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I can ricollect well the time when that was opened in town . They had a sort of a debatin ' society in that day , -- Lyceum , they called it , but Sam Amos called it the Jawin ' Club . Dr. Brigham and Judge Grace and Judge Elrod and Colonel Walker and all the big men o ' the town belonged to it , and they used to meet in the doctor 's office and argue about everything that was done in the town or the State . One question they had up was whether the Whigs or the Democrats had the best party , and they argued till pretty near one o'clock in the mornin ' , and the meetin ' come mighty near breakin ' up in a fight . Well , when the coffee-house got its license they had a debate about that , and Dr. Brigham , he was in favor of the license , he got up to make a speech , and , says he , ` What would this State be without whiskey ? ' And Judge Grace , he was against it , -- he jumped up and shook his fist at the doctor and says he , ` A heap more peaceable place than it is with it . ' And that made the doctor mad , but he went on like he had n't heard it .