TIIK OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBEK 2J, 1911.
A
DOLEFUL TRAGEDY OF DRYS
Holy Cause of Prohibition Beaten
by a Hone Bace.
HARD CIDEK LUBES THE VOTES
Prr" fnors Follow he 1
rIUgmpn Fair and Thes,
Strip h Wet Cr.wil
If. o !ecr(tsry of Rate Isvls claim.
Mulns hu Kone "wrt" by iiboiit two
duion votfs. then the Mood of prohibition
Mains tho hands of Alnnson J. I'routy,
cwner. and hosts of friends, admirers
and backer of the roan mar Hard
Cider. For upon the very Monday. rVp.
temtx-r ll. whrn the fale of prohibition
ti hannln In the balance, with all the
cltlea and bis town votlnt; asfUnnt It
and the rnrnl reirlors dopended upon to
snve It. Hard C'drr was entered In the
ISO clans at TattHirimpiia fair, and the
entire delegation of sports and turfmen
who frequent Prouty's tavern at rassa
dumkeaK. toncthor with all of the Prouty
male connection nnd half the crew of the
rpool mill. Journeyed to raUnniimpue
fair to root for the mare and rlr.K any-
' whore from II. W to 17 on her chance.
Patla Rumpus had been canvassed care-
fully by the Clvlo leaKiio and all the
cither law and order associations, and
! there had been speeches by two profes-
' ional prohibitionist, from out west, not
'to mention a bis; time at tho town hall,
fhere, besides apecchea showing that II-
' cense would bring- scores of raloon to
moisten the parched area of Passsdum
tife. they had nefrro jubilee linger and
, served! coffee and ndwlche. The can
vass showed that of the 121 voters In
town 110 would vote "dry" and only two
would be ao reckless to invite the de
mon rum to come and squst down In that
peaceful pot to compete with "split"
and well matured apple Juice, rrouty,
the tavern keeper, wn prohibition to the
backbone, because he waa doing very wH
with a few bottles tucked under the barn
floor, and didn't want any open compe
tition. The voter were for prohibition,
because they were friend of Prouty. and
becauae they knew that even If the tav
ern hould run dry they could cet all
the liquor they wanted from rtangor. Hut
when election day came ' all hand fol
lowed the mare Hard Cider to ratta
rcumpus race track, arguing- that their
votes wouldn't be needed, anyway, 'cause
Main would o "dry" by JO.000 majority.
Revel rr mmd Thrills.
At Pattagumpus fair the excitement
was Intense, and revelry ruled the day.
There were pulling contests between big
oxen and three-legged races and a bal
loon ascrr.sioii. A fellow from Bangor
was trlvin- away dollar bills with every
J-cent handkerchief he told. Another
man from Esngor was selling; new kind
of lemonade, that Imparted a wonderful
feeling of opulence and general elation.
There wore dancing girls direct from the
a rand opera la Vienna, who actually
winked at the men, and a wild man who
howled Incessantly for raw meat and a
man who ate glass as If he liked It. All
of these wonders kept the people busy
until the JSC class was called, and then
there was a rush for the fence alone th
track.
Five horse appeared Hard Cider
hltcJied to a bright red sulky.' with Prouty
himself driving; Sister May, a Matta
wumkea mare; Honest Injun, an Old
Town gelding; Dr. Cook, a Faasadum
keag stallion, and a slick-looking bay
mare from lianser, called 8ure Thing,
drives by a man named Crowley. Every
body roared when Dr. Cook drew the
p!e, and many a 'Josh" was handed to
bla driver. The others received serious
consideration, and when Hard Cider rams
down In third place she got a big hurrah
from the I'assarumkeag delegation, who
had an aggregate of nearly tnu on her.
It was noticed that Trouty waa acting
rather "skittish" and not sitting very
steadily In bis seat. He shouted gayly to
his friends in the stand and along the
fonce, guyed the other drivers and cut up
nil sorts of antic, with th result that
Hard, Cider began to act badly and got a
poor start, finishing the heat In last place,
burely lnelde the flag. The Bangor mare,
Hure Thin if, trailed the bunch till opening
Into the home stretch, and then shs sailed
past them aa If they were all anchored,
winning by three open lengths.
