Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Great Regulars: Addressing his listeners by calling them "dullards

of Spoon River," Harry reminds the town's residents that they "never marveled," that the drunkard Chase Henry "voted to shut down the saloons." It might seem odd that a drunkard would vote for Prohibition, but the saloons had stopped giving Chase credit; thus, he could no longer get drunk anyway and thus got revenge by helping to shut down the taverns.

from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Masters' Harry Carey Goodhue

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