The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-08-04

thcii brains are fired ani uhiring with
frenzy, they vcte ripo far any wiil act
iha, hecy, a depravri heart, or Toe
prumpin-s or The Evil Onc might soe.
rca AGef passing through this state.
The curse assumed another form Cor
when the paroxysm Of fierce hlu.,cr vas
past it was succeeded by moody, sal-
len ,apefao,ion.
Bot The destroyer never paufcl lor a
momcaL TO one the cup was butan im.
pulse 10 blood ani crime to another II
gave thirst TO indulge IN q brutal abuse
ofhr wife anl children to auulhcr,
capacity Tor Lust. violence, or murdor
another It inslirn,cd to burglary aud
0e0 ia brief lhe cup Of ihe Evil Genie
va, q repository where all the impurities
aud vices belonging TO our fallen nature
migat boz found The incendary d, his
torch, and the assassin strengthened his
appetite for blood. In lha, glass every
ep,~ic- ~ SIN, i,vm simple ind,-crolion
to the utmost dcprt,iiy and guilt,
might be drained To the very drcgs.
A' in dream Of moment age. may
appear IS pass, so iiappeared 10 Alcly-
my, Tor in his vision he saw the effects
Of the cup upon the eoarser interests of
thc people. lie saw how Tho poison
wasted their energies and prcyed upon
the roots Of public wealth. Whole dis
lricts of wholesome grain were with
drawn from the pablic grsnaries, and
after being submitted TO q process with
which Alchemy was familiar, subtle
poison was extracted. 1t was so much
bread wasted but il wouli have been
a blessing if the evil had ended with
the loss of millions thus annually thrown
away Alas The mischief became Il
productive investment; the seed was
sown throughout the land, and pro-
duced too soon harvest ofincompulablc
losses
The course of the poison might be
traced in its operation through the
whole social body, rs it flowed on, cor.
rupting habits of virtue, paralysing in.
dustry, and begetting a vicious and vim
dcliyc spirit. And the result wa.
shown in increase Of poverty, vagabond.
age and crime. and in an imposition oI
taxes and burdens upon the remaining
industry Of the community, which op.
pressed them previously to bear,--iu
the erection Of hospitals, lunalic asy'
lums, and stately prisons. No figure.
could fairly represent the ruinous innu
ences at work on the yitnls of the pub
lie prosperity, for Alchymy saw will
all the clcarness Of vision, that il wa
possible to have worse evils than {
heavy taxation, and worse relations t.
the public good than pccuniary cost
He saw the annual loss of men-mel
lost TO themselves and to The state
whose worth no millions could repre-
sent Tor who can compute the value {
wrecked talents and virtue. and the sa
criiice of character and life No one
for it presses destructively upon the Vi
tai connection which subsists betwee
the priceless virtue of n people and til
well being of the State
What farther scenes OF misery an
vice would have been revealed unto A
chymy, we cannot say, but they woul
have been many, for the EvlL GENI
was waging open and cruel war on cy
cry human interest. But at this mt
mcnt be became 50 much alarmed a
the fearful aspect Of the phaniasl
created by the vapors Of the bottle lh,
he Struggled violently and woke out
his trance. As quickly as returnin
conciousnc5s would permit, he replace
the seal which Prudence had so wiscl
fixed upon the bottle, and then discoye
ed that the Evil Genie contained Their
in was ALCOHOL.