The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-01-01
4 Temperance Triple.

The present agitation OF the temperance
question has brought the subject prominent
ly before the public once more, and while il
may in q measure be true that no facts OF
arguments can be urged in favor Of toa
abstinence that have not been worn thread
bare heretofore, anything that promises &c
assist in the least the work Of reformation, is
not only of general importance, but of local
| interest also.
The reform in this direction must be, as all
previous reforms have been, gradual. The
world cannot be revolutionized in one day or
year. 1t may take generations to accom-
plish this most commendable object Every
auxiliary means of success should be en-
ployed. Many an Incorporate man has cur.
ed his appetite for strong drink by the use of
a harmless substitute; and the convivial per-
son who desires nothing so much as as his
own reformation, but who has learned to dis
trust not only the strength of his own resolu-
tlons, but the quality Of his spirituous
potatiOns, will be glad to hear that the medi.
cal profession is now prepared to offer for
family use tipple possessing all the stimula.
ting pungency of fusel oil and aquaforts,
whilst free from any probability of deleter-
ious adulteration, and incapable of producing
delerium tremens-for which disorder, in.
deed, it is even Wanted by some of its advo-
Gates as an efficient remedy. This substitute
for alcohol is simply solution Of red pep
per, which, IN various forms, has recently
been commended by the published exper.
fence of number OF physicians. Its latest
laudator is an English naval surgeon, who
advises as the most convenient remedy for the
semihabitual topper, that a quantity of calc,.
um be placed In bottle with enough Marsa.
la wine to cover it 'the patient when feel.
ing the depression and craving for stlmulants,
merely having to shake from the bottle,
through quill, few drops of the wine into
tumbler OF water the effect being temper.
airy stimulation, with a general feeling of
warmth at the epIgastrium so self-satisfying
as to temporarily remove the abject craving
for alcoholic stimulation. $50 pleasant" he
adds, "has been the effect, that one of the pa
tients in question would drink as many as
dozen glasses during the day"
The importance of this discovery throws
the Keely motor into the shade, and we con.
fdently look forward to the time when at
public banquels future Presidents shall be
bumpers Of cayenne, and the bev.
erage of the period shall be nothing stronger
than pepper straight" We see, in our
minds eye, the coming crusader bringing her
castor to shed comfort over the hapless inc.
briate and dispense its innocent glow in place
of beer or bourbon; we contemplate with an.
ticipatory satisfaction the peaceful household
wherein the husband and father instead of
squandering his earnings at the gin-shops,
shall make good cheer at his own flreside
with an inexpensive nip" of pepper-and.
water; we think with delight OF New Years
Days when the men about town may be none
the worse at evening for having taken glass
of eau de piDlent at each of multitudinous
series of calls; and, to promote the advent OF
this millennium. we recommend the establish.
ment of reformatory bars in which there shall
be nothing but capsicum on tap.