The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-11-12
Postmaster Pap Perkins Story About a
Temperance Drink.
BY NJ. QUAD.

Hldue II Il lHlSuSuIedHpI lpL any ult ~ HS'
profane language on the public streets. 1t
had been dead letter for ten years when
tin peddler came along one day and got
into a dispute with Deacon Taylor over
how many acres of corn man could hoe
in day.
1t was all in good nature at first. The
deacon always Dragged that he had once
hoed three acres, and when he came to
put this at the peddler there was a wran-
sic 1t wasn't long before the two men
were calling names, and there might have
been fight if Others had not stepped in.
The peddler had used several oaths. and
in order to get even with him the deacon
had him arrested and fined S.
Everybody looked to see the pcddler
appeal the case and prove his grit but
when he had paid his fine he went about
IN a humble way and said
1 Lost my temper aud swore aud it vas
only right that should be fined am
very sorry that | acted 80. and | hope all
Of sou viii forgive me am satisfied
that Deacon Taylor can hoe three acres of
corn IN a day, and bear no grudge for
his having me arrested.
That was in April and the peddler was
not seen again until June Then he
showed up and said he WAS out Of the tin
ware business and had invented \ temper
ance drink for the summer season. lie
let everybody drink Of it, and everybody
said it was the bes; thing Of ,he kind
After two or thpse DAYS a stranger ap-
peared who wanted 10 talk To the people
about getting a railroad, and public open
air meeting was called
The peddler helped the thing along by
announcing that be would have a barrel Of
hi Temperance drink flee to all, and when
the crowd gathered It took in every man
IN jericho and a suod many farmers
The barrel was on tap At an early hour.
and th,>e who had ~ampl,~i before said
that the taste had improved
The speaking ilin : amount to much.
bu, the Temperance drink did Il was a
warm evening. aud the crowd was thirsty
The tin psliler filled the cups himself.
aud hls Invitations included al and we're
pressing
The speaker had been At sork abou,
iwrnly minutes when be was interrupted
by a wrapsle between Josh DAVIS and
Ebsne1er Gpoiheart Josh had Dragged
that Be could build handred RODS q ra.l
icnce IN ! day, ani EbeueEer bad a, good
a. called him 4 liAr
uu the heels uf this came a row BE-
tween Mos SehcmeshoFu and Abnyr
Green Moses bad once bought a COW %
Abnvg which died ot hollow horn within 4
week. aal be had fclJ edscws>e ever since
lie nos caliri Abnsr a villain, and Abner
called him haE and ,hry cI3nched ami
rollci a the groanj and pumneisi each
oyher
''Gsnilcneu lcl q, have peace, and let
ne again call your astcnlson 70 M vIm
uer Temperance driok, shoa,sd the ped
der, as the TWO 6ghisrs wcFe pulled apart,
and !aE a few minutes there wAs brolhcriy
loyr
Bas 10 did Hut lAs, Deacou TAyl5l
suddenly remembered that oa an osca,sou
he baaghi = load Of hay FROM Ebcnezer
GoodhcAFt and thar ti appeared 20 b. shorg
and be began to talk Ahsat it. Goodhear,
saii the has vas all night and that ans
uAn vho waald hint 10 she contrary va.
a calua
At ab0ai the .ame ume Phllrsas Hen
ierson and Darius Scott Sol ,ato ! dlspass
aboa. how much shea, il takes 60 soH 10 an
aerc, and Darius les 20 With b., right,
There werr two sights At 5ncc aud ,hey
continued ior ten minutes, and when thcy
SER over the psidlrF alled h.. cups ana
cg,ei on,
let peace aud harmony prevail. deal
friends. and meanwhile dan't forget that
this ,s the greatest summer driuk 20 the
face Of the earth ifyou have not ,riei
Il, iry it uow II yoa have tined it, TO
again
The raiiFlad u4an -ui up to ,Ivak again,
but he had ouly te-ua to tell d; the t,.ne
ils that railroad wouli he @, jericho
when Ls,h Billings wa, bitten by some
bs=iy d0g aud began To swear tie va.
tbs onIy one bitten. Lu, hl, example
Was contagious. There Vas 40 more q ghI-
ing, but men ouckei their hats ON their
ear, and ,pat over their shoulder, aud went
around braggin. aud cus,ing. Il was At,
Ierward remembered that the pe,liier and
the stranger made many jotuns> in their
Il
thought Of II at the time.
Il was / o clock before the meeting
broke up. Some Of the men went away
singing and whooying. Will. others fell
down aud vent 70 sleep aud dil nor gct
home until breakfast time.
Little business was done in town the
next day, n everybody had headache
and was weak in the knees, but ou the
second day things were lively The con
stable started out At : o clock. aud hy
sundown he had arrested about 6fly men
Some Of them were charged with fighting
aud disturbing the peace, but most Of the
warrants were for profanity. Ia every
case the tn peddler was the complainant
and the stranger lhe witness, and the ties
tImony was clear aud straight
-Four lawyers came over from DobbS
Ferry, aud It took a week To try all the
cases. Not a man got away. Il was So
fine and costs from beginning To end, and
when the last case was disposed Of there
WASH enough loose currency in town to
buy pound Of tea. It was the temper
ance drink that did it.
Ii must have cost the peddler a nice lit
tie sum for the liquors he mixed together
IN that barrel and diluted with water, but
he had his revenge on the town. He had
scarcely departed in whirlwind Of dust
and glory when the village president called
the trustees together and solemnly said:
All Of you who are in favor Of repeal
ing the ordinance against public profanity
will say l. -
Il, solemnly replied every trustee.
The Is have it, and durn that tin
peddler!
To remove wet paint from clothing
Rub the stain at once with another piece
OF the same material and the stain will en-
tirely disappear You can use another
mart nf tho yop,a ,,,,,,,,,, WI.