The Greeley tribune., 1909-12-23
a.rUE HOUSE THAT NHiSkl
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,pd whose business ! do not care 70
rnrtb,r advertise than 10 crtuclse
.is methods. has heCn sending CIT
s,Iars To different persons IN cree
lev of late offering To snip ON pay
neut ia advance by the purchaser
h,tlIed and gallon lots OF wine prah-
Iy. whisky and gin. He informs the
-rcipient of b. s kindly attentions
tAat his establishment is THE House
mat Purity Built" and nave my
,slf received two of these circulars
Ui,hiu month | have informed
he gentleman that in this instance
40 has mistaken his man, that my
sose Is not red, and that | VIII TWIST
his il he ever presmes 10 address me
h. ever presumes to address me
again.
"The House That Purity Built!
Inst think of tat Well, | have |
eeen thinking great deal about II, |
md considering some occurrences OF
lue which never would or could have
happened except through the agency
of some such nefarious house as this
1 have concluded for the beneht OF
the younger population or Greeley ,
IN particular, TO tell in detail true |,
story, not only true 10 nature, but Z
true to the facts, all of which at the ,
time came under my observation con- {
e.,rning "house that whisky built 5
when | was u great deal younger I
han | am now, | was for a number
OF years connected with business
firm which first and last did large
sasinoss and employed many men. |
Aud as result of my long continued
rrfations with this firm | became
A. I'd
sipal and the larger share OF his "
agents. statesmen and other employees :
nom the head bookkeeper down TO b
the janitor who swept the floors ana 2.
busted the furniture in the morning, p
The head of the firm was an afable, p,
intelligent. shrewd business man, his N
were experts and his T
,alesmen we're adopts in their line be
az business: and when ! first became
associated with the institution, ana
Inr long time afterwards. the hrm 70
ms making money. But one OF
ne first things that impressed me cii
.aer getting initiated into the work tn
ug methods of the house was the ey
cntiuual odor of whisky in office and
mop and wardroom. AS the busi- Ca
less increased its effects also be- tic
anne noticeable | never saw the
manager when he seemed to me to
e under the influence OF whisky,
ut in after years | asCertaIned that thi
C had always used il freely. With
be men the effect was more appar- eyt
Mt The habit would increase upon
lem until they were no longer eff an
lent, when they would be dis
Rareed ste
A bookkeeper was one of the first
no fell by the way after | engaged Of
18th the firm. When he became alb as.
,lutely unreliable from continued 10
ssipation he lost his position. and
ears afterward ne accosted me in du
Ie street with his coat out at the
bows and his socks showing
trough the toes of his shoes. He
'ked for quarter and did not even
,cosnize who | was when | gave tie
i'm the money. Score one for whis-
= ar,
A brother-in-law of the head of the
rm had been a hard drinker for be
ears. One night at a late hour be-
lG too intoxicated to recognize his th'
vn door he knocked violently at
lat of the next neighbor There Lii
Id been an attempt to rob the house du
few nights previously and the
an being too drunk to answer di- CIR
city and intelligently to an inquiry g
ON within. the householder fired
rough the door, and killed him
ore two for whisky. sh'
The death of her brother, and
rhaps also through apprehension
to the course her husband was in
Irsuing. caused the wife to go in
ne. and she was not long after ev
ards sent to an asylum where, |
lieve, she subsequently died Score tie
rec for whisky
Another employe of the firm. an as
bright young fellow who gr
excellent work and received un-
'ualiy good wages, contrived to buy I'M
lot and, through the building and bu
an association to which he belong ito
|. built nice little home upon it.
Q had for some time been engaged
} charming young woman. and
! the completion of the house. about tn
"a beginning of the holidays that
ar, they were married and moved tn
to it. But, unfortunately, he had
10 acquired the drink habit and ey
~, with an excellent wife and a
nm Portable home already in his pos
.ssion and the prospect of a happy
lture before him proved to be more af
ian the frail man could stand
Therefore he got drunk to cele- ey
rate his good fortune, and carrying
ONE with him jug full of the ~
olson continued to fill up until he
'as seized with the deirium tre-
lens; and during a moment when .
Is distracted wife dropped on the "a
ed beside him in complete eyhaus- re
ion after watching over him Tor tc
ays. he softly arose and, top-toeing G,
D a drawer in the bureau near at ii
and. fshed up hidden revolver p,
rom it's bottom and blew out his
rains. Score four for whisky ic
The firm had large trade with /,
ountry dealers, and when one of r,
hese would visit the city to buy p
took. one or another of several spe-
ial statesmen kept for that purpose a
would, pending negotiations, take o
tim and show him "the sights" about u