South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-03-24
THAT PISTOL.



IN The CHRISTIAN Of Feb. 2rd, Bro
/ ". g. Rogers gives "a account OF one
( OF the sad0est events Of which have
rcod for sometime Tic gives the histo-
/ ~ OF man ruined hy strong drink. -
( What vas once decent man, loving
husband and dcting father was by the
! demon Of whisky transformed inio
I malicious, malignant brute. 4 blood
thirsty Wild beast tie Lad ceased to
I he the protector ard defender Of his
/ family. he hai become a terror 20 his
wife aud ms chillren's dread. This
/ however is no Uncommon thing amorg
( those who use strong drink Thousands
and tens of thoasspd5 OF fathers have
I been and arc now beiog brutalzed and
demonizca oy alcoholic poison.
This besotted and do6auched fstlcr
came 10 az uatimelg death by pistol
IN the bands Of bis oSu son. That son
! Parhsps, IS innoccn. OF any intention 10
( Eill, but Is he free from blame think
not. tnost heartily endorse oil that
Bro. Rogers said against The use OF
I strong drink. join bim IN condemn
irs She whieky I condemn the pistol
too II Tho. young MAP bah never had
any thing 10 DO wi,h pistols. had be
never carried one he would to-day be
wholly innocent of ais falbcr's biood,
whisky and pistols arc ~ in murder
ers N America. Uum~n life is bsenm.
ing f,arfuily insecure 10 this country OF
beer kegs, wine bottles, whisky bar,
refs, aud reyoivers. II has come to this.
that nearly every man who has rum in
bis stomach and alcohol IN bis brain has
loaded pistol IN his pocket. 1t is
wetl-known fact . that = man whose
blood Is boiling, and whose brain j. on
lire with the poison OF the "vcrm Of the
still" has an itching PENCHANT TO shoot
somebody. Eighty per cent of Gil the
murders land they are becoming fear
FULLY frequently are due to- the Joint ac-
tlou OF The two causes, whisky and piS-
tolls. The entire removal az either
would greatly diminish the number Of
murders in our country and ths sup
preston Of both would almost abolish
blood shed among our countrymen. 4
revolver in boys pocket generates a
desire in his heart 10 shoot something
/ or somebody.
Had that unfortunate young man new
or contracted the Nicious habit Of carry
ing Il revolver he would not have killed
bis own father Ills education had
heou wrong on iha. poiat, else be would
not have carried that deadly weapon
| into his. fathers house. Whisky habit
the father and pistol habit In the son
/ co-operatod IN taking the fathers life
and breaking the mothers hcsrt. Wc
1 surely need reformation in the train
ing OF boys and forming their habits
and tastes. Young America. as soon as
/ hc can toddle, wants gun, wants 90
shoot. lnduigerl iatbers snd silly
mothers often nurse this destructive
propensity Into lG2uriaGt growth, be
ginning with toy pistol and going on
from small beginnings TO larger proper
tlous, until, IN many eases, long before
The boy Is ont OF his teens. he carries s
/ SIX shooter and has had "a shooting
/ scrapc' or two. The hoy who sports
| his revolver soon becomes bold and bra.
zen and does not hesitate TO 20 into sa-
ioons, gambling dons and TIE haunts OF
| debauchery.
/ Many a victim Of .hc States Prison
| and OF The gailDvs was started or the
| road to iempcral aud eternal ruin. by
! fond mothers 10 feeding the little ones
| on brandy peaches brandy pies, and by
/ supplying tham first with toy Guns and
| pistols until the yogncs;cr imperstiveIy
/ and successfully den .njcd u genuine
| pisto, that would hi!l, AMI took his bran
/ d. straight without tGe sduixture Of
peaches or mime p:os
/ Let the selling OF Intoxicating LIQUORS
/ be suppressed, Dot let the sale OF revoi-
( yers also bo prohibited, Let he distjl.