A Case of Spirits; or, All's Well That Ends Well (1909)
An expressman carrying a case of champagne enters a farm yard, rests the box on the well while he examines his book to verify the address. He takes out a bottle and takes a good long pull, then a few more, leans against the well and pushes the case of champagne into it. He runs away, and in doing so collides with the farmer's wife, who is just going for a pail of water. She jumps up, goes to the well, draws a bucketful, takes a drink from the dipper and shortly after begins to feel jolly. Her husband comes along, is very indignant at his wife's conduct and orders her into the house. Feeling warm and thirsty, he takes a drink himself and gets very jovial. He goes to another part of the yard, joins his wife and both are celebrating, taking occasional drinks of well water as a pious village gossip walks by. She gives them a lecture, then enters the house. Here an old maid member of the household is busy knitting, and to her the gossip unfolds the shameful tale of the farmer and his wife being intoxicated. The hired girl is sent for a pitcher of water. She takes a drink at the well and becomes hilarious. She finally returns with the water doing a little dancing and kicking, much to the disgust of the gossip mongers. The old maid fills two glasses and she and her companion drain them. Then they move toward the pitcher. Both drink freely of the "tainted" water, the gossiper gets woozy, the old maid hysterical. Both begin a skirt dance in which the hired girl takes a part. While this is going on inside, the village parson calls. The hired girl opens the door, fondly embraces the minister, and after breaking loose he goes inside and finds the couple still dancing. Such conduct on the part of his church members almost paralyzes him, and he beats a hasty retreat. Coming from the house he meets the constable and excitedly tells of the awful happenings. Meanwhile the constable's donkey has been drinking from a pail standing near, gets ugly, chases the men and in the excitement the constable falls down the well. The parson sounds an alarm, to which all hands respond, and the unfortunate man is drawn up. The expressman who dropped the case into the well now appears with the rope and grappling iron and hauls up his case with all the bottles broken. The parson marches off with the constable and expressman while the others rush for the well and go down one after the other.
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