‘Three cheers for (Hague) the town of no rum.’

The writer of a letter to the editor of The Glen’s Falls Messenger on May 21, 1858 suggested revising the town of Warrensburgh motto to: “Old Warrensburgh — the Gibraltar of Rumocracy.”

The letter writer, identified with only the first name “Alex,” alleged that alcohol had been used to influence the recent town election.

“In Warrensburgh, three teams were running all day from the polls to a place where liquor was sold. … Did liquor exert influence there? Your readers, many of them, can answer the question.”

Alex, meanwhile, praised the town of Hague for conducting a clean election.

The “oldest inhabitant of the town” reported there was no liquor in the vicinity of the polls for the first time he could remember.

“Every voter, unbiased by side influence, received and deposited his ballot, then returned to his home. … All was peace and quiet, no swaggering, no fighting, no drunkeness,” Alex wrote.

“Three cheers for the town of no rum.”