The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-06-28
AN OBJECT hEssoN-coNTrNuE FROM LAST
WEEK.
Iesct Of Alcohol JpcA tae Brafs.


WEEK.
Effect Of Alcohol Upon he Drain
Al man drinks a glass of whiskey or beer,
or other drink containing alcohol 1t is soon
taken from the stomach into the blood, which
carries 1t to the brain, where it finds the brain
made of albumen, which it will 'cook," as
you have seen this alcohol cook - this egg,
and his brtiin becomes more and more con-
plctely cooked" until finally it is no longer
brain, and he is dead drunk Do you wonder
that d man becomes crazy. or foolish while
his brain is being cooke l. and staggers
and falls stupid and senseless when it Is
"done?" Do you wonder He sees snakes ?
Here the children may and should be ex-
horted with all emphasis Aecer to "put an
enemy in the mouth to steal away the brains y
Boys, you will probably, every one of you,
be asked some time, to drink, and it will not
he by some Ugly saloon keeper--some man
who looks like Satan--if such should ask you
you would refuse--but it win be by some
friend, by one you like. one whose company
is pleasant. Perhaps it will be a young lady
who asks you TO drink wine, and you will not
like to refuse, but remember If you touch the
first drop you are putting an enemy to your
lips, to steal not only your brain, but with
them health and strength, and thesc three
things brains, health, and strength, are what
God has given almost every boy, with which
to win his way in this world to respect honor,
learning, and wealth. and in the other world
-" crown Of fife."
THE children can here most easily be made
to understand that mo drunkard shall Inherit
the kingdom of heavenly
But, children, this is NOT all, albumen is
found in every part Of the body niofb oi less
and everywhere that alcohol iii The blood
finds it the same thing is done--it is cooked
But strangest of all; how.ldoes a man get.
sober again why don't the first drink .
kill him .
Ali, children, that il because we are 40
fearfully and wonderfully made.n God has
made our bodies SO they will mend themselves.
and for a long time after we begin to abuse
them, they will patiently keep on mending
themselves until worn out at last, they give
it up and we die.
| (fIere explain to the children how all thfs
vitiated abumen must be removed particle
by particle by tie process OF absorption, and
each particle replaced from the blood by a
new one, and even then, the man will never
become quite cas- good as new.")
@. Wouldn't you suppose that when man
had once gotten his brain back again, after
his first drink, that he would be sure TO Keep
it, and never get drunk any more ?
A. Yes
@. Wen, the reason men do so again is, be-
cause they don't know what it was that hap
pened to their brains--don't know they wefs
cooked melody over told ub6ns when they
were children what alcohol would do to their
bodies and brains--the doctors have kept
stilf and just let people go on drinking alco-
hol and killing themselves with it, and never
told men what 1t was doing to their bodies
but now the Temperance women" have
found it out we are going to tell all the
children we can, 80 no De of til m shall
grow up to destroy then bodi s and souls with
alcohol. And, children. won't you tell .nis
which you have ned 10 day, to all the
children you see, and 10 all the young men
know, so that everybody shall find it out
Al another time we tell you Of the damage
alcohol will do to your heart, your stomach,
your liver, your lungs, and then you can help
us spread that knowledge, too.