THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1974, 19 October 1888, Page 2

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY.

In a recant Issue we reprinted an article m which the prohibition laws of Maine were declared to be an undoubted success. Here ia an extract which goes to show that m at least Borne instances the law la evaded. Under the heading' " How Prohibition Works," tho LewUton (Me.) Journal has iheno fow "'gnlfioant jottings: — " A scene m a Portland saloon is thus described by a writer In the Portland Exchange.-- The bookkeeper was bringing forth beer from a hole m the wall back of the counter. Suddenly a watcher rushed m and cried, 'Here dey cum 1' Presto, obange ! la an inatant the hole m the wall was covered with a picture of 1 Washington crossing the Delaware.' Glasses were thrown down a trap-door m the cellar, and when the deputies enter tli9 smiling clerk is busily engaged m selling cigars. In another saloon the reporter fonnd an innocent-looking sink. No one would think for an instant thbt anything besides a harmless Sebago fever came from the faucet. A workman with a dinner-pall m his hand camt into the saloon. He walked up. to the bar, and laying down his pad, requeued the bartender to fill It. The dispenser of liquor walked to that identical sink, and filled the pall with foaming beec from the faucet," "There la a liquor-shop m Portland whore the oastomer sees only a olgar-counter, and no person m charge of it, when he enters. At the end of the room is a plank partition with a hole about six inches square m it, and a small peephole abont a foot above. The oastomer walks to the hole, calls for his lfqaor, lays down his money on a shelf beneath the aperture. A- hand takes the money and sets out the drink. The hand Is all that the customer sees."