The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-02-06
WHAT Is 1T THAT INToxIoArEs

Any Juicy or watery substance moder'
ately sweet put in warm place soon ier'
ments or begins to decay. The immedi.
ate product of this is alcohol, the intox!'
eating principle.
There is no drop of alcoholic liquor IN
healthy and unchanged nature. God has
not made alcohol in any other sense than
tie has created carrion meat or rotten
eggs. 1t is the product of sugary sub
stances decompo8ed, decaying And whe'h'
er called brandy, rum, whisky, being dis
TILED aud of fiery potency, or wine, ale,
cider, being fermented only and weak
the fermented element is the same thing,
nlcobol "Fermentaton is nothing else
but the putreiaction Of substance con
tanning no nitrogen" "Alcohol cannot
be evolved from the sngar of vegetable
matter until after vinous fermentation
sets in, which is its decomposition or
death. Baron Liebiq,
Is it, then, poison2 Science says yes,
"It disconcerls ifes healthy move
ments." 1t possesses an inherent dele
terious property, which introduced into
the system destroys life, and has Its place
with arsenic, belladonna, prussic acld,and
opium, as medicine only" Adds DR..
Willard Parker: SIN its effects upon the
living system, tits first an irritdnt and al
terwards, when it has entered the clrcu,,
la,ion, becomes a narcotic Were alcohol
an irritanConly a man would as soon poi
son himself with arsenic or aquafortis,
The narcotic element is the siren that
leads him on to ruin and to death"
If one eats bread, or meat, or milk
these substances, as such, very soon dis
appear, being formed into blood cells,
piasma, tissue, and fuel, to repair the bod
ily waste and keep up its warmth. If
one drinks intoxicating liqncr, it is re-
Ceived by every organ as an irritant, an
enemy remains undigested, foreign sub
stance, and is Immediately thrust out
from the body by every excretory duet
These statements being scientific truth
it may be asked, Whence comes the de-
sire for drink so general amongall ma
tions? Ii is answered, from the scqnir
ed appetite in the race for stimuanls for
excitants, for diet made hot with Spices
and from the momentary eyhileration-
the pleasurable feelings of the q1ickened
flow OF blood after drinking alcoholic
liquor.
Is it again asked, How the intense,
craving appetite comes to hard drinker
if these things are so2 1t is answered !,
Most persons know what are infiamed
ewes, or sores that itch and tiuge 80 that
the hands cannot be withheld from rub
bing and scratching. To do this gives
momentary relief, but inhames the itch
ing spots more, and makes them harder
to heal So the stomach, inflamed and
sore by alcoholic irritation, burns and
tingles, but when more liquor is swal-
lowed to satisfy the gnawing thirst mo-
mentary relief is gained, and, with re-
oeated draughts, supplying ease re-
suits. But this only ipflames the organ
more, increases the terrible morbid thirst
till the stomach is marked with patches
of purple sores or hope essly liberated.
Experiment to prove the right and
wrcng Take a wine glass of pure spirits
into your mouth and hold it there few
minutes, and you will feel the effects
Reader, think what it will dc in the
stomach.