The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-11-27
MRS. Nasty AT HOME.


The Death kneII of Liberty.
Dear Union Signal:-Petroleum hez gone
to Ohio. He wuz grately deprest by the
late eleckshun. SEE he: 'tThem 40, 600
votes cast for Judge Fox, is the deth nell of
liberty in this free staff. and the wuzt of it
is. not over 10000 of EN- WIS Republican
votes. The spirit of yunity. which has
allus held the dimoeracy together hes let
90. We shall soon hev ~prohighbishun,
end the pertikilar glory of Kentucky. her
superior whisky will hev departed, polly
ticks will become a gloomy, cheerless
dooty instead of the enlivenin' pastime they
hey bin. The pin money will be held in
the church basement instead ov at Bascom's
end conducted in prare meetin' stile, end
closed with the doxolligy end hand skakin'
insted of drinks, cheerin songs. end sum-
times, an amosing fte.
'Spozen the wimmen shood cum. There
is no telling what they'll do next, wat
liberty Good a man hey to set forth the
meneness of the other side, or to relate the
annicdotes necessary to nominate a candy.
date, with deekuns' wives a settin' round ?
Sym deeply he added: Il shell leve the
state then SEE | drily, Gwen will you
go?" Alas sed he, there is the troub-
BILE; prohighbishun fanatticism spreads
wuss'n kollery. end wen it gifts here, it hes
about reached the last place, | will arise
end go to Ohio. ware likker will be free
till after eleckshun.H So .Jeems Allen end
me hes / less to bord. Jeems Allen holds
up the Republicans. yit ses he, Mother
wy don't you seseed like the w. G. T. [.
of Cleveland hes dun, end jine Dir. Dor
eusster?" SEE |. '.Jeems Allen them Cleve-
land women never seseeded afore. | tried
1t moren 20 years ago, end wunst in a life
time is enuff. es for DIR. Dorchester. | hey
allus noticed that wen a doctor adopts
what is called the expacktant mode of
treatment, he expeeks his payshent to die,''
SEE he, MA wat is that?" Sez |. .tMy
is bread pills to keep up the kurrige of the
paytient, end the fee of the doctor till de-
seese kills, or natylr cures, whichever
way the luck goes" | don't argy with
him, after he's marrid. end knows for ser
tin that he's got lam Biglcr. he won't care
so much for 10 Bigler. He has bin a learn
in the effecks of alkyhall uponthe hooman
sistem of his pa ever since he can remlem-
Der. They are getting books about it INTO
the schools in Missoury, end it's a good
thing; but home teachin' will stick ware
skool teachin' won t. Ennybody that has
seen Petroleum nose, kin guess how his
sister wuns sed to me, ':.Jeems Allen is
nifty apt to inherit his pas love for likker."
Sed /. Marian, there is 2 sides TO every
ciiild'S inheritance. Wy Amt Jeems Allen
Jest as likely to inherit my hate of likker.
es his pas love of it? Do you reckon the
devils cpvenant with fathers is surer than
Gods covenant with mothers9 This APP
petite is born Of indifferent mothers as well
as incorporate fathers. Mebby the fathers
is moderate drinkers. if Their is emmy sieii.
end the mothers haint took alarm yit. |
tell you all these influences that rouse the
mothers hatred of likker end the likker
troves. Wimmen kin bear prohighbisllun
voters, of they can't cast p~rohighbislun
~votes!!'
Il feel sure of Jeems Allen. and sum-
times. when l rede the Bible afore | go to
bed, | git a little of the fathe that moves
mountins, and think Petroleum may yit
turn frum his cups-ef the time ever comes
that he can't get it. he will be a total alb
stainer. Pollock is in a hopeful condi-
shun. lie ses eff he was in Ohier this fall.
he'd vote fur Lennurd, he begins to see
that the only way to palverize the rum
power, is to grind up the gold calf of hi
license, wieh the republican party is dane
in round. He ses the thing is a see saw.
Revenoo from license bears taxes down at
one end and the expense of crime dew to
drink bars EN- up at tother end. The tax
payer sets in the middle of the teeter board,
end thinks hes Citing a free ride. when
RELY hes only dizzy. Polluck does a heep
of thinkin; he amt so lively as Bigler,
who was a temperance man till after Blame
WIZ defeated, end | feel hopeful about him
now.
SEES he to me: Mrs. Nasty, Wy shood
the modern temperance movement depart
from the plan of moral sussion follered by
it's predecessors; Wy go to the poles, wen
it can Jest as we'll hev the pulpit end ros-
trum es it allus hes, and not bother no
body ?" SEES | to him, Josef, moral per-
swashun is good. | tried it on Jeems
Allen. but there was times wen a green
hickory twig wus better.
solomon was a fust rate temperance
lectoorer, end there has been good ones in
the felde ever sence, but there is more
drunkards according to the poppylashum
now than ever before. Haint it time to
change tack ticks
Modern temperance wus old enutf last
fall to put on pants, end it did it. Sence
then it has made rapid strides. | grant
it WIS sot back a little at fust, end the
fumes of brimstun eelebratin the dimmi-
cratick victory, end the republican Delete,
did choke It up a little, mot being used to
that kind Of incense-hut bless you. it
a1oraJ 80 tbrof,a an.1 started. Il EefeheG