The Opelousas courier., 1884-12-20
PLAIsANcE, DEC. sTH, 1884.

CourTs:
The parishes of Rapides, Grant, Sa-
bine and Union have voted by large
majorities to expel the demon of des
truction (hydra-headed -alcohol) from
their limits, aud Natchitoches parish is
wheetng-into line also. And st. Ian.
dry, it is to be hoped, will soon roll
up a majority in favor of prohibition
in proportion to her magnitude and
position as the Empire parish of the
State. There is not a shadow of doubt
that a very large majority of the peo-
pie of this parish are in favor of prohi-
biting tue sale of Intoxicating liquors.
And, as tue women and children are
the greatest sufferers. in the name OF
God and humanity, let us, every man
whose heart pity warns make ear
nest efforts to have the drinking of use
less, and utterly ruinous liquors prohi-
bited. Ladies of st. Landry, please
don't let your husbands, brothers and
beaux forget the day Of election, Jan
uary 26, 1885. Let'every good wife get
up early that morning, and give their
husbands and sonsfa good breakfast
and tell t;,em, as they love their wives
and children, sisters and sWeethearts,
God and their country, go and vote to
stop that greatest of all evils, drinking
intoxicating liquors: and kissing them
off to the polls, pray almighty God to
take care of tie good cause, and save
the country.
That the people may have some idea
Of the diabolical poisons that are being
dunk to tie inter ruin of the health,
the morals, the prosperity and we'll
being OF the parish, aud the world gen.
orally, please publish enclosed excerpt
and oblige,
Yours truly,
D. W. Foster.
/ manufactured liquor for % years.
l began tue liquor business selling beer
oyer my fathers bar Wnen | was IL
years old. / know all about it and can
make any kind. The adulreration OF
liquor is something you know little
about, and the extent of it will sur
prise you. A man stands about AZ
good a Chance Of being struck by light
ming as to get a pure article of brandy
iu New York; With factiied whisky
as a basis we can initiate any Kind Of
brandv. The French are more expert
than we are; we begin where they
leave off, and God pity the man who
drinks the stuff we make. We make
champagne which you buy FOR the gen
uine article. II COST to manufacture
81 a basket we sell it for SO TO dea
|lees. We make the stuff and put in
our own bottles, make q fac-simile la.
bel of the genuine, import Spanish
corss for the bottles and French straw
and baskets to pack Them IN. We wani
to mako a genuine imported wine. VIZ
buy one barrel of ii. Our cooper takes
tile la rel as q pattern and makes ours
by it,. They are new and bright. We
put them through a staining process,
and they come out.old and nasty and
worn just like the genuine importa-
ton. Thirtg-tWo deadly pois0ns are
used in the manufacture of wine. Not
one Gallon in so sold here ever saw
France. We sell thousands Of gallons
OF Wliskev to France to have them
come back TO us something else. OF
all poisonous liquors in the world
bourbon whiskey ID the deadliest.
Strychnine is only one of he poisons
Id it. "a certain oil is used In its man
ufactnre, eight drops of Wiici will kill
II cat in eight minutes, andsa dog in
nine minutes. The most temperate
men in New York are the whole sale
dealers. They dare not drink tue stuff
they sell.-Major C. B. Cotton, New
York.