A TEMPERANCE DRINK.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2667, 7 October 1881, Page 3

A TEMPERANCE DRINK.

Among the thirstty ones yesterday hunting up and down Woodward avenue for something to quench thirst was a man in rusty black, who entered a drug store and softly inquired : “ Have you a temperance drink ? ” “ Two or three of ’em. Will you take sodawater or ginger ale ?” “ Well, now, our society does not regard either of those as strictly temperance drink. Both are associated with stronger liquors.” “ How would root beer answer ?” “ Suspicious—suspicious,” was the whispered reply. “Ah, I have got it now !” “Ah!” “ I can give you a straight temperance drink as cold as ice, but it goes high.” “ How much ?” “ Ten cents a glass.” “ Very well,” said the old man as he put down his dime. The druggist was absent only a minute, and then returned and placed a glass of liquid before him. The old man drank half of it, smacked his Ups, and asked ; “ May I ask what you call it ?” “ Certainly ;it is called water. I just drew it from the hydrant.” The excursionist set the glass down much harder than he needed to, buttoned his coat, and, with a glance meant to reduce the druggist’s weight to 120 pounds in five seconds, marched out as stiff as a beanpole, and crossed the street after a lemonade flavored with peppermint essencee.—“Detroit Free Press.”