Litchfield enquirer., 1829-11-19
FACTS.

~ u iHCtN tuat uCCOFulng 10 tue lowest
estimate $4,000, 900 gallons of ardent spir.
1t Is consumed annually, in the U. States.
1t Is II fact, that this occasions a certain
|pocuniOry loss to tho country Of 10000
600 dollars.
1t is u fact, that intemporance is tho
Cause Of three iourlhs Of all the paupsrism
in the land.
1t is fact, that three fourths Of all the
crime in our country, is the result Of in
temperance.
1t is fact, that the habtual aud occa.
sional dtunknrds IN this country, amount TO
100000.
Il is a fact, that more than 1000, 900 Of
, the relatives Of these drunkardS, in conse-
quenco Of this connection, are rendered in
doScribably wretched.
( 1t is II fact, tina, 10000 persons die, an
nualy, Of incompetence, in the U. States.
1t is fact, that unless success should ut.
tend the present efforts, 100000 of our
population will probably die drunkards.--
And il is u fact that drUnkards shall not in
herit tho kingdom Of God. l Cor. vi. 10.
II isl fact, that man who does not
wholly abstain from the use Of spirit, has
no security against becoming one Of tho
number.
1t is u fact, that ardent spirit is never
necessary, but always hurtiGl to persons in
health. So say the most eminent physi-
cians. So says every temperate man.
1t is tact, that the cases ofsickness are
very rare, tor which IA temperate physician
whould recommend ardent spirit.
IL is u fact, that spirit iC no security a.
ganst cold, or heat, wind o. storm. To
the weary II Drinks no re(reshMent. To
the hungry II hastens the ravages Of star
walton. 1t renders the body more suscep-
tible Of attacks FROM contagious disorders
!, and increases their malignancy and incura-
! blencSs when fairly seated.
IL Is fact, that intellect, and youth, and
manhood, and beauty, perish before its
busting influence, because 1t makes wise
= men toolS-savages Of tho gentle-and
beasts Of tho respectable aud decent.
1t is fact, that tho habituul drinker of
. it, hath woe, hUth sorrow, hath contentious,
" hath babblings, hath wounds without cause,
y hath pangS keener then tho serpcnt's bite,
y and painful as the adder's sting.
1t is Il fact, that the unuttorable horrors
I of Tho Russian campaign, bear no compar-
ison to the heart rending MISERY, which is
occaSioned in these u. States every year,
by the consumption Of ardent spirit.
And yet il is fact, that the multtudos
employed in making and vending this do.
testablo poison, are greater than the might.
lest armies over assembled by the nlon-
archs Of Europe for tho work of destruc-
ton.
And the fact, which is "worst of all, and
most to be deplored" is, that with the
knowledge Of these aud similar facts, hum
dreds and thousands who call themselves
temperate men, not only drink this LIQUID
= fre," but advocate tho practice Of drinking
still keep spirit in their houses, give i
to their children, and insult their friends,
by offering them strong drink, thereby sup
posing them in love with their own ruin,
' and provoked beyond endurance if any eff
forts are made to render the practice dis
graceful !-CincinnGti Journal
Be,carc of VillGin.-In july last
y scoundrel, named Emanuel Philips, ma
tive Of Pennsylvania, aud Of highly respec-
table connexions in the central part Of the
state, came to Pittsburgh, with the inten-
ton Of establishing himself in the business
OF portrait and sign painting. He in.rodu.
ced himselfintO highly respectable fami.
~, acquainted with his connexions, and
married their eldest daughter, an unsuspec-
ting girl Of Is, tho pride of her parents and
friends. 1t is now discovered that the VIII
liam has wife and family in tho state of
New. York. He has fed from Justice, and
the girl has returned to her friends. This
statement is made to guard others against
tho practices ofan impOster, and as warn
ing to parents against the facility. too COM
mon in society, with which plausible stran-
gers are admitted to an intimacy with their
familics.-I'ittsburgh Repub.
On Saturday, as two young men of Tren-
ton,wc shooting about fifteen miles above
that town,an Eagle rose from the banks Of
a creek they were about to cross. One Of
the spOrtsmcn-Tunis Quick is his name,
and it deserves 20 be recorded-let Nv one
barrel, aud the monarch of The air fell stone
dead to tho earth. A talon aud q wing
feather now lie upon our table. The
nails are like the claws Of Bengal tiger
tho longest measuring full two inches and
ive-eights. The plumage Of the leg is rich
beyond imagination. Twenty-Five inches
is the length Of the quill. A cord, Of full
| aaven Caet nnd n half reuuired viuorons