Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-10-23
From the Scottish Temperance Review.
Original Researches in Natural History.
THE DIsTiLLER.

The majestic philosophical looking creature The alea
the economy tropics serpent good quail
tiles operates benefcaly check organic redundancy pre-
venting the brute population from increasing rapidly the
of subsistence
The tabled dragon poisoned with its breath for
miles around and human beings sckened and died
quence This bad enough certainly but the breath
tler monster great deal not only duses itself
whole but packed casks finds reno
test of the EARTH that the breath the
ks IN Britain suocates at the anpodes The dsng monsters
long, that its pestous habits may be said component
persons appears that the air Of Asia India America Africa and
Australia well as that of Europe tainted with to alarming
like desert travellers by the deadly smoon Civilized nations
Britain and America suffered severely The Americans
fumes but shame to the British peope~the dlng mon
se still allowed to blow in Banias face and she consequent
health 's ''''''S'' SA'' p''' ''p'' '0'''s ne!
It an and interesting fact concerning preacous ami
mails that not of them has been designed That
lion tiger omtmes surprises the traveller among bushwood
Africa Jungle Bengal certainly catas
trophies accidental rarely The
carnivoa appears be maintain the balance between
accordingly genera dler
Fortunately for mankind the dser spring upon prey
like tiger Indeed locomotive whatever
and would be absolutely harmless but for the cooperation of hu
man beings Its retreat generally some a secluded valley h the
wild animals the stencil of its lair ntoerab and there
er parts of its den where they were choksd by no1ous eu
Prone among its ya and behing fire and smoke the
ster both day and night ebora its opinion which collected
with greater than milk, and sent all of the
country
the wish that his neghbo might enjoy good health
danl dister The idea absurd sink into
oblivion; it spread like Hencefort of
sympahng with other peoples health, decided
proof that he had his Another original
during the dark ages in selling lucfr matches something e
treated his drains of the poison and began the
asous reign of the diser over commercial men, Some stupid
monks better qualified put devils than to them
ed presytery and induction dinners and laid the bottle found
ton of demand for the poison In this wonder
M qualities of this dler gradually discovered and made sub
svent the destruction of the best interests of society The
cmgs with aazng pernacy the absures
of their ancestors illustrating the progreness of the species
when the road happens to be downhil.
Some twenty the dreadful Of the der excited
general attention and led attempt the The
expedent udcrous the drinking the weaker
and muddier of another called the Brewer The
whole affair." might have been expected proved failure
ridiculous that rascal would starve because another
fed
Subsequently important discovery made by of
the ancient town of Dunfermlne Like all other
great discoveries remarkable chiefly for simplicity 1t
nfbe method of being safe from the dister and consisted
simply in letting the poison alone