Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-25
Temperance Literature.
Written for the Transcript


"W uchman> what Of tbs nieht?"
Aye, what Of the night? How is the
cause which so vitality concerns each and
every individual progressing here. Can
we careles,ly look about lis and answer
Cali is we'll" while at aim ,st every turn
we are met face to face by that subtle
enemy Of mankiud. alcohol: That en-
envy that once put into the mouth, cypeps'
steRllhily into the veins, poisons the
blood and. feeds upon the vital forces
dpl,ases the body, AMI 4, last S, corrupt7
the mind that The poor victim is scarcely
fit for earth or heaven, My friends VIC
must uD and b.. doing. We are shining
to rest idly on orr oars, serenely G,ntsn.
plating the smooth surface Of the stream
Of life, as it is daily presented to oar
view. There is much W rk to be done
aad it is Il gross tteglect of duty for US
to ignore the fact that there are those
within the pale Of our Influence who are
being slowly but surely drawn into a
whirlpool Of ruin, and we make no eff.
fort to stay their downward course Ev en-
little children -"Those idols Of hearts
and househ dds" Those angels of God
in disguise" are given the accursed stuff
until they learn to cry for wine. Yes,
we have seen parents poisoning their
own little ones, that are as dear to them
nS yours or mine are to US, dear reader
. parents, ye know not what you do
when introduce this vile com pound into
the offender stomach of your little. ones.
1t ew"akens the tissues, skaters the
nerves, in short destroys: the health
full tone OF the whole SYSTEM and as the
child grows this Unnatural aDDelite
gains and grows with it. And why +?
Because those wasted powers keep con
tinually crying out tor the stimnlant,
anil still it is given. and the. tastes per.
vert"d The p1ssinns inalmed and the
mind dem ora|ized, ana at bnst the poor;
victim of a-narents ignorance IS dragged
into The tnrbid undercurrent f bat HIS
drawn down 50 ,nfny healthy b,lies and
bright: minds. 70 ceft.tin. dpstrueti IN.
Nav. heaven help such parents one and
ALI stnp and think, ere becoming the
temptsr tolnre their darlings to asaooni
verse Than death Heaven help them all
to tara ere it be TO late, and with all
their energies fight back. the viper that
would enter. their homes and sting ii
death the love$ that binds their hearts
together. s(2osih1 they Sbear.theA thought
sshattl,e$ little praftler, who leans so
lovingly 4. against the pareatal
knee todar shonld in time turn and
Fcnrse the llana that first started them on
the downward N I'll. vet il may be go,
+ NY friendsfthere must hesa,s* asy ken
ing in4tilisairection. We hear of church
ffairs au1 f,stiys1s .of benefits for the
band, &c balls for the soldiers, hut what
/ has been done for the cansesof temper
ance almost pthtfsgt and yet almost
every bird onrs We pass in some a otr
tpsYt,s.i ilie IN iran ee fa those a7I-des-
troy pest here mt nre j q ore
hundred mo enters comes forth IS pt,ra
as when vent III III . IN rs work
ard sow IS 4 he iifne {, 5besfti York
It'll 81, Il toneale. pm lot
Sfd drive d srssfer
FIRM, % Us and
stbe sTsing for 3 me fnr .iss Is
decide whether We build Tor our chill
,,dren tenn p es soffs parifg, truth and
know Ted ge. have Tor heir II aefis
lance desert psths and Urges 81 sorrey
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