Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-02-10
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From the Temperance Times.
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c,,oliy proceed 50 deliNer'a long anu "a
-dissertati~4l-pn Ihe lasss % c.'-n S'-sy'''f', !,
Instead of running i3to s4ie s'fSe'9 '-'i"
CRYING, Fire! fire! %. saya DgI s aru -
professor. wren tpisN IeTrpie ftrfS
iuteniperance is raging a. il d, s.s5a', = !.
want anybody To tafR 40 Us aouut Mh-'
the Bible or science says on The sugjee'
hut we want every yDooy to~cry nIe :
fire ~ and rouse the sieepers that tiley
may escape. ;,,1six,a
and enthusiastic lecturer, ana Those
rybo agree with him, shall put their
Teaching into practice. Let them go TO
the careful architects and builders, VINO
study to construct pubilc anu prlyale
buildings in such a manner as to avoid,
if possible, the danger OF connaSratlen:
and let them say: whats the use oil
all this painstaking and expense 10
make buildings hre-prooi, 10 nave per
feet fiues, and TO provide means OF eAo
tingulshing fire If it should preak out!
Why don't you wait TIL you see -naiiie
bursting through the roof, and then
rnn. info the Street and yell '.ifre!n
sI,et them 90 to the shops where ire
euUines are built, and sneeringly ask
the workman why they are wasting
their time in the careful construction Oh
sncb engines. Let them go to our city
authorities and protest against the build
ing of engine houses, the malntenance
of n fire department, and the use of hre-
alarm f.leIraphs. And II any body is
found who lis sqndying elhe naturai
sciances and who is making himself
n,s.ft;r of the forces which-li latent H.
steam and eIeta ficlty, pliift lie may eni-
ploy them FOR The protection OF life AMI
i,ropefty against the periis.of confiagra
ton, ,slet him be exhorted to lay aside
his books and apparatus, ahd rush
frantically about in the streets crying
F'Fffref fire 7, II = = > =
When our philosophic lecturer and
his tribe oEadmirers have done All thi''
a1dlhavesucceeded in convincing the
llub thOAO -
prevent confiagrations than vigorous
i,se eff the lungs in the repetition OF a
siugle 'monus yllabie, they may very
properly again. turn Jheir attention TO
The Temperance reform; and attempt To
convince us tha -intemperance can be
successfully combated by the senseless
rant,,and cant of egarrulous block
baafsTI- ia - g. > = - - :
Ser idAlg. we. haves had enough > and
vastly too much, of that kind of lectur-
ing which appeals only to Ignorance.
prejudice. and passion. 1t IS well
enough for Cough to ignore logic, ar
p,ment. and scientific truth, end de
pend wholly on his power to work upon
the feelings Of his audience by dramatic
speaking and acting. There is but one
Cough. and God made him, we suppose,
to be just what he is, and he ought hol
to be ANYTHING else. But he mas nosi
of contemplate imitaiors. whose coarse
wit, and thread dbare ANECDOTES, ana dls
f,,istiffg attempts at dramatic effect
have broushtihe Temperance reform
into contempt, and @~ellnigh stnpped
its progress. We know places in Ohio
where it is almost impossible TO obtain
the attendance. of respectable people al
n Temnefance meeting because they
have been insulted by the disgraeefulex-
hibitions of those so called lecturers
who shake their oily locks, and thro v
their arms about wildly, and shrek,
Fire fire ~ I....
we can not do much for the cure of
intemperance, but we can do much for
its preuention. Men whose stomachs
and brains are already on fire by the
use of alcoholic drinks may be saved,
but ninety-nine hundredths OF them
will die drunkards. 1t has been so in
the past, and will be in the future. Bui
there are, millions of young men and and
boys whocan be saved from ruin by
timely and earnest instruction III the
elementary principles ofTemper nee
Let US use, then. all the appliances
that n:be employed to prevent them
from falling. Let US have more lnstfuc-
tive, educational lectures, and a sound,
wholesome Temperance literature. a"sr
BAIT FOR DRAM-DRINkERs.-I
man who sDends his money with the