Of Bradley, and
this season he has signs stuck up along the %
warning ''beer wagons. beer peddlers and all
other rsscals" to keep Oh the premises-
Bottles Must BE Returned.
Thousands Of their bottles are constantly be-
ing scattered about on the beach and whereveI
refuse il dumped in the town. But they have &c
stroyed but for q New Jersey law which sub
jects Bradley to the bitter necessity Of return.
ing them to the beer concerns to be reflled and
| distributed again and again.
1t may easily be imagined how Mr.. Bradley
wrtthes under this regulation, which forces him
| to help out the beer peddlers in their nefsrioui
work III he did not give the bottles back to
| them they could sue him for their value and
make him pay the costs of court in addition.
After long consideration o. this painful subject
Bradley has written little story and has had il
printed on thousands Of copies Of . sort o,
label, which he sticks upon each empty bottle
before returning it. This is done in the hops
that some beer bother or peddler may be led by
| the simple tale to see the error Of his ways and
| 60 out of the business.
The story on the label Is entitled 9Th,
Ciothesline Thief and the Bser Peddler." II il
as follows:
"One night when the weekly wash OF famil,
in Ocean Grove was left out in the yard by al
oversight, the tired mother was sleeping
soundly, little dreaming that Susieis little whit
petticoat and Johnnie's little shirt and sundr,
other articles were being gathered into bal
belonging to Q thief.
The next morning the mother was up early
and her husbands breakfast was on the table
| The husband was q laborer, and his son was ar
apprentice to plumber in Asbury Park. The,
| took their meal with evident satisfaction. but
| as they rose TO 20 to their work, the mothe
! entered the door with CONSERVATION written OF
her countenance. The big tears gathered II
/ her eyes, and il was with difficulty she conl,
/ tell that the children's garments had been car
| ried OF. Susie cried, for she had expected b
wear her white petticoat to Sunday school tn
next day. The loss Of Johnnie's shirt, small q
| 1t was, was embarrassment.
"In few weeks, if the theft had not been for
gotten, the mother could relate the circum
stance without nervousness, or that sharp
| elckening feeling that comes over us all whel
| what seems an irreparable loss is sustained
| "One evening the mother stood in the door
way and greeted her husband, as with CRIME
hands and face, but with an honest heart,
approached her. After divesting himself Of hi
working gsrb with water and towel he soon re
moved all dust pertaining to his calling.
| was time for supper, but Robert, the plumber
apprentice. had not reached home, so tn
father and mother sat on the veranda to wal
for him After while they saw him approach
ing, but he did not walk with his firm, stead,
step. He swayed from side to side. tn
mother turned pale and the father murmured
"My Godl Can it be possible that our dsr
ling boy Robert is intoxicatedP
Robert drew nearer. and when he wal
within hsiling distance, instead Of the mani,
smile 30 characteristic of him there was a
idiotic leer. The boy was drunk
AT his mothers request he promised {,
drink no more. He explained that his fellow
workmen had tempted him to partake Of bee
purchased from g peddler's wagon. However
subsequent temptations were too strong 70
him. To the grief Of his parents he sank lowe
and lower. His bright, clear complexion
changed to the well-known beerv, greasy look
and one day he was taken to Q court and fine,
for disorderly conduct.
1.-The mother continued to pray, but Harr,
| Brice, Mike Barrett and Jernee's fat driver
real persons. these-'"wouid continue to de
liver beer. until il seemed that the beer busi
ness could beat the Holy Ghost every time
Poor woman, her praying days were nearl,
over, for one day Undertaken Sexton wa
called in TO prepare her for burial Now let n
ask the reader who did the most harm to tina
family. the clothesline thief or the beer seller
Will not the reader agree with Us that the bee
| seller 10 worse than the thief" r B.
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