Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-05-19

will manufacture anl sell an article, and
We, he cannot take UP single paper with
out seeing death occaaioned By that ar
ticle.
Fir. Fl. said. he trusted that the traffic
10 Baltimore was over. His first BUSH
ness had been 70 compel The man who had
sold him all his liquor 10 give up bis bu-
siness. He would not let him alone and
he did not let hiu alone. He had shown
him ali his receip.s-more charges Tor II
uuor than groceries, and he bad given u
10. He SAID wives would shed no more
tears. And when he spoke OF them, he
spoke experimentally. No man had a
kindIier wife than he She never re-
preached me- She always forgave me-
He said he understood we had Two humid
red and sixty distilleries 10 New York,
and were pouring out two million GALLONS
Of this accused poison, and he would
ask, who are the sovereigns Of this M
tion2 Surely not the distillers, but the
people. He would moi prescribe the men,
bur he would prescribe their business, apd
hewonld cali on the people to do il, that
these sutiefings might have an end,
These distiIleries live on the money Of the
poor drunkard. earned fifteen dollars
a week and spent eight Of them for wills
KEY. and sometimes the whole | will do
all in my power TO my dying day to break
upthsse houses Of death. have known
a poor drunkard in Baltimore go into
them and drink and have his liquor cbarg-
Z ed 10 him, and then 60 home. and in the
dark night, send his little girl baretooted
on the snow TO the same shop for a loaf of
bread. and she could not get il, because
she had no money. The grocer said he
had none, and ia five minutes after sold
gooc loaves 10 other customers. Mr.. FL.
plead earnestly with the audience, drunk
ards and hard drinkers, to come up and
sign the pledge. He well answered the
excuse, If we sign we shall be called
drunkards, by saying, if you do not sign
It will be certain you love strong drink.
Mr.. Pollard concluded the meeting
He said be was kind of old Butcher to
bring up the rear. So much had oeen
said, he scarce knew what 10 talk about.
But there was one thing he would talk
about, and always intendedto. For fif-
teen years he was in the gutter, the watch
!. house. the j,il. and if he had had justice
done him, had once been in the penitenti-
airy. He had seen as much Of the miser-
les Of inlemperance as perhaps any man,
and be was now determined, If possible,
10 put down alcohol, and drive il out Of
the country. Men boasted that they were
NOT drunkards, but Only moderate drink
efs. He did once, but be believed that if
six glasses made man drunkard, he
who drank one glass was at least one
si.ih Of dru6kari Men would get
drunk once or twice and not call them
selves drunkards, and then they would gel
drunk again. They had moi tie abhor-
renee Of the thing and the selfcontrol OF
the beasts. In his drinking days he was
the companion of man down in Anne
Arundel County, who had Monkey
which he valued at thousand dollars
We always took him out on our chestnut
parties. He shook all orr cheslnnts for
us, and when he could not shake them of,
hs would 90 to the very end of the limb
and knock them off with his fist. This
was great sport for US. One day we stop
ped at tavern and 1rabk freely. About
half glass Of whislsey was left, and Jack
took the glass and drank It all mp. Soon
he was merry. skipped, nopped, danced.
AMI Sci US all in roar Jack was drunk.
Veal agreed. six Of US. we would come
10 The tavern nexl day and get Jack drunk
agin, and have sport all day. ! called
10 The morning at my friends house. We
went out for Jacks Instead of being as
) usual, on his box, he was not to be seen.
We looked inside and he was crouched UP
in heap. Come out here, said his mas
ter. Jack came out on three legs. his
fore, paw was on his head. Jack had the
head ache. knew what was the matter
with him. He felt Just as had felt ma.
nv a morning. jack was sick aud could
not 90. So we put It off three days. We
then met, and while drinking, glass was
provided fol Jack. But where was ne
Skuking around behind the chairs
Come here, Jack, said his master. and
drink, holding out the glass 10 him. Jack
retreated, and, as the door opened, he Slip
ped out and in moment was on the tof
OF the houee. His master went GU. and
called him down. He would not come
He got i cow-skin and shook il a, him.
Jack sat on the ridge pole and would no
come His master got gun and pointed
il at him. Al monkey is much afraid Of !
gun. Jack slipped over the back side o
The roof. His master then got two gun
and planted one on each side OF the honse
when the monkey seeing his bad predica
men. at ONCE whipped up on TO the chin
ney and down in one OF The Aues, holding
on by his iore-laws. That man kept iha
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