The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-07-27
1t would do, what the total abstinence
societies have failed TO do, viz: close
the places where intoxicants are sold

ings has come again. The meeting at
Sea Cliff, l.. l., was not so fully attend
cd as expected. There were notable
temperance workers present, among
whom were Miss Anna Wittcnmyer,
president of the National Temperance
Union, and Mrs, johnson, secretary.
Extract from DR.. Fowlers sermon at
Sea Cliff:
"Thc doctor preached a sermon all on
temperance, basing his remarks, for the
sake of text only, however, Oh Pro
verbs xiii, 81, 32-'Look not thou
upon the wine when il is red; when Ii
givcth his color in the cup, when IL
moveth itself Alright. At the last Ii bit
eth like serpent and slingeth like an
adder" Speaking of intemperaDce, the
doctor said it has the world for its home,
the flesh for its mother and the devil for
its father. 1t has no head to think and
no heart to feel, and he was here in thr
name of ruined characters and fortunes.
of dcsolatcd homes, of widows and or
phans, in the name of society and ofthe
church, to demand its destruction. We
have no need, he said, to do more than
look at this grand monster alcohol to Sc
cure its condemnation. And in Liquor
hc would include everything, from
brandy to beer. Alcohol Is not natur-
al product Of this earth. II is produced
OF decaying matter. Some men are pre-
pared 20 defend it, but we need not
make any arguments on that line. The
doctor then illustrated its worthlegsness
as an article of food or even rs stimu-
liant. Golden and Greeley and Tom
Sayres, the statesman, the journalist and
the prize iighter-the men who do the
hard work-these men got their stimu-
liant from the pump or the teapot Ii
docs not strengthen, ii only inf1ames
One man takes il TO keep him warm
but his neighbor takes il to keep him
cool. But experience has shown that
it cannot do either. When the Russian
soldiers are expected TO do duty in their
cold climate they are served with ra-
( tions of oil instead of alchohol, and an
officer passes along the lines TO smell cv-
cry mans breath. and he who has the
smell of liquor is sent out of the ranks.
The doctor explained how a bushel OF
corn could be made to produce three or
: four gallons of alcohol, and then said
that if man wanted the best he must
buy the worst. Liqnor is first, lasi and
all the time murderer.
, TILE MURDERER's DOOM.
a man over yonder shot another man
years ago. but the law could not reach
him. lie went to Philadelphia and reg
istcrcd himself at a hotel. Some one
recognized the name and wrote after il
murderer and no man would regis
ter after that. And there that old re-
cord stands still. | am here to-day to
charge this liquor traffic with this great
esL crime against humanity. 1t doe.
not, perhaps, shoot Il man al sight, but
IL kills him slowly. If murders his
faculties. corrnpts his morals and dc.
stroys his body and soul.
The doctor discussed the remedies
proposed for this evil. Some men ad-
vocate the policy Of doing nothing, and
that is the most popular. But when the
tiger has hold of your throat, to keen
l still is certain death. Then others tell
us that if we substitute wines for LIQUORS
we shall do away with intemperance.
But the light wines of France and OF
California only serve 10 whet the appe-
tites OF the people for brandies and al
coholic drinks. And so stepped in these
, stimulants are the women of some parts
of France il is said that infants win not
. ate women. Some again are in favor
. of license laws. Well, so, the doctor
said he was, if he could not do better
But there is only one thing to be said in
=. its favor. 1t picks out the respectable
. murderer, but it allows him to do his
murderous work Just the same. But the
doctor expressed himself as an ont and
out prohibitionist. The law prohibits
the driving Of diseased Texas cattle in
among his cattle, and he demanded as
much protection for his son as for his
COW. The liquor seller comes up to oui
doors and begins the destruction Of our
sons, and we have right to protect
them. Then prohibition is not failure.
1t does empty prisons and poorhouses
and penitentiaries. Here the doctor
gave some incidents and facts illustra-
tive of this point. He advocated the
creation of public sentiment to secure
the prohibition of this traffic, and paid
very high compliments to the women
who have engaged in the crusade. He
gave also, some interesting incidents of
the original crusades in Ohio, rebuked
the church and the ministry for their
coldness and Indifference in this cause.
and told story about church in Belle
vile, Ill.,, which passed resolutions that
every church member should be allowed
forty gallons of whisky for himself OF
herself, as caricature of the crusade
and how Elder Gavitt came from anoth-
er town to preach in favor of moderate
drinking, and the devil, with know
ing wink, said to his imps, at Is all
right, so long as Elder Gavitt leads the
opposition" And so, said DIR. Fowler,
one minister who drinks glass of wine
or apologies for it does more harm than
a hundred ministers can do good"
Extract from Rev. DR.. Tiffany's SER
mon at Sea Cliff:
"The world at large, he said, was
4 finally agreed that intemperance was a
! great evil, and the doctrine of opposition
to alcohol was not so new as many peo-
pie thought, for in 1862 clergyman
wrote: ''There is no sin who doth
more deface Gods image than drunken
ness. 1t disguiseth person and doth
even unman him. 1t gives him the
throat of fish, the belly of swine,
and the head of an ass. Drunkenness
is the shame of nature, the extinguisher
of reason, the shipwreck of chastity, and
the murderer of conscience" In our
country men are awakened TO the dan
ger of alcohol when they saw thai
drunkard's graves were being filled by
their own children. DIR. Tiffany showed
by statistics that the American market
was supplied largely with impure wines
and deleterious connections. When
man put alcohol into his system he dim
inished that on which his life depended.
and added TO that which would Kill him.
So greatly had intemperance augment
ed the burden of jails and poor-honses.
that it was question if the monetar,
interests of the country were moi involy-
cd, and If it were not the duty of msn
TO take a decided stand and call upon
the law to back him up. When the wine
is in the wit is out, and dangerous ply
steal and mental effects follow. There