St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-05-29

ance-an orator, the scintillations OF
whose splendid talents lit up the pOlit-
zeal horizon of the Sunny South, bright
as the flashes that came from heaven,
in the shape of electricity: Il man who
had no model or no shadow upon this
continent
THE DEMOsTHENEs OF AMERICA.
1t was in the wild times of abandon and
the Union banks. when speculation had
run mad: when everybody had money /;
when the boys in going TO the theatre
would crowd each other back and pull
out their rolls and insist upon buying
whole crowd: when everybody was
drinking nothing but champagne wine,
and that of the finest brands and at the
highest prices, and this splendid genius
was IL candidate for Congress, and was
making the canvass of the State of
Mississippi. that set the whole country
on fire with admiration for the man
when hundreds followed him in their
carriages from stump to stump, and
county to county, to laugh, linger upon
the eloquence of his lips. and listen to
his denunciation of the Democratic
party as he hurled it with power that
seemed to have force enough to tear up
the trees by the roots. That man
RUINED TWENTY THOUSAND MEN
in the State of Mississippi 10y tho ex-
ample he set. Drinking himself day
after day and night after night, he in
volved i'll ruin. by the example he set,
thousands upon thousands of the Young,
the noble and the generous youth of
the state. who thought it was all right
to do as he did.
Now. the influence that that man ex-
crcised in Mississippi greater, perhaps,
for harm than any other man that ever
lived. or ever will live in this country
and was capable of exercising. is yet
exercised every day and every hour. in
every village and hamlet. in every
county and every city in the state of
Missouri, hy men of less mark and less
genius.
1t is those laboring men who spend
their money for drink and cannot afford
it. 1t is those Young men who do not
buy IL drink 81 much for the good il will
do them as for sociability and right
here | will say that nineteen-tw entieths
of the men who have filled drunkards'
graves have been made drunkards by
their social habits. 10y their habits of
companionship. and their own liberal
ity. There is no mau
BORN WITH TASTE
for this thing. There is not man born
with Il taste for liquor or for any kind
of poison. Did You ever hear of a man
aking castor oil voluntarily, or ipecac ,
Laughter. WHY. have seen strong
men. men that had made brave and
gallant soldiers, who had charged up to
the mouth of the cannon, make more
fuss in taking one of those sugar coated
pills than a child two wears of age would
make i'll doing it; and vet those very
men who hold their noses. throw their
heads back and have their wives stand
ing by with a glass of wafer ready to
pour down their throat in order to
swallow
A SUGAR COATED PILL
about the size of a idl"t oyed r"n=
thoS, very men will take tour fingers of
this It. Louis manufactured Boul bon
whi>key. and drink il oil without max
Iug Il wry fGcc at it. and actually smack
their lips and say. That is good"
| recullcct some time ago. III Kansas
City. calling to see an old friend from
Virginia. ho i Il commission merchant.
He, had been Il moderate drinkcr tnI
forty ycaI>: that is. he had commenced
drinking i half pint a day and had got
up to a gallon and Il gHllor and halt.
You con@,ln't make him believe he was
drinking too much. or that lhcre WAS
any danger of his ever being IL drunk
ard. lie thought he was the best Judge
of liquor in the world. went into his
establishment and he asked me back
int" his office. and. says he, Il want
yuu tn take
\ GLASS OF MARTELLE
with me. Says |. Nv no is Martelle ?''
Says he. Don't YOU know about Mar
tcllc = No; don't know that ever
heard of him Why" SAYS he. "hc
is the oldest brandy manufacturer in
france. His braudies have been sold
for Il great many years us medicine. and
there is nothing like them; have just
got hundred and forty gallon cask OF
l.
had heard of Martellc. but ! didn't let
him know that had. knew that such
brandy us that cost SlJ to $50 a gallon.
50 said to him, Nv hat did you give
for II 2 SAYS he. 1T cost me ST.
Says |, is it Martclle ?" Yes" said
he. Are you certain of it 7" "Ies.
''Ilow do YOU know it p Il got it out
of the bonded warehouse. 1t came right
tIOm France. Take Il little of it, He
had tolerably thick bottom glass in
his hand, and he commenced pouring it
from IL proof vial into the glass until he
had got it nearly full. Says he. Il
want you to drink some of it." | said.
No: | have got u wife and children,
and must get back to st. Louis. Sup
pose You try some YOURSELF He raised
up the glass and drank every drop of it.
and bit the tumblcr with his teeth in
satisfaction. He then handed me the
glass and says.
'SMELL THE BOUQUET.
Can't You taste the grape in it ?" Said
|, NO, | cannot taste the grape in it.
and know too much about it | know
how it is manufactured" When | was
III New York | went to one of those
places where they manufactured it. and
they told me exactly how they made it.
New York brandy is Il liquid made up
of the rinsings of molasses hogsheads,
alcohol, arsenic, old horse shoes. tObac-
GO, and now and then
RAT OR TWO THROWN INTO THE HOGS
HEAD.
That is just the way in which they
manufacture it. There is no question
about it and gentlemen who have as
sociated with the best men in the coun-
try all their lives, who have moved il
tho lnSt i. l.