The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-03-20
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ADosiyom's Manifesto.

As this is an a.e Of TeformatioRs and
revolutions, and high eulogiuins are being
passed upon inventors, refor:ners and rev
olurionizers, feel that it s due to myself,
as well as to an Intelligent community, to
advertise that, after many. years OF inces-
SAINT toll and hard study, I--Apollyon-
have discovered a life eshortening scheme.
You will read in book Of very great
antiaaity-the Bibe-of reverse which
I experienced many years ago, resulting
in my speedy and rather unexpected exit
TO my present position. 70 be idle was
foreign 10 my nature, 50 l set my wits to
work to assist in clearing the great stage
OF life of many OF its brightest jewels.
l am BOW prepared, through my numer-
o1s agents, whom / have stationed at
every city aud. village and eross-road III
the country, to supply all who are knaves
enough to experiment in my man-debasing
schemes | have tried it in thousands,
yea, millions, of cases, and never failed in
a single instance in bringing about the
desired result Ask some widow, whose
tears unbid1en start as she passes that
sunken grave, marked by a worthless
piece of board, or that orphan, who has
often felt the pinchings of hunger or shlv-
cred in the merciiess blasts of December,
whether the demon Intemperance is not
all it is represented to be!
am now fully prepared to suppress the
expanding intellect of young men, to blast
the fondest hopes Of parents, TO convert
peaceful homes into scenes of riot and
confusion, and rob them of father or
husband, and reduce the widow and chill
dren to penury and want. To dig prema-
ture graves, and turn once promising
youths into loalhsome, bloated creatures.
To prey upon the shame, the time, the
soul, the body, the eternity Of mankind.
[ can also prepare the way for paUper
ism, disease, prison, the gallows can ruin
character, murder reputation, sink posi-
ton, destroy fortunes, fich a mans crumbs
of bread, beggar his family, break the
heart of his wife, and dissolve family links
of the closest ties.
For the small pittance of one shilling,
l can make poor man rich and rich
man poor, a gentleman swine, a wise
man fool, good neighbor bad one, a
peaceable man quarreisome, an honest
man rascal. a very small portion of it
will cause angry ltigations, neighborhood
contentious, petty lawsuits, family broils.
Bloody heads, broken noses, blind eyes,
ragged coats and abject poverty follow in
my train.
This, we wish all TO recollect, unlike
the almost innumerable nostrums that
promise to cure all diseases but cure none
is no humbug! l will refund all money
in case the prescription fails to act as
above.
need not bore the community with a
long list of testimonials, but will just re-
fer any who wish to satisfy themselves
upon this matter to my agents, who are
men Of practical experience. They can
tell you how often they have, for the sake
Of a three cent piece, placed the accursed
bowl to their neighbours lips, and sent
him home, with the devil in his heart, to
abuse his wife and whip his children
The landlord, who stands without blush
behind the counter as vender, Of the de.
stroying element, is a wholesale murderer
He can tell you that an Incorporate man
at the age of twenty will only live about
fifteen years longer, whereas q temperate
man of the same age may expect to live
forty at thirty, an Incorporate man will
probably live fourteen years longer-a
temperate man thirty at forty, an intem-
perate man may live twelve years longer
"a temperate man twenty nine So you
can see the advantage of patronizing my
firm. BY its aid man may leave this
troublesome world many years sooner than
otherwise. If any are disposed to ques-
ton the veracity of me or my agents, they
need only trace the history Of their own
families, and the probability is they will
have sufficient evidence to confirm all |
have said on the subject
| would here say once for all: Those
wishing profiigate sons, who will surely
write their names deep in the slough Of
nfamy, and ultimately lay drunkard's s
loathsome body in drunkard's grave,
give them money aud the privilege to
visit the bar-room, where men smoke ci-
gars, drink whisky, tell lies, and swear
big oaths. In this school they will soon
become master Of all the diabolical bran
ches taught. Students received at any
and all times, aud no vacation
VICTOR.
WILNoRE, March, 1882