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TYLER M. PEEPLES, Proprietor
VOL XIV.
p htorial brevities.
“Chef Arthur’s fishing t ae klo
will soon tackle the tish,
The number of El Mahdi’s fol
lowers is still an unsolved problem.
\t is yet doubtful what effect
W lifde s red coat will have on the
Irish bull.
One more disaster in t*lie Sou l
an, audit need not be a very lar<> - e
one, will consign Gladstone to pri
vnte life.
Judge EnJicotts grandfather
Hon. Jacob (Jrowninshield, was
secretary of the navy under Jef
ferson from 1805 to 180!).
Six sprouts of asparagus bring
SI in New 'York and it takes a sim
ilar amount of monay to buy a
dozen strawberries there.
One item of Washington gossip
Is that Garland and Endicott have
eyes upon the Supreme bench, and
will use the cabinett merely as a
stepping stout*.
The question now. says 0 Michi
gan exchange, is. What does the
West get? Friend and brother,
it is our mature opinion that
the West, in this instauce, gets
•est.
The Southern Senators who
are formulating plans to distribute
patrovage under the new /■'resi
dent appear to be a little prema
ture. Better stick to garden seed
a while longer.
Mr. Blain is described by a
Washington correspondent as be
ing vo pale as to be “absolutely
c-oloriess.” Mr. Blaine has been
associating too closely with li : s
chances for die Presidency.
The row out W est is now be
tween “rinks, rum and religion.”
A bill has been introduced in the
Minnessota Legislature forbid
ding males and females to skate
at /lie same /ime in any public
place.
It is said that New England
capitalists have invented SIOO,COO.
000 in Wescern property. New
England capital is emigra ing rap
idly both Westward and South
ward, and in beats that muscle will
soon follow it.
Says Talmage, “every ti ne a sin
is committed, conscience tolls a
funeral bell. 1 ’ This may be true
for a season in all men’s lives, but
there are some who have worked
■ heir consciences night and day
until strength to protest, much
less toll a bell, was wanting.
Only to think, but twenty-five
years since Appomattox and “retiel
brigad >erj,” upon the floors cf Con
gress singing “Dixie.” We do not
desire to throw any of the sick
bretheren in o convulsions, bat
the South is evidently again in the
saddle, and no longer parading
bareback.
A Washington cot respondent
has diseovei ed a conspiracy to de
feat all of Cleveland’s apppoint
inent th tt will cost a Republican
a place. Mr, Cleveland can defeat
this by simply Adjourning the Sen
ate after 1113 cabinet has been c on
firmed, and if necessary will nut
hesi ate to do it
Ex re ms meet. The terror of
the London police brings about
hughablo result. The story is
told that a (J.itli die lady of London
bringing homo a bo*tle of the
miiaeolous Lourdes water tor
medicinal purposes, left it tempo
rarily in a shop. It was ene'osed
iu a small iron casket, and the bus
pinions police*got hold of it. It
was carefully analyzed, repotted
to contain “a e'eir colorless liquid
and the whole thing sent to Wool
wic t to be destroyed-
State Senator Arkell, of New
York, the proprietor of the Albany
Journal, is coming South upon a
p ousure tour, acconmpttnied by a
number of Republican editors.
Ho has chartered a car and will
travel in the ideal editorial style.
Georgia editors who take black
jack, pine knots, watermelons and
potatoes >n payineu' for subs cr
tions will hardly be able to enter—
taiu these high flyers, but, faey can
sit cu the fences and see <Lem go
y.
*ht riitgel In Disguise-
A happier, prouder little wo
man than J/rs, Rose, when a/ the
last deed of a house and homo in
her own name was given her by
Tom., you nevsr saw. To be sure
it had been bought to a subject to
a moitgaged by a wealthy up conn
try stock-raiser, who let out hi s
money that vay ; that, together
with the fact that it was liable to
foreclosure now at any time was
the only drop of bitterness in the
ciip ; and wiitn that was paid off,
bliss would be running ever, But
meanwhile, what a model bouse
and heme was to Ie ; outside, a
blessing so the eye of iLe passer
by ; and irslde, a paradise to the
dweller ; and all i s work to run
on a perfect system, and the ser
vants to adore her !
