The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-11-07
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There scefas 70 bc = sor, Of reiusenslion 10
Ae ranks o. total abstinence. The war
fiors enrolled under lba, righteous banner
sssn 70 ts preparing for winters campaign
ae4ins, that which steals away the s,nses Of
nea" When behold the puny Efforts Of
she itienas Of Temperance, ! anu reminded Of
iitle boy, who, inten, on revenging him.
sslf on big boy for an injury received, a..
saulsed the big boy With squirt-sun and
ihsn run away. The big boy got little
vet and very msd, which was the sum total
ofdamage received from bis irste adversary.
80, with aboe, the same success. do the
friends Of Temperance hght against King
Whisky, ard Governor Beer. Meetings are
tsld, and lodges Of Good Templars formed
The will to DO good 10 laudable and christian,
and In some individual cases, father or
b-o,her has been saved, but goodness knows,
.ner all, I, ia but wsi,iuE the biz boy and
making him mad. The schemes brought tn
light by timid yet sangoine reformisis ar,
pi,iful--some absurd. One editor, supposed
10 be very wise, thinks that "too much has
teen attempted a, once say not enough
by ,ay means has ever been attempted at
once He believes that legislation will not
eradicate the evil believe Il would ifa
Jury could be found who would convict. IL
suac,meus against the evil went to the
root aud their execution was sustain BY
.posss eo'ntidhs In winch there was mai. |
eriiy Of orier.Ioving citizens, for there might |
possibly be dgbt lie suggest the estab.
h'hment Of of'resd'ng.roo,ns' and olyeeums
Vhs, Is simply bosh, and I believe he knows
his The laws natural civil and divine, all
contemplate the demolition Of evil and the
rromcton Of gooi-henec II intsmperance
is an evil the cause Of Il ought to be dsmol.
.lsael
J confess TO much less faith In humaulty's
strength Of virtue than many other people.
think that putting the bottle out Of the possi.
ble reach Of young man, Ia better than
starting reading room rs an "atlraction O.
True, Il wo'ld not he mach to the young
hans credit, but Il would he great saving
~ shcrrffs Sales and Jail room. That idcs
- attraction Is good Joke. Ifa young man
wants to keep away from grog.hole By
railing the world Is fall of books, aud
sbsunds lin attractive places 10 read them in
hn' knug, just as we'll as know that
bold this pen, that rmother Ewes proncnsss
70 evil Is IN ayouug mans heart, and has 4
h en- fostercd hel always prefer to end the
fl',id atmosphere, the hrawing aud the pro-
fniiy ofa GROCERY more attractive than any
iyceum that sahguins gold mc1 ever built.
Wuen a young gentleman can't slp down
nwn and get his regular lager or viii key,
We cant get drunk, and will never be n
druhkard. I did not set out 10 say thar
Temperance Societies did no good They do
They havo snatched m ny brands from The
burning, but while the Gre burns, what day
Or hour may they not fall in again aud be
c1nsumedl While one is being saved, Eve
others with wry face and rye.hrcsd may be
lsTning 10 ewill beer. What is my plan7
/ Is simple and effective Ia theory. but an
''N'''N''h Nsah ih lihAAiNNs ~ ~ 70 ktNhh Tue
not Of matters by stopping the dstillerics
Wruldnt that be awful Blu, that's the
way 10 do It, and the corner groceries would
lie for want Of breath Ifyou build lyceums
'ai dls,illerios at the same time, there Is no
progress to be reckOnsd up in temperance re-
form aud the young men who have the mor.
d force aud dcoeney and manhood to stay
Nway from gtogeries, will, year in and year
cut continue To sit In their lyceums and
h'ar from below or across the way the click
of Vlasscs aud maudln songs OF young men :
AMI prrcoeious boys, who have not the man
'oi 70 avoid these hels Irit is Desired to
ousl Whiskcy have pointed ont the course
to pursusi Il a little Irritation with the foe is
Al tha, Is desired 80 on with the meetings
While the GROCERY .men will laugh ia their
'leevesaa they watch fr empty glAscs os,r
their rosy noses and scrape from their couu-
Iers, wet with slop- and beer, into their
drawers, the fve.eent currency.
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