The Things which I Saw in a Dream

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TitleThe Things which I Saw in a Dream
Year for Search1885
Date Published1885
PublisherThe Biddeford Journal Office
Place PublishedBiddeford, ME
Annotation

Temperance tract in fictional form. A eutopia becomes a dystopia due to drink The people appoint a committee, headed by a distiller, to solve the problem, but things only get worse. The city is divided by a large wall with the population choosing whether to live with or without alcohol. The city with prohibition becomes again the peaceful, prosperous place it had once been. The city with alcohol completely disintegrates and the starving inhabitants beg to be allowed back.
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1885 The Things which I Saw in a Dream. Biddeford, ME: The Biddeford Journal Office. OSt, PSt

Temperance tract in fictional form. A eutopia becomes a dystopia due to drink The people appoint a committee, headed by a distiller, to solve the problem, but things only get worse. The city is divided by a large wall with the population choosing whether to live with or without alcohol. The city with prohibition becomes again the peaceful, prosperous place it had once been. The city with alcohol completely disintegrates and the starving inhabitants beg to be allowed back.