Then as for lhe nieghborhood
in what hospitality Blossombank
was to glory—always a fork laid
at the table for aD otherwise un
expected guest, guests always
welcomed ihe bouse
a refuge for all the human race
who should claim it. And if a
baby should be hung in a basket
on the door i andle, oh, heave ns j
what joy ! And if a traveler
should break Lis leg in the street
and be bronght in for weeks of
healing then joy ,'gain—it might
be angel in disguise ! And in
tru h much of her purpose was
fulltilled ; the place abounded iu
hospitality ; the neighbors did
love to run in; the servants
did adore her. The sisters and
brothars and husband chaffed
Mrs Rose a little, but on tne whole
Blossombank for all its mortgage
was a nest ot happiness. Yet
when the travelor did come he did
not look like a“ angel in dis
guise
They were at tea —one of .heir
ordinary’, tens whi h, when the fa
ble was full, the rest- sat about
where they could, and all was gay
and happy as if there was not
a mortgage in the world —When
Mandy, the table girl, whisp ti
in Mrs. Rose’s ear some words
that made ilia' laughing lady’s
face look grave a moment, and
then irradiate with ineffable bappi
“Oh, what is it now Rose ?”
cri<d Belli. “I know you’ve just
heard ot some horrible case of
distress by your face.”
“Awful!” said Rose, rising—
“Awfutl A poor man struck
with paralysis in his wagou out
by the gate.
Paralysis in his wagon V * said
Sarah who was always amused by
Rose's agonies.
“Paralysis !” said Bello
“I suppose so. Mandy says
bis horse stopped at the brow of
: ihe hill ”
“Th it lie did, mem, and won’*
| bilge. Aud there's a dozen men
, and boys out there, and two of
I them has cliined the wagou and
shook tiiui lie’s as sound as a log.
The Seven Sleepers cou dnT wake
him.”
“The poor fellow !’’ said Airs,
j Rose, “Just think bow dreadful
I Away from home, nobody know
ing who he is or where he belongs
struck down in the dark, Oh it
makes my blood run cold about’it
We mustn’t s'.atiu talking about
it and be perhaps dying. ’
And Rise was hurrying to the
j door and out into the May night
I chili and dusk, without hat or
I shawl, and everybody was fiock
j ing after her.
•‘Oh he has certainly had a
stroke !” said Rose, as she clam*
ered clown from the wagon
where the figure sat bolt-up
right iron, immutable, head
fallen Ou the oreast, the only sign
of life being the heavy stertorous
breathing. ./Vot all the shaking
and hauling of stout persons, who
had jumped on the o her sh.e
produced the lightest effect on
the sleeper.
“Lift him out.” said Mrs. Rose
to Stout, you ana the rest of yon
as gently as yon can and bring
him iD, and ilmu lead the horse
into tile yard and call William
to take care of him. I know Mr.
Evacs will wish it. '-lßdeed,”she
added to the fl .ek behind her, “I
don't sej that there’s anything
eke to do and she tripped iu
OIJH OWN SECTION V, . I.ABOH FOR ITS ADVANCEMENT
LAWRENCEVILLE. GA. MARCH 10 18S5.
light footed and in what under
the circumstances, would 1 a*e
passed for a state of es a “y, to
hare a cot brought down Wo the
pretty little reception iwm, be -
cause ii was the nearest th dooi
the teak table, the pride of her
heart, with its groat elephantine
curves, pushed aside, pillows an 1
b'ankets brought down, and hot
water made ready. And nfer tiiet
insensible form was brought in
and the men were taking off the
outer garmen's. she lnrs< f was
tearing bandages, and stiiing up
mustard and white of egg, paus
ing only to run in with the 0)1-
ogne )ottle as the men boro him
along, which, however, slu drop
fed, spilling every particle of the
eontens, and scattering about the
ordoi of Araby the Blest.
And then the poultices were
put on—Stout Batsons arranging
one on the pit of the Ptonmch. and
she herself binding them upon
tlie soles of his feet and the back
of the neckandupon Lis wris'B and
that done 1 turning to dispatch
Wiliam for the doctor five miles
off. During the whole opera
ion the mao remained lifeless as
a log , but for the 'heavy breath
ing which had a frightful sound as
it'rattled dirough tile house
“I don’t know how to do any
thing more fid the doctors come,’
fc’dj little Mrs. Rose. “The pool
man, atul his family utterly iguov-
Rnl of where he is, and wonder
mg, and 1 okingout for him all
night! Not a letter or any
thing about to tell his name, did
yon say Stout ? Well all v. o can
do is to wai f ,”
“1 must say Ros ,” said Ler sis
ter, May, “I think you mod un
wise not to let William get into
the wagon, drive this perton to
the first tavern. Here you have
him saddled on ills house for an
indofini/e illness.”
