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BAR Roo1Is.-Why should there be bar
room in genuine Hotel? Is not the business
OF dealing out toddy, punch, sings, juleps, bit
tiers, &C., to every one who happens to have
hp and an appetite for strong drink, entirely
distinct from that of providing apartments,
beds, food, ay, and drink, if you please, for
travellers and boarders? Admit that hotel
should furnish its proper guests with whatever
they may see fit to pay for, even to rope and
pistol, in case they have a fancy for stepping
out of the world, why should it be house of
call and recreation for all the idlers and gen.
teel loafers of town! 1t may be very con-
yenient for gamblers, pimps, ETC., that the old
arrangement should continue, but it is mani
festly unpleasant for the more quiet inmates of
the house, especially the ladies and children


Why are bar rooms tolerated? We believe
not one remains in reputable hotel in Bos-
ton The United States, the largest and GER
tainly one Of the best, has no bars and needs
none. We presume those boarders who ask
for grog get it from some other region, but
nobody, other than boarder, can get any for
love or money. And it is necessary, as we
have heard urged to keep bar in order to
accommodate travellers on moderate terms
The United States affords the best of every
thing but Alcohol, (we speak so far as we
know,) and charges but 81 SO per day; and
the proprietors are very well satisfied with
their business. We believe it is much like
this in all the first rate hotels in Boston. One
consequence of the absence of legalized grog-
geries in that city is remarkable degree Of
general sobriety. We saw no man intoxicated
there during four days, when the city was
thronged and its streets filled with thousands.
Why should not tavern-keeping and grog-sell-
ing be divorced ?-PortLand Tribune