., Wonderful Lemonade.
The Pasaadumkeag delegation took - a
l'Mig drink of the wonderful lemonade and
raced over to the stalls to see what was
the trouble with Hard Cider. Just as they
reached the mare's stall they saw I'routy
and the Bangor mare's driver, Crowley,
In close communication, each, with a big
mug in hi hand.
"Well, here's luck," Crowley was say
ing. "I don't take anything hard myself,
but this lemonade Is coolln' and It don't
hurt a man at all."
Prouty fiouiiKhud his mug on high and
drained It at one long gulp, but It was ob
served that Crowley emptied his into the
straw. Prouty presently became more
cheerful than ever. "Mare acted bad that
beat." ho said to the del etr.it Ion. "She's a
liretn one an' not used to comp'ny, but
watch her next trip. You feller needn't
set anyway worrled-them bet I all
wife."
One of the backers of Hard Cider aaw
that shs was checked up too hlsyh as b
ftas hitched In for the second heat snd let
the re. out a little. Almost Immediately
when p one was looking, Crowley stepped
along and set It up again.
When the horses came out for the sec
ond heat I'routy sent hla brother Cy Into
the crowd with $-'00 to put on Hard Cider
at even money. Crowley spoke to man
at the fence, and Prouty's IJOQ was
quickly snapped up. Tb horse scored
il If
IlumphiVys' Seventy-Seyen
Breaks up Grip and
down several times before getting the
word, aa Hard Cider waa off her feet
most of the time and Frouty seemed un
sMe to get her level. Finally the crowd
begsn to yell. "Take him off! Take him
off; he ain't fit to drive! We've got our
money on that mare!" The Judges called
Prouty Into the stand and told him that
he'd have to show better driving or they'd
put another man up behind Hard Cider,
whereupon Prouty flared up like a rocket,
hit the starting judge In the eye and
raised suih a rough house generally that
even constables rushed In and hustled
biro to the bam, where, after absorbing
another mug cf the wonderful Banger
lemonade, the owner of Hard Older curled
up on a pile of straw and snored melo
diously. Hard Cider Wins.
Aldebert Pyther of Bun nor, a deadly
rival of Crowley, happened to be on the
grounds, and he waa put up behind Hard
Cider. Then came areal horje race. In
tho second heat Burn Thing won by a
nose, but In the third, after Byther had
time to make a few changes In the I'routy
mare's straps. It was different. Hard
Cider got away finely, circled the Inside
horses and got on 8ure Thing's wheel,
staying there all the way up the back
stretch. When they oened into the
homestretch and squared awsy for th
wire Hyther swung out, spoke to tr-e
mare and remarked to Crowley that Hard
Cider was better than lemonade. Crowley
scowled and yelled that a Bur Thing wiia
better than either. When they cam
down, neck and neck, the crowd got up on
It hind feet and yelled like Indian, the
excitement surpassing anything alnce the
night the tannery burned. Oeortte W.
Judklna, first select-man of Patta
Rumpus, who had $7.50 on the Prouty
entry, collapsed from the intense nervous
train and had to be carried to one of
the refreshments booth. Augustus C.
liabson. the spnrtlnx barber, who had 20
up, offered Hard Cider's driver half his
winnings If ths mare won. f
A mighty shout of triumph went up as
Hard Cider went under the wire first, a
length better than Sure Thing, and as
many as forty Pride of the Orange cigars
were handed up to Uyther In apprecia
tion of his good driving. In the fourth
Sure Tiling was ruled out for Interference
snd Crowley suspended for foul driving.
and Hard Cider took the heat. Tho fifth
and winning heat was won by the Prouty
mare Just as the sun was setting, with
Honest Injun and Sister May fighting for
second place and Dr. Cook distanced.
Pandemonium reigned as the bets were
cashed, and the man with the wonderful
lemonado did the business of his life.
