Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 177, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1920 — ALL HE COULD DO FOR HIM [ARTICLE]

ALL HE COULD DO FOR HIM

According to Thia, Prospects of Thirsty Gent Getting a Drink Didn’t — Seem to Be Promising. “How can 1 go about It to get a drink In this town?’’ asked a recently arrived gent, who looked as if he needed irrigation. “Well,” replied the landlord of the Petunia tavern, “I’ll tell you what you mlght do: Go to thg second corner up the street,- pass around It and go to the alley about half-way, and you’ll come to a gate standing open, a crack in a fence made out of old billboard lumber. Go in through the gate and along to a cellar back of the shanty .standing In the lot, lift the cellar door and go down the steps, whistle three times, and a dirty feller will come with a lafitern. and look you over and tell you that there ain’t nothin’ doing in this dod-blasted town since the blankity-blank prohibitionists got so sizzle-fired active. This is the best I can do for you, Mr. Dryer.”— Houston Post.