Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-09-23

! not, and being large strong woman
she was more than a match for him in
/ his befuddled condition. He made re-
peated efforts to get by her, but he could
not do it and finally gave it up and
walked quietly away with her.
About the most disgusting sight was
well-dressed young woman crazy drunk
on the street. l saw approaching me some
distance away man and woman. The
woman seemed to be in wonderful good
spirits, pranclng along like colt just
being halter broken. Presently she
gave lurch and brought up against a
building. | then saw other spirits had
control. / watched her as did scores of
others till she went out of sight round a
bend in the street. Returning that way
in few minutes, had curiosity to know
what became of her and | asked police
man If he saw her. He said he did; that
he knew her and called hack and sent
her home. Evidently she was woman
of quality" else instead of being sent
home In a hack the police patrol wagon
would have been sent for and she taken
to the police station and arraigned in
court the next morning on the charge of
drunkenness.
On the same street with my boarding
place is saloon with only an alley
between. side door opens from the
saloon into this alley. A few evenings
since young fellow, hOrrid drunk, was
elected from this saloon into the alley,
where he lay all night in drunken stu
por with only paving stones for a bed.
Over this side door is the legend Family
Entrance" Here the women go in with
their pals and pitchers to get their beer
TO take home. This is called crushing
the growler," and it is interesting to
watch them. Some sly in with their
pals or pitchers under their aprons and
when they come out run for home,
others go in and come out as openly and
boldly as though they we're after water.
There is one frequentOr of this saloon,
whose case is peculiarly sad, but not
more so than thousands of others. When
married not very many years ago she
and her husband were in good circum-
stances. with a good home and good
prospects for the future but the demon
of intemperancc got the best of her, and
that home and those fair prospects are
ruined. The husband is not Incorporate
and has saved some money from the
wreck. which he has placed In bank out
of her reach. She is sorely tried to get
the wherewith to gratlfy her appetite
for strong drink. \ few days ago she
I pawned her wedding ring. which cost
so. for 81, and later she pawned nice
fur cape. Yesterday | met her going
home from the saloon with her pitcher
empty, her money and her credit all
, gone.
> This saloon itself has history. 1t is
} In large four. story building and only a
few years ago was owned by man OF
, means and prosperous. He took out a
license and went to selling rum. Not
content to sell 1t according to law, he
opened his saloon and sold on Sundays
The officers of the law got after him
His license was taken away. He then
went to selling without license. Fol
this he served term IN the workhouse
His wife sickened and died, it is said of 6
7 broken heart. He left the city few
, days ago, and as he tore himself away
from the scenes of his former happines:
r he shed many bitter tears. Had he
, taken for his motto "Touch not, taste
not, handle not" he might have re
{ manned an honored citizen, as he had
! formerly been.
t One morning as | was riding along, 6
f man lay dead drunk on a corner.
? asked some schoolgirls near by where
{ the cops were. This is the common tern
for policemen. "There they are" they
said. Just then two cops drove up witt
e the patrol wagon, and loaded the man il
, very, much as a farmer would a deaC
/ hog only they did not put hook in hi
r snOut, and took him of to the polio,
r station.
e On another occasion | was passing
0 saloon on corner. just then two fellow!
n came out so drunk they did not know
t anything and walked right against ny
: wagon. As | moved along one wa
< thrown down and lay sprawIing in tn,
0 street. The bartender ran out to hell
S him up and | drove on, by the advise o
n the bartender.
. One morning | saw a cop leading al
i old man, probably of 10 years anC
. weighing about $50 pounds, toward
e the signal box to call the patrol wagon
s When | came up the cop had given tn
S old man up TO brother on condition
!, that he take him home.
r On the 18th of July | went into tn
S Office of hotel having an innholder
s license and sat down a few minutes
# The patrons of the bar had 70 pas
n through the office, and as | sat Their
n there was constant stream going in an,
IS out In single file, two and three abreast
: with scarcely break in their ranks
e They observed the rules of the road
o keeping to the right. think it safe t
# say that In the fifteen minutes | sat Their
e not less than 100 persons passed eacl
n way and very likely there were l5C
e An acquaintance of mine was in tina
e barroOm that day. He told me the bar
d tenders looked as though they were com
) pletely exhausted from OverwOrk. | an
e informed that on a former occasion
J. fifteen hogsheads of beer were retaile
d at that bar in two days, saying nothin
d about the other forms of liquor. | wa
e in this same Office few minutes on
Y Sunday. The patronage of the bar o
thar day was considerable, but not lik
s the 18th.
2, There is another style of licens
-e called "licensed victualers." This
n combined saloon and restaurant an
h has a right to keep open Sunday.
rs This Is great resort. just a. | wa
II passing one on Sunday the door wa
s opened and | got a glimpse within.
reminded me of a Vermont town NEE
"a inO flba rroF, caap,o1 tn ha about d,