The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-01-21

gray hairs of age" became, as some ]
say " drunk" some say "fuddled y
if there is any difference | will not
pretend to explain it now, and about
three O'Clock in the afternoon started
for home but, before leaving town,
stepped in to see an acquaintance who
was sick, and in leaving the house,
after spending some few minutes, hav.
ing a flight Of stairs to descend, tel
forward, and fractured his skull, and
died in about three hours. He was
an old citizen Of our county, and re-
sided about four miles from town for
a number Of years, and was not in
the habit Of drinking only when he
came to town, and then he would get
well Il will call it) g fuddled." The
notice of his decease, given in both
of the newspapers in this place, by
Editors claiming to be Temperance
men, is a strong reason why the Tenn
Eerance men OF this county should en-
courage the Organ of Temperance,
that the truth may be known and the
rum traf6cker be forced to look upon
his work. Our town papers call it
melancholy accident, " and give it to
their readers as being caused by thein-
firmities of age, modestly covering up
what hand rum had in the matter, Is
it not rather a melancholy result of the
rumseller's cursed business ? and what
is it but giving him "aid and com
fort" to keep back the truth9 H
Another melancholy accident hap.
pened on last Thursday night, or Friday
morning. One of our rumsellers, af-
ter doing the Old Snakes dirty work
for about two years in keeping the
worst kind Of doggery, and having
in that time had the delirium tremens
some three or four times, at last acci-
dentally burned out his boiler. Woe,
(saith Cody to him that giveth his
neighbor drink that puttest thy bot
tie to him, and maketh him drunken.
And will you not fear God-you who
are yet dealing out death to your fell
low man.
We have few very excellent speci-
mems of the Old Serpent's work yet
on hand, and if you should know Of
two or three more " melancholy acci-
dents between this and the first of
April, you need not be surprised in
the least. Our town council passed a
law last July, prohibiting the sale of all
intoxicating drinks, in less quantities
than 3 gallons, and for the five months
that it has been in operation, not a
single case of violation has been tried.
although both men and boys can be
seen, almost continually, in our streets
with their quart and pint TASKS in their
pockets, well-flled with the forbidden
beverage. How they contrive to get
three gallons of whisky into a quart
flask, cannot see. Perhaps our wor.
thy Mayor and Marshal understand the
operation, and therefore do not violate
their obligations; or, as some of our
whisky-loving lawyers have decided
our law unconstitutional, and in con-
fict with the State law, which says
no person shall sell less than one
quart, our excellent and honorable
Mayor may have taken their opinions
for the decision Of the Supreme Court.
We have a small Division of the
Sons of Temperance in our town, and
also a Temple Of Honor, but the fruit
of their labors is not so abundant as
to cause serious alarm as yet. We
have, however, some good men and
true, who have enlisted for the war,
and will not be satisfied till the Maine
Law is the law of Ohio. n..
@ Yours, in L., P. & F., j,
RpATTTaAN