Show WHAT THE PEOPLE aay A to dayl query I 1 t rf 11 f SF EDITOR geraid isyou will excuse my intrusion lwell try and answer davids query that ap feared in last evanina HERALD after officers browning and whitaker had arrested one of the proprietors of the brewery jat the south river bridge afew of the II 11 lico who were frequenters odthe place on the sabbath day met and discussed thai subject after ai solemn deliberation they came to the conclusion that Mr S browning had ed the atrocious crime of having done his duty when ordered to do so by his superior officer conse bently he was too far beneath their notice and they also concluded that he was too much of a gen aleman and an officer to remain in the same company 1 with them or they might become tainted with the same disease therefore he must leave the company or they would withdraw this few who generally do all the talking undertook to persuade the rest of the company to do the same as they had or approve of what they were going to do they succeeded seventeen of the H L co decided in favor of their proposal they saw that if they did not try and intimidate the officers from doing their duty the officers spoil their sundays carousal and close a pi ace by which it ia well known hardly any respectable spec table lady could kaaa without insulting ins ultine remarks being thrown at her and that waa more than they could stand so htwa decided that mr browning must go but I 1 understand der stand mr browning when he learned how a portion of the com pa about him doing his duly took advantage of the time left him before the regular meeting and sent in his resignation these seventeen had nothing against mr S browning for they considered iliin as good a fireman as there was in the whole brigade but they could not forgive this breaking up of their sundays carousal when asked what they would have done if they h ad b een requested to do the same as mr browning some frankly acknowledged that they would haye done as he did condemn ers bay have refused to have done their duty because be causo apparently they thought it ignoble an action to have a city ordinance endorsed these arc the facts of tho case as far as known to your humble servant the boys are wait aug patiently for the regular monthly meeting to be held on the in order it is supposed to give vent to their spleen on mr browning I 1 might say pore on this subject buti think ahia enough for the present raould like to hear some of the boys express their feelings this subject jl ONH OF THE fineman Fi nEMEN |