Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1893 — LIQUOR IN THE PLAISANCE. [ARTICLE]

LIQUOR IN THE PLAISANCE.

Savages and Oriental Tribes . Acquire a Love For Strong Drink. There is likely to be considerable trouble among the savage and oriental tribes on the Midway Plaisance before the close of the Fair as the result of their sadden and inordinate love for liquor. Already it has been found necessary to send several of the savages back-home because of their inclination to run amuck after loading themselves up with intoxicants. The savage Dahomeyans. Who never knew the taste of beer until their arrival in Chicago, have developed a capacity for the amtfer fluid equal to that of the German workers in a brewery. Lately it has been found necessary to put two or three cases of beer in sight of the platform before they begin theirgdauces and other performances, and as soon as the program is ended the semi-naked heathens make a rush for the supplies, and, dexterously forcing the corks, insert the neck of the bottle between their teeth and keep.it thereuntil the contents are entirely exhausted. A repetition of this program at frequent intervals during the day puts them into a hilarious mood by dusk, and strict precautions have been found necessary to keep them from breaking away from the village and raising a row in the Plaisance. Many of the Moors and others have also taken a fancy to whisky and other strong drinks; the viler the quality the more they like it. and the greater the amount they dan gel away with. Fears aro expressed that these conditions will some day lead rd a general emeute in the thoroughfare.