The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-04-21
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Editors Buffalo Courier: In late
issue OF The Courier, March 10, is al ar
ticle headed The Temperance War ''
After reading the communication | said
to my self surely History repeats itself. -
Temperance wars aud woman's crusades
arc nothing new under the sun. As long
ago as the time Of old Noah, when strong
drink overcome him and he disgraced him.
self and family, docs any intelligent man
suppose that the woman OF his household
! kept silcnce2 M sir there were orios,
and reproaches and lamentations, such as
only Jewish women could utter. Solo.
mon wrote some awful things about the
drunkenness Of his time: WHO hath
woe who hath sorrow, who hath rednes-
Of eyes ?" and so on. Josiah must have
been strongly moved on the subject Of
when he wrote the priest and the Pro-
phet have erred through strong drink,
they are swallowed up Of vine The
woes denounced on him who gave his
neighbor drink aud put the bottle to his
lips is too familiar TO the readers of the
Bible to need quoting Is any man so
ignorant Of human nature as to suppose
that 10 womans voice was raised denoun-
cling such terrible evils?
So through all history, where men
have put the bottle To their lips and had
'redness of eyes aud Il Keeling gait, there
have been those who protested and band
ed together under different names and
organizations hoping to arrest the demon
Of intemperaucc.
have long been interested in the TEN.
perancc nomenclature seen the differ.
ent methods resorcl to TO lessen OF
destroy the sin OF drunkenness. II
held the pen of Il ready writer | could
give almost history Of the temperance
cause during the last-wel say many
years. As it is | feel moved by the new
crusade to give some personal reminiscent
ces and personal iecolleetious OF early
days.
MY early home was in a New England
town where the religious and educations
} advantages were Of high order. Yet ID
my childhood rumseling and rum.drink
ing wele open aud unbushiug. Every
country store had counter on which wa
arranged a set Of measured from the gal
lon pot to the half gill cup The vIllag,
! store in those days was the market iol
| trade The trade was principally bar
ter +; the farmers wives brought Their
butter and eggs to the corner aud solo
/ them at the stores, ana got in lieu calico
ribbons, shoes and gloves, etc. The mel
brought produce and wood, and Away
7 patronizcd the counter. In that SAN,
: town many rich farm was mortgaged t'
Q the store keeper, and people said the dram
column of figures had eaten them up
D The old men, some Of them Of revolution
airy fame, made their headquarters OF al
afternoon at the store They heard ant
s told the news. gossipped and talked scan
C dial, told vulgar stories in the ears o
S listening boys, aud at night went hom'
8 drank Boys in the street shouied an'
D eered at them.
y There goes Captain D.; there goe
j Major Silas, so drunk they can't stand ;
D and so they pokcd fun at them. Thos
n boys did not know that what was fun t
S them was sorrow and agony in the home
i to which thtse men entered. In ate
r years have heard the son OF one of thes
families almost curse bis own father
q name. lie said Il grew up knowing
4 was the son Of drunkard How bite
/. and hopeless my boyhood was what ven
r geance have vowed on those who sol
v my father rum Our minister prcache
Il strong temperance sermons, But eve
r in those days some people did not approx
f" OF his doing SO. They said they went t
It meeting to hear the gospel, ard he ba
!. no business to NEEDLE with such matters
d Indeed he, and few like.minded, coul