Show THE SOBERING MACHINE it itam was in Affect ivil iT concern a and na MT may it be revived Rl detroit tribune there ia is some talk about ing the sobering beri g machine forty years ago it was a familiar piece of mechanism simple ia in construction durable in use it served its purpose well and effectively la in those days a drunken man was a rare sight eight A few citizens of this place remember it well jack It eynolds was one of the men who named the machine and he recollected recollect e when it did yeoman service B but dut bhe the persons who fell victims to it are KM too modest to recall its purifying effects it was devised because it was necessary and it consisted of the running gear of an wagon with the hind wheela wheels taken off and a box faste fastened ried to the axle Sob erity was the watchword of he the half dozen men who ran it whenever a drunken man or woman was been seen on the street the machine was brought out the victim was placed on the broad of his back in the box then the command cAm mand waa was given and the occupant was run out of town it was seldom that a man got the second done lose of the sobering bering to machine the tramps eoon soon got to dread the ride of a mile or BO so and they never returned after the first experience the wife beater fared the same and its ita influence bad had a salutary refract on this class of people the old inhabitants say that the sobering machine of nearly half a century ago was much more effective than the threats and violence of the white caps if vf the present day |