Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-03-31
The DeIustsnseI Drinh.

The De'Ustsns Of DRINK.
King Solomon has lks credit OF being
The vissrt man thai crsr lived and he
declared that he who 70 deceived By wine.
the mockor, and strong s.ink.lh raging.
is NOT wise. The dclusiahs Of drink arc
as old as drink ltEsli. aaa are as prevalent
now as In Soomon's siRe. There arc
men who honestly bsli,rs that alcoholic
drink 10 good fol- them jet there is not
one Of them who would touch /, except
rs a prescribed nsdleias il il wsro mol
for its ploasent tasie. ns dslusion touch.
ing is healihiulncss grows on, Of The
desire TO justify an spp',l,s which may
either be natural or assnirsd. II 4 man
likes whisky or vitae. no likes 10 think
that 1t Is good FOR him. aad he will take
,omo pains to prove ina. II Is so, both 10
himself and others.
Now. alcohol Is n Pars ,limulsnt.-
There /, rot so much mahinent In il -
there is 10 a chip. n nersr added any.
thing 10 the pormaneo. feros. Of lie, and
never can add nything. hs nlomon,nry
iutensihcalion oi foreo is pormancn.
abstraction OF fo,os from the drinkers
capital STOCK. All artificial e1citann
bring exhaustion. An physicians know
this, and Tho smiplen mans reason Is
quite capable oi esmPrshsnding 1t. If
any man ,upposes ,hai daily drink. even
in small quantities. r. conducive to his
health, he is dslndsd. II he posses \
sluggish temperament. he may bc able 10
carry his burden withou, mach aPparsn,
harm, but burden I, Is, nnd burden it will
always be.
Alter q man has ooaliaued moderate
drinkiag loag enough. then comes a
change-n demand FOR usrs drink. Tho
old qnns,ily does no, sahse. The powers
which have been insshsiolJ undermined,
clamor, under the Prsssars OF business.
for increased stimulation. II is applied.
and The machine starts of grandly; the
man feels strong. his fern grows portIy,
and he works under oonshht pressure
Now he /, in a condition OF great danger,
but the dslusion Is spon him that he is in
no danger at nll. Al lan. however drink
begins 10 take The place Of !ood. His
appetite Crews feeble aaa f,tul. lie
lives on his driak. and. Of course. there
ia but enc end 10 ,hh-vis.: death! 1t
may come sutasnly. threush tho collapse
OF all hh powers. or tAssueh paralysis, or
il may como slowly ,hrsn Oh strophy and
emacistlon. Ills friends see that he is
killing himself. kut he ssnno. see it at all.
lie walks Ia q dsluhsn rom his early
man hood TO his death.
A few weeks sge one Of snr city ply.
sicians publicly read spapsr en- The drink
ing habits OF women. II Was "a thought.
fnl paper, based on = competent knovl-
edge OF facts. II sushi 10 have been OF
great use 10 those womb OF the city who
arc exposed 10 the dasGsr I, portrayed.
and especially 10 those whs shsTs acquired
thc hnblis II condemned. sssn afierward
there appeared In The columns Of daily
paper protest from = writer who ought
to be good deal more Intelligent than he
is, ayaian the dos.er's ssnslssion. The
health and physiSus OF fhs bssr.drinking
Englishwonan wsrc p,resd ever against
the health and phyaqsc Of The water
drinking American woman, 10 the disad-
vantage OF the eiaasr. 5A' man is delud-
ed. II Is not a yess siass Sir Henry
Thompson, one Of the most eminent
medical men In RuElsnd.-a NAN motor
iou,ly bsysna the reach Of any purely
Christian oonsidsratisns-aselared against
tho beer drinking Of Baca,d on strictly
sanitary grounds. Oar lt'rs.eur do
elarss that the EaglhAwow.n can out.
walk her American sister. That depends
entirely spon The period Of life when the
task il undrlaksa. ns typical English.
woman who has stssd By the bser diet
until ,hs is more ihsn forty years old. 10
too fai 70 walk anywhere easily ou. OF
doors, or gracefully wltAn.
During our late civil war this matter
Of drinking for healthy sake was
thoroughly tried. A stock Of sIpsri'ncs
and observation was acquired that ought
to have lasted for a esniuY. Again and
again, thousands and thousands oil times.
was it proved thai the man who drank
nothing wa, the better man. lie endured
more. ho fought better. he came out OF
The war healthier than the man who
drank. Nothing Is more easily demon
s,rsble than that lhs liquor used by the
two armies. smoag oficsrs and mon alike
was m nnmiligAted ouns 10 them. It
disturbed The brains aad vitiated the
councils OF the oficsr. aud dsbilita.ed
and demoralissd The mes. Yet oil the
time The delueion ansss oAssas and men
was, that there were MA comfort and
help IN whisky.