Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-04-12

continues, until his appetite becomes
stronger than his judgment Him we
should pity, while our labors should be
directed against the means that made him
so.
But have often been asked, "What is
it to you how much any person drinks p
Nothing at all, i'll regard not the welfare
Of others, and cannot be injured myself by
their drinking. But directly, does the
practice ofmy neighbor, who entices nv
son into incorporate habits concern me
not2 Is it no concern Of mine that must
quit my business to rescue wife or chill
dren from the tender mcrcies of a rum
frantic husband or father2 Is it none OF
my business, that my laborer quits my
employ at pressing time to go and have
"biO1D out?" Is it nothing to me that |
am obliged to attend trials for assaults and
batteries caused BY rum drinking, let nv
own business be what it may? Is it no.
thing to me that my neighbor wastes so
much Of his time at the grog shop, that
the town or neighbors have to he p the
family, should any of them be sick ? Is it
none ofmy-business that our taxes are YER
Y much increased by the use OF intoxicat-
ing drinks2 say. it is my business, and
the business of every other person, except
those whose happiness is increased by the
poverty or misery ofothers.
One evening, two years ago this winter,
girl nine years old, and a boy seven,
came over two miles on foot to store in
this town, with a jug after rum. The
next day neighbor oftheir parents came
after more rum. The third dav the mer-
chant was called upon to prosecute the
man for an assault on the chiIdren's moth
er. So much for two jugs of rum. Did
this scrape concern no one but the man
who bought the lum2 What say you,
Mr.. Mnd-your-own.business!
Soifyou were called on at dead ornight
to save drunken man from freezing, or
TO nurse brother. who had got mangled
at gambling and drinking frolic, would
you say, Oh it's none of my business?
Now l wish to bring to your notice GER
tam truths and principles. Ererv intelli-
gent man IN town 6eLicres that intemper-
ance is an evil that spirits cannot be- u.s.
ed moderately without causing some to
become drunkards-thati if no man would
sell spirits, very few would make. it for
themselves--consequently we should have
few drunkards; and smaller number of
lawsuits, and criminals He also belieres
that dram shops are evils to the neighbor-
hood in which they are located; that eve
ry man who traffics in spirits must be full
I,y hot hn h.
mental in making drunkards- there
is but one way to prevent large portion
Of OUT foreign population from becoming
Incorporate, or drinking to excess, and
that is, by keeping spirits out of their
reach that the moderate drinker, who
takes his glass seldom, does more to in
huence the youth to use spirits than the
drunkard who drinks often; and that ex.
perience teaches US that no class ofsociety
who use spirits, are safe from becoming
drunkards. 1t is true that spirit-Selline
taverns are not needed for the accommoda.
ton of toaon's people. Facts also demon
strate, that there are as many as one
drunkard to every twenty-five men in
town, even now. If we continue to use
spirits what will be the fate of the rising
generation, and of our children and youth
now attending our schools! MANY O
them will become drunkards or the dis
consulate wives of drunken husbands
This zee all beliere So it will continue
to be while we use the stuff that make:
them so.
Who can look forward to such results
and not feel that he ought to exert hlmseI
to prevent them2 Who can look bacl
and around and we'll avoid urging upor
the rising generation the only preventa
tive, taste mott" We build school hous
es, academies, SC. to instruct our children
/ and side by side establish grog-shops, an
} suffer some Of these same children to b.
: ruined by them. We subject ourselves II
great expense to rear and educate them
and then make plenty the MARTs OF Rus
to ensure their destruction. But som
! say, how are you to get pay for all you
troubles have the pleasing satisfaction
of seeing some few drunkards quit thei
cups, and apparent peace return to thel
: families; of seeing many who were traT
= cling the broad road to intemperance, a.
t rested in their downward course, and tn
! fears OF their relatives converted into hop
t less time wasted-far less profanity
fewer accidents-fewer crimes, and les
suing. Formerly our courts sat fort
: night; now only three days at term.
1 get pay down for my efforts, in contem
d, plating the great improvement going o
IN society. Five years ago there wer
: about 1000 gallons ofspirlts used in towr
= The past year about 1000.
, Much yet needs to be done to stlmuIaI
81 the fri, nds Of temperance to continued e!
IS ertIon. Some of our influential men, l
e town; by their example, continue to recon
Is mend to the youth to use spirits. TheI