Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-07-29
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This infamous crime of drunkenness Ia
not solitary in its character; it REQUIRES
two men to commit it. The law has
been furnishing one party who perpe-
trates this crime under temptations the
like of which no other man Is subject to.
for he will sacrifice health, reputation
wife, children, and life itself, to commit
it. There is another party to this crime.
and his temptation is to make three
cents out of it. It is possible for every
man to reform, but know that men
won't reform, and therefore, for the pur-
pose of this argument. say that ali the
world knows it ia impossible, idle and
cruel to punish men in that way. when
it has no effect for good. The ether
party to the crime is more guilty, for he
perpetrates it under the influence of a
temptation so pitiful that pickpocket
would be ashamed of it. Put the pen-
atty upon him, and see how it will
work. If this law were put in operation.
you would witness different spectacle
In the police court from the one already
described. The drunkard would be
brought up, and the judge would saw to
him, Tom, where did YOU get your
liquor" "At the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
your HONOR Policeman, 20 for Mr..
Fifth Avenue.n He comes down with
his ruf1es, his jewels, and his gold
chain, and he is brought face to face
with Tom, who swears that he got the
liquor at mis- place. Fifth Avenue is
very sorry, but the judge tells the clerk
to MT him out for sixty days to Black
weifs Island. How many drunkards do
you think would come from the Fifth
Avenue on the next Monday morning,
or from the Astor, METROPOLITAN, or 81
Nicholas? Sixty days jaiI would cure
the whole concern. And we are going
to do it. There was a little touch Of
Maine law before it was thought Of A
frlgate sailed from Boston at the time
when liquor rations were given to the
sailors. 1t was arranged In such q way
that sailors could exchange LIQUOR
rations among each other. Some did
not care much about liquor, and others
cared great deal for it, so that some of
the sailors would get drunk and were
punished by fogging, which has since
been abolished. The instrument used
was whip with short handle having
ten or twelve strands of small cord,
which made the blood and skin fiy. The
whole crew mustered, as at Ioll-call, to
witness the punishment, and when all
was ready, the offender was stripped
down to the waist and his arms tied ND
~ 'no gang "oyi anu tuo captain, In UNI
form, come out to see how it was done.
One day Tom was brought up to be pun
ished and the captain, seeing that his
back was bloody from a preceding fog
ging, could not fog him at that time,
and asked him where he got his LIQUOR.
He said he got it from Jack. BY the
captains order Jack was brought and
tied up. He was one of the best seilors
on board ship, and did not care much
for liquor. They gave Jack a dozen
blows, and all the sailors stared in
amazement, for ne was never drunk;
but the captain said: ''Men, I will not
have drunkenness, and every case Of the
kind that have will fog the man
that lets the other have the liquor.n
There never was q case of drunkenness
on board that ship afterward.-INeal
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