Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-21
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were last togetherin BOstOn) to declare to
the country the advantages Of the bust
ness and the heathfulncss Of beer, have
fallen into disgrace over in Germany.
The fall was not far. for the disgrace
was upon them when they entered the
wicked occupation Of supplying swill
stuff to their fellow creatures. Every
well-rcgulated family knows the differ
ence between pure and swill milk. and
how the one nourishes and builds up to.
wards perfection and the other poisons
and enfeeblesl The difference is even
more marked between pure water. exhil-
arating coffee and beer. The brewers
of Germany who are as respectable(O
and humane() as their selfish brethren
of this country or England. have been
caught using the common colehicum.
which grows wild in many parts of that
country, and other countries as we'll, to
produce the requisite degree of bitterness
so palatable to beer drinkers. How men
do 90 after bitter things IL is no secret
that this plant is rank poison. and un-
wholesome aud dangerous TO the human
constitution but what care the brewers
of Germany or America for the bodies
or the souls of the people? II is their
earnings and their purses they are after.
Our reader viii recall how the brewers
Zine philanthrOpist they at their late
annual gathering in Boston. ridiculed
religion and pure things. and illustrated
and recommended the old heathenish
idea LET us eat and drink. for to.mor-
row we die 70
The gathering of the colchicum seed
in the land of lager beer has excited the
curiosity of the authorities there whose
business it is to gather the taxes, to look
into the matter Tho Wholesale drug
gists of Frankfort and Nurenburg, both
great centers of the brewery trade. have
been carrying on an increasing business
in this seed in many parts of Bavaria
and the Hessian odenwald mountains,
all of which has been collected for brew
ers' use in place of hops. From these
| facts we think our readers will conclude
that brewers, like distfllers. have we'll
earned the indignation of mankind.
For the sake of the people and welfare
Of the nation, the German authorities
are about adopting a Prohibition law
against the use of this most poisonous
seed, which tends to debase and enslave
the citizen. If they had some of our
politicians yoDder, we would hear of
moral suasion being the remedy, and le-
gal restraints an unwarrantable inter-
ference with the freedom of the subject.
The Germans, however, know that the
gentle arm Of persuasion needs the CO.
operation of the stronger arm of the law
to root out and outlaw abuses. When
an enemy is in the land. .'suasiOn" don't
trouble his operation much. Force is
needed.
/ We once heard gentleman largely
engaged in credit trade say, during the
progress of commercial panic. as he
turned over the pages of his Bills Paya-
bic book, that 4if could get convent
emily rid of these for the next sixty days
would be perfectly happy" In the
same way may this nation and others
for they are in equal perplexity with
the merchant-say if we could only rid
ourselves of the vile traffic in beer and
whisky, our troubles would instantly
| tighten. 1t is the manufacture and use
Of intoxicants that make government
difficult. The rascals who trade In the
article are throwing the State coach off
the track, precisely like those fiends who
throw railway trains off the track that
they may gather the plunder. The one
class is as heartless as the other. Both
are after the spOils, caring not a rush
for the pains and the poverty that fol-
low their trade. Ii is time not for
regulation but extirpation. Our Chris
tian civilization is blotted and obstruct-
ed by these foul enemies, who, are de-
stroying the bodies and souls Of their
customers for their money. Our tayerns
and prisons are multiplying in every
State but Maine. The ranks Of GRIMM
al loafers and lazy idlers are ever full
and fuller. and this is the infamous work
of passion or thoughts Of mercy for their
suffering fellow-creatures Prohibition
is the cure. Raise the standard and
push on the work. Beer and whisky
have occupied too long Let them give
: way to things lovely and honest.-HeD
York Wifness.
Lady Davies, in her .RecolIections.
tells the following amusing story -.As
we were both standing opposite Mr.
VS. dressing room, the door Of
which. In the haste Of his departure. had
been lcft open. | perceived a gentleman's
wig hanging there. aud inquired Of Mrs.
W TO whom it could belong. for Dir.
W was the last man ] suspected Of
wearing one. She burst out laughing
at my question. and in reply % It ex-
claimed, ..for goodness sake. don't let
him know-pray never say that l told
you but that wig belongs 70 my hus-
band. Nor that alone. for he has four
in all-one with very short hair. as If