The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-16
A GnEAT Rfnp.

A dssp&tch from vermiiiion. 6. D.. to The New York World conveys fhis fn- terestinx bit of informatiops
 Bscasss Of the sudden ana remark sbie rsappearance mDDn the Missouri river Of a whiskey laden steam boat. State is looking forward to gio- ricps spree. Already hundreds of tblrsty Individuals have attempted to get si tbs fifty sarrsls ef shiry six, when # went down.
 Owing to the mud and sand that have stopped the passage ways. tae sscn ss reached. The boat is the Morth Alabama. and it was bound for Sioux City to the Yellowstone district with 4 cargo Of flour and whiskey when # struck snag and went down siA miles
 The rise Of shs boat that has InIn so long in the river bed is practically ssa ssafnra lb@ sanE | hss besn lined with yisi, tors attracted by tbf spectacle It is thought one Of fhss many undercurfenfs of inc river carried away deposits of sSowiaz sine snz' Il As.s ,o riss s the ownership of the whlskev ls now unknown U will belong 10 those who carry II away.
 we have several times before seer nenfion made of this remarkable and nnnnsnfous resurrection but we have not nerstofore paid much attention to #, but this report reads as If there might be scmethlnw in the story. ana also, it Is hoped. in the barrels It n. nsf be a novel sight to see the banks nf the old Missouri lined with fhirsfi- Iy expectant cftizsns. like flock Of Suzzards watching a dying animal waiting fer e chance at that three dozen year old whiskey. How their eyes glitter and their mouths water st the mere anfieipatt0s of tiie ely. sian enjoyment te bs obtained when the time comes for the barrels to be opened and cups to be inserted If re- minds us of that old poem about Hans hreitman's Party which started on something like this;
 Hans Brsiiman gfvd barty--
 I tell you it cost him Gear:
 Dey rolled tn more as fourteen kegs
 Of fo5st-rats beer.
 And ven dey knocked der rphigots in
 Der Deutehers Gfvd cheer.
 when they get a spigot into one of tbose old barrels and the liquid amber begins 10 flow, there wiff be cheer that will reverberate mp and down the banks Of the Missouri ( and awaken echoes that have slept since the var whoop of the red man ceased to dis turb the silence.
 We are net Informed as 10 where the whiskey was manufactured. but the fact that the boat was named North Alabama is sufficient guarantee that the contents were good. even while new. What then muat be the excellence of the iiquor after 1t has been nieiicwed and purified by lying under water for E,ore than generation7 IL will glide down tho tfroate of the thirsty Da- kofans like a sressed sled on down grade, and if it iH haEded out free, we are badly mistaken if there will not be needed q corps of ambuiances to ccn- vsy the beastfied imbibers to their bones.
 Bnt the fact that this whisikey will belong to those who can carry 1t of suggests some interesting possibilities. Az soen as it Is ready for distribu- ton. there win be rush like m ava innche for the first drink and we can fsiriy imagine ths punched eyes and broken noses that will be in evidence shortly after the fun begins. We won der. in consideration of the name of the boat if q wee drop of the stuff mightn't find it's way down into this part of ths Lniyerae.