Eureka Reporter | 1918-05-31 | Page 2 | There's Many a Slip Twix't Bottle and Lip

theres many A slip twixt bottle and lip the old familiar axiom about the slip that sometimes prevents the cup cur reaching the lip could be brought in to use in telling about a liquor trans action which had a rather disastrous ending and robbed several local peo pie of the pleasure of renewing ac quain of long standing with old john 13 corn it is a sad sad story mates and runs about as tol fol lows A bunch of eureka folks whose names must not be spread out in the public press arranged to have a lit tie tle bundle of 0 whiskey brought into this section from nevada the same to come through by auto and over a rather round about route said it quor was purchased in nevada and all went aa as per schedule until the two trusted guardians of the pre clous cious juice of the corn got to imbia ing too freely at some point in mil lard county while slightly under the influence their usual vigilance was relaxed and an eagle eyed sleuth gathered them in not overlooking their precious lot of liquor which at boot leg prices would have been worth in excess of 1000 the re suit of this little affair will be that some rather stiff fines will be paid over to the justice of the peace in a little dinky village to the south of and several appetites tor for it 11 quor will not be satisfied