“Nonsense!” said Rose, rock
ing herself in all the conttirmem
of duty done; 1 should have felt
his Wood on my head if I had
done differently.”
“And a sickuess,” resumed May
“that may last for months before
be eau be moved and perhaps
death and buiial here after all
and the house full of gloom and
the carpets spoiled and—”
“And.” said Sarah, “all for an
individual nobody knows any thing
about.
“He may tie an angel in dis
guise.” said Rose looking up earn
estly.
And every body laughed
loud enough to wake the sleeper
if anything could ..have waked
him.
‘‘l'm sure I don’t see what
you've laughing at,” she said in
dignantly. “Suppose he can’/ be
moved for months, thal woul l be
a pretty scrape for him, then, if
he were in a tavern, witli such
care as he would be likely tc have
and ail the expense.”
“And nobodv knows if be has a
ce.it to bless himself with,” said
.May, who seemed decidedly of an
agnostic tendency in relatii n to
the stranger.
“What an absurdity May 1 And
that sttberb Abda Hah horse and
a really fancy team to speak for
him. He may be rol i.ig in mon
ey-'’
“He’d been rolling in mud by
this time if tho Abibih/lar hadn’t
stopped,” said Sarah.
“1 should think you Mid Tom
were tolling in money.” interject
ed gra ndmotner.
“But, mother, having to leave
anything to, why shouldn't we en
joy as we go ? ’
“There’s Louisses children,’ was
the severe response.
I can see as exactly what is
passing in your mind Rose.” said
Sar ib, “as if I were a trance tried
inm. You have measured this
Abdallah and the fancy that he it;
a millionaire wlio is going to be
oveicome wit h gra nude, and give
you a diamond necklace, and a
government bond or two, and
leave you a fortune in the end.”
“as if millionaires were ever ta
ken that way !” said Belle. For
my part, I had ra her ha ve out
dances. ’’
t And thereupon Rosa burst
into tears and ran out of the
room
She ran into Torn’s arms, Torn
just opening the door; and of
i o tr-to the hysterical ietirs had to
1 e . xiDined.
“And don’t you think ! did just
right Tom Airs e ended:”
•*h xacllv right.”
‘•There !" cried rose the tears
and smiles and blushes sparkling
!ogt t’ < r.
••Only puhaps, you had best
ta., c Le silver up stabs eoutimieU
Tout, with gracious condecen
siens.
"Brecitely what f I say !" cried
grandmother. “And I shan't
sleep a wink to 1 ight w idi ta per
son like that in the house. Who
ia; tell but wlmt be is eounter
fe.tilig ”
Counterfeiting ! ltvplied Rose
i idicuantly.
“Ves, counterfeiting apoplexy
now to rise in the middle of the
night and cut our throats in our
beds
••Why should he do that ?” said
Rose, seriously. 1 will lot all the
blivet stay down stairs, and let
him uiaite off with it and leave ns
safe.’
‘Allihe silver down stair !”
cried the elder lady. The silver
that I enherited fiv.ui my great
grandmother, heirloons in /lie fam
ily for almost two hundred years !
I was good enough for me to use
all my life but I suppose you want
some new. Not a spoon of it do
you leave down. Bose, you take
tin silver io your own room, and
take the consequences of i: alter
ward.”
“Mol her, mother,” Said Tom.
“As for my part,’ continued his
mother, disregarding his voice, “I
am going over to Louise’s where
they don t give tramps the best
loom in the house. And you may
wait upon me, Tom. Driven out
of my own son’s house by the
whims and vagaries of my daugh
ter And grandmother
bustled about for a shawl aud
hood, and actually set on/ for
Louise’s.
“Oh!” cried Rose, sitting down
again, the better to enjoy her
tears. “Was ever anybody so un
lucky!! Here, just doing a ctnii
moniy Caristian act makes a row
in the family. I should like to
be mistress of my o.vn house for
one day and night just to see how
it would feel! But my sisters
and my sister-in-law, my hus
band—”
“And your husband-iu-law,”
said Tom. stooping and picking
her up.
