The Fremont County record., 1881-12-17
Temnerance VS.. Fanaticism.

.perance in your paper, under the
management of Bro. Fowler. No
doubt Bro. Fowler means well and
intends to encourage and help his
fellow man to lead temperate lives.
There is no question in the minds of
all sensible persons but temperance
is a good thing. Temperance in drink
ing, eating and speaking moderation
in everything is the happy medium
which all should strive to attain.
But how few are governed by this
principle ? 1t would seem from the
language INDUCED in by many so-call-
ed advocates of temperance that they
are very Incorporate people indeed.
1t has often occurred to the writer
whether the wholesale denunciation
and virulent language INDUCED in by
some of Your recent correspondents,
did not do more injury than good to
the cause they espouse.
The average temperance article
never fails to denounce the rumseller
as the personification of all that is
wicked, although the fact is there is
not one gallon of rum sold for every
thousand gallons of other beverages
The word rum is used because it
seems more odious than whiskey.
brandy, wine or beer. Next to the
rumscller the manufacturer is de-
nounced. But why he should be an
athemafized any more than the man.
uiactnrer of fire arms, cartridges. pow
der, balls, torpeGoes and other arti
cles used in waging fierce war and
for destroying human life, it is diff
cult to understand. The rife bullet
which pierced the spine of an in
dusiriocs housewife in our own city
so recently, may have received its
hnlshing touch from teacher of
Sunday school, and the rife from
which.it was fired may have been
manufactured by deacon of the
church. The cold, steel blade, WELD
ed by the midnight assassin. NAV
have been tempered and polished by
grand patriarch of temperance
lodge, and yet no one thinks of trac-
ing back the crimes committed bv
those death dealing implements 10
their manufacturers. To do so would
be absurd and would ignore the prin.
clple of individual responsibility.
10 hold manufacturers and vendors
responsible for the improper use of
fre arms, daggers and diink. is about
rs logical as Gniteau's plea that the
Deity Is responsible for the murder
of Garfield.
notice some very astonishing ar
gunients advanced by Bro Fowler.
ana others in his temperance column.
among them is the following from
the new apostle of temperance (or in
temperance. as many Think Gov. ST
John, of Kansas Speaking of the
stand taken by the different christian
churches, he says:
In fact every church that has a state or.
ganization which has met since the law
went into effect, has endorsed it. / saw
200 oiess them. ] am glad that all the
Christlan people throughout the entire
land are getting upon one broad. common
platform regarding this question.
little story sometimes illustrates n nosi
non most forcibly, and recall one that
originated in the northern part of the STATE
-Four or five saloon-keepers, after their "a.
ICONS were closed. were sitting on a goods
box whiting, when along came deacon
ola OF church. Said one of them: "deacon.
have wine in your church for sacramentai
true" '' '
well" replied the deacon. "I,ll tell
foa ~ We haYe no; used wine in our church
them, soak them in water for a few hours
ana then strain out the mixture. and II
makes very good substitute j can assure
sor The fsIoi Me get along very nicely with it.''
length. He hesitated a moment. and Then
IN ma voice husky with emotion, he replied:
Ihats all very well. deacon; ,o,i NAV
,poi .ne econgregation-yon may even fool
al a1 , put you can't palm off that
raIsln-W water on our blessed Jesus 2,
1 mention this 10 show to what xtremes
,hese men, to whom the church service has
geen Tor years sealed book. are put when
the law. against
II would seem to any one whose
uinu was not warped by prejudice.
.hat ,ne humble publiean's reply was
. Perreee cfusher 10 the proud phari-
y. u ueacon. If if is true that the
christian churches have commenced
using strained raisin water instead
OF VINE, had they not better drop
'he name of christian and cease
canning to be followers of Christ /?
now can those christian churches
Iecohciie their substitute of raisin
wafer ana total abstinence PRINCIPLES
~~,ln me practices and teachings of
In.!sI as illustrated by the bible /?
.hsaihsl !iis Leresy let me quote
me original ST. John. the latchet OF
whose shoe this modern ST. John il
mo- ,h worthy to unloose. st. John
And the third day there was n MARRIAGE ,,,
wns asu ,ba, oi Haiilee; and the mother OF Jesus
pies, to the mnrrjn9e '' s"'i'o anu MS oisci-
osi,s anu wnen they wanted wine the mother
o1 Jesus saith unto him, they have no wine.
80. y. And there were set six water pots OF
e.sn e.o"e. nnLer Inc manner of the purify ing OF
piece. w VI 'i'fee hrAihs
Jesus saith unto them MI the water pots
witn ,',in, water And they filled them up TO tho
Z, And he saith unto them draw out now
thu a., bear 70 the governor OF the feast. And
~. When the ruler OF the feast tasted the
" mnter ns Innt was made wine and knew not
swshence " WAS, tbut the servants which drew
ins i,is water knew.) the governor Of the feast
" And satth unto him; Every man at
.1s ...as pcginning doth set forth good wine, and
When men have well drunk, then that which
y !, worse, but thou hast kept the good wine
~. This the beginning OF miracles did