Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-03-19
For the Juniats Sentinel.
LOCAL OPTION.
A Candid View by . More Careful Observer

!
It was not an explosion of the Dem
ocrat and Register that made go much
noise last week it was just the cork
that few out, which all knew it must
sooner or later do, with its pressure of
Benziue. The safety valve lad been
tied down. but it blew out with all that,
with such considerable force that it
struck the Republican Office such blow
that it left its black. poisonous indellible
marks on its fair columns. Shame oh,
shame
They say Local Option is a dlusiom
and a snare. All, we fear that intem-
perance is far greater delusion, and
many, very many, are caught in its fatal
snares when tks monster strong drink
has coiled its poisonous folds around the
doomed soul and dragged it down to end
lees ruin. Duty calls, stop that soul |!
Make Local Option one Of the means to
stop it.
They say in the first division Of their
article, IL wiW no. reduce crime. Now.
reader, their article is sc weak and frail.
that we must handle it carefully, or it
will fall to pieces. 1t does not require
very careful observer to- see that the
writer of the article was in very shallow
water, with the appearance that he dived
deep-in whisky. Now, does not intem-
perance open the Aoodgates to all crimes,
from petty theft to murder. Liquor is
the great destroyer. Its victims are of
all ages and classes it poisons the child
in the nursery, while it strikes down the
man Of herculean strength and sends him
to rot in drunkard's grave. Crime.
murder, fraud, adultery, and thousand
other shameless practices are the terrible
fruits Of intemperance.
In the second division of their article
they say-h aoW reform no drunhards
1t is certain that it will make no new
ones. Are young men in danger from
this great evil IL Who can doubt it In-
temperance collects its spoils especially
from this class. The drinking saloons
are gotten up for them. The decorations
there are for their allurement; music and
gaming utensils are for their amusement;
but the bar is the great feature of the
concern: its whole arrangement is to get
their money for drink-strong drink.
We will not have so many Of the rising
generation with red eyes. bloated bodies,
and demented souls if Local Option is
adopted.
In the third division of their article
they aay-A ~iA make Aypocrites cfMe
people. Our object is to remove the very
thing that makes hypocfites of men. We
have enough backdoorway drinkers or
sneak tipplers now. This being such a
disgraceful, hypocritical way of getting
rum that those who have not already
fallen to the low disgrace will be saved,
when the temptation and tempter are re-
moved.
They say-Ligaor is not demorali=iag.
They quote part Of the 9th chapter OF
Proverbs. lntemperance destroys all
tha: is good and noble and intellectual in
man, ard sends him. often rapidly, but if
not rapidly. surely down to beggary aud
eternal infamy. Go TO the rum seller.
ask him for good whisky. With a proud
look-pleased to get You money-and a
lying tongue. he will tell you his liquor
is pure, no: adulterated. He will take
money from the poor drunkard, which in
many cases deprives poor innocent chill
dren Of the money they need for their
comfort, while the children must be cared
for by the township. the borough, or the !
poorhouse, and sometimes before the
keepers of these get them they starve or
die by disease brought on them for want /.
of proper care or feed, and the abuse of
the drunken father. The heart of the
drunkard is filled with wicked imagina-
tions, aud their feet not being under con
trole of the drunkenhead, will run into
all manner of mischief.
Many landlord or rum seller have
been screamed from the just penalty of
the law by false witnesses, that speakeih
lies Again, the keeper of rum shops
have sown more discord in family rela-
tions with their poisonous drug than all
other causes combined Solomon says |
lie that justifeth the wicked and ne that
condeme:h the just are an abomination to
the Lord. Who SO causeth the righteous
to 60 astray in an evil way, he shall fall
himself into his own pit
Readers, don't let tipplers or drunk
ards move you from your purpose by
their clamor or ridicule or by appealing
to your shame. The shame is upon
them, for tempting you to be as they
are.
But enough, l cannot dwell longer
upon this painful subject. I will close
with the language of wise man--not an
Editor-an inspired man "Wiue is a
mocker strong drink is raging; and
whosoever is deceived thereby is not
wise" "Who hath woe r who hath sor
row ? who hath contention ? who hath
babbling l"-such as you read in the
Democrat and Register-''who hath red
ness of eyes? They that tarry long at
the wine; they that go to seek mixed
wine, and 60 in by the back way.
Look not upon the wine when it is red,
when it giveth its color in the cup, when
it moveth itself Alright: at last it biteth
like a serpent, and stingeth like an
adder"
Reader, use your vote, your influence
and your prayers as weapons against
K;np Alcobo1 and victory ia o,irs