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or the drunKards, these inscriptions wOul(
flame out in glaring characters Of fire.
In the morning the deacon came anc
found the distiIery locked as he had lef
it, and no men to be found. He wa.
puzzled to know how they got out, ant
still more amazed to find that they hat
done more work in one night than coult
be done in the ordinary way in one mouth
In the evening the men came again, unc
the deacon being SO we'll satisfied with
their work, continued their services foI
another nj ght as before. They finished
all his molasses, and filled ali his rum
barrels, kegs and casks with liquor, and
marked them all as on the preceding
night with invisible Inscriptions. The
following is a specimen Of some of the
inscriptions
Who hath woe? Inquire at Deacon
Giles distlIery.
Who hath rcdness Of eyes? Inquire
at Deacon Giles distillery.
Delirium Trcmens sold here. Manu-.
featured at Deacon Giles distilery.
Insanity and Murder. Inquire at
Deacon Giles distillery.
Distilled death and liquid damnatiep.
Inquire at Deacon Giles distilery to.
gether with many others of the same
sort.
Ali these inscr' 'ptions, when vii lie,
burned "still and awful red." In the
Morning the workmen vanished as before,
Just as it was dawn; but in the dusk OF
the evening tEey came again and told the
deacon it was against their principles to
take any wages for work done between
Saturday night and Monday morning,
and as they could not stay with him any
longer, he was welcome to what they had
4 me. The deacon was anxious to hire
them to continue at any price, but they
left and he saw no more Of them.
In the course Of the week most Of the
casks were sent into the country and duly
delivered to the tavern keepers. groceries
and rumshops, and as soon as the FIRST
glass was drawn from any of them, the
invisible Inscriptions famed out on the
cask head to every beholder. Delirium
Tremens, Damnation, He'll Fire, stared
the gaping crowd full In the face. The
drunkards were terrified, the dram.shops
and bar.rooms were elnptied. The dea-
CONS devil-di,tiled liquor was drawn into
new casks. and the same deadly letters
broke out in blue and red flames all over
the .DTss ssy IAas J'Tssitss 'ss4 teams Wifi ,Ge
accursed liquor and drew it back to the
distil!ery.
All around before the door of the dea-
cons establishment the returned casks
were piled one upon another with the in
scripti'ns burning brighter than ever
The words Consumption, Damna:ion,
Death and He'll, were mingled together
in frightful confusion with flaming in.
d K pointing to the words Enquire at
Deacon Giles Distillery."
Among the four distilleries Of Salem,
one was singled out as answering to the
description of the publication. and the
proprietor feeling aggrieved at his person
and property, a prosecution was commen-
ced against Mr.. Cheever by the common
wealth Of Massachusetts for libel. He
pleaded not guilty, with an averment tina,
what had been published was only intend
ed as an illustration Of the evils of the
liquor business without intending any at.
tack upon any individual person or per.
sons.
The history Of this transaction forms
part of the history of the temperance
reformation. Although the darkness and
dismal gloom which overshadowed the
good name and worldly prosperity of the
rich and influential professed christians Of
that day. has been very much dispeled,
yet distileres are in operation, and they
continue to pour over this land Of free.
dom, what Robert Hall very justly term.
ed u food Of "liquil fire and distilled
damnation.