Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16

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drink winef A. They pay their bills, that's
q. Always pay your A. Never paid me
o. These Is instances that spread them
selves over three years are not the cases OF
tourists? A. They were some, yes.
@. Some Of these tourists have paid you
l sent out and got H.; they didn't pay me for
o. They gave you the money and you sent
out and got the Winei A. Yes, sir.
O. What want TO get at, II can, is the
reason why these others tourists didn't give
you the money and let you send out for the
wine, A. Because II was q great bother to
me to do that. and l suppressed 1t just As
much as possible.
O, You are there for the purpose Of being
botneredy A. Not In that way, wasn't.
@. Weren't you In there to. accommodate
touristsi A. Not In the liquor traffic, I
o. Why not! A. Because against the
orders OF the house to do 80.
Q. Just tell us what those orders were.
A. I can't give the exact words.
tell us just no gave you the orders and just
what the orders were. A. MIR. Clark gave
me the orders.
O, Tell us what those orders were. A.
Not to send out aud get any wine-didn't put
It In that way-nOt to send out and get wine
unless 1t was some particular man who
especially desired 1t, and was unable to go
and procure It himself.
@. That ia, il man had lost Q leg and
couldn't get around comfortably, you would
send out Tor himi A. don't know as to
that.
O But II physically capable Of going him.
sell you let him 20 after The wines A. Yes,
sir, did.
Q. Do you say that Mr.. Clark told you not
to send out after any wine, provided the
man could 70 aud get 1t hlmseltf A. / can't
give gu bis words exactly, but the idea he
conveyed to me was that he wanted just as
little served IN that dining room as possible.
@. He wanted to get along with just as
little service as possibe-as the guests would
put up with, that was the ideaf A. No, sir,
don't mean to put 1t 10 that way.
@. You don't, but that was the substance,
that IL what you were wanted TO do when
Of that house demanded wine, and insisted
upon II, you were to send out and get It.?
A. No, don't think that.
@. That was what you did, wasn't It.?
A. Well
@. And so when guest of that house,
especially II be was particular guest Of the
house, insisted upon your sending out and
getting wine for him, you got ils A. There
was no insist about 1t.
@. II he asked. A. II he asked me and 1t
was convenient for me to get 1t, got 1t.
@. q thought SOY Now, isn't it true that
this was what Mr.. Clark told you, that you
must not use the money of the house to pro.
cure this wine with, wasn't that what he told
you. A. Never had any such talk with Mr..
Clark In regard to money.
Q. II I understand you right, you say you
hal ohor voI q
never did; no, sir.
@. And what these clerks say about that is
all mistake. You never had any wine that
was used In the dining room charged at the
desk. A. never did; no, sir.
@. Mr.. Flynn has testified that while he
was there you or somebody was accustomed
to send out from the dining room and have
liquor charged at the desk.
OBJECTED to on the ground that there
hasn't been any such testimony
Q. Was Mr.. Boynton clerk while you
were there. A. No. sir.
O. That was before yonr day. A. Yes, sir.
O. Referring to this Maquam party, you
remember that. A. do.
@. How many people do you say there
were In the dining room when you served
this liquor to them. A. 1t was at the end Of
the meal; the exact number don't remem.
ner; not but few.
@. want you to tell just exactly what
was said upon that occasion between the
man who ordered the liquor Of you and your.
self. A. When they came In and sat down
they said they wanted something to drink.
@. What did you say. A. told them they
q. what did they say. A. told them the
going going to s'I ret tt t." Ono Of them spoke up
and said something; that that was all
bosh, or something like that, don't
know exactly what was said; he said
could get It II I wanted to. Then told
him that II he wanted me to send--I asked
said he wanted q bottle Of wine and gave
me the money and sent my boy out across
the street to get It: don't know where he
went.
@. He didn't have on any Free Mason
charm. A. No, sir, not that know of.
@. Will you explain to these gentlemen
how you happened to send out for that
about the party-about that particular party
that induced you to send out for them when
you wouldn't send out for anybody else. A.
l don't know as there was any particular
thing about 1t.
Q. 1t was very unusual thing for you to
do; now, want you to tell this board Of
arbitrators how It happened that In the case
Of this party which came in there simply for
dinner you happened to send out and get this
wine, when you wouldn't for the generality
Of people who asked you. What was there
about the party that induced you to do It.
A. There wasn't anything about the party.
@. What was there about the occasion that
induced you to do 1t. A. presume because
there was net many in the dining room and
the boy was idle, and 1t was convenient.
Q. You had boy that you could use just
,v,all ,rnto md M nVrYtpt Uni 1fyhk
Just as well send him out. A. think 90.
@. II Mr.. Clark or Gov. Woodbury. had
told you not to send out and get liquor and
serve It In the dining room do you think you
would have sent out on that occasion. A.
I don't know. have broken other orders.
presume likely would.
@. Do they pay you for breaking orders
down there. A. No; don't pay me for break
ing orders.
q. Do they find 1t convenient to have a
man In that dining room who will break
orders. A. don't know as to that. have
broken good many since have been there.
@. Do you think II Mr.. Clark and Gov.
Woodbury. had told you not to serve any
liquor in that dining room that you would
have brought In this wine and claret and beer
for those college students down there. A. 1t
@. He hadn't told you any such thing, had
he. / say, he had not told you not to serve
liquor In the dining room. A. No, he had
not.
@. Referring to the time when Mr.. Stone
was there, and when you say he exhibited a
Masonic charm, are you allowed to disclose
the secrets Of the Masonic order. A. There
was no secrets disclosed.
@. know there wasn't upon that occasion.
But want to find out something about 1t
myself, and simply inquired whether you
were allowed to disclose those secrets. Ny
temperance principles are not good enough
to join the Masons; It will do for you, man
of conscientious scruples, . man that
wouldn't fsll-By Gov. Woodbury.: Why
don't you use the witness decent. By Mr..
Prouty: He doesn't use the case decent.
What 10 that charm that YOU have got on
there. A. A Masonic charm.
@. What order docs It represent. A. Free
Masonry.
Q. Anything more than that. A. No, air.
Q. Something was said about the 82d
degree. A. Yes, sir.
Q. Is that the emblem Of the 32d degreei
A. 1t Ii.
@. am not familiar with these technical
terms, is the 32d degree Of the Mystic
Shrine the same thingi A. No, sir.
@. The Mystic Shrine IL something differ