The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-11-05


At Morris, Grundy county, ILL.,,
three saloon keepers-one woman and
two men-were arrested and idicted
for selling liquor to miners. As usu.
al in such cases, the liquor dealers
were lavish of their funds in aid of
their unfortun tie CO. workers, and en-
inent counsel was employed in de-
fense Of these destroyers OF the bod
les and souls Of the young and rising
generation. But the proof of their
guilt was SO fully demonstrated that
the jury were compelled to pronounce
them guilty. Hon. J. N. Redding,
the presiding Judge, in pronouncing
the sentence of the court. used the
following language:
THE Jury having found you guilty
Of selling the Intoxicating liquors to
a minor, il remain, Tor the court to
pronounce the SC ,,euce of the law
The prna' of ,his ffense, fixed by
the Legi,la ure, i,dostes that it con-
sidered lie c,ime 10 be of serious
characte,. by The law you may sell
to men, and to women, il they will
buy. You have given your bond, and
pail for Your license to sell to them,
aud ~ oae has n right to modest you
in your gal business. NJ matter
what the consequences NAV he, no
matter wha, poverty and destitution
ARE produced by your selling accord
ing to law, YOU have paid your money
for this privilege, aud you are lioens-
ed to pur uc your calling. No mat
ter what families are distracted and
rendered miserable. no matter what
wives are treated with violence, what
children starve or mourn over the de-
gradailon of a parent, your business
is legalized and no one may interfere
with you in it. Noinstter what moth
er may agonize over the loss of son,
or sister blush for the shame of 4
brother, you have the right to disre-
gard them all and pursue your legal
calling; you are licensed. You may
fit up your lawful place Of business in
the most enticing and captivating
form you may furnish it with the
most elegant and costly equipments
for your lawful trade; you may fill it
with the allurements to amusements; !;
you may use all your art to induce
visitors; you may skillfully arrange
and expose to view your choice wines
and most captivating beverages; you
may then induce thirst by all contri-
vances, to produce raging appetite
for drink and then YOU may supply
that appetite to the full-because it
is lawful; you have license. You
may allow boys, almost children, to
frequent your saloon they may be-
come witnesses Of the apparent salts
faction with which their seniors quaff
the sparkling glass you may be
schooling and training them for the
period Of twenty yone, when they too,
can participate, for all this is lawful.
You may hold the cup to their very
lips; but you must not let them drink
that is unlawful. But, while you
have all these privileges for the mon-
ey which you pay, this poor privilege
Of selling 10 children is denied YOU
Here parents have the right to say,
"Leave my son to me until the law
gives you the right to destroy him.
DO not anticipate tina, terrible mo-
mtnl when | can assert for him no
further protection, That will be soon
enough for me, for his mother, for his
sisters, for his friends and for the
community TO see him take his road
to death. Gve him TO us in child
hood, at least. Let us have few
years of his young life, in which we
may enjoy his innocence, to repay US
in some degree for the care and love
we hav. lavi>hed upon him" This
is sonnet hing you, who now stand as
prisoners at the bar, have not paid
for; this is not embraced in your IL
cense. You have your "bond' to use
to its full extent; but in thus taking
your 'pound of fesh," you draw the
blood, and that which is nearest the
heart. The law, in its wisdom, does
not D, rmit this, and you must obey
the law. BY the verdict Of the jury
you have been found guilty of trans
crossing the law. It's extreme pen
atty is thirty days Imprisonment in
the county jail and 800 fine; its low
est, ten days Imprisonment and &20
fine.
"For this offence the court senten-
ces you to ten days imprisonment in
the county Jail, and that you pay
fine of s75 and the costs, and that
you stand committed until the fine
and costs of this prosecution are paid"
As may be imagined, the delivery
of such sentence produced cOnsld-
erable commotion-being praised by
the temperance people as the best
temperance speech of the season.
Friends Reae,c.
Coupon tickets are the latest thing
at fashionable weddings. The large
a..l ..o,,no, .I,n;ccsnp N fha church.