Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-06-02

more than five minutes before the porter
ran into the store in great alarm exolaim-
ling, "Mr. Morris has been tasting the -es.
sence of brandy and it has killed hipal'
On those present running to the spot il
was found the report was too true; the
sufferer had Inadvertently tasted a few
drops of the drug, which is nearly allied
to Prussic acid, and instant death was the
consequence of the unhappy mistake,
8. A more impoi tant consideration than
any yet mentioned, however, is the fact that
the more poisonous liquors are made-the
more certain and speedy in their fatal eff
fects, the fewer young men will dare to
tamper with them. If every young man
knew that the use of ardent spirits would
speedily and certainly cause his death, he
must be indeed fool or a mailman who
would raise the bottle to his lips. Even
if it were a. ySred fact that every one who
dared to drink one glass would become a
confirmed drunkard, we should have few
drunkards in community; for no man ever
intended to become drunkard. 1t is the
fact that some men, possessing strong
physical and mental constitutions, or some
peculiari!y of frame, do use ardent spirits
without becoming loathsome outcasts, that
deceives others, lacking these peculiarities,
to their ruin. When these oils come into
general use-when one after another, in
rapid succession, our drunkards drop into
the grave-when moderate drinkers grow
short lived and diseased, then may we
soon expect to see our youth shun. the
intoxicating cup, and to inaugurate cor
rect tpublic sentimentin regard to the traffic
in POISONOUS BEVERAGES. ,7.a''
But, says one, would you do evil that good
may come? By no means. We have la
bored long and faithfully, by precept and
example, with little effect, to cure the evil
of drunkenness, which seems to increase,
rather than diminish What we have
failed to do by preaching and practising
temperance, the enemy, through ap inor-
dinate and insane desire for gain, is about
to accomplish for us. Duty to God and
humanity bids us warn men of their dan
ger. If they take heed in time, well; if
not, our skirts are clear. We have moth
ing further to do with the traffic. But if
liquor dealers are not sending men to the
devil fast enough now, and are willing to
ruin their business by accelerating the
speed, we do feel little like encouraging
the operation. Let them put strychnine
in the whisky-the more the better. Let
them manufacture this poisoned whisky
into brandies and wines by adding more
poisonous drugs; and then "let the simple
go on and be punished"
In conclusion: when we first saw La
,our's advertisement, we clipped it, inten-
ling to publish it, in connection with an
editorial something like the foregoing; but
before we had done so, we received letter
rom the gentleman himself requesting
as to publish it one year. and charge our
Usual rates. We gladly accepted the offer,
whether we ever receive our pay or not;
or the opportunity it affords us of occa-
'ionally reminding our brandy drinkers of
he sort of stuff they get the headache
aOhiskey poisoned.
We are obliged to DR.. w. for calling
is out on the subject. Is the explanation
Doctor? u