The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-05-22

Local Option.

~ ~ SASS carEg, Mo.
feel wrought ~ upon 10 ask your indul. I
genee whilst endeayor 70 reply to the learn.
ed tYl pharmacist VINO first aggravated This
discussion, sO.eallad. ''lie pleads guilty 10
the charge that there was nothing in my last
item TO reply TO, but after all did reply, de,
spite his and the opinions OF "seyeral intell.
gent gentlemen Of this immediate neighbor
hood; But it is absurd to suppose that any
Intelligent gentleman, Of thiG or any other
nelghborhood, who ever holds an opinion Of
his own, would venture to converse with my
opponent on any ssbject for fear Of losing
that opinion. Hut CHIN have right 70
my opinion on any question, and as America
ls Tres, have right TO express It, i is not
reasonable. rIH aafI
He ''has been under the impression that the
pharmaceutical profession was toleraby
honorable one, &c;n am frankto admit that
also thought IL was an honorable profession,
bu; fear il has been "aduiteratadii by the
present professors or vendors of drugs and
pnteRt medicines, politely called (ofsner by
themselves than otherwise) pharmacists. The
Il. o. Bill for Frederick county, where ! re-
side says ''no NJ. d. shall prescribe more
than one dose at q time" Carroll county
Bill have not seen, but II it is similar TO the
one quoted they surpass the Blue Laws"
= N.Yst - BeucIhhy - Npltspoohlul' he
continues ;-"When be states that druggists
charge one dollar for fifty cent whisky Il is
untrue, and challenge proof Of il. t
Well, here il ss-But, as an introductory
! will first state; ] am yard stick wielder,
drawer Of molasses, oils, and yender Of pat
ent medicines, porous plas,ers, &c, (but
take not the honor Of calling myself phar
maelst and as our purchases OF prepared
medicines plastsrs, &e., were made, for some
time past, at the same drug house in Balii
more, think III have him on string. ~
The Wholesale price Of Seabnrg & Johnson s
porous plasters is Sl.37l per dozen, or lse
apiece and my pharmaceutical friend did
retail them at rs cts. apiece; profit, over loo
per cent. Your humble servant has the not
pharmaceutical honor OF retailing them at
10 cts. each; profit less than so per cent. Is
not the above proof enough and if he make s
such profits on plasters will he not do il on
whisky II saw ft, could mention other
articles with like profits. II the above asser.
| lions are RECKLESS and ignorant call upon
him to refute the figures with a small portion
Of his proficient reasoning powers" and /
will stand corrected Next hMorally speak
| ing, no house is well kept where liquori solo
| by the drink" On the strength OF his asser
ton, ask, can he tell me the difference be
tween druggist Tor pharmacistD selling liq
uor by the ounce to drink, aud bar-keepsl
selling the same quantity, in glass, TO drink
Or is i for filthy lucre's" sake that the mag
unanimous ID pharmacist advocates loca
option and wants It sold as drug? feal
it is not so much the advancement Of the caus
Of God and temperance as 1t is Of personal az
grandizement. The compass needle point
that way ia his case. He confines 9Th,
love OF rum in some mems hearts is create
than the love for God" aud he might add tn
love for moneyis ditto. 40 such is the rem
edy to be applied ask, what remedy
The remedy that druggists alone should sci
liquor 10 rumloyers The remedy, as W
understand him, is, that legislatures shout
enact laws TO protect drunkards against th
temptations Of bar.rooms and allow drup
stores TO hold out the same temptation undt
a different name and at a different price.
will have 10 inform him that Christ does nc
teach that drugstore drnnkards ''can inner
eternal iiie,n and bar room drunkards wi
be excluded thereirom; if 50, ] am indee
! wrestling the scriptures 10 my own desirut
ton. think If my pharmaceutical frien
should be SO unfortunate as TO reach Hadt
IN his ramblings, he will wish he had bee
completely annihilated. What will peop
think ola 7. NJ, pharmacist, public speake
&C., after the acknowledgement that he is n,
posted on the leading topics Of the day, for
has not seen that u. s. Suprema Court hs
decided that eolored men shall serve on iuri,
in State Court Who eats crows on the igno
ance question, now?
| most respectfully decline his challenge
publieiy debate the question, from the ia,
that ] have nothing 70 lose or make which
ever way 1t goes, besides | never show u
, ignorance laRd feet on the stage, like sou
people ! know. Ny refusal to accent h
challenge does not argue that have no rigI
TO my opinion. T. Il. RicHEY.