National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-06-05

true. SAID another person, 81 pur-
chase new coat and put it on; |
wear itawhile, and it is a new coat
still; but il is wearing out daily:
ana there comes a time when it
ceases to be new coat, and becomes
an Old one but cannot tell when
II IS. SO it is with cider. ! cannot
tell when It ceases to be harmless
and Intoxicating; so that the Only
way OF safety Is not to use it at all.o
II there be sOundncss in the plea of
beng on tha sac side, then now "i
der must be discarded by total alb
ataiHcrs.
>. The appetite for strong drink
IS formed as readily on cider that
has D or 10 per cent. Of aCOhOl, as
ii is on whisky having 80 per cent.
Of Slcohol. Whether The appetite
/ Is created or not, does not depend
/ upon the quantity Of alcohol there
IS IN what person drinks, but
whether there is ANY there at all
And so reformed drunkard3 affirm
/ that they return as surely to their
caps on beer that has five or eight
per cent. Of alcohol as they do on
brandy or gin.
At a public meeting at the Wash
ingtOnidu Home, Boston, where GO
reformed inebTiate9 were present,
the question WAS put to them, GLOW
many Of you think that you cannct
drink a glass Of the mildeat form of
Intoxicating liquor without going
back to your former habits Every
man rose to lis feet, thus confesSing
tlta7 cider and all other fcrmentcd
drinks are dangerous.
The fact is not generally under
stood, and, in consequence many
persons 90 to ruin. II the appetite
for strong drink can be created by
the use Of tcrmented cider, and We
cannot tell when fermentation be
gins. it follows that there is no
safety except in the total disuse Of
the article. Especially is this true
of the Young who are in the habit
| OF drinking sweet cider.
If they could tell The exact day or
hour when fermentation takes place
they might use the beverage to that
line with impEuity; but since this
IS impossible, they hazard all that is
| dear in life by making beverage Of
/ cider in any form.
a few years since, a young man
of % years, in MassachuSctts, Went
to the drunAard's grave. His friends
called him a cider drUnkard.' he
formed the appetite in bOyhood,
when he sucked " sweet CIDER" as
he called il, through a straw. Cider
became his daily beverage At Il
and - years Of age lac would be
come beaStly drunk ON this beverage.
All pcrSuasiOns and entrCaties failed
to reform him. At Is years of age
his father offered 10 buy him II farm
| il he would give up his cider and
sign the pledge. I'd rather have
my cider lie replied-.an answer
that icariully prorcd him to be a
cider drunkard lie drank himself
into his grave at 23.
1t is our duty to set a safe exam.
PIE. Ihe foregoing facts prove that
the use Of new cider is not n safe
! example for our sons or reformed
drunkardS. Many boys have formed
the appetite for strong drinks upon
| it. While some indulge and escape
ruin, others indulge and plunge to
ruin. It IS safe for all not to touch
1t. 1t is the only safe rule to adopt.
Acting upon this rule, cider can
make no dIuukards.
a reformed druukard exclaimed,
IN Il temperance society where the
cider question was under discussion,
"lt you have any regard for us, toI
, iicaN EMS sake don't set the exam
. pie ui drinking even sweet cider :.
, How can we disregard this appea
: without violating the divine imiunc
tioI, "ltiS good neither 10 eat flesh
t nor to drink wine, nor any thine
whereby thy brother stumbleth, OF
is offended, or is made weak g.
Asa Allen, of WalpoIc, Massa
chuSctts, was reformed in ISL
But l. or II years before. he siCnct
the carly pledge that allowed th'
e Use Of cider, and tlil.continucd {
4 drunkarl upon that beverage. |
= was not until he banishCd cider wit
!. all other liquors that he reformed
1 and he often referred in public {
b his experience a. proof that cid"
S would make and keep men druns
e ards.
:. The murderer How ard. who too
Il thc life ot Miss Harrison, in RWheS
Il ter, y. l., confessed that hls couids
n failed HIM when he first planned t
n perpeirate the deed; and il was ne
It until he went into the cellar ali
5 drank freely OF cider that he wa
C uervcd 30 accomplish his murderOu
!, purpose.
IS Many people strangely suppos
that the use OF cider and other fc
@ men;Ca liquors wcans drirkcts ;f0l
IS the use OF distilled spirits. TbcI
:. could not possibly be a greater d'
h lusiOn. What has been said prove
/ that ii wins to the use of run
=, brandy and gin. Hence, in Paii'
,. where such large quantities of win
VI are annually consumed, there wef
Z used, in 1868, seven gallons of di
Z titled liquors for every man, woma
Ie and child; while in the Unite
\. States only one.half as much di'
it titled liquors per capita were COZ
sumcd.