St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-04-12

wretch that was picked up 10y the police
and carried in drunk. and foul. and
bleeding?
Did call him man the second He
is man the first! Rum transformed him.
Rum destroyed his prospects. Rum dis
appointed parental expectation. Rum
wIthcrcd those garlandS of commence
ment day. Rum cut his lip. Rum
dashed ont his manhood. Rum accursed
Rum,
| have shown You the evil beast. The
question is. Who will hunt him down.
and how shall we shoot him IanSwer:
first, 10y getting our children right ON
this subject. Let them grow up with
AN uttcraNersiom 10 strong drink. Take
care how Nou administer il even as II
medicine. If you find that they have Il
natural love for it, as some have. put
i'll IL glass of it some holIid stuff. and
make il utterly naJISeOuS. Teach them
IS faithfully aS You do the catcch>m.
that rum is tiend Take them to the
alnlshousc, and show them the wreck
and ruin it works. Walk with them
/ into the homes that have been scorrged
10y it. If Il drumkard hath fallen into il
ditch, take them right up where they
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/ swollen, and SAY. Look. my son. Rum
| did that - Looking ont of your window
at some one who. intoxicated to mad
ness. goes through the street. hrandiSh-
ing his fist. disappearing God. Il howl
/ ing, defy ing, shouting, rcellmg. rlving.
and tuamimg maniac. say to your son,
''LoOk that man was once Il child like
you." As ynu go 10y the yrogShop. let
| them know that that is the place where
men are slain. and their wives made
paupcrS and their children slaves. Hold
out /" your children all warnings, all
rewards. all c"unscl> lest in aftcIdal>
they break NOur heart and curse NouI
gray hairs.
Again. We will battle this evil at the
allot-hoX. How many men are there
Who can rise above the feeling of par
ti>amShip. and demand that our officials
shall be sober men ! maintain that
the question of sohliety is higher than
the question of availability: and that
however eminent ii man : services may
he. if he have habits of intoNicatinn he
i< unfit for amy office in the gift of il
Christian people. spend few days at
| Harrisburg. or Albany, OF Washington.
and You will find out why. upon these
subjects, it is impossible to get righteous
enactmcntS.
Again. we We will try the power of
| the pledge. There are thousands of
men who have been SAVED 10y putting
| their names to such IL document. l
| know it j. laughed at: but there are
some men who, having once promised
il thing. do il. "Some have broken the
pledge" Yes: they were liars. But
all men are not liars. d" not say that
it is the duty of all persons to make
such signature but | do say that it
would he the salvation of many of You.
The glorious work of Theohald Mat
thew can never he estimated. At his
/ hand fnur millions of people took the
| pledge. and multitudcS i'll England. Ire
! land. Scotland. and America. have kept
it till this day. The pledge signed to
thousands has been the Proclamation of
emancipation.
Again. We expect great things from
iurhriate a>llumS. They have already
done Il glorious work. ! think we are
coming at last To treat inchIiatinm as it
ought tn hr treated. namely. ;i> IN aw-
/ full disease. srlt-intlicted To hr sure, hut
/ nevertheless Il disease. Once under the
| power of this awful thirst. the man l.
| bound to go ON and if the toaming
! glass were on the other side of pcrdi-
| ton. he would wade through the fires
of hell To get it. \ Young man III pris-
on had such IL strong thirst for intoXi-
eating liquors. that he cut of his hand
ut the wrist. called for Il bowl of brandy
/ III order To stop the bleeding. thrust his
| wrist into the bowl. and then drank the
| contents. Stand not. when the thirst
/ is on him. between Il man and his cups.
! tlc,r the track for him. Away with
/ ,hr children he would tread their lit,
.:ut. Away with the wife; he would
/ dash her to death. Away with the
cross: he would run ii down. Away
with the Bible: he would tcar it up for
| the winds. Away with heaven: he
considers it worthless a> Il straw. ''Give
me the drink Give il me, Though
/ hands of hluud pass up the bowl. and
/ the soul tr'mhlc> over the pit the
drink Give it I" me, Though it hr
/ pale with tears 4: Though the troth of
everlasting anguish float on the foam
| give it to me; | drink to my VIE woe:
/ Ia my childrrn's rags: tn my eternal
hani>hmcnt from God. and hope. and
heaven, Give it t" me the drink -
| Again: we will contend against these.
evils. 10y irving to persuade the respect
able CLASSES of society To the hani>hmrnt
of alcoholic beverages. You Mo move
in elegant and refined ;l>Sociation>: Nou
who drink the best liquors Nou who
never drink until You lose Nuur balance.
| let It's look each other in the face on lis
subject. lou have. under God. III Your
power the redemption of this land from
| drunkenness. Empty Your cellars and
| wine closets of the beverage. and then
come ont and give u> Your hand. your
| vote. Nour prayers. your SNmplthlcS.
! Do that. and will promise three things.
First. That you will lind unSpeakahlc
| happiness in having done sNour duty.
Secondly, Iou will llprohahly save some
body perhaps I"urowm child. Third
| Is. lou will not. in Nour last hour. have
Il regret that You made the sacrifice, if
sacrifice it bc. AS long aS Nou make
drinking respectable, drinking customs
will prevail. and the plough h-sharc of
death. drawn 10y terrible disasters. will
go on turning up this whole continent.
from end to end, with the long. deep.
awful fuIroW of drunkardS graves.
There Is no home So beautiful but II
may he devastated hy the awful curse.
! 1t throws its jargOn into tn" sweetest
harmony. What was it that silcnced
| Shcridan's voice. and shattered the
golden sccpter with which he Swayed
parlaments and courts What foul
Spritc turned the sweet rhythm of Rob
rrt Burns into Il tuncleSs habhle What
brought down the majestic form of one
who awcd the American Scnatc with
his cloquencc, and after while carried
! him home dead drunk from the office of
| Snnrnt.r,. l,f Stntn MINT N:is IL thnt