Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-17

he said There are sources of news avail
anie 10 you that are forever closed to men.
ihere are points Of view which are sacred
to your SEX
Don't talk in riddles I said, with
some little severity "Say what YOU
mean. For goodness sakes what sources
OF information and what points of view are
open to me, that are not equally open
to you?"
Why the executive sessions of the sew
ing circle, and the Woman's Rights
Club" he said
l looked at him to see If he were chatting
me; but he looked innocent
"Oh, I'm in earnest" he said.
want you to understand from the
first, said, for | thought I might as
well speak plainly; that if ] ever write
anything for the public press I'm going
to say just what / think"
'Of COURSE" he said.
IF L think thing needs to he said
i m going to talk right out in meeting
and say it. | don't believe you better
have anything to do with me. | should
keep you in a muss more n half the time. -
IN risk you" he said.
II shan Keep anything back-I warn
you," said l.
II wouldn't said he,--and 1 haven't
My niece Julia asked me to get hera
little alcohol for the baby lamp the other
day, as | was on my way down town.
went into drug store to do the GRAND,
and would you believe it, the fellow be
hind the countcr-he was the proprietor
looked at me as il l We're an old topper
asking for dram.
WHAT he asked, just as If he had
misunderstood my question.
50 said, I'd like quart of alcohol
repeated little sharply, for really the
fellow was terribly exasperating.
do you know madam he said THAT
you ara asking me to become a criminal?
Do you realize that the offense you ask
me to commit involves penalty of i'm
prlsonment, or heavy fine-perhaps
BOTH"
| was mad.
do you think l want that alcohol to
drink?' / said, with dignity.
ooh. certainly not Mrs. Hazard of
course you want it for mechanical pur-
poses; but that doesn't make any differ
ence in the eye of the law. | am Just as
much liable"
"Do you mean to say you won't sell it
to me.'
81 shall have to mix something with
it. How would little oil of peppermint
do?''
Twill it burn?'
81 really can't tell but should think it
might
l tried TO persuade him to give it to me
straight but it WASH a mite of use. The
mixture was the best he would do--and
had to be content with it.
"Do you mean to tell me that / am the
only respectable person in this city that
has asked you to break the law in this
way" l inquired rs l tucked the bottle
into my hand satchel.
Land sakes non' he said. "Most all of
them do that. Ministers, attorneys,
county officials, W. G. II. U. leaders,
judges-in fact almost every one in the
community makes some such request of
some druggist in the run of the year.
Lots of them who do not come to us per-
soually ask us, through their physicians,
to break the law for them
You don't mean to say that any Of
them try to make trouble for you, do
your
"Oh, no, those cases are rare. 1t ism t
necessary. In order to carry liquor at all
even alcohol, | am obliged to take out
a United States license. That license in
turn becomes prima facie evidence of the
infringement of the State prohibitory
law, and upon 1t am indicted as liquor
seller, on an average, about twice year.
What does II cost yOuY''
about a hundred and fifty dollars for
each indictment three hun dred dollars
year.
But can't you run your business with
out liquors.
Not very well. You came to me
for alcohol this morning-if l hadn't
sold it to you, ! would have lost
your trade not only in this instance, but
probably in others There will have to
be- some radical changes in the methods
of medical practice before druggists can
dispense with liquors. We are Obliged to
carry them in order to fill prescriptions
"Where, for instance, are they essen
tial?'
"Well, take the matter OF tinctures.
These, of necessity are made with aloohoi,
and they constitute a large and Important
element in the drug business. linen
again. take cod liver oil. This is very
important remedy in consumptive, and
number of other cases. 1t is very
nauseating remedy, and most physicians
mix II with whiskey or wine. There are,
too. lots of other cases where liquors are
prescribed by our best physicians l
merely use this as an illustration. Brandy
is used very generally in the practice OF
medicine. in certain class of cases, and
mr. critical times Druggists who seek TO
do n prescription business must be pre-
nared to fill them. But, between the
state law and the federal law our business
that was formerly regarded as very
honorable one, has apparently iaiien
under the ban of respectaoiilty. 10 use
n common expression, we are petween
the devil and the deep sea-
was somewhat taken back by the
force of his remarks ..oo
cit seems TO me-" I said, that sSoo
wear Il a pretty good price TO pay Tor the
privilege of handling liquors
uWeil it is and il isn't he SAID.
.There are drug stores, and alleged drug
storcs There are drug stores that 90
lesitimate prescription business. ana gen
e,a, drue trade -ano there are Others that
nse their drug store, and registered eierk
to mask a rum shop. To the legitimate
druroist fines aggregating from sauo 70
sson 2 vsar constitute a severe puroen.