Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-04-13

muricatons to his newspaper telling
about how "plenty liquor is IN Vermont"
visited al the cities of the western
half Of the state, where illicit liquor is
said to be the most plentiful in all these
cities there IS not a pace where a straug
or can get liquos' without resort to STRAIT
eEy, except at st. Adams, Gov Smith =
home and there one must make diligs Mt
inquiry. for the bars are all hidden in
back rooms or upstairs
entered lhe State from Troy, reaching
Bennington Cone Of tho alleged wide-opcn
cities at midnight. You cant get much
to drink but you can sell goods up this
Way-you Det," exclaimed a drummeg
with mo. / found town OF 800 people,
with $4,000 schoolhouses. A free library
with 1000 volumes, solid marble depot,
4 savings bank with nearly S70N.CIO de-
posts a local historical society that erect
ed tho largest battle monument in the
world, at Il cost Of $4,000, to con N NOR
ate the battle of Bennington. Il is a
typical Vermont city.
! where's VCiu' barr" ! asked O. She
clerk at the Putnam House.
"Sh-h-h" he said, and pointc1 > a
door. Tine door led into Il dark passage
way. Tho PassagcwGy led to q door aisr,
which opened into the bar" a dark room
with pine counter. I asked the man in
charge for u glass of wine.
we hain't got no wine, but We are
-
Hold on minute. a man left a little
here the other day" was his deliverance,
and, after hunting around among some
bottles. he found enough to fill glass
half full. | could have carried away the
entire stock of liquors in this "saloon' in
my grip.
/ asked if there was any other place in
town where could get dsnt. Il dun
no; last week the other hotel had Il little
in. but | don't know whethes they have
any now or not" was the reply. The city
has but one policeman, and he sleeps dur
ing the day.
At Rutland the next largest city in the
State, a manufacturing center. ! was tod
that | would have to be introduced at
some drug store to get drink The Ber-
wick House clerk offered to get some iq-
our and send it to my Coorn, The entire
cost of the Rutland police force last year
was but 2,l32.S5. There was but one pris-
oner in the city jail, which is generally
empty. During the whole of last " n,
but 32 arrests were made by the police for
, intoXication.
At Mlddlcbury. town of 1000 people |
was told that the only way to get It drink
was to hunt up some one who had recent
ly been over to thee New York side, as
there are no Joints here.
: Since last October, Burlington has been
} blcst with a prosecuting officer whose
backbone is not made of putty and the
DOOueggerS nave Deen in sackCiOth ana
ashes. Before that, the place was said
to have been wide open"
Yes, sir: there were four wholesale LID
uor houses before Prosecutor Ferguson
, got to raising trouble said one enthu-
, siast
As matter of fact. ono OF .ht first
raids made by the sheriff last fall was
upon the largest of these so-calied whole
sale houses" tina; of e. F. Fowler. The
entire stock In this great Wholesale estab-
lShment Was five barrels OF ale
When the sheriff raids a Burlington sal
, DON he never requires wagon. He can
nearly always carry off the entire stock
in his arms The last saloon raidej had
} a stock of nine bottles of liquor. The next
2 last consisted of one case Of beer--nor
half enough 10 supply Il mixed-ale party
IN Brooklyn
At ESSEX, one hotel-keeper keeps a little
fee travelling men whom he knows, but
sells none to townspeople.
At Montpelier, the capitol Of the state
stranger who wants a drink, must hunt
all over town. and satisfy somebody who
Is on the inside that he Is not a detective
, or so dry
A. St Adams, the home of Gov. Smith
2 there We're several open bars hidden il
. rear rooms which are run with but little
precaution, and the place is getting the
benefit in more ways than one. While
) ! was talking with the sheriff. Mr.. b. +
Kelly, woman came in crying md will
! her face beaten into a swollcl mass OF
ielly. Her husband who had not contri
buted to her support for seven years, had
Just come home drunk and siVeu heG 4
horrible thrashing.