Original Correspondence.
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIO IN MILTON. (To the Editor.) Sir, — I feel rather too much pressure on, and if I don't give it vent I might crack my boiler plate. I want to know why matters in connection with the Licensed Victuallers xict are conducted so partially. I have been licensed to sell spirits and fermented liquors for thirteeu 3'ears, and have paid for the privilege; but if a neighbor comes uncl gets a bottle of spirits from me, he laughs and tells me—" I have you, old man — you can't sue for less than tweuty shillings." Liquor cau be sold without a license at all. It is a well known fact that when a pci-son -who has held a higa and responsible public position, lost his license, he coolly shuts his front door, and sells away more briskly than ever. Folks like it on the sly— it even adds zest to inferior liquors. Then why should not the seven licensed men shut their front doors, and buy a piano or mangle with the mouey they pay for license?, as their tastes incline ? I am, &c, Not a very Particular Man, bi:t One who Likes Things a Little Nearer the Mark,
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Bruce Herald, Volume IX, Issue 805, 23 May 1876, Page 5
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202Original Correspondence. Bruce Herald, Volume IX, Issue 805, 23 May 1876, Page 5
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