The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-01-16

to provide for the children of all poor
people, though the greater part have
pulled poverty upon themselves, or re.
ceived it from delinquent parents and
perpetuated 10y vicious practice.
Now | affirm that ninety five per cent.
of the vicious poor are made so 10y in>
toXicatrng drinks Whisky has either
made them poor, with drunken aud
feeble habits Of mind and constitution, or
icy begun poor through the bibulous
habits OF an ancestor, and from him re-
ceived, 10y the law Of heritage, a prcdis,
position TO drunkenness, insanity. idiocy
aud, necessarily, helpless ard immoral
destitution.
Your body has been bothered to deter
mine bow TO provide for the rnsane, the
id:otic and feeble-minded, on account Of
the alarming increase of these for some
years past These are-four ont Of five
occasiOned by alcoholism. You cant
now contfive for room for the court con.
vicls. and whisky sent most of them to
your penal prison, and it has now twice
as many 10 send in, unless they are clear
ed Oh the plea Of Insanity. You shall
guess how many Of these fell by the hand
OF that thief and cut-throat, Whisky.
Most of the cultivated, ii,llcclusl es-
ta6lished, great and gooi families OF this
good Stale have been carried to the rear
by strong drink When rejecting of all
luis who can refrain fom the esclama>
ton : Thou invisible spi:i: of wine. II
thou hast no name TO be known by, let
us call thee devil'
The charges have made against alco>
hol are chiefly plagai izCd from the pre-
amble of the 'licease act Of 1920. Aud
this plead by way OF estoppel on You,
and so do not sIop to prove the deep
damnation" of the alembic, as might be
conclusively done by reference to all So
cial science writers aud stalislicans of
the day. together wi h an array OF red
eyed, bloatcd ragged, cold, comiortless
facts, more abundant than those hideous
spectacles which prove leprosy 10 be
disease.
| suppose by sanction OF the govern
ment you have in this State four thous
and dram>shopl, and thousand quasi
dram-shops in the form Of dfuggerits,
the latter heing the worst, because they
are to drinking What faro bank is to
gaming We will say the re;a.! 'cller
pays 81 a gslion Tor whisky. that - hi.h
enough. lie sells it for Sc gallon, Liv,
ing sixty drinks to the gallon at ten Gems
for the drilG. that IL low enough. Now
is it rot fair, as whisky cos,s Us 50 mach,
that it should bear the expense that ii
occas ons or quiz? AL OF us vote yes.
except Ephiaim, who is joined 10 his
idols And what have to say OF the
latter is, that the sooner fool, or a
drinking man, and his money are parted
the better tor him and his family.
petition as follows:
That you tax wui,ky five cents 10 the
drink.
That you tax brandes aad wines tea
cents TO the drink.
That you tax mali liquos two cents to
the drink.
That yoa tax by the quart and gallon,
and that you make u statute so sc.. chi ~
that it will catch all those uucircn ncised.
drug doggeries which have been ont still
hunting and netting.
This has been tried by yodr mother,
Virginia, and it wins This tax will pay
the debt of Louisville say in six Yeas E
the fund it yields is appropriated to that
purpose.
1t will pay the railroad bonds OF
Greensboro in twelve month, and alter
that will more than sustain the CITY
schools, GGd thereby the drinking man
will aid in schooling his own children.
This policy, sm told, is paving tire
debt of the State of Virginia every dav,
and if adopted by Tennessee she would At
once be relieved Of the ielonious thought
of reputation.
Finally, | pray you TO levy a tax on
drinks for the State at large. IL this you
do, then make an act empower
ing the county of Daviess to vote such a
tax for itself to pay the county bonds.
and providing, if voted down in the |
county, that the city council OF Owens
bOro NAV have a vote so to raise fund
TO pay her bonds and provide school
lund. This You can afford to do, be- !
cause Frankfort has recently been evans
gelized and reiorR is now assailing the |
demon with the bayonet all over the
State.
II have time to apply for signatures,
will bring you u list OF your hest con
greater than ever went before a
Kentucky Legislature. For the present
1t Is my petition JAMES STUART.
LEGAL vERTIsING-SALES.
A Word 10 the Legislature.
towensboro Examiner.l
All coercive sales in our Safe are re-