Evening journal., 1912-01-04

~ eforc SQuar Var
yf4or he peace. and the
squar .oTr htr f'f irty
years,
"Jab max, ou. son ere
ound
I5 e lrunk,
1t see trtt re ~ &, two
t1 Cia4i ssr aot 81 sou iioing
et V So arf ~ ou is
70 hc ns y fa ecNs "a the
funu
esd u htrl thing
irf ff atN rU.etr. Il
took a ,-..--. ntfd et years
ola SAD Il 1adc me lose my hcf1."
AS Jshe1 Nas q church memb Il, the
brethren had 6, take ap his lapse from
rr1ce. and nothing else was talked Of
fol fvo wcaks rneu. ut the instance
OF deacon Baker who had been drink
inf hard cider FOR iwerty.eight years
aa aevcr atubuei bis Toe over IL,
,,mmttee of Elk was appointed to in
ei' efe ana rsnort. They drove out
tl Sitbh'1e pllce and be drew a pail
ci der ari took them ont 20 tue barn.
.- eoscon lea or with about pint
r1 smstscd bis lips and passed the
Thcra wae wait III fifteen
axe io watch results They didn't
our ouch Deacon Black got
e.A~ln lni and threw Goodwill Jones
a ner and saul johnson turn
fhc hariio of an old tanning min
fisf ns 10 hatc tho whole thing
biN hee things were not re-
ne % 2 wac funtied and Jlbez re
En Nasa iu ga Ce drinks.
hH i4rc nefc orcgd grin after
~ III mi dgin had been taken.
VI A boto,s socn Developed Deacon
1<s4kat.. bad BEEN awyipr q bland
w ernfcc lduniy soberei up and
2ffi o. Deacon Thomas ano said:
. ~ t'saeor. durn rour hide, but l be-
1 eaai hide stones in 8 load OF
"hats that9" shouted Deacon
/Tholas Say you old hog stealer.
y ion3 YOU SO nlklnr about me or I'll
heet ogr head on"
Feaco was nude between the two
nen trt a moment later Goodwill
leqe brought Henieulin schermerhorn
rslrhtV slap between the shoulders
a1c criod out:
Hoa is Sc. Old mln-do you lick
your ,e as often aa you used toi"
p never licked het"
"f0l 'rc q harw
tnme get at himF
riere were two or three other out
hieafs but 10y and hy ihe dove Of
Duscs came. aud ai cried on one an
othefs shoulders Then Deacon Black
sicpp.d up 20 the cider pail for the
thhf time and huskuy said'
'iades and rem'ien. We have met
fo issl this hard cider question, and,
by gum. we ere eoing co 40 iti l say
Ii won't inioxicate. and lte man who
says Il WIN is n iicrF
knook bis head o1" shouted Saul
e1Ausnn.
"tn knock Tours cd iusteudr whoop-
"a Goodwin Jones
Deacon Black stopped the row by
iriuiine another pint and while the
eup was going around yaoez Stubbins
ran into the house and said to his
vlle
Hanner. you come out to the barn
SD about ten minutes and you'll see
more frn than q boss can draw"
Ho made no mistake Ten minutes
after the third pint WAS down Deacon
Black proposed q country dance. anC
ali began 20 shuttle aud cavort anC
r.ls
Abe lorserlay lasted about a quar-
fsr o' an loor. Then they fell upor
o1l a1otlcrs neeks a0d cried Ther
Deacon Hope charged Deacon Blacl
wih putting only 8 cent iu the contri
t1ioI hof The Sunday previous. and
thc er called Deacon Hope a hu-
n.n hcx Then the lghi began. II
san. al over the barn ana out into
tae sard aad over the fence and when
ended rif men lay where they had
afen au1 slept end snored.
Jfbe7 had 90 drive 70 town to gel
feir &c iced them into his wagon. and
cne hg cae hey were delivered to
tasis noihas OF course there was
more tais and It was a week before
fl4 committee reported. The substance
Df he report was:
loving 70 ihe fact ar a cyclon,
cane along and dest owed lie barn be
fore We had hn'shed our tel we can
say whether haid cider inioxicates o
nov we srgcf ST. however. that it b
kept mostly To- tln pedf'ers."
40 this day tne question is still a
onen one. and whenever an "anti
afks poscoD Rtck how he came to b
undes q hayricA fast asleep that da
his reply g..
was hiowsd cur o. q barn, sir
end lay stunned instead o. asleep, sir
and don't waOt 70 hear M more tall
about a. siri