Ths backers of Hard Cider presented
Driver Byther with 17 and a leather
watch fob and filled all his pockets with
clpars. Then they paraded back to Pasaa
dumkeag, filling the evening air with
sounds of gladness. prouty himself still
slumbered In the straw.
Darkness Brings SorrTr, -
When the backers of Hard Cider ar
rived In th village square they found
the stay-at-homes gathered at the post
office waiting for election returns. Then
it dawned upon them that strong drink,
as illustrated In the case of Alanson J.
Prouty, . bad corns near to costing them
I WO or mors In good money, and they
wished they had stayed at horns and
voted for prohibition. To soften this
clvlo sorrow many of the dtltens resorted
to the tavern, where many a time and oft
the 'discreet clerk cautiously removed a
plsnk In ths barn floor and produced
something for medicinal purposes.
It was several days before pasaadum
keag found out that the state was dan
gerously close and that the wets might
have won by a bar 10ft votes, prouty,
who by this time had recovered from the
astonishing effects of the Bangor lemon
ade, joined in serious discussion cf tho
situation.
' 'Course, if it's down as rlost as a
hundred votes, boys, why, b'gosh, the
vote o' the town o' PassadUinkeag would
a-settled It. 'Hut tho' town o' Passadum-
keag wa'n't to home that day, b'gosh, 'n
there wa'n't but fourteen vote throwed
in all, two o' them for free rum 'n t'other
for pro-hl-bl-tion. I s'poss we might
a-saved the 'lection by staytn' to home
from Patturumpus fair, but we can't
complain of our luck down there. Brought
home over I TOO 'n got a chance to sell
Hard Cider for a thousan' any day. If
I'd a-got the ro-ce.et how to make that,
new lemonade I'd be satisfied, 'n cuss tho
'lection. Have a nip, boy sT" New Tork
Il-et. -
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BIG MONEY IN DRIED FISH
Thrifty Chines In California .Work
. Good Thin Pnased I n by
the Natives.
BBswSxaBBN
At Santa Monica, Cal., a great fish
drying establishment Is engaged In catch
lug and drying hundreds of tons of fish
of . various kind, which are finding a
rudy sale in Inland mining camp and
iu certain foreign ports.
Ths Industry Is a Chinese one, the labor
all lmlng performed by the people of that
nation. Th greater portion of the fish
sr quite small, and are caught In mon
ster nets, which are placed In the waters
frequented by this kind of fish. They
are carried ashore and placed on great
wiro screens stretched over ths hot sands,
and the rays of the sun, which shines al
most constantly, so completely remove all
molture from the fish that they csn be
packed in boxes and shipped to the mln-
ng camp all through the western states.
and especially where the laborers are
mostly Chinese or Japanese. They find a
ready sulo and are considered a staple
article of food. The dried fish are also
shipped to foreign ports and sold In vast
quantities.
Among other fish caught for this sort
of trade U ths shark. Its flesh Is cut In
trln strip and placed on the nets In the
sun to dry. Layer upon layer Is so placed
and a liberal quantity of sugar Is anrin.
kled betwtreu them. The beat of the sun
and the sugar cure the moat, which Is
aid to be very tender and of a pleaalng
navor. The product In often called can
died shark, and when It Is cured success
fully It is certain to command a high
price smong the foreign population that
Inhabit the mining renters in the western
states. Many Americans have found the
meat so cured Is very appetising, and It
1 predicted by some It will soon become
a fancy article of food throughout the en
tire world.
Certain specialists In the fish Dacklii
buslnres are also drying some kinds of
man fish with fruit, and It Is said by
those who have had an opportunity to
taste these fancy preparations that they
are peculiarly delicious.
Another peculiar industry along aom.
of our western roasts Is ths drying of
eggs lata py thousands of birds thst lav
their egg on high cliffs and on the sand
of numerous Island. The dried egg prep
aration I ihlpped to foreign cities, where
It Is used as food, and especially for
cooking snd preparing certain kinds of
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