Litchfield enquirer., 1833-08-22
FOR THR LlTcHFlELD ENQUIRER. TEMPERANCE. No. Xl.

TEMPERANCE, NO. AIs
 . IT i, is unreasonable tb believe that ardent spirit will both heat the body when cold and cool |. when heated, tt may be important to inquire whether it w any good purpose, do either she one or the other. .4
 As to it's power of warming the body when cold, there are facts which bear directly the point. It sometimes occurs that is found frozen to death. But those whe are thus found are, with few excep- iiOns pets0ns who make free of ardent spirits. lfa man. habually practising the principle of to- ,al abitience; has been found frozen feless, the instance is no, now recolecied. set it down as my present ihpression-and every man can judge of its correc,nsssthat more than half of those who for years past hase been fotnd fro ozen to death. have been lousd wik an empty botle ., their side. The spri. which had filled it they had drunk, probably for the purpose. of keeping themaelSes warm.
 Sailors tn severe weather, and especially when their vessel is wrecked are very much exposed to the coI in many instances are ros, bitten, and sometimes frozen 10 death. Experience has fully shown that those who under such exnosures wholly abstain from Distilled liquor, endure the exposure far longer, and with much less suffering, than those who make free uss of t. ThS following 1ct is believed ae be fully substaniiated :-
 "In the winter of l796, a vessel helanging to Con- nectcui was wrecked on an islsad on the chores oi Five of,hem resolved qaia the wreck, aad seek for shelter shore To prepare for the attempt, Sour of them drank freely of spirits; the, fifth would drink none. Thsy a,l isapsd ia,o & ,hs ~sSss % 1ns s Sas came t0 aPd: and. in deep snow and piercing cold. diveced their disan. light. All that drank spris ailed and stopped, and troze one after ano,- CT. TAe Aaah itsnt drank ,n0ne reached the house and still hiv, years afier lives to enjoy the rewards of iemperaace."
 A multitude of such facts might bs adduced, all showing the same thing. x
 Nor will t meet the cape, say that these indviu as came to their end by ihe mistake of using spir Zoo frsey. Doubtless the more men use its these cir cums,aaces the worse il will he for them. But ever! man, having such an undertaking before him. woult be sufficiently careful not to begin by getting drunk The following fact shows that it is oi the nature strong liquors so render men more susceptible of ajn " from cold :-
 "A hrig frsl Russia, laden with iron, ran aeroun. upon sand bar that makes of from Newport Island The master was disposed io UnlRde and get her off bat the weather was extremely cold, and none coul distance from .he shore covered with iee, and ex posed te the full effect of wind and cold.
 "Cam. c. packet master from Newport respected lcr hIintegriy, and who absianed rom tht
  procure his hands. Six men were employed in the hold which shs vessel being bilged) was full of wa | ter. They began the work wiih free hut temperate use of spiri,s, lhiakiiR iey shond need h then if CT. Bui asicr ivso hours labor they a gave out, ch l ted through. Alter refreshing and warming, they made second attempt; using cider only the remain der ofihe day. They now sueeeedfd better but :iiI they suffered mueh from cold. The second day the! consented 10 lollew the directions of Capt. G. and drank nothing bat milk p0rsSdge, made rie taken as hos as tbe sOmaek aiosld hear i. The yea | -Aa.- m-kxa. .mG.m aA..as. s.. able to coainus their work from four to seven hour at iime; and then came up. as Capt G4-.--- ex pressed. ii, slpokiag hot" Wiih shis simple besS rage. handed popad esery bait honr. they coniInuet | ae aill inc iron was all handed out and brought [. slora, and noi msn had Singer ftosea."
 In this case h appears ,lsat ihe suering from col. was in accurate proportion 10 ise sirengih ef the ii quor taken. So is hes prosed, inall cases in MhcI the expesilnen. has bees fairly made. Dsiak rgas brandy, and yos are very likely to siak speedily drink freely of iss or cider. sad still Ii will ssl 6 very Lag before you will Aag; driak as Beer. an yoa are worse oA ,han if yoa dsask seihisg dsinI soms warn beverage which is simply su.ritisss. as yoa will endsse exposure longer san yod can eadar it hy any osher eourse. Even ssrh coes is Iess ei eaeiow thispurposs tsds fhoss dlipks wbieh poa sess 10 ssiDslasins power.
 As to tho power which is claimed for spirits of pro seciiag perssas lom che heat. appears e bs ofac the sane esicacy ihaa by which t is by some sue psssd @ protect them from the cold. Thess she, l hs heai of sunmer while engaged h she iahoss of a hay e ihs harvest. drisk ssy kind cf spirii wls tbs losg run, msch sooner fail asd wholly giFs ss, shaa isose who wholly abstain from a strong li4ass Thsy my, ia6ssd. Grss receive sresgsh eosvusve y 0 ssse held oE aad for shoss sims violsslly | WieIA tls seyshe. the piehlaTk, e ths rzie; aul