The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-26

An official OF The internal revenue d.
vision who has been out IN the districts
where the Government distilIeTies are
at work, has brought back some expert I
ences as related by tie gaugeTs- Many
of these distilleries are in the former
habitat of the m0onshiuer and The Gov
eminent Is looked on as an interloper- !
Seine Of the gaugers are city men and
do not know OF the deep-rooted belief of
the mountain man that corn raised on a
mans own land belongs to that man, and
that If that man nal es it into whisky
and sells il. the Government has no
business to NEEDLE The argument be
tween the Government and these people
has been going on long time, and the
Government has got the best Of II in
most cases Naturally employees Of the
Government are looked on with some
suspicion and they are generally exclu-
sive IN social lie when they go into
the billy regions.
one gaUger, a young man from the
city, good looking and intelligent, want
ed 10 rough it awhile and got a job OF
gauging at . new distilIery in Z section
IN which the moonshine business is sun
somewhat active He went about quiet
y and was friendly with the noun
Jaineers who soon began 10 like him.
They excused him for his part IN the
tyranny OF taxation on the ground that
he had to make a living and was cot
bothering anybody. He went to the
EeighbOThood frOIics and Joined the boys
in telling yarns and chewing tobacco.
He was a prominent citizen and might
have lived happy ever after but for
fool friend A schOolmate came up from
the city TO visit him and TO write some
newspaper articles.
The young visiting chap from the city
got interested in gold mining and while
ne was out dreaming up stories he was
looking for gold. The mountain people
thought it prudent TO watch him and
there was always man near, but in
visible. with a very business-Iike gun.
One day the city man got OF several
miles and was getting right close 70
moOushine still Tie man behind the
gun-also behind a big rock-dropped
two shots close by the chaps head, but
the city chap thought somebody was
hunting bears and kept on looking He
got busy with = rock that had evidently
been rounded by water and he set ali
his geology 10 work &c find out how
many ages ago that mountain was
thrown up out Of the groundwork OF
sea He found some more and sOCu saw
there was q regular streak Of them
All the ignorance This city man had
accumulated IN life time was with him,
and It led him on down hill The man
in hiding didn't want to hurt the little
chap. but he was going into dangerous
place for teacher III the Sunday school
The man with the gun plugged the city
mans left thumb, but the serene scholar
merely wrapped itup and went en-
About this time the student discovered
q little smoke and thought he had found
q volcano. He had Four shotguns and
rifles commenced an eruption and would
certainly have finished him Up If the man
on the hill mad not inUeTTered- They
blindfolded the city chap and walked
him over the hills.
The Eauger got uneasy about his
friend and, getting two or three men,
went out 10 seek him They saw q man
sitting on q rock on q high hill hand
ling a handkerchief. The mountaineers
took q shot at him and plugged his leg
They went up 10 finish him and we're
Mortified 20 find the city man. The gau-
ger got mad because the mOuutaineers
had put so many marks on his friend,
but he got the worst OF the argument
Two days later the young fellows, nearly
starved. walked into q town and then
they went home. The student has writ
ten an article on the formation OF the
mountain ranges from the bed Of the sea,
and does not know that the rocks that
caused him trouble were put there 70
guide the way TO the still-house-
Mr.. Jacob Adams. OF the Agricultural.
Department, has been telling snake
stories. He has heard lot OF them,
but this tale is one he knows something
about, because he saw the snake and
knew OF the terror it inspired Several
years ago the papers were full Of the
most wonderful yarns about q snake
down in Triune, Tenn Many enter
prising reporters had interviews with
his snakeship. and the talk OF it created
me biggest boom in whisky the State
has ever known. At last accounts the
snake was twenty-eight feet long and
still growing
There were several young men in Nal
ia Ohio. who were out Of q job, and they
conceived an idea from the big snake
stories from Tennessee They took about
twelve feet OF hose from the village fire
departments outfit and painted II up
little TO give Il the appearance Of a
serpent. Then they stuffed It little
and we're ready to 90 into the hair-rais-
ing business Every few days some citi-
zen would run into town with his hair
standing like a porcupine's bTistles and
MS tongue out Before falling on the
street he would say, q seen it." and
they all understood. It went on that
way for months. and every citizen took
good care 10 always have bottle handy
The snake craze finally got so bad
that the inhabitants were in terror lest
the reptile should swallow q house or
blockade the street, and they organized
& gun company. Trained and tried vet
Grams Of the war enlisted for the fray.
babe their folks an affectionate fare
vel. and went down to the corner 10
irrfgate with snakebite medicine The
party went out several times. but was
unable TO find his snakeship- About
every TWO hours. however, somebody
would come back at a two-forty gait
and say, Il seen it
The young rascals worked that piece
Of hose with q string until cold weather.
and then took It down the main street n
state parade
Two young ladies employed in the
specification division OF the Printing
Omce are soon TO make trip 10 Eu-
rope. They viii be gone for several
weeks and viii visit many OF the prin-
cfpaI places IN the Old Country The
ladies' are Miss Jessie Dumble and Miss
Sarah Cromiein. They viii visit Miss