Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-11-15
TEMPERANCE

Dr. Howafd Crosby ieblstes his ppin'
ion thai tbs reception 81 blaekmaii by
municipal officers 10 New York prevents
the enforcement Of The restriction OF The
liquor traffic, He believes that one has
received as much as $4,000 q year Tor
protecting liquor sellers, gamblers snd
dlsordeIly houses, Like the church
temperance society, OF whose first an
nual convention no spoke In Chiekerhg
hall, he does not advocate the prohibit
Ton but the fsstiieilph OF liquor traffic,
lie would have the number Of lianof
saloons in tbs city reduced fr0m $4,000
TO 5000, aud the encourages the substi
tuition 81 pure beer and light wines for
the hereer drinks hot political cor
fupiion thwsris the efforts OF refomers,
and until the municipal oyernment 10
thoroughly puTFed, he does not expect
much Improvement In the moral cohdl-
ton OF the city,
All Intoxicating silmulants are injnri
Gus, and when taken into the human
system have the effect. first TO excite,
then 10 depfess, the entire vital force,
As the habit Of using intoHleants ID In
creased, The desire for food and the
power TO assimilate II Is diminished,
This fact becomes more apparent a. the
habit increases. and 10 the stages imme'
diately preceding delirium tremens. the
desire or food, and the power to digest
and aT Natai, Is entirely suspended,
- Dr.. ~ Greene,
Holiday soldering Is nice, The glory
OF q parade up aud down the street, the
dash Of bloodess charge across the
parade ground, the iubilant beat Of the
drums announcing the return home OF
warriors without q sefaich-it Ia all very
fine 80 PROFESSIONS and aprons and
fosettes aud cake and lemonade out In
tho woods. are all very pleasant TO the
temperance army, but ID hot war and
will not DO Victory, There must DO q
real hand TO hand aaht with the enemy,
the actual rescue Of men from the
stronghods OF drink, and lively tuasle
with fumsellers and all temperance law
breakers, Wanted, soldiers willing to
eco service; one million wanted In
America
A statement appeared In print In No
yember. 1880. TO the effect that the
medical officer OF the Walton work.
house, Liverpool, had reported II tho
board OF guardians that tho mortality
among tho sick paupers In the inhrmary
during tho previous two months had
been three times ~ great as usual. and
that this was owing TO large reduction
In the amount OF alcoholic liquors ad'
ministered. This statement was too
much for the doctors, who auggested
an inquiry, and the local government
board sent down an inspector, AZ or
careful examination and analysis II was
discovered that, OF tho whole quantity
OF alcohol used In the two months
valued at col It's. 7d), very large
proportion had been consumed by cases
which ended fatally. II was also found
that several OF tho fatal cases were q:
such q nature that the absence Of alco'
hol could not lavo had any relation to
tho result
From Carlsbad, u fashionable water.
ing place In Germany, ono writes
Nothing could DO stricter than the
rules here in regard to eating and drink.
ing. This one may cat no fruit, that
one no meat. One may drink no beer,
another no wine. Most OF them, in.
deed, drink neither. know Of ono
young man who walked five miles up
the valley Of the Tepol in search Of a
glass OF beer ono warm afternoon, DO.
cause at all tho different roadside inns
ut which ho stopped he saw people
drinking only coffee or mineral water,
and, being o stranger to the place, fan.
cied there must DO some German variety
Of tho "local option law, and that he
had gotten into a temperance neighbor-
hood. And 80 he had. And IL is this
temperance, enforced by precopt and
example, which makes OF Carlsbad the
admirable health.resort which it is,
quite as much as its hot springs, One
could not be di sipated here, even il he
wished it,"
A man named Stacey, the owner OF a
splendid drinking-saloon in New York,
signed the pledge lately and closed his
house. Hearing that a party of lads
had formed themselves into temper.
ancs society, he went to them and
gave them his experience as rum.
seller. ~ sold liquor" said Mr..
Stacey, "for eleven years--long enough
for me to see the beginning and end
OF its effects. have seen man take
his first glass Of liquor in my place,
and afterwards fill the grave OF suicide.
I have seen man after man, wealthy and
educated, come into my saloon who
cannot now buy his dinner. I can
recall twenty customers worth from
100000 to 100000 dollars who are
without money, place and friends" He
warned boys against entering saloona on
any pretext. He stated that he had
seen many young fellow, member Of a
Temperance fociety, cume in with q
nriend and wait while he drank. enc,
o." he would say, II never touch it.
T hanks all the same" Presently rather
than seem churlish, he would take
81 ass Of cider or harmless lemonade.
" The lemonade was nothing" said the
ru mseller, "but knew how it would
end. The only safety, boys, for any
man, no matter how strong his resolu.
ton, is outside The door OF the saloon"