“It’s all the husband I have,”
sobbed Mrs. Rose. “Aud if he is
going to turn against me because
/ ve taken in a poor wayfaring—”
“A poor wayfaring man of
God,” sang Sarah, full of mischief
“Come now, Rose, if you don't
put on the compress you’ll have a
hysteric and be earned off to bed,
and nevtr have the pleasure of
seeing your wayfarer arrive.” And
soothed by Tom, aud vexed by
lie "ills, Rose put cui the com
pre-s and went to see if her charge
could swallow a little beef extract
while 7Y in sauntered in/o the re
ception loom to lift the man's
eyelid and observe wbeher its pu
pil contracted b sere, light con
cerning which if he came to any
conclusion he did not aunounce it
ns In sauntered out ag rn.
■‘l’m afraid n’s of no use, poor
fellow,” said his sister Sarah, as
the half tea-spoonful of beef ex
tract .occasioned noaet'on. “Now
ltosc, you're all tied out with your
efforts and excitement, and nerves
uud things, and you go to bed and
I’ll sit up here and call you if
if you know if anything hsp
[tens
“Well, i guess I shall leave you
al,me note ail night with a dying
man! said Rose. “\Va wont
either of us sit up. We’ve done
our share. Til give Stout a dol
lac and he shall sit up. Now,
T m, let us have some oysters and
a glass cf sheriy; we need it. b
s crus a little too bad, though, for
»s to be merry making and dnt
poor soul in there just passing
through the awful gates!"
All the same they did. “A per
fect old mau of the sea it ietobe.”
said her sister May, “if y ou go on
t,o about him." And they had
some hot soup uud cherry and
oysters: and Stout took a big arm
chair for the night, prepared to go
sound asleep as “0011 as the beib
room doors closed, and by eleven
o’clock, felling the; had done all
they could in the absence of the
doctor, the family a' andoned them
selves to dreams.
It was a little past the first, of
the wee suin' hours. Stout thought
when he was a.vakened from bis
own musical slumbers by a strange
sound, or rather cessation of
sound, and for a moment his tleah
crept, The dying man was sit
ting up in bed and was tearing
frantically at his neck, Bis wrists,
his ankles, the solos of bis feet
and was talking to himself as
Stout expressed it, like a bonne
fire.
“Jerusalem! where’vo 1 got to?'
he muttered. “Have T died? Am'
is this "
“No, it ain't,” sai 1 Stout.
“Well, diet), Ini burning up
■alive, l tell you!’ said the stran
ger, tearing away at his mustard
plasters. "Here's the back of my
neck a condexned cinler; my
wrists are blisters; in / feet feel as
if Hi y d been walking on red ho
grindlrons If this ain’t, there
where is it!'
' “It’s a place called Blossom
bank,” said Stout, “owned by the
Evanses, whom you were taken
in—”
“And done for,” groaned the
j iniin. “How in time ant I going
to walk on these feet? IT ey are
a solid blister, //oweame 1 here,
anyway?” he replied.
Stout got up and shut the door
and leisurely told him, enjoying
his sketch of his little neighbor.
Mrs, Rose, and the by-play of tue
’ rest of tue family.
“Drunk, by gracious!” said the
patient? “Who’ll have thought a
quart of cider would do all that?
Rut you never can tell what cider
on top of clauis will do; remember
that, young man. Especially
when it is seven years old.
guess’there was a li/fle stone fence
in ihat cider.”
“A little," said Stout, dryly.
“At loabt I thought so when we
brought you in.”
“Anybody but a meddlesome
fool would hftvo let me alone.
Howeves, Good Samaritan sort of
people here, I reckon?”—as he tug
ged at his last bandage.
“Sort of new at it,” said Stout.
“Good plaything, that nor/ of
Zbing OutgiowK it when they
find just about how grateful folks
are.”
“They’ll find just about how
gra/eful 1 am!” said the stranger.
“Setting evety drop of blood in
my body into blazes! I’ve half
a mind to set lire tc their old rook
ery of a house. What did you say
it was celled?”
“Blossombank. Tom Evans,
you know; held in his wife’s name
Mrs, Do.se.’’
