The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-31
EdItor The AdvertIse

Editor The Advertiser:
 Senex was neither drowned by the water wave pr nipped by the dry frost Of the desert-nor killed by an auto- cataleptic or hypnotic state-in q trance--had visions. He dreamed that lie was boy again. drinking persim- mon beer-that was beerLand eating was better than lager, and little more beer.
 when I awoke my dream was dissi- pated by a drink of near beer land not very near eitherl. a snare and delu- ston! Again l dreamed that was eS farm house where In sight was an orchard of golden. mellow apples, some of which had been pressed Into sweet, delicious cider which was freely of- sfered by the host to his visitors luscions SFsa%sS grapes .ses and S the wins press from which fiowed the rich juice a be. neficent Creator had bountifully stored away for the delectation of man. l drank some and found that 1t was ex- hilarating, but not intoxicating and not amenable to the pure food laws.
 ] awoke and found that wine was tabooed. the vineyards were destroyed by law. instead of eneouraged;; that whereas Jesus Christ had by a miracle converted water into wine the car michael bill had converted wine into water. (And Carmichael Is not Cover nor of Alabama after alb
 fell into another trance and dream ed that l had been indicted Tor vtolat- ing the Sunday law by ceiling incau- that tv day M of rest; then was arrested in Pensacola Gan old Spanish town' at that) by the Sherin for reading news paper on Sunday. q was not inform amusement on the Sabbat11.) s r then dreamed that was arrested in ADniston by the police for taking drink Of water fr9m an empty " Dot.as sas cret detective of the law. and order ieague.) I know senator T1llman sym pathizes with me. for we are all watch : service detectives of Roosevelt, and private citizens<by the law and order league. There are spies in, your house; watching every move. dreamed that Governor Conner was ln- jured in 6 railroad wreck. but had no reclamation for damages by reason of found that he had been damaged in his mind instead of body by newspaper H. in court for the wreck. of his feelings. bent, liberally said, ''You are damaged 1 cent"
 was then. transported Gin my wis. ionl to the island Of Patm9s Path 3s. h n,vIne the had his wonderful visions He showed me the seven golden candlesticks and kindly. by aid of his telescope. the sew sn wonders of the world. and rSios,, of Ehiea e, Rhodes, made of brass: and while looked the Colossus fell, crumbled and disintegrated; with another sweep of the telescope viewed Scictly and saw Cyclops at his work in Messina; (this was before the earthQuake);. he was forging 8 pitehfork (this was of steeD with three prongs; then l saw him Sl, snTo xxri,a fhAlUhf man of clay. but afterwards found it was Ben Tillmau who had punctured the body of @ man or nesh and blood states. From this wound biood-poison set In (his mind was already potsonedl and a cabinet meeting decided to send him to a sana torium in Africa foi treatment.
 Then I was translated back to Amer lea and found a great change.
 I found that 1t had become a pater- nal government. that people must look to the State and Federal govern ment for everything as child looks to it's parents for sustenance, destroy ing all individual effort or experi- | ment; that sumptuary laws were pop ular prescribing what we must not eat. nor drink. nor Withaii shall not be clothed and how to plant corn. DO. tat0es and onions. That 1t was not lawful for women to wear shoes With pointed at the toe sharper than tooth pick; that they should not wear rats Cor mice either) in the hair, except tadead ones: that they shall not wear 1 bracelets on their arnqs. or carry hand bags in the street; that the maidens must not flirt, smile at or use any l fascinating or seductive influence tC eapitave the unsuspecting males; and that young widows must not supplant i the maidens by their experience 1T
 That married men should not stay at the club later than 10 o'clock al night under pain of certain lecture or a cold breakfast; that it is un' lawful for young men and boys t smoke a pipe. on the street (unless I l is a Meerchaum or mere sham); tha 1t is highly improper for young meI to stand on the sidewalks at cornel ] drug stores with their hands in theil pockets to agle and criticise the pret ty girls as they pass.
 | l was dazed and wondered Whethel II was in Russia or free America
 whether in old England of the six
 teenth century or in Connecticut witt its blue laws. where man was fne' ten shilling for kissing his wife oi
 Sunday and five for every day in th
 week he failed to kiss her wa