The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-06-14
For the HEEALD1
gsISFOGY OK 9NEERPER ANCE.
TCoulinuci from last week.


feature in the history Of mteHpcIanc2.
and It is now by lar The oa1e.t hold
Of tAis vice outside IL tie lcpraycd
, human appetite and love for excite
ment.
10. The continued support which
the use Of alcoholic liquors has re.
ccircd from many leading physicians
is, no doubt, to 4 ConsiGeiabl extent,
The cause Of the recent practical rcac,
tioa in temperance. The practice ana
dictum Of the doctors outweigh the
ioPjLions of nou-pgol1ssionJl men in
public estimation, and consequently We
md mary people all through he
court h-----cg {, tiqolo ,or ,heir
lst.0j .aa ~a.ue ID maa..ai ,p. ous,
ard parade them before G. Dr,'ic in
tLo:r papas IN legislative hal, and
in their advertising cards, carrying
this unfortunate influence further than
our honest physicians would have it
60.
IL. Bat some one may inquire, May
We not take spirits as medicine?
Take lille for the siomach's .ake2
Vel, perhaps you may. bat he sure
not to take it for The appeiIte'a sake.
There are many medicines good in
their places, which would soon destroy
ong health and life, if taken out Of
/ fiaco.-Just here let me saw, / am glad
that the most Of cur Ohio county
physicians are in favor Q: temperance.
Be careful then, doctors, do not give
Intoxicating liquors, except in cases of
"extreem necessity" for it is the "pois-
en- of dragons, and the cruc- venom of
asps.' lDeut. 32I ch and 22I verse
II. The following satisfies, from
good authority, will show the p9eva>
loEaa Of incorporate in the United
States:
Grain distiIlerics abo1t 10000;
brewcries, 5000; All tAe fruit disiil- |
lor;es, 1000. Thee manufacture an
nually 100, 100000 gallons # distilled
spirits. 400, 100000 gallons of brewed |
liquors, and an unknown amount of
fermented liquors.
IS. They employ not less than So
600 men, directly in the business of
manufacturing. They use annually 3d.
coo, OO0 bushels Of grain and 10000
COO of f'uit, besides ether materials
near two bushels for, each person. |
They furnish 100000 gallons of
pure alcohol; enough to give more
than two gallons to each individual.
This comes to Consumers in 100000
00C gallons Of distilled spirits, 4O0,-
100000 gallons Of beer, and 2O,000,-
coo gallons of wine, besides slopP to
the amount Of over 100000, 600 gal
Ions.
II. In the sale of these liquors,
there are a great many wholesale
houses, and 10000 retail places,
which employ 25O,OOO men and be-
sides these, there arc almost countless
tipping shops, where death is sold out
day by day. and night by night
Is. The deaths directly from drink
ing, or from diseases caused thereby,
are as many as 75,C0G annually; from
resulting accidents, and the neglect,
want, and abuse in druuk2rds' families
25,C00. Add to these the losses from
the use of intoxicating liquors, by
shortening human life, by crimes, fires,
and other accidents; by
disease, by doctors bills, ETC., etc, and
this country would be the gainer
Of at least 81, 200, 900, 900, if no alco-
hOlicjiquors were drank therein. Intem-
perance takes our money, our health,
our brains, our lives, cur soul, our all.
IL, In this, the lat paragraph at
the present, On this question, the
reader is ;uvitc1 to lock With a sad
brow at the effects Of this monster, as
It pushes its wheels Of destruction on
ward. It runs gurgling in, and
through every city, and nearly every
Iowa. It leaves men reeling, falling, I
md dying. It leaves them often only
n The river of death, in sight of the
Judgment seat Of Him who cannot c
ook on sin with allowance, and in g
hearing of the rafting chains of dis 6
pare; chains which must finally clank !,
lrOund the grooming prisoner, and r
bind him down in torment, where,
perhaps, the consciousness ola neglected
wife, abused and starved children, to- :
,ethcr with the lectures, entreaties, F
pledges, and prayers of the Temper {
lnce reform torment him forever and a.
'ver. Look, if YOU will, at the heart Il