Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1898 — Prohibition That Prohibits. [ARTICLE]

Prohibition That Prohibits.

Whatever the deep-water sailor’s inclinations and habits may be he gets no liquor to drink at sea, unless it comes from aft and Is dealt out to him. When the men that make up the crew go aboard, which they do just before the ships sail, their traps are searched, and if whisky is found It goes usually over the side; sometimes the captain takes charge of it and deals if out to the men in bad weather. It might be possible for a sailor to smuggle aboard a little whisky, enough ‘to last for a day, but after that he would be most likely a total abstainer until the ship reached port.