Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-02-15
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Is the nip thought 50 good for cold
Is the gin, not so pure AS of old.
q Is the hotel. here often he goes, -
Is the inner room, he so well knows.
Is the jug. he there 1ills toThe brin,-f
X is the knocking OF consclence within ri
the landlord, who smiles as you drink,
N Is your money he's getting. I think.
is the nightmare which visits yonr bratr
/ ois the orgies OF q faidreght train.
I P Is the poor. penuiIess panper you become
Q Is the quarrel, the product Of. rum.
is the ruin rnm.brings to yotir door.
8 is the suffering ne'es known before,
Is the tremens-and mark this as true.
Tney make few calls ere death must ensue.
U Is the undertaken who comes to your aid
Is the valley where your body is laid.
Is tue wretchelness, walling and woe
a ecraoiedrunkards alone can know. e,.
II the yearnlng OF mis-spent time
Is the zenith of the drunkard's cline.
Horace Greeley on Temperance.
The last week in December Ma
Greeley addressed a large collection of
children in New York on tho subject
OF Temperance. The following is a
brief sketch of his remarks: -..
The best argument against drunken
ness Is drunkenness itself. II pushes
itself upon public notice, as drunken
man, although loathsome and CIise41st-
ing, buttOnholes his friends and blows
his reeking breath in their, faces. de-
spite their efforts to get away. If T
talked for months as Goethe talks 7
could not make the argument stronger
than it now is. Men addicted to drink
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endeayor TO prove that the use OF fid-
uor was right. They know that n il
not, but the raging thirst dehes reason
and deiiess renoastrance. II it..Were
upon me now all the, demons of the
neither world, II they We're before me
with burning pitcliforks, could not
keep me- away nom the grogshop. So
- 1T IS IDLE TO WASTE WORDS
on an established truth. / begin at a
different standpoint TIE evil can
only be assaulted successfully when in
its early stages. We have many books
full OF moral apPealS-btit. in spite of
all their truths, there are hosts of peO-
pie who will begin to drink in the new
year which will soon open I've heard
our friend Cough speak time and again.
when was thrilled and moved by his
burning elcquenee; but 1 always found
wrong in his way of pre-
SentIng the argument. 1t is weak, be
cause it intends to indulge a mans self
conceit, to put men on their seIf-assur-
ance and t01ead them into temptation
BY causing them TO- rely on their own
power of will. That frailty is in the
hearts of most people. Appetite is
stronger than reason To drink the
first glass of liquor is wrong and peril
Gus. We can admit all that NAV be
said, on the other side, that it imparts
a glow and cheerfulness to conscious
ness. But if this exhflaration rests on
stimulants, it is avery pOOrcompliment
to enjoyment. arft r-sii r-ae-- i.-r,.
LONE GLASS WON'T HURT YOU?
L / think that it will. You see a man
staggering through the street and are
told that he is Intoxicated" but he is
more than that-he is poisoned.
Mr.. Greeley here defined his ideal Of
a prohibitory law. The doctors were
to be the only. favored mortals who
could dispense alcohol. He then in
dulged in "reminiscences of the drink
ing custom of his early boyhOod. De
hrium tremenS was rarer then than
now; nquors to-day are tampered with
and poisOned. They set the vital or
gans on Ere, and caused a fearful effort
to be made to- get rid OF their effects;
just as when house Is on fire there is
more stir and alarm within than when
it Is still and cold.
Well, friends, I shall not talk much
further. If people win poison them
selves, cannot help it. / will do all 1
can do. 1 have led a hard life-full of
work, and that at unreasonable hours.
| know that my strength has heen pro-
longed and my life extended by letting
strong drink alone. All have had hab-
its, and, do the best We can,
WE DO SOMETHING WRONG.
But l beseech the children to begin life
by resolving never to touch, taste or
handle the intoxicating cup; to walk
by the light that God has. given you,
and not to plunge into those troubles
which may be avoided by beginning
life Alright. Pledge yourselves to tenn
perance, and give you the example of
my own life to show you what it will do
for you. At the end you will be ready
to thank God that He has rescued you
from life of intemperanee.
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