How Kansas Men Evade the Liquor Law.
There are 'cute people in Kansas. The common sale of liquor is prohibited in that State as in the state of Maine. But this is how the unlicensed victuallers get round the difficulty in Kansas. The liquor is locked up in a dark room of a detached house. The owner is not far off, and very obligingly hands the key of the house to any thirsty soul on the lookout for a drop of pood liquor. Tho thirsty one enters the house alone, drinks what he likes, and drops the price of it into a conveniently-placed "contribution box." Then be wipes his mouth, and leaves the detached house a law-abiding citizen. Neither he nor the owner can be proceeded against, and from month to month the supply and demand goes on. Of course tho United States are not without their complement of citizens without conscience ; and some of this class have been known to drink out an establishment without paying for it. But such fellows are "gent to Coventry " when found out. The detached house is henceforth not a boon and a blessing to them.
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Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 72, 18 October 1884, Page 5
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192How Kansas Men Evade the Liquor Law. Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 72, 18 October 1884, Page 5
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