Evening star., 1896-12-28
IN A DRY TOWN,
Where Every Nam With . Toddy Blos
s0m Favored Prohibition

Where Every MAN With . Toddy Bios
som Favored Prohibition.
From the Chicago Times-Herald
CottonVille Is a dry town. 1t has been
without saloon for many years, and even
the drug stores do not sell a drop of liquor
| under any circumstances
Naturally 1 was considerably SURPRISED,
the other day when 1 visited the barber
shop and found its solitary occupant in a
suspiciously genial mood.
"Cunnle." said the barber, '.hev yer bin
heah befo' dis mawnin'
1 replied that l had looked in a few mo-
ments before. but had found no one there.
An did yer see anythin' jubos lookin' on
de table?" asked the grinning darkey.
No, 1 saw nothing" was my answer
The barber, with a mysterious air. drew
pint bottle from drawer and replaced it,
Good Gavin whisky" said he, softly,
cost me fifty cents.''
did you send off for it?'
mo. sub. Got hit right heah."
But that's against the law"
Lor bress yer, cunnle, 1 nebber bought
Il thought you said it cost you fifty
cents?''
Oats so. boss: but Use a law-abidin'
eiterzen; jist lost half dollar. an found
dat bottle"
i
few questions. and the answers threw a
flood Of light upon some OF the secrets of a
dry town.
Hit wuz dis way. cunnle," said the COM
munlcative barber. Oars a sartin' pusson
in dis town who's a man of high prinser-
pool Yer kin trust him in anythin'. Well,
l seed him dis mawnin'. an stopped ter
pass de time oh day wild him.
I'VE wuz a-talkin bout gin'rul matters
in gin'rul, when L tole him a little story l
tole him how l passed a sartin' pusson one
day an drapped a half dollar. an hinted
dat hit would be pow'ful funny If some
shop an left a pint OBJ Gavin on my table
He allowed dat hit would be curious an
den 1 drapped de subjick an walked off,
When went ter de shop, little later dar
stood de bottle OBJ Gavin on de table
We'll. sub. when 1 tole his story ter a
sartfn pusson he wfnked at me an sorter
smiled. Den tole him dat wuz gwine ter
try hit agin. and drapped de money, wild
de remark dat / would git back ter de shop
in about half an hour.
yer may believe hit or not suh but
when l come back dat money wuz gone, an
dat sartin pusson wuz done gone, too.
went ter de shop an right dar on de table
wuz full bottle of whisky. OATS de way
got hit, suh.'
$50 that certain person you skeak Of runs
a blind tiger"
coinserdunce. Fur all know, dat man may
not hev drop oh liquor. l neber seed any
body pick UP de money. an neber seed
anybody carry de liquor ter my shop. 1
mout hev my spishuns. but spishuns amt
proof"
II think" said I, ''that your friend runs a
great risk"
'N0tterbit," was the answer: "de best
people in dis town. black and white, has
lost quarters and half dollars when he wuz
standin' round, an thar wuz nebber no
trouble
In some towns he would be prosecuted
and heavily fined"
'sYas, sub; but not heah, whar prinserpool
runs too high fer sfch low down ways ter be
favored. Hits mighty good thing ter live
In place whar ebbrybedy's law -abidin' an
full OF prinserpool."
He was putting on q Anal coat of lather
when remarked that prohibition was
failure II q blind tiger could be 20 easily
conducted under the noses Of the authori-
ties:
Use afeard, boss" said the cautious bar
ber, dat yer misunderStan's me. De little
coinserdunces tole yer about don't happen
ebbry day, nor to ebbrybody. Hits only
our best citerxuns, sub. who hev de good
luck ter hev sich 'sperunces. A stranger
mout talk all day befo' dat sartfn pusson
about bein' thirsty, an drap his half dol
lar, an dat would be de last OBJ hit He
would nebber ind no bottle an he would
nebbec git no satlsfackshm. Yer see suh
In dis community prinserpool runs high, an
de people won't stan no sort oh meanness..
Are you prohibitionist1''
Sartinly, is! All de best people b. We