The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-24
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Tho THIRTY Inhabitant Loses a nalfD Dol
lar and Finds a Pint or yyhi.ky.

lar and Finds a Pint OF Whisky.
Chicago Tines Herald: c~ottonyillc is
q dry town. 1t has been without a sa-
loon for many years, and even the drug
stores do not sell n drop OF liquor under
any circumstances.
Naturally, l was considerably sur
prised the other day when I visited the
barber and found Its solitary occupant
In a s~uspiciousiy genial mood.
"Cnnnie," said the barber. 'hev yer
bin henh befo' this mawnin'?"
] replied that / had looked in q few
minutes before, but had found no one
there.
San did yer see anythin' jubos.look.
in on de tablet" asked tho grinnlns
darkey.
mo, | saw nothing" was my answer.
drew a pint bottle from the drawer and
replaced II.
Good Gavin whisky" said he softly,
cost me nifty cents"
"Dld you send of for III"
"No, sub. Got hit right henh.'' ,
"But that's against the law"
"Lor' bless yer, Cunnte, l nebber
bought hit"
Il thought o said 1t cost you fifty
cents?'
Oats so boss: but Use a law-abldln'
citcrzen. ] list lost q %half-dollar, an
foun' dat bottle"
While he was ~iatherins my face ]
asked n few questions. and the answers
threw n flood of light upon some OF the
secrets Of n dry town.
''lIit wuz dis way, Cunnic," said the
communicative bnrbcr: Oars n sartin
%pusson;in dis town who's q man Of high
prinserpool. Yer kin trust him In any
thin. Well, ] seed him dis mawnin'
and stopped ter pass de tlmo OBJ day
wild him.
I'VE wuz a talkin' bout gln'rul mat-
tiers In gin'rul, when l tolc him n little
story. l tole him how I passed n sart'in
pusson one day, an drappcd half doll
lar. an limited dat hit would be pow'ful
funny II somebody picked hit up an,
slipped inter my shop an left a pint
OBJ Gavin on my table. He allowed dat
would be curious, an walked or. When
1 went ter dc shop, n little later. dar
stood de bottle OBJ avn on my table.
"Wcll. sub, when I tole dis story ter
q sartln pusson he winked at me an
sorter smiled. Den l tole him dat l wuz
gwlne ter try hit a'gin! an 1 drapped
de money wild de remark dat l would
git back ter do shop In about half an
hour.
Yer may believe hit or not, sub, but
when ! come back dat money .wuz gone,
an dat sartin pusson wuz done gone.
too. I went ter de shop, an right dar
IN de table wuz q full bottle Of whisky.
OATS de way I got'it. subj"
80 that certain person you speak OF
runs q blind tigcr?"
cob 80 cub NottartdI IItk r,,r
list a colnserdunce. Fur all 1 know,
1 neber seed anybody pick up de money,
an I neber seed anybody cary de liquor
ter my shop. / mout hev my spishuns.
but spishuns amt proof"
II think" said ], .that your friend
runs n great risk"
"Notterbit." was the answer; "dc best
people in dis town. black and white,
has lost quarters and half dollars when
he wuz standin' roun', and thar wuz
nebber no trouble"
'.In some towns he would be prose-
cuted and heavily fined"
"Yas. sub; but not heah. whar prin-
serpool runs too high fer SIGH low down
ways ter be favored. Hits a mighty
good thing ter live In n place whar
eberybody's law-abidln' an full of prin-
serpool."
He WIS putting on a final coat of lath-
er when I remarked that prohibition
was a failure II 4 blind tiger could be
81 easily conducted under the noses Of
the authorities.
Use afeared. boss" said the cautious
barber. dat yer misunderstan's me. De
little coniserdunces I tole ye about don't
happen ebbry day. nor to ~ebbrybody.
Hits only our best citerZens, sub, who
hev de good luck ter hey SIGH 'sper-
unces. A stranger mout talk all day
befo' dat sartin pusson about bein'
thirsty. an drap his half dollar, an DAT
would be de last OBJ hit. He would neb-
Der find no bottle. an he would nebber
git no satlsfackshun. Yer see, sub, in
dis community prinserpocl runs high,
and de people won't stan no sort OBJ
meanneSs."
Are you n prohibitionist?"
.Sartinly, l is. All de best people Is.
had 'em dat barber tudder end OBJ town
ulster git fightin' drunk an beat me up
ebhry Saturday night. But now he can't
git no liquor. unless he sends off fur
II. Yer see. he's 4 man OBJ nj priser-
pool. an Is not la~w-abidin'."
When I looked into tho matter I found
that many of the citizens OF Cottonville
shared the BARRIERS Views. Every man
with q red nose was In favor Of prohib-
itinG the sale of liquor to his neighbor.
IN these days of disappointment 1t Is n
qualification to know that one can buy a
bottle of Salvation Oil for 25 cents.