Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-11-27

teetOtaIefs but when We any business 10 do,
there nothing ike water and the dumb
bells. Richard Golden, whose powers were
subjected to a far severer trial than pugi-
list ever dreamed Of, whose labors by night
AID day, during the eorn-law struggle, we're
excessive and continuous beyond those Of
any other member Of the House Of Com
mons, bears similar testimony The more
work | have had to do, the more have re-
sorted tothe pump aud the teapot On
this branch Of the subject, al the testimony
/ is against alcoholic drinks Whenever the
point has been tested-and it has often been
tested-the truth has been confirmed, that
be who would DO bis rely best and most
whether in rowing, lifting, running, watch
/ ING, moving, climbing, lighting speaking,
or writing, must not admit into bis system
one drop Of alcohol
Weall know that whepwe drink alcohol
&c liquor, il affects the brain Immediately
1 Most Of US are aware, too, that it affects the
brain iujuriously, lessening at once its pow
er 70 discern and discriminate
Take two glasses Of wine, and then imme
diately apply yourself to the hardest task
your mind ever has to perform, and you
/ viii fud you cannot do il. Let any student.
just before be sits down to bis mathematics,
drink pint ofthe purest beer, and he will
be painfully conscious Of loss Of power. Or,
let any salesman, before beginning wirh a
difficult but important customer, perform
the idiotc action Of taking drink, and he
/ will 5oon discover that his ascendency over
his customer is impaired In some way
this alcohol of which we are so fond, gets
to the brain and Injuries it. We are con
scious Of this, and we can observe it. tits
among the wine-drinking classes Of our fel-
iow-beings, absurd, incomplete, and reac.
tionary ideas prevail The receptive, the
curious, the candid, the trustworthy brains
those that do not take things for granted,
aud yet are ever open to conviction such
heads are to Be found on the shoulders Of
men who drink Ilttle or none Of these seduc-
tive fluids All that mas yet
been ascartained Of the effects ofalcohol by
the dissection Of the body favors the extreme
position Of the extreme teetotalers. \ brain
aicoho!ized the microscope proves to be
brain diseased Blood which has absorbed
alcohol Is unhealthy blood-tbe microscope
shows it. The liver, the heart, aud other
organs, which have been accustomed to ab-
sorb alcohol al give testimony under the
microscope which produces discomfort in
the mind Of one who likes a glass of vine
AMI hopes to be able to continue the enjoy
ment of IT,
As medicine, in case Of certain diseases,
Ar Parton thinks that alcohol may be used
with benefit All disease Is the result OF
violation personal or ancestral Of NATURES
laws, to ward off for time, the conse-
quences Of which, poison may be used. In
consumption. alcohol prevents the waste Of
muscular tissue, and may prolong life, aud
in few instances Of intermittent disease,
small quantity of vine may sometimes
enable patient who is at the low tide OF
vitality to anticipate the turn Of the tide,
and borrow Of four o'clock enough Of FIVE
o'clock's strength to enable him to reach
five O'Clock. With regard to this daily
drinking of wine and whiskey. by ladies'
aud others, for mere debility, IL is della
sion. In such cases wine Is, in the most
Gserd sense Of the word a mockee 1t
seems to nourish, bnt does not: it seems to
warm but does not, it seems to strengthen,
but does not: it is an arrant cheat ard per
petuates the evils it is supposed to alleyi-
ate
In our social life wine plays an important
part, because cur social life is constant
warfare against our physical nature The
kinds and quantities OF food which society
eats, and the times at which il eats il; the
hours it keeps and the air it breathes, ren
der stimulants seemingly necessary to sus-
tain its energies. So indeed with the mer-
chant who overworks bis brain, or the me-
chauic who demands Of his muscles a grea-
ter labor than they can sustain. Alcohol
enables us, If We use il with caution. TO drew
a mortgage on our future powers (bus at
terrible rate Of INTEREST," 70 meet a present
emergency, or, for tiue, to ward Of de
served punishment This seems to iudi-
cate the real Office Of alcohol in cur modern
Iiie; it enables us to violate the laws Of na-
ture without immediate suGeriaganl speedg
destruction. This appears to be It's chief
Office, in coniuetion Bith its ally, tobacco.
Burthe coming maj" will not violate
the laws Of his body. He will not drink
wine when he is we'll 1t vii be also an
articeoi his religion not to commit any of
those sins against his body, the consequen-
ccs Of which can be postponed by drink king
vine He viii hold bis body in veneration.
He viii feel all the turpitudc and shame of
violating it. lie viii not acquire the grea-
test intellectual good by the smallest bodily
loss He viii know that mental acquisitions
gained at the expenses Of physical power or
prowess are not culture, bat efeminaey. He
will honor a rosy and stalwsTt ignoramas,
who is also an honest man, faithfully stand
ing at his post; but be viii start back with
alright ami Indignation at the spectacle Of
a pallil philosopher The Coming Man.
1 am firmly persuaded, viii not drink vine,
nor any other stimulating fluid If by
chance he should be sick, be viii place him
self in the hands ofthe Coming Doctor, and
take whatever is prescribed The impress
sion is strong upon my mind, after reading
almost al there Is IN print on the subject
and eonversing with many physicians, that
the Coming Doctor will give his patients
alcoholic mixtures about as often as he will
give them Iagdanum. and in doses of about
the same magnitude, reekoned By drops.
ONE after the other the States Of the
Union are adopting universal suffrage, until
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