, 1879-08-02
HORTICULTURE.
Tho vincyard-shRll 1t DO 0rnpcs or Wino?
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Tho vtncyard-shall It DO Grapes or Wino?
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Sober Subject,
From Our 0,gn Corrf.pondtnt.
No. IS EIGHTEENTH SrnrEr, CHICAGO, Aug.
LII bnve been this week In Bureau County.
where there are aomc rood vineyards and made
Botne notes. l iad, wlcre the Keeper Of the
vineyard has done his duty, there Is The promise
now Of good harvest Of grapcs; un1
THE QUESTION T.,
what to do with them. Shall nc make wine
AMI drink III or. Shall VIC cat the fruit md grow
fata II slIoutd answcr for myself nionc, md
from my tnstcs aml habits, wnutI cav, Glyc US
thr grapes, and ''1et tln wine Co,"-for We feel
no reed Of the latter. while there is
constant crYinE want for the former.
do "so 1--we " Ernpca,-Conr 'rd grapes. Bit
this question Ia not to hc settled on nav likes or
dislikes. W. must take n tronler view Ut the
subject. And l an mt VofnI tc question n
mans right to grow grApes anu max" Wtnc,
md drink it,lf l'e th!nks i is profitable and
good to drink It.
There Is some demand for nnttre wines. and
doubtless tt would he blessing II pare wines
from the 1nfco Of the RrApe eould he 1nndo to
and called wine. But tho question, shall It be
GRAPES OR wisEa
will be considered generally IN tho Hight of TINT
n,hsr always Hppcrln0st question. " Which will
pny bcst1' but TIT re arc s0n,a who frun prln-
c1uie wnun not make wtua Oh any RceO,lnt.
res;cct those mems religious etruples, wlIt1e
would not co,lden,n the men who think and AIT
differently.
As j meter Ut fact, there is little profit in
ws Gfnrrs H. IT, %ns Is s ye y M'afs sx s.e %n
equal that Of th', ealu of grapes. Location, Va.
sicsts, ncaFrras Of market, nnll tlar quality Of
t!,r graaes, MI come IN as things to Be consid
cred in s'certltnsh:: III" Nnestlnn of sllc profit
ol Urapce as cot,,uarr1 with wlnc; 40 tia. We
cnnBot rive m. definite answer to the question,
that could l'asn t,eneral :pnia'.fon.
Now. AZ to this wla'lc HuraIcn ue
wlsr.MAHtSa A.D WINE. DRINKING,
there ,s Enncthnc t., ''c sniI. AMI su,acthng
t&,at "a not rxatily Ia tho lttlr uf thr cxtrruIc
urh popular ,l,rth,Als Of Tin, day tnunnt my
self sym, atlit%c with nv intnyicatGti |ro'her
{lntoxivatrh. mean. With tfle 'c,norrance tden.,
who 'wantd prosrrtb" alt not ou his paper,r
nm!ytt VIC hare sonac snhfr thoughts upon
thIs sober subject that secrt worthy nf e1pres.
sion. As to slo cvil anil sin Of inte:npprahre
VIC nre nil agreed. IL serve the bodily nppc-
tt.os nlrl pa:s'uns In gIu'tonors way-wleshvr
1t, eating nr drinking, pr In Ihlcncss. or In luxu-
~, oE In vaE;tS, or IL arv keas',as qualification
LA nat Gully nti ev'. hut 4 SIN against God, be.
causc sin aqa!n:t tll tlsat Is gnod and true.
Ttlp 4ucst!u,l IL, how to get rid Of t'ir e:!l,-
how to wIpe ont thu sin. W. ran lc:islate for
the suppression Of street-tghts una Tor atl s,,,s
TINT nitinuto themselves IN lawles. ucta. Fhr
State u1ny. and hhnnt, take t1uttcc i,f 1nl visit
no tar as they break out IN brawls and public
disorder. 1t tsaIways Ia Tie powcs of tue civil
Inv to suppress and eontfnc whatever tltsturbs
tho public peace, aud, II st.e taw.n,axcrs can
agree, they aro quite competent tu nass pro.
hibI.ory measures: but wc know as well as any
body that there ia
NOTHING OF SALVATION IN PROHIBITION.
You tell chilli lie shnn't do this, aud f,is "a
just wllnt hu will do. The evils of tho heart
InuBt come out to lie cured. II must he mani
lest that they arc evils Al1 tint they nre tu{qr-
nal, unA shnus; not be appropriated. Evils hh
In the heart, coycted up u.d unrtpcuted Of, are
most dangerous.
We ha,N!eun md cast Into prison the man
Il murderer still. tilt ro 10 virtue In cha,ns
anA priso,i-wa1ls. SO wa sometimes seek, for
r. tho protection Of soctrty. to bil men IN pledges
- tint chafe them mud cuase lieu. to lo4o their
sef-rsspert; but we lu not In this appeal to thu
best that Ii In mau, nor do Ny secure propur
safeguards agalnst the Vices of tnteMperanee.
Men cannot bt forced to love the thingz Of
temperance a'ttl Fight-lvng.
greatly impaired their rat!olIal faculty by eyi,
us,d Incorporate habits. uni who, from vicious
practtccs, hayc heconio well nigh imbect!u IN
mural power. Ihese necl, snnyhnp, the helps
OF prohibition; but
THIS ALONE WILL NOT SAVE 4 MAN
frpsn t!,u kfn Of lntetnperance. a man mny b.
R1n w writing hts namo Oil paper: but he must
advance beyond thai t,--ithut act must become Oh
though 1t was not, aid be must live temporarily
because tn livu sMtenlpcratcly Ii sin.
how dues man bccome ChrFstianl Surely
not "hy kNcelng anu ssgh!ng y when le prays,
hut by stunning evils Us s.Es. So mau comes
Into a life ot teuiprrance by shunulng inlcm-
pcrauro ns bIn. II man shuus tntoHapcranrr,
or any evil, for any ottlsr reason t!!an brcause
1t ID wrong to live In tt-t o., brcarso 1t Is e,,
-hs docs not stlun 1t, hut allows It, mud covers
It up. and hugs II. anu calls 1t his own.
But the subject Is too large to receive proper
consideration ln'th!s cnluHp. THIS will
INDICATE WHAT WOULD SAY,
II had all opportunity, to those who make an
Improper use Of alrotloi'c drinks: aud ulucl, oi
the native wtue TINT is made now, from III.
abundance Of sugar used. should ba classud With
brul,Ites md otIirr strong alcoholic drinks, unti
arc not wholesome tu tukc. knnW nanufuclur
ers who will scarcely use their own NiAc. IIley
Know Il IL not 1T to use Us beverage. But
they aell II to others. o. L. D.