Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-08-27
no yEvpERs oF ARpENT sPIRITs.

~ a large p0FtiSh OF tue SNhs u IN
Temperance, ruiBipg SO many thoOsands
for ibis world and the next, could be
shown to be ewing 70 your traffic, would
you not deem your trade unlawful, and
your gains the price Of bloodi Bat ere
you not the causes of this mischief
Hlkere, let me ask, are habits Of drink
ing fsrmedl Broken hearted wife, where
did your husband learn 90 drink
TFto. | ask again, presents the temp
tation to the eye of burning appetiteF
You whose business il is TO ill up the
fatal cup for your fellow. nan, know
who 1t is.
Wiat would be the consequence, were
no ardent spirits sold, and, Of course,
none drunk? Let families beggafed,
pe%nitentisries filled, ggayc.yards PEG
Piled By drunkenness, snswer.
Gould every drop ysu have sold,
come back aud tel; you all lis agency in.
producing crime and misery, every cos
per you have gained 10 the trade would
torment your conscience. Ike the Thirty
pieces Of silver in the hand If Judas
No conscientious man wiz plead that
others will sell if be does not. Ii this
be an apology for one, it IS .or all; aud
then there is no crime IN becoming &C
| c~essary to all the lnte appearance which
curses the land.
Perhaps you do not sell 10 a man who
is actually drunk; but, when sobered,
you will sell him enough IL make him
dunk again. Perhaps YOU dlsallow
tippIing in your shop, but sou will send
a man home with bis jugfuil, to expose
his crime and folly 10 the presence OF
his family.
How can you become religious, so
long rs you sellspirituous liquors? How
80 from your day book, filed with char
ges ofgallons, and quarts, aud pints. and
giils. dealt out to that holy book, which
says, "Ba not thou a partaker OF Other
meas sins:" How can you expect to
be removed from a scene, which is the
thorough fare t. perdition, and finally
TO go to heaven? How can you habitu
ally encourage ethers IN the highway to
hell, and still be, yourself, a pilgrim Of
that narrow path which leads TO lie e
ternal1 -
Chloride Of Lime A gentleman
who has been Induced 10 make an ex
pertinent with chloride Of lime, IN con
sequence Of seeing a recommendation
Of it in Mr.. SliIiman's Journal OF
Science aud The Arts, for the abate
meBt OF nuisances. has requested Us to
! direct the attention of our readers 10 il.
IL ccrrccts The R,ost impure air in &
few minutes, aud abSorbs all pulfid
| exhalations so e~ifecluaIIy, giat the
utmost purity Is restored TO The at5pos
pheya. a pound Of the chloride Of lime
which costs only u shilling, lie fonad
sufficient il his experiment; and The
| effect Of it will last we or three weeks
In the hot season it is highly impor-
tant-M. Y. Daily e3dUe,tiSer.
Geese Of Fdu{htand Islands -
Those wbs write with the quill Of a
sooss are not "a are that he instrument
~hich enji'es heir thoughts is DOT al
WAYS drawn from the wings Of the
| stupid and lazy bird which haunts our
farm yards, and Kisses about the edges
! ofsnr brooks. QuiIls are broaght from
Labrador, from Bafin's Bay, and
fran all The cold and solitary shores
of The Northern and Southern Sea -
They are pJnckcd from a hardy strong
winged bird, far more graceful in its
form and nations than The homestead.
ed variety. which has probably been
greatly altered by tha mode OF rearing
il, from lis sriginal state. a packet
ofthese quilts was brought from the
Falkland Islands, BY 3 sealing vessel
from thsse islands TO 8t0niagton. in
Connecticut, on accoant Of ar. Bvrnes.
Of tire city Of New Ysrk, s~taiioner, in
William street, by vhem they have
been received. Tha Quill is femarka.
bls fer its solidity and elasticity, and
more particularly for not losing these
qualities by remaining in the ink. The
geese Of Falkland Islands are black.
with speckled, and sometimes with
white breasts. They are so unaccus
tened TO the sight Of man that thew
are nearly as little afraid of bis pres.
ence as the domestic geese of our coun.
try, and will almost suffer themselves
to be taken by the hapd.-The feath-
ers on the breast are very fine and