AND THE WILDERNESS BLOSSOMED 



declared that none of these men stopped busi- 

 ness for a day, the bar-tenders continuing to 

 serve liquor while their employers were receiv- 

 ing the sentence of the court. 



No man need go thirsty in Maine, even though 

 he never touches a drop of water. Order what 

 you will at almost any hotel or restaurant, and 

 the chances are that you will get it, though your 

 champagne may be served in a teapot and 

 your Bass's ale in a coffee-cup. Tell the first 

 man you meet that you want a drink, and it is 

 quite possible that he will lead you into a side- 

 street, and there extract a whiskey bottle from 

 his capacious pockets. In our forest town there 

 are not less than four men who have taken out 

 United States licenses to sell liquor. This 

 does not give them the right to sell in a State 

 where selling is prohibited, but without such a 

 license the seller has the Federal as well as the 

 State authorities to contend with. 



Under the law a Deputy Sheriff has the right 

 to visit the office of an express company, and if 

 he simply suspects that a package contains in- 

 toxicating liquor, he has the right to open and 

 examine it. If he finds nothing, he simply closes 

 it up again, while if he finds liquor he takes it 



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