Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-10-30

his comaPnion at the press " drank every day
a dInt before breakfast. pint at breakfast
with his bread and cheese, pint az dinner.
a pint IN the afternoon about o'cl ,ck. and
another when he had done his days work /;
an expense which was free from, and thus
these poor devils keep themselves always IN
! der" And is It not true that there are many
/ such poor devils. not Printers devils merely,
| but otherwise good citizens, who keep their
+ heads haf under water. merely from this ex-
/ penSlve habit. The amount spent in this
/ city even for one month were il known, would
astound the best informed upon the subject.
1t is related with good authority, that Mr..
Porter, stati,tician of grea. ability in En-
gland. computed, though without re eference 10
temperance, the expen,e to which the labor
ing people Of Great Britain were subject 70
every year, for alcoholic drinks and tobacco.
And what do you think i; was for it is
probably now much greater than il was when
this computation was made-why it was no
less than ffty-thre million Of pounds s;er-
ling Enough to make this nation rich ev, ~
year. Bat you need not be surprised. La
dies and Gentlemen. should the computation
be made, if You should find that a much
iarger amount than that. is spent in the Uni
ted States for the same object. And renem-
ber this expense. to g!.at eX'eIt, is borne
by that class who are least able. This ty
rant fashion has eyer kept Their noses hard
upon the grind stone. Hence you who con
tribute to keep up the custom even Of mod
erate, and much more, of immoderate drink
ing. lend your aid 10 throw want and misery
into the homes of many who Otherwise Won q
be thriving and valuable citizens. Is no.
this enough, fellow citizens, 10 enlist srcry
humane and generous heart to extermjnaje
f.om our midst practice that works such
cruel results among tie poor; which too are
more severely felt, not by the offenders. but
by the women AID children belong ng 10
their families. Besides the costiness Of this
practice. is it a safe one ! For no one sub
iect 10 it cln be certain that 1e will rot at
some uuguarjed momeat fall il druukenaes
OF the myriads who have departed this lit
with drunkards shame stamped upon thsig
memory, venture to say. there Is not ore
who when he commenced to drink tn ugbt
to die drunkatd. This evil. fellow CHI
zens, Of moderate drinking, Is a dangerous
vne-yCu know Got wher. i. viii enl.
Mosely on Tropical Diseases, has made an
admirable observation touching This point
. He says: - \ man who Is deter eaed either
/ by choice or necessity. to drink rum and va
ter, should keep jealous eye ON his meas
ure; that once violated, his palate becomes
yitiaJed. and If reason is not exer.e9 - pre-
vent, it sin seldom be founi equal to the
,lsl, Of correcting habit formed upon the
ruins Of flrulude." tld would you know
more about the tr5acaorols practice Of mod
crate drink ng. read Snakspeare's O,he}la,
and ma q ne. the horrors that haunted th-
brain o; Cassie. excited by the wine, " hict
he has So tu'y charac. erized as the devil
And in what other relation does Ilgo siand
to him than tat of the very evil one himself
! Fl. was the temp'er he brought 10 bear the
power of fashion, the nee ssi;y Of courtesy
Lt tht1t A"S@lJ 10 h4t-lN- dttfl lfr t4t-4 "a
clsed himself aging Not tonight, good
Iago; have very poor and unhappy bra n,
for drinking would we'll wish courtesy
would invent some o her custom Of entertain
men,. Bot Iago said. " q they are friends
F but one cup. III drink for you And ht
vielded-and soon y e find Aln suffe 1;ug Ia,
horrors of the fumes Of wine. And he says
" o thou invisible spirit Of wine. if thou has
no name 10 be known by. le, Us call thee
devil" Oh lat men should Put an enemy
IN their mouths 70 sea- away their brains =
that We should with JOY. revel, pleasure anc
applause. Transform ourselves mo beasts
1t hath pleased tae devil drunkenness to CIV,
way to the devil wrath-one imperfectues.
shows me another to make me fanhly des
pise myself" Here, fellow citizens, Is
lecture for us all. l. is but faint pi:,ure O
thousands Of tragedies Of real life actually
played in the homes Of many Of our citizens
And this result is brough. about through tht
influence Of n practice Of modrate dfinkIH.
. by the more refined aad wealthy, brought E
bear upon ;he masse-. And have 10. somt
of the edura,eI and most respectable am9E-
US fallen into the same evil II So which
none can DENY, does not this fact alone te4cl
Us that the practice Of moderate drinking i
extremely hazardous And this IS not th
! opinion Of those merely whom some a..
pleased to call = Temperance Fanaiirs'' ~
have the rates Of d Life Insurance ComPanl