“/I’m! h’m! Little woman, vel
low curls, brown eyes? I’ve seen
her sometin es going by—looks
like my Nell that died and they
thought I had apolexy,” said the
stranger, after a pause, “Ann
didn’t know me from u side of
sole! r ather ? And had me fetched
into the- 1 house for better or
worse? Thai’s about the breadth
of it.”
(‘About, said Stou*.
“Put up my horse?”
“Certain.”
“Look here. I suppose for fifty
cents you'd go «ut and put my
Jiorse in. and help me limp a’ong?
Curse the luck! I should think
I’d been raked upon a bed of hot
co,d»: That’s a Christian ftllow.
II m! Pen and Ink round here?”
he asked gazing about. “H’m!
Leave ’em a line to tell ’em what
J think ol their tearing the skin oil
the soles of my feet, aud give it to
! ’em iu the morning!’
“I don’t want to lie hu ting
Mrs, Rose’s feelings,” said Stout
••\Ve k'nJei like li e Evanses.”
"You do as you're are bid, and
no questions asked. You ch it’
get fifty cents every day tor tha
There!” .luff he thing down the
pen he bud been using, and lettu
folded paper in Stout’s hand. And
then Stout put his shoulders un
der the mdidnaut person s arms,
and helped him through thedinning
room a..d passages and kitchens,
| and out (he back door and into
his wagon, hitched in the hors
took the fifty cent piece, bade the
JOHN T. WILSON, JR , Publisher
stianger good bjgut, and return
ed and laid the folded paper a,
what he judged ught to be Mm
Ri se's place at the breakfast table
which Mandy. with bar customary
provision, had laid overnight, as
ter clearing off the fiagmentaof
the previous banquet.
*[t was at the peep of day that
Mrs. Rose, throwing on her wrap
per, thrust her feet into her liUle
slippers, and orapt down stairs
//et eyes were but half open, but
they sprang wider a t the vision of
the reception room. Stout's
(Inir was empty, theco, was emp
ty, the carpet was strewu with
dried mustard plasters and torn
bandages and pins and strings—•
liersacied reception room! For
mi instant she stared about her,
and then sprang fortliobaek door
It. was open; the yard was erayty.
She bolted Hie door, and came
back through tue dining room in
bewilderment over theabstrrctiou
of this dying paralytic, and she
pans' d.
Do you think Mrs. Ilose was a
fool, that sue should not kuow
what the paper was wlteu she look
<*d it over? Had she not figured
to herself a thousadd times how
such a paper would look when
their ship came in? The appari
tion that, flashb'l through Saruh’s
room and Mary’s room, and would
have liked to run over to Louise’s
and startle griutdm Jlitr, and that
wound up proceedings in her own
room, was flourishing a legal docn
incut and crying out, he
was an Angle in Disguise! and I
said to' And what do you think
this is? 7’om! oh, Tom! it is
our mortgage, and it is discharged
An I that man was the man that
held it, and he was coining to take
jt up or something, ami he has
cancelled the whole thing, and
with his thanks, tuo—think of it,
And oh, can you call that anything
else than an angel ”
“la disguise?” said Tom, pres
ently, when she had her breath
again and tho rapture was momen
lardy stilled. “Certainly not, Mrs.
Rose; and in spite of my gratitude
I must admit very much in dis
guise ’’
As To l*i'»tiibillon
The article in the Herald of
'he 1 Oth inst , written undtr the
aR ve caption, and signed by
Jas: R. Jackson, I presume may
be taken as a fair specimen of the
argument to be used by the anti
prohibition party in Gwinnett-
It is indeed unfortunate both for
the writer and the cause he advo
cates thal he did not state his po
sition upon this momentous ques
tion in more explicit terms. He
sought to conceal his real post
tion and to draw public attention
from Ihe main issue iu an article
in which either reason or consis
tency would indeed be a j wel.
For lack of argument to sustain
bis untenable position, he nltackg
principally the act extending local
option to G.viunettcounty. I dare
say that the writer would oppose
i . y law having a tendency to re
st riel or suppress a traffic that
leaves in its wake degraded man
hood, desolated homes, impover.
shed children and broken-hearted
women. It would be quite diffi-j
cult to tell just where the gentle j
men stands, did not his inconsis- i
tencies reveal Ins position. In the
first place, he object; to all legis
Intion not made absolute, at.d :
thinks the practice of submitting I
any legislative act to the people
for /heir ratification unwise and'
altogether a modern innovation.
lie bases his objection upon the!
ground that a small majority may j
fasten upon the minority a very'
objectionable law. The inference!
