We were searching for a cow that had broken the fence and wandered off when we passed by the rear of a shed and ran up on a strange collection of machinery. "What the heck is that," I asked. "The remains of a still,:" Daddy answered. The family that lived there had been our neighbors for years and had
operated a small farm. Among other thoughts, I wondered if our friends knew their dad had a still..
Making whiskey was nothing new in the community, but I was surprised and somewhat shocked. The federal government appeared to rate making untaxed liquor a worse crime than murder. Most people I knew didn't look at it that way.
I was a fairly small boy when I heard some men at church laughing about a neighbor who had been tricked by a federal agent in to exposing his operation. The fed praised his operation so much the moonshiner said, "You think that's something; let me just show you what I've got." He then revealed his entire stock of moonshine and lost it all.
I don't recall how the whiskey maker fared in court if it ever got that far.
operated a small farm. Among other thoughts, I wondered if our friends knew their dad had a still..
Making whiskey was nothing new in the community, but I was surprised and somewhat shocked. The federal government appeared to rate making untaxed liquor a worse crime than murder. Most people I knew didn't look at it that way.
I was a fairly small boy when I heard some men at church laughing about a neighbor who had been tricked by a federal agent in to exposing his operation. The fed praised his operation so much the moonshiner said, "You think that's something; let me just show you what I've got." He then revealed his entire stock of moonshine and lost it all.
I don't recall how the whiskey maker fared in court if it ever got that far.
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