El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-06
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Frederic
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through European towns which have
gates and collect octroi duties, as in
Paris This same trick was successful
~ worked in a southern city for a long
time. Many Of the best citizens were
unduly merry at unseen1y hours and
the town marshal was quite distraught-
He watched carefully and found that
the leading enthusers were prone 10
talk DER much with q negro drayman,
who had no packages in his wagon
Frying around the cart he found the
horse collar was a hollow mockery OF
prohibition but a source of great COM
fort TO the unregenerate. The drayman
s now serving Is months in the work
house
States rights and United States
rights are a big help to bootleggers.
The stratagsm Of having a barroom on
the lire between two states and having
the bar on wheels to be pushed from
one state into the other a the call Of
danger or arrival Of deputy sheriffs,
IS old but still effective. It is used
nowadays on boats more than on
wheels. posse Of Arkansas officials
attempted to raid a floating saloon do
ing large business in dry town last
year and met a full-fledged battle The
aquatic bootleggers won the day and
escaped in their gasoline saloon. It, is
said that the first shaatyboat built on
the Mississippi was made for the pur-
pose Of dispensing liquor contrary to
law, and there are still shanty5oats en-
gagged in the same business.
Actors Thirst Quenehed.
party Of actors on their way to
New York got off the train at dry
town in North Carolina this. fall Fiji
teen minutes was the stop at this sta
tion and II had been spent by an arid
actor in trying to find a speak easy
Seeing negro on the platform who
was stomping around with wooden
leg, he called: Boy, go get US two
pints Of liquor" 'Yessir." replied the
obliging cclored person, as ne hobbled
around the corner Of the station The
actor. fearful the train would leave,
followed and saw the willing servitor
adjusting pint bottles to a concealed
faucet in his wooden leg and drawing
the required amount
The genuine boOtlegger is the man
who carries his supplies concealed
about his clothes. The customer ap-
proaches, brushes against him casual
", takes bottle out Of the pocket OF
the dealer and drops the price into the
same pocket. A stranger in a Maine
city in the midst of 4 reform wave,
brushed against a man who had been
recommended as a bootlegger and tried
to get drink in the usual way The
dealer did not know him and, in fact,
had gone out of the business. He rails
ed an outcry and had the stranger ar
rested The Investigation that follow
ed resulted in the reformed and retired
Illicit dealer being convicted and SEN
fenced.
The story is told of a well known
boctlegger in Kansas who ran a fake
drug store. He had lust enough empty
bottles. and some filled with flour. to
give the place the proper legal appear
ance- He happened to be in the store
one day when his mother called up.
rs that you. Dick27 she asked. ssYes.
ma Dick, tell your clerk TO send me
quart Of earbolic acid for spring
cleaning I'm sorry, ma, but don't
think we have drop in the house. was
the answer "Oh, 1 forgot. replied the
old lady. I'll send to a regular drug
store for It" Comment on the kind Of
drug store operated by Dick is I'M
necessary.
Called By Many Names.
Whisky has been called all sorts Of
names. both by its users and opoosers.
So has beer, which is known in some
places as nectar. in others as pear cider
and others as ambrosia- In one state
which had some counties wet and some
dry, it was customary for a man want
ing drink TO go 10 the local merchan-
dising place when the town was dry
ard ask for load of locust posts. If
he was served with whisky and made
TO protest, all well and good. If he
did not happen TO be drinker. the
clerk pretended to have made a mis-
take and assured him the locust posts
would be forwarded the next day This