"You know how the ladies are. If there's a jug goes along, or a case of beer, they think it's hell and damnation." -pg. 92
Women at that time did not hold high positions. They were not entrusted to make important decisions. They held no voice in the community or the court systems, or even at home in most cases. They were not given the chance at a good education. This line shows the opinion that was common of men in the era. Perhaps the women didn't have a problem with the liquor. Rather, they disliked that their men went off together, leaving them at home and not listening to their advice. And the only reason they thought it was "hell and damnation" was because most of the time it probably was. These men put no limitations on themselves and too many on their wives.
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