The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-26

PROHIBITION,

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s6iiaI lsx perience of Mrs SyvfssheIrn. 7
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"a 70 "A kq /, ,Klf55ifer Klf55iift st The G7saeqgs Tribune
sSIRT-iEile late crushing defeat oi
/. Prohibition, after all the labor, spent
/ on and afl lie hopes ground IN ii, is =
I ie$shn so startling that the tff3ehfs oil
FIeRl lpefancs well pause and ;con-
sidersl but the chief danger riissthatli in
Estssd of reeonsidering their methods,
and making some change suitable to
such a crisis, they may persist in work
destined forever. to barre N results. z
k3s "A tohgsintimate, and. extended ac-
IquaintaRse e with reforms r hiss taught
that, of ali people, they are the most
I fdifficuft to feforIn because no other
cIass are SO certain Of being right-so
\ faFreIloved from aespossible sconnec-
ytion 9t, ,eEror . on their qRant.aiH This
characteristicii is inseparable from the
role Reformer.; for only the people OF
strong convictions and morbid indi-
IiFidualify take up the Aon-payiBg bus
l,inesss of making the world better
against its will. So: il used, TO be said
/ OF the old Abolitioniets: They are a
set of crooked sticks, which 1t is iln-
possible to bind ilItosa close bandle, =
and this maybe ssid, with equaltrath,
of the strong, earnest but small band
of Prohibitionists who cling to their
theory through good and through
evil report, through triamph and de-
4eak through fair weatheFsand foul
As one who iaborsd long with them,
aud who would gladly do. anything
practicable to stay the tide of intem-
zperanee, I respectfully ask of my old
coslaboreIs hearing of my personal
experience. 10 .asi79Iz els.49z s a5oaE =
Nearly forty years ago, q doctor be-
gan. to order me to take brandy and
port wine; but L had Known people
begin taking 3such prescriptions and
die drunkards. was afraid Of my
self, signed Q pledge, and resolved to
die. rather than take such remedles,
except in bad attacks of-uiceration of
The throat, wien sharp cider, porter
sorEeurreRt wines seemed essential to
rec lvery. Only in cases of severe ill
ness or great prostrstlon could anY
physician induce me to take aichohol
rinvany form but, in these, Il learned
something OF Its efhecay II - Is
~ When went into the hospitalserV-
ice la; 1863, l was at once confronted
with gangrene, and called publically
for ".enonsg lemons lemon p some
Remiaafoliowed, and.t9en called for.
# Whisky, 3 whisky y q Everything |
asked for, came in abundance. Py8-
mia 1 treated externally with alcohol
aud Water, friction and heat; fhtefn-i
ally, with milk k-p1neh, eggs, itch brOths,
sherny wine, and hot green tea; aud
never lost a man by !. it, although J
have ha fifty, struck by the. ,premoni-
Oh fff ~ nj
ineVe4' fntefferred with my tfeatnent,, =,
excepting when IL went to them, for
iadYlces and became SO eonhdent OF
success that used to say, IF death
wants to get man away from me he.
must send some better messenger
than py ytemia : foII do not recognize
that creation of unskilled surgeons
and incompetent nurses, alcohol was
fhe basis of my remedies; and we
"We praise the bridge that carries us
9oFer."ai In FTedricksoufg was lnocu-
Lated with gahgfene, IN dressing
wounds and IT produced an acute
form of disease, from which suffered
for years. The doctor who undertook
and accomplished its cure aordered a
efnalli glass OF eatawba WINE everyday
for sdinAer.If Il took it three Weeks and
w I'LL AAb"AN pms -
had no return OF the trouble. Some
years after, when pennsylvania doc
TORS sentsme back TO Minnesota to die
among any kindred. "a German Sphysi-
clan llw asH called in; but heart and
lstopIach were On'a strike. aud refused
to lassimilaBe- food. IN great perplex
ityshe tsaidl:5 ssG&n you dake peer !?
c0uldalsy. andshe w emf opreseFibe.-
Ia
.eoot ipeer fresh from de pre- wFy. Da4lei
Won Ieedle halfa a glass, nfid q pft9of
ih3rt prea.a and aeedle pit Nv cIleese.-
iChsM de yprea6f sehiow, and sip de-
peer. notsculp it, lik 9 some bee-i
bies5toS schust sip1it scl1Iow, and eat
de pread and 9chees init it. L 1ialks
meype datCde stoomaeh do work once
more 2YgY 9hH;G 8d i!Est4 1esi5 83kt<f
~ His prescription worked like a
charm and in lanv sfltof dvspensia now
Il 90 back to- the, hard bread and beer.
T know there are ulonGy of folks to
saw that betferFesults could have been
reached by ot other means; / butfI had no
lack of medical advice, aud could not
find the means: and. in the PyAn4ia
cases, certainly. no remedy was then
kno wn to the medical faculty. The
highest medical authrities of France
and this country regarded this disease
As thc.garnt srJecter' which sweptlho
,nitals with the besoma ofkdestiuetion.
unchall llehged and L lave neyerheard
that up, to this time. thew have found
any stay in. it's desolating maroh.-4
Now. when L took men given over to
death. and restored them to life. did I
become morally responsible for any
abuse tbey might afterwards make of
what was so beneficial in the use
Z. Il never. knew that afls. of these men
took 10 drinking but 1 took the. risk
that every .nhrsiciau sflees who Dre-
.scribes alcohol. Ii tbey had become
drunkartlsa would this have Turned to
ain tha Christian, charity which fur-
nished the ,alcohoI,-yhiskv aud wine
thai. ITused hike waterp1 think moi.
ri sboud change that some small