The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-07-19

UbUEut ltE TWO OOlla.. N gallon. ana
ale and haru cider. ana hr gave his
hands drink once 300 while. and e.
took a drink of pur" stuff himself
IL he needed T. His fdr hands were
sober and industrious aud happy and
would work as louG as tur farmer
would Now the hands have tu buy
poisoned whisNey. the, get crazy
drunk and are NOT worth what Is
paid them and The iamcr gets
skate on when he comes to town and
drives his team over stone fence.
I asked man who S. noted cam.
paign speaker during state and nation
n campaigns in Maine. what his oN.
p,ritucc was on prohibition. and ho
told me OF one incident tu s.ow nov
some prohibitionists practice one
day he spoke at Bangor and the pro.
hibitiOn farmer askcI him ont To nj.
farm to stay day Soon after his ar.
rival the farmer said Judge. don't
you want TO see a good horse The
Judge said he would .Ik, tu. and they
went out to the barn aui the farmer
''ucd little cupboard. and produced
bottle of whiskcy and two glasses.
and they had a drink ana the farmer
said. or course ! am 'ur pru. ibIuon.
but I think little good stun once In
while is life saver, SD ! keep little
out here but woul lut have mother
and my son John know about II for
anything The jude sand ne WOull
keep mum about II. and me- went To the
house and sat on Tho ycrludd while
the farmer was dOiug the chores.
Pretty soon the son loan asked the
nudge il he didn't want to see the best
Jersey ul In Maine and the judge
said Il would please him very much SO
they went out to the barn and looked
the bull over. John opened a chest iu
a box stall. and produced a bottle an .
two glasses. and they mad d. ak, and
John said. Since | p1' back from cor
lcgc / always keep a little good whis
key. for company. but ! wouldn't like
to have dad and mother know about
: IL, for they are strong prOhibitionists.
The Judge said he would keep 1t to
himself John went about feeding the
cattle. and &c iudEo Went into the
house and sat down Zoo rocker. wncn
the old lady said Judge. uou't YOU
get awfully tired going around speak
ing so much?' The Judge sail IL did
sort of make him weary, but someone
had to go around saving the country.
The old lady said. 81 avn a prohibitions
list. all right. but always have a lit
/ tie cw England rum in the house for
/ sickness. Now, judge wouldn't YOU
| like little hot rum. with honey ana
wormWood in II. just 90 rest YOU o. ~
/ The Judge said ne would never tC
/ it If she would fix him mp a 'Dt rum
and honey. but she might leave ont
/ the wormwOod. She said she most
always let ont the wOrmwood herself
/ but She often took a little rum ana
i honey, because it rested hcr So snc
fixed up couple of hot drinks hand
/ ed one To judge, looked our o' the
window To see that nobody was liable
/ to come i'm and she and the judge had
I a nice sociablc drink. II Wouldn
/ have papa and John know thar / kept
rum in the house, because they are
great pruhibtiouists," said She, and
the Judge said ne wouldn't mention
/ II. In telling me about it he said
there was a girl of nineteen in the
family, and he expected every minute
that she would invite him out 10 see
the chickens, and ask him If he didn
want a Scotch highball. And so h
is everywhere In daine. Everybody
that wants to, pruhibitionists or other
wise, has no respect for the liquor
law and violates 10 all the time.
talked with AN classes Of people In
regard TO the alleged prohibition ir
Maine. and every last one of then
said the law was farce and was keep
] s.. la
class. and running her business.
asked one prominent manufacturer o
? Bangor I'm what respect the law wa
, hurting the business OF Maine, and n
, spoke of the summer resort hotels Ii
particular. lie said the time was Whel
the Maine summer resort hotels wer
/, filed with famili,- from Cana Ia, iron
, New York. New England, the west am
, south, and they spont money lavishll
p drank wine an their meals II they wan
p ed 20. uatrouilcd liyerics. and had
/ good time, and went away with goo
, words for rup climate, the pure 100
and water. and engaged rooms for In
I next year, landlords We're rich. the
I kept the hotels painted up, and every
. body felt good lI. says now chat an
70 resort hotel iu Maine, expect Port,an
. Springs hotels. which are owned J.
- the rich Poland springs water people
r can be bought cheap, because the oil
, crowd do not come to them. The oil
/, guests feel as b. Maine had got to D.
! too narrow and .t they want 10 tax
I a drink they have to perjure then
10 selves, or bribo sOme one 10 yiolat
, the law and they run chances OF uein