Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-07-06

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a mouse into it, and in halt minute. he is
gone monss. He kicks once or twice
and dies. Put lighted candle into it,
and It Immediately goes out. Now it is
plain, The man will say, that such gas as
that is not fit to breathe. Let US try the
oxygen. The lighted candle is put into
the oxygen, and It at once blazes and
sparkles with great brilliancy. That,
then, is just the kind of air that man
wants to breathe. BY means Of tube, he
inhales il, and it has wonderful effect
You never saw such didos as he will cut
up. Fanny Ellsler is nothing to him
He dances about for some minutes, but
soon shrinks into a corner and acts as il
very much ashamed Of himself But af-
ter all, what is the effect2 Look at your
candle, and you will find that one which
would last for long evening in ordinary
circumstances, when placed in the pure
gas we have been speaking of, will burn
out in few moments And just SO the
man, who if contentto breathethe air that
God has provided for him, may last 20, 80,
or 90 years, If he insists on breathing the
purer airsthat the chemist has prepared,
will last but Z, 8 or 9 minutes. This is
all we get oy trying to be wiser than God.
He has prefectly adapted the air to the
lungs, aud water to the stomach. and it is
best for US to be satisfied with his arrange
ment
Mr.. p. here alluded to the appalling
fact, that in Great Britain, in consequence
ofthe use of alcoholic liquors, a grave is
filled once IN three minutes, and the opin.
ion expressed that it would not be found
materially different here
Mr.. P. here exhibited to the audience
the plates prepared by DR.. Sewall. and
published with Mr.. Delavans's Inquirer,
showing the effect of alchoholic drinks
upon the stomach. First, was the slom-
ach of the water drinker, with its delicate,
healthfnl flush; then that oflhe moderate
drinker, with its dilated veins that of a
wine drinker after debauch, with its liv-
id spots; then that of one, who had gone
another step in intemperance,. with It's
small ulcers; then the cancerous stomach
and last Of all, that of one in whom the
work of destruction is finished the black
ness Of death The stomach, said Mr.. P.
is the "ki,chen of the house we live in
When things go wrong in the kitchen, the
parlor is out of order; and so when the
kitchen of the human system is thus dis
ordered, we shall find corresponding dis
order up stairs IN the brain. This is the
inpariabie effect of alchoholic drinks up.
on The human stomach no matter wha
| is on the head; whether kingly crowr
or gentleman's hat, lady's bonnet or a
cap Of BRUSSELS lace, or the matted hail
| of the drunken vagabord. No matter
whether the individual lives in palac'
or log cabin; the effects are the Same
From the very nature of the case, the ell
!ects must be the same irrltatlon-Infia
observation-disclosures
And now what does this2 Arden
spirits, is the answer; distilled liquors.
i But what does the dis,illery do2 1t doe
not make this alcohol. The alcohol j
all in the wine, before the brandy is dis
Titled from it. A gallon Of wine contain
just abou, the same quantity Of alcohol q
Ia quart Of brandy and yet ladies and gen
tlemen will turn up the nose at brandy an
water, and at the same time drink thei
wine with pretty good relish.
i Mr.. P. then exhibited to the audience
in small phials, the alcohol, with the res
dunn that had been obtained respectiyel
from half pint of Port wine, a half PHI
of Madeira, pint Of cider. and half pi,
of strong beer. Several of the audienC
had opportunity to test thee articles b
2 the sense of SMELL and small quaint,
5 from each phial of alcohol was burnt
: their presence, 10 satisfy Them that It WI
ardent spirit. The proportion OF alcoh
e found in each, undoubtedly surprise
y MANY present, and satisfied them that
was idle to try to make any distinction b
tween them; or to advocate the one, viii
! they condemn the other.
: Mr.. P. proceeded TO show. that VIII
!, wine contained. in its purest state, enou!
:; of the intoxicating principle to place
. among the prohibited articles. i was W
= known, that large portion of alcohol
< uniformly added to it, previous to It's 6
: portatioli to this country. The Tetu
: wine is all collected, put into still. a
o The alcohol extracted. which is put into
best wines. to prepare them to endure
% voyage to this country and thus lad
pc and gentleman, who cannot, for the Lille
l'ihem, be persuaded to pour brandy Il
" aoater and drink it. seems to entertain
70 scruples about pouring it into aoine
~ The resolution was unanimously ado
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on Died, in HaIlland. VT, August Il