Arizona republican., 1899-08-21
SMART FIREWORKS DEALER
His Wares Made Havoc ia d Maine
 Prohibition Town.

The neate-: and most successful job
 c3 rum smuggling ever hsard of in Maine was carried cut at Millinockstt upon the glorious Fourth. Enough liquor was brought in to lay out near ly the entire population and create 2 continual uproar from early in the morning until late at night.
 Millin0ckett can hardly be called . village yet. as it consists Cnly Of a railroad station on the Bangor and ArCOstCok railroad and an immense clearing upon which the foundation of the largest pulp and paper plant i1 the world are growing. The streets of the future village are represented only by lines of stakes. There are some l 900 men here ut work, and they live in shantes, tents. etc, the place resemb- ling western mining camp without the cowboys and noise The Great Northern Paper company owns the town and about everything in it. The management has from the first taken precautions to prevent the bringing of liquor into the place, and up to the Fourth had been eminentlv successful. A deputy sheriff has givsn his whole time to watching the trains, and every suspicious box or bundle has been care fully scrutinized,
 On the Gay before the Fourth q young fellow presented himszlf at the compa1y's office and politely 1nuuired II 'here was any objection to his offer Ing few fireworks Ccr sale. As the company's store had not stocked up With fireworks and there would ap- parently be no great demand. permis- Shon was readily given. The next tran brought several large cases con splcuously marked Fireworks. Keep dry, and ths vlgilant deputy gave them only a passing glance
 As a sort of opening the young man fired eff several crackers. and q dozan Of the stonemasons suuntered down to look over the stock. Soon business began to be brisk. The young mon had all he could do to attend to GUS toners. As the forenoon wore on there came regular bargain counter crush Men were buying cannon crackers and mines and rockets as if thelr life depended upon having 2 sup- ply And the prices were something Wt4dIy out of prop0nE01 A cannon cracker brought $1; mines. S2: rock cts and Roman candles, from s1 to s2. But the funny thing about it was thar every man put for the woods as soon as he made the purchase. Tn every direction men were seen hurrying away with two or three mines and a Roman candle in their arms and 2. oan- non cracker or two sticking out of tneir pockets. And, strangely enough, there were no reports Every one seemed to be saving kis fireworks un- til evening.
 The young man sold out his stock, sHpPad an elastic around big wad of bills, and, with every pocket loaded With silver, struck a line through the bushes for T siding q mile below. and at last accounts was speeding away toward Oldtown on a handcar.
 Meanwhile things began to grow warm at AIiIi-oclstt It seemed as If 'he whole town was getting gIori- ously and uprCnriOusly drunk. Final | ly, the mystery was solved One Of the men, more drunk than wise. walk 1 ed up to the sheriff and held out a can ncn cracker, saying:
 Shay, have srpin' wi me Good i shtuff- GinUine firewater, right cut CT the f1Ie''
 The sheriff snatchea the cracker From the mans grasp and the truth | f1shed upon him. It was no firecIack- l e., but a shell containing a glass bot i tie, which held, when full, half 3 rifnt | of the most viliainous whiskey ever 1 mpounded.-Ch.cago Inter-Ocean.