Ste. Genevieve Herald Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Saturday, Nov. 18, 1882 Last Sunday the people in town enjoyed the novel spectacle of closed saloons. The prosecuting attorney having filed six informations against every barkeeper for selling intoxicating liquors on Sundays, the saloon keepers had resolved to shut up their places of business in order to see what effect it would have on the people. The result was just what might have been expected: the punishment was inflicted on the wrong parties. The poor farmers stood around shivering or went directly home after church, and the young townfolks enjoyed themselves after their own fashion. By some means they had contrived to procure a keg of beer which they paraded throught the streets, drinking on the way, playing French-harps and other non-descript instruments and amusing the spectators by sudden sallies. One of the crowd was daring enough to beard the majesty of the law in the person of the prosecuting attorney himself by holding an empty beer bottle under his nose to illustrate the worthlessness of an empty bottle and the dreariness of a Sunday with closed saloons. Wicked Fellows!