"THE DROPPERS."

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1049, 11 February 1911, Page 4

"THE DROPPERS."

'A NEW MASTERTON" SECT.

'•A legend has been going 'the roundi* ■"; concerning the advent in tbe.Mastertoß' - • "dry" area of a sect figuratively known ':'. as "The Droppers," whose mission it' • was said was. to administer ; stimulating liquids to seeking pilgrims. .;. The plan : was to "drop", bottles!of malt;'liquor., •or' spirits, as tlie case.inight be; at';;a: : : spot agreed upon by tlie pilgrimse-herice - . the name ."droppers:" ' It was thought :\ at one time that the story ,was Viable,','■"'. evolved in the: minds '.'of versatile .'Masr tertbn residents,who found time heavily on ; their' hands, but; 2. it.was not all imagination. The.secti'is said now to have .a .'.depot, just'outside '_'-' ■ the Masterton electorate/ and thelfqTiorVu ;,- purchased in quantities'*allowed by is ■: placed there, and ■' then".-' carted : into * Masterton, arid "dropped" in quantities/;::; also prescribed by law,.torthe,order,or '~'■! the thirsty, souls who! like:to gaze into'. •/ the beer when :it is long, and the whisky \ when it ; is < neat; Beer, .fetches' - r two shillings, and whisky;ten shillings! per ; .bottle, and it is stated.that the'tuni-. ''-. over is of such'a handsome: nature/that. !. every Saturday night the association de-"''! Clares a dividend. - v .Underthe articles of : association,'•-. duly;:, attested 'by.■'.a- . ■"; lawyer,; riobody.'may be supplied with the precious liquid-unless he is a mem-" ber, and - ; a veiled but perfectly!signify; cant .allegory. ,;to j those : ;'concerned, 'y. coupled with mystic, signs,"enables" one,''."": . "dropper'' to. tell' another.';.. There' ■.is : . also said to.be'a secretary,,a chairman ,-:. of directors, and a committee,- whose, sole duty is to see that all.liquids'are -.. .paid for^and'."dropped";in'the';bright. •places. "■• .:.;' ': l v:;K.::- ; ,fe : ::