The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-04-07

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uaa The iatal shsiiusm Seems more vast
vhea vs uer then ia d.aoei eompaussa
passiug over ths varioas rrsde. n Insbnfy
~hich On The intervening space. Toe de-
scent % the arrna-s q in,empenpce
~oaia be marc fearful AMI les. travelled.
wefe there 10 respectable temp 'rt,e i11s-
crs huni 10 ihs' pa,hsAy % destruction
woald the h., incbnais tiayel 50 fsr 10
his moDo'on,us and painful way, " be- w,r,
Or; relieved BY seeing 50 nsry taking the
same incim.n' sober glass uhieh 50 unui'i-
iaely euiceI him % enter the uidc gate
sn3 The brosd~aY
Reacrons ike these. deep, solemn. sad,
stif she soul 81 him sho comes from re-
iornoj county town. and sits d1wn IN the
b,f Of thmnged city Hotel H. his
seen the demon Of strong dunk exercised
through whole State. by prnhibiioy
law that has banished the means Of inioN-
iciiim into dark corners. snd punished cf-
f'ctoilly both the subjects aud the ag,ais
Of inic nperancs. Over all the region
guarded by this Law he has seen in the
travel Of twelynmon,h but two intoxicated
men nor has be- sean glass of liquor
drank in any public place; and ouly IN
two instances bottle presented to relieve
thirsty lransgressor. Even this bottle
bn, jus, appeared, and was taken away IN
iasi, TO It's hiding place behind til, bar.
Ike pirate ship coming too near civlizt-
ton, for fear stranger might BE- ~ tne>s.
The absence Of street fights, and midnight
hrawls, and petty law suits originating in
cellars and third rate tayerns, with the
qnio,nnss and Thrift of villages, and the
marvellous dnnnu,on of taxes for crime
and pauperisin, have compelled opposers to
confess that law producing such results
ought to be sustained. And it is seen that the
/ quantities fhquor poured upon the ground
as fibaii0ns- not To Btcchus-but TO law
and order Is less waste Of property than
If the same fire water" had plrchcd the
thro,ts and maddened the brains of mem
But how strong and Vivid the contrast
between scenes like these, aud the tenn
pernnce phenomena of the great city Our
coun,yman might dream that he had made
a sudden dcscen, from Bethel to Sodom.-
[ Spectral boys gliding in stealthily to sell
/ obscene books and records of infamy. for
/ which the indlscrninntc drinking provides
market. What luxury here for the fu-
[ gitiye from the stringent law which at
/ home obliged him to skuk from nook to
corner in search Of a single, solitary, clan
dcstine dram Amid the thousand sights
and sounds that bewilder the eye and the
ear, nothing fills the ,otal-abs,inence man
with such amazcmcnt AZ the drinking
usages of the city IN the present era of the
Temperance reformation. All along the
crowded thoroughfarc from the quay TO the
distant retreats of wealth and fashion the
liquor dealer at his stall is busy day and
night, setting forth the bottle and minging
every sort of "yillianous compound" to re-
lIove the pockets and mudde the heads of
his endless customers. The very names
given to these mixed and unmixed drinks
are so many apologies for the conscious
folly and sin of yielding to such needless
customs, and uinous temptations. Eupho-
NOUS but significant are the tokens-yiz..
mint jucp," the "brandy smash" the "can
de vie" the might cap" "sherry cobblers,"
and xiii devil" which last denotes the
poisonous compound manufactured for the
country; to which the deiirium treBtens
may trace It's parentage--and the making
and vending Of which diubolicnl stuff should
by special act be called piracy. The
above names, and the rest in the catalogue.
like the sherry coLLlors, are alb ut as useful
IN patching the human constitution as a lit
eral Ct bbler would be who should make
rents IN sound shoes for the sake of mend
ing them again. Not unmeaning too as
part of the liquor dialect Is the touching
OF glasses IN concert drinking. It is prob
ably secret sign or pledge that the drink
ers will stand By each other when they
come to the stumbling point. The impor-
lance of this gass-Iinglng sign may be
illustrated by an incident: Two worthless
staggered together out Of groggeIy to
find their doubtful way home. "Josey."
SAID John ''you had better let me lead YOU"
/ II was dark and muddy, and soon ,aey
were both fat IN the ditch. Getting on
foo, again. Josey proposed to lead J, In
down they went the second time. Once
/ more erect, John said, "Josey, have led
you, and you have led mc-lnd now we
viii lead one another" Bat the subject Is
10 serious even for smile. Hundreds Of
young men from the country complain thal
the expenses Of a city hfc consume all
their earningsi and scores of them 20
home with ruined health 10 find a prema-
,ure grave. la many instances the evil
comes from the drinking customs Of the
me,ropolisi and the vices % inscperaby
connected with habits of in,empennce.-
What Is true Of one liquor room, Is essen
uaily true Of The legion. ~ uao d, on.
Hss. o for q llogaHh 10 transfer the real
thlng to immortal canvass. There they