The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-07-05

struggles ana nghtS with ner until weak
from the loss Of blood, she falls mangled ]
and apparently liteless before. him. He
knocks the brains out Of hel pleSs old
man who is a member Of the family;
kills one of the children with the same
dull and bloody hatchet another little
one hides in the bed. clothes and escapes,
while third little one imp lores the vii
lain, saying, 0, don't kill me. O, don't
kill me! But the murderous weapon
descends upon her head also, and the
murderer proceeds TO wipe his bloody
fingers, to search the house for money,
and to hasten back home, pretending he
has not been absent Let these things
take place near us and let us hear the
horrid particulars Of death in this style,
and our minds will be impressed by the
facts, as well as convinced OF their re-
ality. SO with facts pertaining to the
evils of intemperance. Let these facts
become realities in our own families,
and let our eyes and minds dwell upon
the horrid details ofdisgrace and wretch
edness, of poverty and crime, of alien
ated affections, and the ruin tor time
and for eternity, Of all the nobler part
of a mans being, as well as the disease
and wreck of his body and we shall
have occasion to feel then, as well as be-
heve, that intemperence breeds wretch
edness, as filth in hot climate breeds
pestilence. Let us look, then, in detail,
at some of the evils OF this vice, in their
effects upon the body and mind and
character of an individual; in their et-
iects upon the family, and upon society,
q |. The BoDY.-The use OF intoxcat-
ing liquors disposes the body to every
: form Of acute disease, and hard drinkers
seldom or never recover from a severe
attack Of cholera, smallpox, or yellow
fever The habitual use Of intoxicating
c drinks, whether the person drinks to
, drunkenness or not, tends to produce a
disorlered state of the stomach, loss OF
appetite for food, distractions OF the
liver. iaundice, swelling of the feet and
legs, offensive and disgusting breath,
contraction of the fbres Of the stomach
. and bowels, ossifcation of the blood
y vessels, frequent and weakening urlna
discharges, dropsy, corruption OF all the
Juices Of the body, internal uIceratlons
external eruptions, red blotches on the
" face and nose, called m-buds, anc
finally inflammation Of the stomach anc
brain or delirium tremens. And tht
miserable creature who walks this down
ward path, goes down to the grave
il suicide, consumed by the internal fire
-" of his own kindling, or rather beior
his time, by the elements of decay which
set his own hand placed within him. ,
But the effect of intoxicating drink
:, is even worse upon the mind than it
upon the body.
. The inflammation and corruption OF tn
vital juices of the body are truly hgura
+. tive, yet they are faint expressions
the corruption which is wrought in tn
drunkard's mind. He becomes unusu
ally silent or unusually talkatlye. IL
NV has an impulsivc desire to fight ever
TX body he meets, or he is in uncommo
70, GOOD humor and extremely silly. IL
spends his money lavishly, if he has an.
ed and if he has not, he steals Of his Wi
'1y oy- or pawns her hard earned clothing
He curses and swears; he roars an
at sings; he jumps and Dances he tea
TO- his clothes and smashes the househo
furniture. The bedstead and tables, Il
tho chairs and the windows, the stove al
sed the kettles, the glasses and crockery
breaks to pieces in wild delight, or
va spitefu malice. He cruelty beats h
nee children, and inhumanly bites his VII
bly until exhausted, or satisfied with Il
.ly: wreck ofhis household, he staggers al
iii falls. His eyes and lips protrude;
,ct- looks around with vacant stare, NJ
soon sinks into a profound but exhauS
in ing slumber. When he wakes,
de- papes and stretches and coughs al
by Dukes He rises with difficulty al
ord walks crookedly. His eyes are lntiam
and his hands tremble. lis stoma
last Graves more strong drink. His W
our and children dread him as wild oea
of He scods and curses, and remainsstuT
and cross and unfit for business, tor t'
ida or three days, and is then, likely as n
pro- ready to repeat the same drunken a
With debasing round Of folly and wickedne
low He thus undermines his constitution
the exposes his body to disease and spec
de- dissolution, not only, but he thus Il
sub suicidal hands upon his rational
ime. moral nature. He makes murdert
are assault upon the image of God wit
evil. him, in which he was created, and
ous. repeated and deliberate and persist
ling efforts, he endeavors to blot out that
f its ace. He hurls reason from her thro
, the he smothers conscience, he extinguls
,ince memory, he browns natural atfectl
tinu- he banishes self-respect, he puts to I'll
often the sense of shame, he bewllders
thor judgement, he trampels upon his M
le, at sense, and spews upon the image OF
i'm Maker. He blasts, to the utmost OF
ance ability, all the nobler faculties and
f our ceptibilities ofhis soul. He divests h
,e no self of the manhood which God 6
little him for his own and for his Makers
What ry, and degrades himself to the lew
n &C. the lowest brute. He makes b
what out of what God intended should
lot of man. And it is this crime against
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