Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-05-22


Wisconsin pays over $I9,0Oo,O 600 per
annum for liquors, 50, 500, ,slO for schools.
Says DR.. Albert Day: ''A large major
itv Of the 1900 cases of insanity which
have treated commenced their course OF
drunkenness by the use of what is termeu
light drinks, such as wine, beer etc.
am fully satisfied that the use OF nshl
beverages is the initiatory step to a life OF |
-inebriety." "rfea
ssDoctor. - said wealthy patlent 70 ms |
,,t-sicfan. ssI want you to be thorough |
r,,J strilxe at the root of the disease"
ssITeIl I wilI,', said the doctor, as he
lifted his cane and brought it down hard
enough to break into pieces bottle and
class that stood upon the sideboard. 1t
was his last professional visit tothat house.
The Chicago and Northwestern Rail
road Company has made q regulation for
it's employees, requiring that every man
who draws his money shall sign a pledge
against the use of all intoxicating and
spurious liquors, and also that he shall
agree to keep away from all places-iu-
Guiding billiard rooms-where liquors
are sold. - 5F
NJ. Lunier. prominent member of the
French Academy of Medicine, has been
making some figures for the members of
the Academy upon liquor drinking in
France. He says: tsWine is the true ma
tional drink, and there is consumed of it,
on an average, thirty gallons per inhab-
liant per annum. The amount consumed
per inhabitant in 1888 was 10 gallons."-
So it will be seen how rapidly the habit
has grown upon the nation. Besides, he
says, instead of wine taking the place of
other drinks the latter have likewise in
creased. s'Cider is largely used, and
brandy is drunk to facilitate the digestion
of cider; and the more cider the more
brandy. The consumption of beer has In
creased. considerably within the last fifty
years."
1t is said that the amount of money
spent on Intoxicating liquors In Great
Britain last year was $710, ,944, 500, being
an increase over 1877 of s9Os, $50, and that
too, in the face of the fearful depression
ion in trade. But to this must beaded,
as indireets expenditure, $500, ,0OO, ,Oo0.-
During the last seven years there has been
/ spent in hard cash foristrong drink the
enormous sum of 1886 ,6OS, ,345 in the
Hunted kingdom Another noteworthy
fact is that in 1873 the amount spent on
wine and spirits. was nearly $4,000, ,OOC
less than in 1877, while the sum expended
on beer was oversize, ,OOO, 900 more. Thus
| tits evident that drinking is greatly in
creasing amongst the working classes.
The National Baptist puts the following
none too strong: s'Our Legislators are dis
cussing the question of death tosthe Spitz
dogsl, while, in Philadelphia alone, there
are, 5,O93 licensed, and probably 2,OOC
unlicensed ,dens, worse than the dens o.
tigers, for the ravages of misery apt
death And every year, by their own re
turns, the keepers of these dens admi
that they sell more than $14, 900 900 wortl
of the poison of intoxicating drinks, ,caus
ing, as our judges tell us, four-ltths i
not nine-tenths of all the murders, man
slaughters, burglaries, robberies, riots
tumults, adulteries, foundations, rapes
and all other crimes that are the terro
and curse of societyl Gentlemen of tn
Legislature, doom to death all the Spit
dogs in the land, if you will, and th
sooner the better; but don't fail to pas
laws-strong and efficient laws-agains
an evil, worse a thousand fold than al
the Spitz dogs On the face of the earth
though each one was turned to a tiger
and all let loose to prey upon the commu
| nity!