The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-05-28 00:00:00

Concerning the confinement cf the lovers of beer and
such hke drlnks—dipiontanWm—h• entertains the opinion
that we should remove or prevent tee formation of the
cause of disease. Then there would he no chemise to treat. '
His •01‘111 were—" The adoption of the ab'tye uti'l•
for their c.nfiternicit might appear feasible at first right, :
hut to rue it look. him I eking the stable door after the
horse is stolen, or for the physician to attempt to cure the
without his prevtimay removing thee mar or tor
the budder to commeace building operations without
haring first carted away the rutbish, and then laying
a good, firm, and durable fountion. Get rd of, at one
and for ever, intoxications front atnongst us, then there
will be no evil effects tb reof." n was ma le to
PeroPstnre Prohibitory measure being an interference
with the lawny .4th. subject. Qite•,i .n. Dies not tim
present bemiring system act in the too ray! &Anent=
was pertinently made ti the not sine eiliefcowittables
not allowing their menti b- come total aletainers, and
thereby to husband their comtitulions in all wesiher.,
times, and places, front fear of their utak ng the former
ashamed of themselves. The I•eturer went ou to sfiy that
all parties engaged in our public forces should he total ab-
stainers ; that when • soldier or sailor goes into action—or
• surgeon ir about to perform any surgical or obstotrrical
operation—it was indispensably o.o9llSllrf for all his power
to be in • healthy and vigorous form. The grocer's license
war condemned. and recommended to be cancelled forth-
with, The some was the rase with the entire ligan,ing
system and the liou It traffic . ntirelv. In connese ion with
intentperantv, her twin etters—" Lunacy" and '' Protec-
tion--were severally and collectively rontewhat fully
discumed, forcibly pointing out the nriltitudinour evils
arising from the ex blear° of the "Trio." Referent*
was made to part payinent of wagte at tinter In intoxicat-
ing ruhstancer, and the supposed friendly offers of
"alcohol" as acts of hospitality, both only to be severely
censured and coodetnnol. Next in own were fully treated
the subjects of "Travellers" mid "Sunday Closing' the
snegrstions thrown out being well worthy of mature
consideration. We will just give the following in the
Lecturer's own language.—" We have our numerous
Sanitary ACUI for promoting the temooral health of the
people: our Religious, Acts for promoting their spiritual
health tour Elscationst Acts for promoting their moral
health ;our Factory awl other Ac, affecting the body for
promoting their physical health ; our statues for prevent-
ing the administering poisons in general, and thereby
rendering it penal to yell gin and water at the p-ices
of the fm-timer; numerous Acts and other documents
in the interests and welfare of the general community,
and lastly, we have as if to throw overooard all the
above, aud everything allied thereto, very numerous
licensing atatues, and portions of sehoholic machinery
for the express purptwo of bringing ever) thing in
creation under subjection to his satanic majesty.;
Objection Wa.. taken to climb., henellt societies, or
mama: institutions, being held at housns for the sale
of intosiranta, and the leture of An hour and • half
duration was terminated by an earnest anPeal to the
audience to sign a petition tu the lime of C )111111.,Pi
In support of the "English Hundoy Closing Bill,"
and to heenme members of the United Kingdom Alliance,
and of the Llanbister Total Abetinence Somety, when
votes of thinks were unanimously peered to the Lecturer,
and to the Chairman, and the meeting separated.