! is that he objects to prohibition
, because it is not made absolu .e. j
His objection to that "lass of leg-!
j islation is certainly a very weak;
and flimsy one, for if there be a
; popular demand for some legisla
i tion to restrict or suppress a bus
iness which some may regard us
pernicious and violative of /he
rights of othbrs, aud such legis
lation must be made absolute,
; which lie thinks to be the only
proper method, would there not
be equrl danger of n minority
forcing n objectionable law upon
the initio i y? I suppose, however,
tl'at he s tea his objection to that
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matter.
ciaas of legislation simply for the
->ake of amplifying bis article, for
whether it be wise or a departure
(torn the original idea of legisla
tion, has no bearing whatever
upon the question placed at isaua
by this act 1 fail to see, however,
anything inconsistent with the
idea of legislation er of true ce
mocracy in submitting any legia
ladve act to an intelligent people
for their ratification upon any
question upon which popular opin.
ion is divided, though / am by no
means sure that the principle of
democracy or the general welfare
of the people demand that legisla
tion which has tor its object
the restriction or suppreas
■on of a business which fos
ters crime should be submitted to
popular vote, however widely pub
lic opinion may be divided, yet
the advocates of ,his particular
measure seem willing to make that
concession, and to be geverned by
tue majority.
He next objects to tne act t/self,
because it does not contain a
c'ause giving the people iu case of
adoption and dissatisfaction, the
right *o submit its repeal to popu
lar vo e—a very common objection
urged by the anti-prohibitionist.
If /he testimony of those living in
counties in w*> ?c!» local option pre
vails is to be ci edited, tuere will
be no demaud for i/s repeat, except
by /hose who oppose good morals
and evmy effort made at moraj
reform; those who oppt.se the
measure, however, may console
themselves in the knowledge thal
our laws are not after the manner
of thoie of tire Medea aud Per
sians “that altereth not,” bat are
susceptible of amendment ot re
peal by the same authority by
which they are enacted, a method
of getting nd of the law, it it
prove objectionable in its opera
tion, quite as practicable aud less
objectionable than the method
suggested by the wri er. Iu his
peculiarly ironical style he pro
nounces /he act an extraordinary
document—a whale. One ot ordi
nary intelligence would hardly
believe that an act could be framed
bearing upon the liquor traffic that
would accord with every mans
views, lint judging from the wn
tor’s manner of cri icisiu he arro
gates to himsel the ability to do
so; but while he seems to posses*
the ability to point out important
defects, //is fnilura to suggest
anything better, inclines us to be
lieve with Addison, that, “it is
rediculoua fora man to criticise
on the works of another, who has
not distinguished him self by bis
own performances.” His position
is so entirely destitute of argu
ment or sound reason in its favor,
that he even attacks with bis pol
ished and facile pen, the phraseol
ogy of the Act. The word whis
key seems to be offensive taste.
It is the favorite name in the A'*
he thinks. It occurs twice, 1 find,
and the pbaases, “For Whiskey,”
and “Against Whiskey,” in which
the word occurs, I think will give
rise to less confusion than the
ntirases, “For Prohibition,” or
“Against Prohibition.” wonl I have
given.
His most serious objection seems
to be against that provision of the
Vet giving the Crand Jury, in case
of its adoption, the right, if they
think it wise and necessary, to
leccoiumend th<* ordiuur.r o issue
license to not more than three
druggist et<-.. to sell spirituous
dquors so provided iu the Act.
It is too stri.igeut, and yet it is not
stringent enough it seems, for he
apprehends that, under such regu
latiaus, exorbitant prices would be
exacted, and thiuki the Act de
fective >u tint it does uot regulate
both the per cent and the places
at which such liquors shall be sold
and then object io ihe very pro
visions that would have a leaden
oy to prevent the liceucees from
abusing their privileges, viz: The
right of the Grand Jury to probib
it the granting of further license,
a right which a body of intelligent
men would hardly exercise unless
the nece-ity for it existed.
He thinks the necessity for spir
ituous liquors in certain cases is
recognized in the Act, but the
ehanceß for obtaining it extremely
limited. It is not universally rec
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