It was too good a piece of news to omit, and Milton people were treated to a genuine sensation when the article came out.

Philip's object in giving the incident publicity was to show the community what a murderous element it was fostering in the saloon power.

Those threats and the knife preached a sermon to the thoughtful people of Milton, and citizens who had never asked the question before began to ask now: "Are we to endure this saloon monster much longer ?" As for Philip, he went his way the same as ever.

Some of his friends and church members even advised him to carry a revolver and be careful about going out alone at night.

Philip laughed at the idea of a revolver and said: "If the saloon men want to get rid of me without the trouble of shooting me themselves they had better make me a present of a silver-mounted pistol; then I would manage the shooting myself.