Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1881 — Hew They Get a Drink in Maine. [ARTICLE]

Hew They Get a Drink in Maine.

“ Whiskey in Maine,”says Neal Dow “is carrid in small bottles in the pockets of the liquor rellers and deatl out upon the sly; it is pui into tdh pote, placed upon the. kitchen shelf; it is uuilt into the walls of houses, in tin cans, with a small rubber pipe by which to draw it off; it is concealed in small bottles in the bed; it is concealed in bottles under the floor, put there through a trap that can only be reached by removing the bed; it is concealed in small flat bottles in the ash pit under the ovens of cooking stoves; it is hidden in wells, attached io strings fastened some inches below the surface of the wafer; it is buried in manure heap*; it is hidden under the floor of the pigsty; it is hidden away upon the fiat roof of the house, access to it being only by a ladder through a scuttle; it is hidden in attics, under the floor and in cellars buried in the earth.”

Iu accordance with a decree of court and order of eale the 1., D. & Craibyad has passed iuto the hands of holder* of bond* of the road, and a new company na» been organized under the style of the Chicago & Indiiauapolis Air Line. Mr. Kent, the President of the old company, occupies the same position in the new, as, also, does Colonel Yeoman, the posi" tiou of Superintendent. What the intentions of the new company are is at present unknown, but it is fair to presume that the change in the organization will effect no especial change in the final completion of the road to Chicago. All accounts contracted by Mr. Yeoman have been paid, or are in process of liquidation, which makes a showing of fairness that should, and will redound to his credit, personally, and start the new company off with tiie confidence o" our people. The Times would be pleased to give its readers a full, detailed account of the intentionsoi the new company, k ut - r k.\j inese tact are not obtainable, owing to the fact that the opinions or our citizens and those of the company are at variance, the former believing that the transfer of property in which they have such a large monied interest should be done after the fullest explanation in which the cause of the change should be thoroughly understood, while the company seems to think the masses are assess, who have no interest in the matter, except to issue bonds and pay interest. We do not wish to be misunderstood as inferring that the interest of our citizens are iu any especial danger, in fact we have strong hopes that the change .will be beneficial iu the future, as it has already been to those who hold accounts against the road, but we are positive that the public would be better satisfied, and that it could iu no wise injure the future of the road, if there was less secrecy in the matter. In the early construction of the road, the contractors, Yeoman, Hegler & Co.and our people enjoyed each others’ confidence, the pros and cons were discussed, and, if the contractors were embarrassed, our citizens promptly responded with their aid and sympathy. Yf these relations could now be enjoyed between the present company and eur people, we are of the opinion that they would reeult mutually beneficial. —Delphi Times.