The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-06-02

Beer Drinking In Munich.
Charles Dudley Warner writes 10 the
Hartford C0Hranf: Perhaps the tenn.
peraRce question is not exactly solved
IA Munich; don't know il il was ever
raisedi indeed the intemperance sues
tion has made 90 Little progress hai the
other has probably not been reached.
You wouldn't Say that The Munichers
, are moderate inthe use OF beer. 1 have
seen people NJ home and raging thirst
seems 10 be our national birthright-
drink water Just rs rccklessly, delurin-
the pale and drcnrhed stomach with
the cold, icy cold fluid Probably the
German would cxpatiate eloquentlv
upon the horrors of water drinking If
he Lad any experience in that line
TIE Municher Is content not 10 try
any hazardous experiments; having
struck the medium way of beer he de-
viates neither 10 water on the one hand
nor wine on the other And II was not
he but Prussian, and an officer, whose
opinion and experience gave his remark
some weight, who said Ia me, the other
day " As for me, when can get good
water, pure, fresh water. | let the beer
stand one side, and drink wineM IL
makes all the difference in the world
with ones temperance principles
whether he lives on the Rhine or on the
Ier. There is a saying here that
Munich man j. beer cask in thc1norn-
iRg, and a cask OF beer at night: the
epigram needs no eXplaRation here. bat
il might Toe misunderstood elsewhere
IL one were disposed philo-ophically
10 study the temperance problem,
Munich would be a good field for IL:
for one can see here exactly what is the
effect of unrestrained liberty; though.
in applying what one learned here to
our own country, You would have 20 al
low for the difference Of climate and Of
the temperament of people. Ii don't
n All follow that what would 10 for
Munich would do for Hartford.
Probably YOU could not find in the
whole city "A man or a woman who has
ever thought of what We call total alb
stinencc, and they conld not compre-
bend the idea. But there are plenty OF
temperance people--that l.. people who
drink beer regularly, and never over
step the bounds of moderation. The
observation that one makes in Munich
j. that drunkenness is a rare exception.
In residence here of many months
have never seen more than one or two
intoxicated people in the streets. and
they were not marked by the widness
or viciousness of our strong-liquor in
ebriety, hut seemed Ia be rather good
humored carls. who had lost their
way, and didn't seem 10 care
whether they ever found ii But this
seems very remarkable, when there is
"a beer house every haif-OlDek. and You
can not select a residence IN ans part
IF the town that Is not ~ HANDY toa ktf-
Ter A. it isto public-schooi or 4 church
And can not see that the freedom If
bcef tends 70 any habit OF uyer-drink-
Ing. have known strangers 90 indulge
freely in beer here the whole season,
and be just as good temperance people
AZ the end Is they We're IN the begin
ming.
Whether the Germans. especially the
men. do not waste "A good deal ul time
in beer halls, afternoon after afternoon,
and night after night. swinging endless
mugs, j. another question. Aud It j. a
fair question to raise: What must be
the final effect upon the intellect Of
people who so many hours OF the day
soak in this mild but distending fluid,
and in AN atmosphere Of smokeg The
question j.. however. a mere -pecula-
tive one, 20 long a. the Germans con-
tinue to produce SO many scholars. phil
osopher-, men Of incalculabe crudition,
wonderfully energetic traveller, and ex-
plorers, and conquering soldiers