The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-04-03
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81 The malt hbase. pond adjacent
slaughter house aud Potters Field
cemetery. which tended. by the surface
If the ground, @ drain into the pond
Au3 10 addition 20 this au anonymous
salticd poem, fraught with the most
biting sarcasm and attributed to Rev
John Picrp8ut. was issued in large
illustrated sheet. Emigrauts from the
banks 81 The Thames and the canals Of
Holland were probably not disturbed
BY these developments but they
shocked the American palate aud the
Cream Ale placards disappeared from
the hotels and saloons Of New York aud
New England. and were soon replaced
by others bearing the caption Of Mo.
hawk Ale
50 much Tor the quality Of this re.
treshing aud invigorating beverage a
generation ago Millions drank and
liked il, then as now aud class Of
physicians, then as now, prescribed it
AZ tonic without knowing its analy.
sis. Who can certify that the beer Of
our time is made Of water any purer
than the iayorte Cream Ale Of former
time? Many depreeate legislation on
the subject, any further than to secure
against adulteration and to give US a
good license law. Such law has
never yet been devised No license
law has ever proved satisfactory 10
liquor dealers or temperance men, and
never will be, the one class always
clamoring for free license, and the
other for greater restriction or prohibi-
ton. A law against adulteration would
be found far more difficult Of execution
than prohibitory law and commits
sioners or inspectors would meet
greater temptation in the way of brib-
cry than any other class of public
functionaries. The whole business
called rectifying is but another word
for adulteration. All intoxicants, as
retailed to-day, contain, besides alcohol,
other and cheaper poisons for aavoring
and coloring, and especially something
to create thirst and increase the desire
and demand for these beverages. In
short the whole retail traffic ia beer and
wine is as sheer humbug as the pre-
! tended naturalization OF another kind
Of spirits. 10 the cabinet performances
Of Katy King and Robert Dale Owen
no,otiety. The latter are played out,
even with the credu!ous ; aud with the
present lively aud increasing interest
aud action on the subject, il is hoped
the former may not long survive,
Many wish we'll to the cause Of TEN.
perance. but have no sympathy with
total abstinence reformers Do they
know Of any other class Of temperance
reiormers The writer Of this article
joined the old pledge organization
which prccluded only distilled spirits
and tolerated fermented liquors, il
4 1880 This was found insufficient and
abandoned Tor the total pledge, after q
few years experience. The Original
Congressional Temperance Society wa.
on the basis Of the old pledge, bit The
new one was substituted TO save pool
Tom Marshall, He said the old society
had died with the old pledge in one
hand aud a champagne bottle in th,
other Shall wc ever Listen to the ex
pelieuces oi reformed inehtiates on thil
puintg Did We ever know an intem
perate man reformed by the moderat,
drinking class Of reiormersy Tn,
taporing % process Of reform is found
impraclicable by all who have tried il
Many think We should teach temper
ance q the young by the same methods
we employ Ia educate them 10 Christi
anity Precisely so That is don't
through the organization called ih'
church, with is pledge OF covenant
Of total abstinence from wrong doing
What would they say TO church tia
should forbid only the grosser vices
allowing theft, 80 far as regards peacheI
aud watcfmelous, and counterteiting 0
the smaller coins aud fractional cgren
cy, ana The lighter grades Of profanity
which refrain from coupling The nam'
u God with The elamonngs. aud get
ling druak ouly on holidaysy Sugh
Christian church would be quite snala
gous 70 any organ cation oi temperance
eiofmers sAse The tetotalers The,
maiign
Tbs discussion has grown Nat u mj
allading to The apparent incongruiiy o
a pfohibitory community q hop grow
ere Tits would seem analogous 1,
sWtue raising among the Jess iof lh'
0ehlile market. ahiie their law anc
religion prohibited the nee 81 pork
Coaseioas Of tbs Inconsistency. whsl