Prohibitionists Sold.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 400, 7 September 1889, Page 6

Prohibitionists Sold.

Oxn of the amusing incidents of the election in Philadelphia on tho 18th ulfc. is thus humorously described by the 'Sun/ viz, : — It appears that the prohibitionists had placed a bit; ice cooler near tho police station on (iirard Avenue, near Yiennastioct. Above the ice cooler was a diagram showing the beneficial eilecte of prohibition, and above that was a placard inviting all voters to ' drink from the fountain that never runs dry." All day crowds of street boys helped the prohibitionists to drink the ice water. Late in the afternoon a throng of Philadelphia!!* described as • rounders ' were seen chinking up tho contents of the ice cooler. Tho suspicion? of a prohibitionist were excited, lie made an investigation, and was startled to find that the ice water had changed its colour to the bint of cold tea. Word was sent to the station house and a squad of constable.* turned out. Lieutenant Tutfcle tasted the liquid and said he thought it had boon drugged. A dozen others tasted it, and were either unable to analyse the mixtiue by drinking it or were unwilling to leveal its real nature. Seigennt Joseph Philips was hnally se"t for, and he drank a cup of the prohibition ice water and promptly and indioantly declared ' that tho liquor men had diugged the cooler with old rye whisky.' An occurrence of this kind in New York would probably not be regarded as eonconstituting a wild spree, but it reveals a phase of human nature well calculated to make the righteout grieve and the innocent despond.