The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-06-03

II tSeir Neaft8 utlte6a II Is fHuecte0 tfOm
Is ffe Which alcohol lights in the
brain.
EXACTLY my idea," said Mr.. Pin
nsy but while we compassionste, we
should never forget 10 instruct. That's
whore l went astray Now let me tell
you the consequence. Many men had
lost their wives-many their children,
-Lsome both+they had heen piOusI
men-but opportunities for religious
instruction or encouragement, were
not frequent, and generally uninviting
and with hard work and watching,
men were worn out. / had kept in
my store q bottle Of whisky, impreg-
mated with pepper, as a sort Of guard
against chills, and sometimes offered
a glass to my most particular friends.
They grew fond oft. and my bottle
was Often empty. The popularity Of
my medicine increased, and / soon
found myself selling lrge quantities
Of whisky and black pepper, and in q
few months, drunkenness had widely
extended in our settlement and did
we stop e." aas
Mr.. Pinney locked at me as IL ex-
pecting an answer, but was silent,
and he continued: ~ iu
I" No; farms were neglected every
1 ~ -. wi -
body was in debt--the farmers to the
shoemaker, the tailor and the black
smith, and all these to me and when
saw the evil, / couldn't stop it, and
Il in a few years was virtually owner
Of one third Of the farms in the set.
Element, and all on account Of ague
bitters and my pepper bottle. Drunk
ards who owed me heavy notes for
/ goods to support their families, died,
and the farm was given me toPay the
debt; and / felt myself doing great
wrong, but was getting rich and If
II had undertaken It, | could not have
changed the course Of events. But a
Yankee school teacher came into the
settlement, and he hadn't been here q
month till he called a meeting at the
school house for a lecture, and the
school house was crowded, for it was
a great novelty, and to the astonish.
ment Of every body, he exposed the
liquor business among us, and show
ed me to be a living curse. Stones
were thrown at him, and he was In
terrupted, and tie people would have
thrown him out Of the school house,
but / forbid them, and declared that
the school master told the truth. Then
the people listened attentively, and
the next day l made a bonfire Of my
liquors, and there was no more whis-
: ky sold in our neighborhood till we
had the canal built within a few miles
, Of it; and now no man dare sell it in
: our village"
3 "What have you to regret, Mr..
e Pinney?" / enquired.
"You ask that but to quiet my
E mind" he replied. az have no need
! Of such quiet. Every foot of land
which could 60 to friends Or kindred
r here, l left unaffected by my mort.
? cages; some have been paid, some
!: have not but when I die, the JUS
heirs will find deeds in their names
b and now all Of the income Of the pro
y perty I hold in my name, except a re-
n spectacle support for my family, i,
= devoted to the Improvement Of our vii
lage, and to the promotion Of religion
6 and education among our people ant
r yet am most unhappy man. Pin
y ney's Pepper Bottle left an influence
d here which two generations can NO
J, outlive, and the conviction rests upor
| me with crushing force, that no mar
> who has for one year been instrumen
e tai in making drunkenness in neigh
+ borhood, can counteract the evil in
fuence by twenty years ofdevotiont Il
q III objects of charity and reform. with q,