The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-01-01
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II The nse 4 Intoxicating htnrts
has npt entirely ceased. The ,iqaur.
,raiIie II s,ll prosecuted IN n.srly all
tie ciii,s snA mnst " tho considerable
! villages Il Maine. Thsse who love
liquor s,ill uh,siait " allie and VII.
ling % Tvs time and money 10 procure
Il Perhaps 10 rc,r,n IL tia. State
bss long ,hirstel because li,nar was not
.o ha had on any tcrms. Prohibition
las Mt sxtcrminaiel the liluor.irafIic.
I'll. II has. however. greatly rc.
strie.sl IL. Liquor ID soli openly In
but few places. aud II ID not s.ld 4,
oil In ons-furtL 10 many a. when the
trafic was legal anl unobs.,nctcL.
Just - gambling lontishes, aud lo,tery
tickets arc sold IN this city, though our
laws forbid - strong drink Il still re-.
tailed in Portland and the other cities
IN Maine. asu clanics,incly il in come
of tho townships Even Prohibition
has no. yet ushcrcl In tie millennium.
oil. But II has donc ,norc than to
reduce the number of pro.ahors. As
with gambling In our State, liuuor,
sincs II lss lrsn outlawcd III Maine,
kss list caste, and 'rosty lover than
Il dill Drunkenness Is less common
and more shameful than II generally
~as. Thousand. nrc growing UP unin.
tcnicated and sn'eo,l tsd BY strong
drink When | came 10 New York,
in August, 1881. lottery rlacari. cloth.
u walls and iillsl newspapers far moro
than thestricah did. Now they are
rarely seaa. Liquor. III Maine. IL al.
ver,is.d and dispensed furtivsly. II 1t
oil. - lottery tickets Are here. And.
u MI one ticket issolJ lcrs now where
len w.ull bc II lotteries were still tolcr.
atoi hy lAw. - |. II with liquor In
Maine. I.may 10 aafcly assumed ,ha.
thrsughru. more than half the area of
that state liqner II purchsssLls only
with difficulty. aud hy travcrsing !
considerable distance. Thus Thousands
~ the youth of Maine arc reared In
lli.,fnl ignorance of strong drink.
"iN. Prohibition operates No pub
lic .ssiimon, 10 the peril and wrong u
iiprling. Whoever Il melted o. tenn.
Cd to drink. has the testimony and Tho
veto Of tho State staring them IN The
faec. Like the rsttlcsnakc's warning,
tho law says - him. Beware All
will not hsed thi. but some will; and
no one can fairly plead 4 learned 10
love liquor before ! was over told or
ever suspected that ought not to
drink t.
" Tha. Maine has fewsr paupcrs.
criminals. ysgabonds. than shc former
ly had, and that her people are steadily
increasing In thrift and wealth. are In
svisablc. Very rarely do W hear of =
great crime or outrage Isrpctrassd on
her soil Very rarely does the sele.
graph reror. ono u those bra~ls among
her people, whereby dozens ara involved
In deadly strife. and three o. far Of
them killed or maimel ineursblc. - !
Their main Indictment II lacking In
ammo loealisics. and dispensed 70 can.
siously aud ,tealthily in others that
'wnrs and fighting hayo ned In awo of
the silent majesty u her legal intor.
diet.
"Nl. These truths ought 10 imprcas
themselves on tho minds II the lcgis-
lators of this ! nd other States Law
In general socks such cnds as The Maine
Law has achieved II wo had tho Maine
lAw a. vol enforced hcrs - the laws
against gambling now are. 10 shoald
still have liquor In ample measure.
with A. much drunkenness. and -
many brAwl. ~ can reasonably be DO
sirsd. But liquor would then ,kulk IN
By places. and no longer thurt itself
Into tho face and eyes u every ono who
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