The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-06-07
OUR TRAVELLING CORRESPONDENT.
LOCK HAVEN, Pa,
Nav 25th. 1872.

ii AM, absolutely abluted, no longe
mourn the necessity of grand Fathe
Adam s beverage; indeed none here, 80 fal
as heard from, take water on ice, Away.
something more exhilarating instead there
of, myself excepted.) No option here;
whisky free.
Well as my pores are open and my head
clear, ION top no hair,) l will proceed tc
divest myself of supertluous clothing, as
also of information from obervations made
from valleys more beauteous than pen
describes, mountain tops alarming in their
height, overlooking all creatures here below
and from high life in hotels 18th floor, in
this, the Switzerland of America, the State
of Pennsylvania.
Seated in room 1sx1S, beautifully and
bountifully lighted and ventilated g win
dows), overhanging which is seen and en-
joyed the grateful shadow of majestic
maple, whose beauty is excelled only in its
protection to an L. L. D., an NJ. D., or any
| other Of Adams sons that attempt to brave
old Soils attacks when the thermometer
marks 90, land still rising in this shade, }
with some below me it is perhaps ITO, rap
idly approaching fever heat, (they abstain
from use of water.
Do you wonder that with my capacity
tankage, that I feel good and like throw
ing off superhuities, after having formed
one of coroners inquest of 10, who sat
from 1890 PM. to 80 PM, over the re-
mains of 5 descendants of Cochin China,
the dissecting of which was truly heart
rending in the extreme. Verdict rendered,
"death resulted from indiscretion on the
part of the G. C.'s in being present on the
arrival of 10 L. l.. DIS. Now perhaps
some may not understand how the L. L. D.
comes as an associate of my name: three
words explains the note; Late, Large,
Drummer, (231 avoirdupois.l
The cripple, called Local Option, is work
ing wonders in this State. You are sell
dom annoyed by chronic DRINKS any more
at hotels; but instead thereof we have
them in cars, coaches, cabs, ON the streets
and in churches with their bottles by their
side (outside,) the contents (inside.) In
deed this sham temperance law, sectional
as it is in its workings, is simply a bur-
lesque on decency and good faith as advo-
Gated and enforced by cold water advocates.
Had you poisonous tree in your
grounds, would you, as a man of sound
common sense, attempt to counteract its
bad influence by looping off branches here
and there? No, methinks reason would
dictate striking at its root. Now let the
temperance legion 60 defiantly forward and
demand of the law makers in the names of
fallen men, starving women and helpless
children, national law that will strike
down this hated still house; let the money
spent for maddening drink 60 for bread to
satisfy the cravings of hunger; then and
then only, will we, as a nation, have
achieved the greatest of all vic tories, the
emancipation of the inebriate. Rum is no
longer necessity. Eminent medical men
attest thereto. Then why do we need it?
curse to past generations, double curse
to the present. Then why transmit it to
the coming ones? of no instransic value.
Why will they drink and dement, them
selves All. the serpent lures them. They
see in its hellish redness stimulant that
meets the demands of the unnatural appe-
tite of rational man. Indeed man seems
to sacrifice all claims to manliness when he
stoops to drink from the poisonous bowl of
intoxication to satisfy the cravings of ami
NAL appetites. Yet as observation war
rants me in saying the present law is
humbug of the first water, which works
wrong to earnest, faithful men, and to the
temperance cause generally. l hope to
live to see the day when a still house shall
be regarded with as little favor as a pest
house in our land. Indeed would to God
that worm from the remains of each still
dead house, should be buried in one COM
mon national cemetery, in the center Of
which, 1 would there erect a monument to
the memory of the Coughs and Mathews,
on which should be inscribed:
DEAD.
Here lies in trough
The victims of Mathews and Cough,
Once the instruments selected
BY man to destroy man,
Now too dead and damned
To be resurrected
But enough on temperance.
To the country we go. More lumber,
timber, &c, has been gotten out and tent
to market this season than for years past;
indeed some say never SO much before.
Notwithstanding all this, money is alarm
ingly tight and scarce, and will be so here
for go to 90 days, as the majority of heavy
dealers sold on the time above named. Bust
ness of all kinds very active (even though
money is tight.) Corn planting going on;
many not yet done blowing. The grass
and wheat give promise of an ample crop;
indeed l never saw them looking better.
The sudden change of weather, from cold
spring to that Of extreme summer, has
frightened everything and everybody; all
wear smile as though the heart was hap
Ply; few smile too often; Ispeak of those
whose expression is like sickly attempt
of a fellow with neuralgia, or one with
fish hook in his finger; that character of
smiler, rely upon it, has fire water on the
brain mot cold water,) and is never happy,
excepting when actually at bar practice
Smiling over,) and is untitled thereby for
business, society, or in fact for any associa-
ton, save that of the animal family
More pure water and less alcoholic poison
is needed everywhere, nowhere more than
in your town. The press carry in their
hands a mighty power: on their shoulders
rests great responsibility. Do your duty,
wake up, strike cut and alarm your neigh
bors to sense of the peril of a coming
generation: do your part in striking down
this national curse, and in the end all will
be well. Yours, &c, PRETzEL.
An Indiana Sunday school man writes
to Bible firm in New York: "Send me
on Sunday school papers and books. Let
the books be about pirates and Indians as
far as possible " That Sunday school