The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-03-23
SUNDAY READING.
WHATl II DOES.

(NOL. Bob Ingersoll was lately employ
~ ell in case which involved The
manufacture of ardent spirits, and y,
his speech to the jury lie used the fol-
lowing language
am aware there Is q great preju-
dice against any man engaged In the
manufacture of alcohol. / believe from
the time it issues from the coiled and
poisonous worm in the distillery until It
empties into the hell of death, dishonor
and crime, that it is demoralzlng to
everybody that touches 1t, from the
source to where 1t ends. do not be-
lieve that anybody can comprehend the
subject without being prejudice against
the crime. All we have to do is think
of the wrecks on either side of the
stream of death, of suicides, OF the in
sanity, of the poverty, of the instruc-
ton, of the little children Juggling at the
breast of weeping and despairing wives
asking for bread, of the men of genius
1t has wrecked, of the struggling with
imaginary serpents produced by this
devilish thing and when you think of
the jails, of the almshouses, of the asya
lums, of the prisons and the scaffolds
on either side, 1 do not wonder that
every thoughtful man Is prejudiced
against this vile stuff called alcohol.
Intemperance cuts down youth in its
vigor, manhood in its strength, and age
in its weakness.
1t breakes the fathers heart, be.
reaves the doting mother, extinguishes
the natural affection, erases conjugal
love, blots out filial attachment, and
blights parental hope, and brings pre-
mature age in sorrow to the grave. 1t.
produces weakness, not strength sick
ness, not health death, not life. IT
makes wives widows, children orphans,
father fiends, and all paupers. 1t feeds
rheumatism, nurses gout, welcomes epi-
denies, embraces consumption, invites
cholera, imports pestilence, covers thst
land with misery, idleness and crime.
1t engenders controversies, fosters quar-
rels, cheIishes riots. 1t crowds yours
penitentiaries, and furnishes victims 10
the scaffolds 1t Is the blood of the
gambler, the element of the burglar, the
prop of the highwayman, and the sup
port of the midnight incendiary. 1t
countenances the liar, respects the thief,
esteems the blasphemer. 1t violates
obligations, reverences fraud, hates love,
scorns innocence and virtue.
ut incites the father to butcher the
helpless offspring, and the children to
grind the paricidal axe. 1t burns up
mer, consumes women, detests life,
curses God and despises heaven. Tt
suborns witness, nurses perfidy, defiles
the jury box, and stains the judicial
ermine. 1t bribes voters, disquali6es
votes, corrupts elections, and endangersy
the government. 1t degrades the citi-
zen, debases the legislature, dshonors
the statesman, and disarms the patriot.
:" 1t brings shame, not honor; terror,
not safety: despair, not hope; misery,
not happiness; and with the malevo-
lence of fiend calmly surveys it's
frightful desolation, and stained with
havoc, 1t wipes out national honor, then
curses the world and laughs at its ruin.
1t does more--it murders the soul. 1t
is the sum of all villainies the father
of all crimes, the mother of all abomi-
nation, the DEVILS best friend and Gods
worst enemy"