Prohibition in Kansas
' I was out through Kansas selling reapers tin's spring,' said a drummer i on thu Michigan Central the oilier j day, ' and saw some remarkable workings of the prohibitory law. I stopped up in Sail ue County at an old farmer's over-uight. In the morning as I came down stairs I felt rather drowsy aud said to the old man's sons, young men of 25 or 30, •Ghacious, boys, but an eye-opener would ta&te good ' ' Hush,' whispered one the boys, ' come this way, but do'u't let the old mail see us. He's awful set on prohibition an' would drive us off the farm if he suspepted anything.' I followed and was led to the hny mow, where a jug of the old stuff was -produced. An hour afterwards, having sold the old gentleman a machine, I thoughtlessly remarked i— 'A little of the right material to take the dust out of our throats wouldn't go had.' ' Hush ! said he ; come with me, but don't let the boya see us. They are dreadful sot on prohibition, an' I don't want ter offend 'em !' ' He let me to the dark corner of the cellar where his jug was produced. 1 Oh, yes, the workings of prohibition in Kansas are fearful and wonderful.'
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 9, 2 January 1890, Page 3
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213Prohibition in Kansas Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 9, 2 January 1890, Page 3
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