Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1851-10-15

BUSINESS PRosPERITY.-ln our humble opin-
ion, there is no one thing that will lead more d-
recty to prosperity, with man Of business,
than promptness and punctuality in meeting all
engagements. Such man will always COM
mand the aid and assistance of every one who
knows him, because every one knows where TO
lind him, and that dependence can be placed on
what he says. But who wants to grant accom-
modatlon to man who is reckless of his word
No one With trifing assistance from
friend, man can often take advantage of cir
cumstances which will put money into his pock-
cts. But those who are known to be careless
and Indifferent about the principle of punctuali-
ty when it concerns lille things, will find il very
difficult to obtain that trifling assistance. He
may run round from one man to another. TO oh.
tain the loan of five or ten dollars for one or
two days, and find his application rejected while
he is turned off with some trivial excuse when
the very first one to whom he applied could have
accomm odated him just as we'll as not and
would have done so, had not his past conduct
proved that there was no certainty of his meet
ing his engagements. Thus he loses his time.
and loses the value Of friend in need, all thro'
his own fault. A man too, whose word can be
relied on in respect to the quality and property
OF his goods, will never lack for customers.-
Every one who has traded with him, and found
him worthy of confidence, becomes an advertise
ment to Others to give him their patronage
others may resort to the tricks in trade, and
make noise and hustle in the world for awhile,
and In this way they may appear to prosper for
a tlme But the most noisy streams are not al
ways the deepest, they usually will run dry the
soonest. 80 in business; the less pretending.
but honest and punctual man, will prosper in the
end, and nine cases out of ten, more than those
who try to get along faster by being inattentive
to their engagements.
HIsToRY OF ALCoHoL.-Alcohol was invent
ed $50 years ago, by the son of strange wo-
man, Hagar, in Arabia. Ladies used it with a
powder to paint themselves, that they might ap-
pear more beautiful, and this powder was called
alcohol. During the reign of William and Ma
ry, an act was passed encouraging the manufac-
ture OF spirits. Soon after, intemperance and
profllgacy prevailed to such an extent, that the
retailers OF intoxicating drinks put up signs i'm
public places, informing the people that they
might get drunk for penny, and have some
straw to get sober on.
In the 10th century distilled spirits spread o.
yer the continent of Europe. About this time
1t was introduced into the colonies, as the Uni
ted States was then called The first notice we
have of its use in public life, was among the la
borers In the Hungarian mines, in the 18th GEN.
tury. In 1861 it was used by the English SOL
diers as a cordial. The Alcohol in Europe was
made OF grapes, and sold in Italy and Spain as
medicine. The Genoese afterwards made it
from grain and sold it as a medicine in bottles.
under the name of the Water of Life. Until the
10th century it had only been kept by apotheca-
rles as medicine. During the reign of Henry
VII, brandy was unknown to Ireland, and soon
its alarming effects induced the government to
pass law prohibiting its manufacture.
About l20 years ago it was used as bever
age, especially among the soldiers in the Eng
lish colonies in North America, under the pre-
posterous notion that it prevented sickness and
made men fearless on the field of battle It
was looked upon as sovereign specific. Such
is a brief sketch of the introduction of alcohol
into society as beverage. The History of it is
written in the wretchedness,th tears the groans
of poverty, and murder of thousands. It has
marched through the land with the tread of OIL
ant, leaving the impress of his footsteps in the
bones, sinews, and life blood of the people.
RELIGIOUS CULTURE.-Our senses are educa-
ted hV Use The aypar;apooJ co;lo. ,,,:u