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October 12, 2023

135 YEARS AGOAs the result of numerous inquiries among businessmen in Wall Street and elsewhere, a reporter of the New York Times reaches the conclusion that businessmen are, as a rule, less bibulous than were their predecessors a quarter of a century ago, and that it has ceased to be good form for a man to rush off to a saloon and close each transaction with a drink. The character of the drink has also changed, and wine and beer and even ginger ale, and other non-alcoholic drinks have now largely taken the place of spirits among those who adhere to old customs. Some of the above remarks in the Times article are applicable to this village. There is very little of that vice seen among our residents in these days. There has been a decrease within the past quarter century or more. Public sentiment is strong against it, and is steadily working a reform.

October 12, 1888