Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1883 — Whisky in a Tree-Top. [ARTICLE]

Whisky in a Tree-Top.

A witness in a “moonshine” case, tried in Louisville, Ky., told how the whisky trade is carried on down on Green river: “I wanted a few gallons, and went to Davis and told him how much ‘I wanted. ” “Did Davis let you have the whisky ?” the prosecutor in-* quired. “Oil, no!” the witness replied. “Did you take it away from the still yourself?” “No, indeed.” “Well, how did,you get it?” “I went away and returned in about an hour and found the liquor in a tree-top.” “Who put it there?” “Can’t say.” “Who did you pay for it ?” “Don’t know. All I know is that I got my liquor.” Oct West, the cellar is the place to go in time of a cyclone* and when a man has a barrel of cider in the cellar, it's surprising how many times a day he thinks there’s a cyclone.