New-York tribune., 1901-05-05

EIGHT DOLLAR WfilSkEI
lewiston correspondence Of The Boston Advertiser.
ton. has stock farm at Poland. Me, which Is % one
of the show places of the country Mr, san porn;
mares. is having the best time of his long and busy
@ He sa gh k to and hs ofa that
lived in the city Here is the thing that has tickied
Mr. sanborn occasionally orders from the city
tle something to keep in the cellar for the n horse
him And as he sdmres his fsnds ne xh has sar ony
ed to hm S' the GRAND
reached Poland it was found that some thirsty
hs best Whskey @ Mr sanborn Complained to the
railroads agent at Lewiston Junff0n i and nm hne as1 a
dropped off the train at the junction one day me
the significance it would to some Others. That is
TO say he wasn't looking to find j. s sanborn. of
Now it happened that Mr.. sanborn had arrived a,
nns nn s'1Gg fright G" that 's h eRPeeted He had been
sistng Of his who had been PIopghingS lo ing
the clothes Mr.. Sanborn wore We're the Oldest he
Owl Meu M M eig h Id Wi ae ross oIs to the station he
hadn't bothered TO wipe il off,
agent came in The stranger from Montreal pulled
out his papsTS @ and t ooked lambs at 5nsY saDborn he
asked the station ageRt .,,.n, ,,ara . rsn,ad the
man whom he questioned.
'Ahr' The claim agent fixed his eyeglasses on
dust stained clothes. 'Ah, So you are j. S San
Il am" said sanborn. composedy-
i hnd that you have pat in a claim for loss Of
II think | remember something about IT, re-
Il see that You have listed here certain amount
of whskey at s. gallon. continued the claim
agent. looking severely at Sanborn
What is your business Mr. Sanborn?'' Again
the agent took a look at the old clothes and the
"A farmer"
Aha farmer % dom, , know much I 1dh apGqf p 1 the
farmers down here buy whiskey at s. a gallon?
The agents tone plainly indicated MS opinion that
SanbOrn was asking the railroad to pay eXOrbI-
tant price. The station agent started to interrupt
but Sanborn enjoying the situation too much:
Hank" said Sanboru. Il think this gentleman and
my self settle the matter all right Now, Mr.
the firm of which l bought il. You can see TOR
yourself that | am only asking to be reimbursed
IL really is Sht dollar " hiSkey.
The looked the bill over carefully and then.
fixing Sanborn with severe look, he said:
true. We shall pay the bill But | really do feel
compelled To say that am surprised to think that
away hard earned money in that way, buying whis-
key that only men in comfortable circumstances
altogether. but if drink. then for Heavens
sake buy cheaper srade and use your money Tor
Yourself and your family Again the claim agent
sanborn said very humby: I'm very much
farmer will think IL over But" and here he
rose and lowered over the man: how long has it
blasted little runts around delivering temperance
lectures 10 the patrons of the rOad?
arm At this juncture AND whispered hercey in his
ear. The man dropped papers. pencil and all on
the floor and stared AZ sanborn
What he repeated. the Boston
lie turned around and faced the other way.
The kick abeut the whiskey has been hxed' said
he, but you've got more kicks coming to you. MIR.
But Sanborn closed that incident with a laugh
that shook the building.