Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-02-25

penalty Of the law, not to sell a drop Of il. Took
samples Of it to my office, and the following is
the result OF tho ANALYSIS, Wig,
FIRST sample (dsrkl, 55 per cert alcoholic spir-
les by volume, ii per cent. 10y weight specific
gravity 0.944. The tests indicate Sulphuric Acid,
Nitric Acid, Nitric Ether, Prussic Aoid, Guinea
Pepper, and au abundance Of Fusil OIL. Base
common whisky not one drop vf wine.
Second sample (pulcl, 81 per ceat. alcoholic
spirits 10y volume, 40 per cent by weight; specific
gravity y 045. THIS article has the sane adulter-
atoms AS the FIRST, but IN a greater abundance
with the addiuvn Ut Catehac, Remark-MUst
viliaiaoes concuctions.
As u matter vt course these articles OF liquors
could not he sJld without a violation Of the liquor
law consequently, l condemned them. They
were purchased GU four months credit. The pur
chaser immediately notified the New York mer-
chaat Of the character aud quality OF the goods,
and directed him to send for them ; but, instead
OF sending for them, he waited I'LL the nVtes be-
came due, and brought suit in our court Vt Com
mon Pleas. l Analysed the liquors in presence Of
court aud jury, showed them satisfactorily that
they were the petnlcious. poisonous liquors which
| had represented theds to be, aud the defendant
Bdlutu us case tluul pnauty, aaV ut. new L I'm
Merchant vanished before l could get "a States
warrant. or lie would now be learning an honest
mode of making a living at we vi our State in-
stitutiOns IN Columbus.
l was appointed to the Office Of Chemical H.
spectOr, on the nineteenth day Of March, 1906.
SINCE then | have made upwards Vt six hundre'
inspections Vt stores, and lots OF liquors OF every
variety, and positively assert that ninety per cent.
Of all that | have anal) zed were udulteraIed with
the most pernicipus aud poisonous ingredients.
The business OF Inspecting against the VIII OF men
who are only governed by motives Ut cupiLity, l
have found an uphill business. l have had more
tuWiay, more squaobling aud quarreling, with un
principled things bearing the shape aud form vi
men made after Gods Image, sluco | have been
engaged In the capacity oil Inspector, THAI | had
during II half century before. You may think l
have heard it thunder some well, So | have. /
am s,xty-,lx years old bu, IN all my recollection
| have not heard Mander that had the same effect
Oh my nervous sysrem, NOR anything else 10 eifec'
my sympathetic nerves 80 much as the sad effects
vi imbIuing the miserable coucOctuns sold IN our
markets unde. tho character Ut healthy beverage
: with which Cocktails, Brandy Sn ashes, MIN. Ju-
leps, &C., &o., are conc1c:eI, aaI wnica sent nine
teen young men, ak unucr tnirly years oliJ hid
all SONS vi oar most respectable ci'Iz5hs, to a pre-
mature grave, during the winter previous to my
appointments, some Ut whom had not beef drluk-
lng three months Not only young men, but
| many old meu vi our city, who were not consider
ed drunkards, lied, Iurlus the same winter, the
nurrid death OF the drunkart with the detirium
} tremeas Tnese facts Induced me to accept tue
un.hAuklul appointment, Since isy appointment,
| have, as physician to the Probate Court, exam.
med upwards Ut four hundred insane cases, two.
thirds OF which numoer Iecame insane from drink
ing the poisonous liquors sold at the dogseries and
taVerns Of our city aud country. Many OF them
' were boys Of from nineteen ~ twenty years VI
age, some OF whom were laoUrlns unler u hered-
Larry talnt-uud perhaps III many Ut them the
u mental arrangement would never have been deve.
oped, had they not drank Vi these poisonous de-
cocuUus. Oue boy seventeen years OF age, the
principal support Of u widowed mother aud u lit
tie sister, was induced, on the Fourth vi j uly, 1855,
~ drink some beer, aud IrJm tne Deer went ~ the
horrible rot-yut whiShy Kept in the low dogserles
Vi our city. Iuey all oot DUNK, aud the Doy re-
t ierred to became hopeless,y aud incurauly INSANE,
u aud Is yet lu tho Insane Asylum at Dayton. Ia
examining the case Tor the purpose Ut getting
all !uo dutoccutnls WIN IL, l icurueu tudS tuc
! grandfather Of the boy died insane. | think The
probability 10 altogether IN favor ut the idea thai
tnt Insanity never would have been developed III
- .hio case. lad not these poisoned adinlxtures acted
" as Il powerful excitalt cause.
! called ut Il srUcery-s;ore one day, where liquor
. is also Kept. a cOup pie vi lrishmeu came IN wnIl,
1 was there, aud called Tor sJme whlsky and tue
irst Uue drank, aud the mumcuL he drank, Ia,
tears flowed freely, while he ut the same tn'
caught MS breath IKE one sufJcated Or stransied
Och, Michaei, Du: THIS Is warullnS to the stomach.
-Micuuci drank aud went through Ike contor
uons, wlth !ne remark, 'Wouliu't II be iOlue II
ID cowid iron,ty murning 4;
,s Alter they had drank. | asked the landlord t
as pour me out il little III IL tumUler, in v hicn | Dip
of ped IL slip OF litmus paper, which was no sJone
.r Wet than II put ou u &c irieG hue. | went to III
zee office, got my Instruments, and examined it.
we found IL had sesenleeu per cent alcunUiic spirit, b
lot weight, wien II should nave had iorty per cent t
ce, pe prout, aud The Inference IN percentage mad
a up by o~ulYhurlc ArId, Red Pepper Pclltory, ",
,ed &c POTASH aud Bruclne, che VI the salts Vi Nucl
ow Vomite. commonly caily NuE Vomtca. One ptu
IN of such liquor would XIII the strongest man.
~ mad the Manufacturer Indicted but by such VI
cir lainy he has becvme wealthy. aud l never hay,
in lhut case " u final Issue.
HEART DISEASE.