Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-08

Anc EnoAAAnAAAoA QUESTION.
from the Ralte. {AId.) Every Saturday,
NO sane man VIII dispute the righteousness
Oh temperance In oil things. As physical science
.eacnes that thare Is no such thing "a dirt
ths1 whieh Is commanly called such IS only
matter out of place, SO moral science teaches
that proper use OF anything made for man Is
never wrong, but that in the abxse of such
thing lies the sin. In the present day, when
prohibition has become almost q national prob.
lem, when the adherents Of that cause having
graduated from . movement which urged
merely temperance, become themselves 80 I'm.
temperate in their weil-meant fanaticfyIn, as 10
dasnand the absolute prohibition Of the manu-
iacsnB and sale OF necessary stfmalaHtS, - may
Wen oe Qusnconed whether they have not gone
too far. When they misquots scripture and
boldly assert among other awful things that al
would be well to place Examples besides asser.
Win view Of getting at solid tae,s. it was
view q number of old gentlemen In this CITY:
men who we're well enough known to dispel
s shsr aEss p1 sss might bs ssn6 os
that the remaining members OF the Old De-
fenderS Association were about as welkknown
as any persons in this city, he set out upon his
MIR. James c. Morford, of No. Is N. Bond
street, was first seen. He was particular to i'm
'sWiIliaIa Writ" Temperance society,". Wbfcl,
ne helped to organise In s41. He kindly gave
kept public house upon the old York road,
where good liquors OF all kinds were kept He
esea sas ne assisted when boy at the bar
liquor. After joining the temperance society he
became total abstaineT. In his old age, how
necessity. and q little pure liquor a real benefit
~ hardly think That a msn Of my age Is apt TO
be led astray by It," said he ood:humoredly
or ct <,,~,
Mr.. samuel Jennings, SO years old, was next
seen. This handsome and venerable man with
PERCUSSION Of silvery hair and beard was found
IN n!s room enjoying luscious plate of fruit.
he sara II nave always been in the habit Of taxi
Ing little liquor when everI feel the heed OF It's
benefits" His daughter told the reporter that
ne used matted drinks successfully as food and
stimu!ant.
Mr.. Nathaniel Watts was next interviewed.
He Is nearly ninety. He is quite talkative and
has clear mind, aLqhoush he has difficulty in
getting around.
He said, II have never been an abstasner.
where 1t was needed. When was young
man snperintended = farm: In those days
we neither reaped with machine reapers nor
cradleo, put sickle was used, and after a
"through" was cut we used to go back and bind
sheaVes. was great worker in those days
who worked under me. One hot day drank
TOO much cold spring water while overheatcd
and was Immediately Frustrated. That times,
The great trouble to-day is that you can seldom
get pure liquor, and say It is the poison stuff
that does all the harm" Here the old gentle
and glass, pressed the pencilpusher to try
little whiskey that friend mad sent him.
,,. ah: Sir h n said i'd, be- us what can pure ar
like they used To have in my time
:. Inc reporter next visited Mr.. Geo. Boss who
quaint OLD sousn Bond strsst at M a,s
boss was at breakfast, and as his memory is
much impaired and faculties generally feeble,
simply. greeted him as the old gentleman
vailed opt to The garden, which was once q
luxuriant boX-tree. Tue reporter was enter
tanned by the wife and grand-niece of the old
defender. The iorIuer is hale old lady, who
says that In married life OF over sixty wears
she had never known her husband to be under
the influence Of liquor. She said that he had
he was u sea captain he always kept some good
whiskey or brandy by him, and considered
them useful to hSve in emergencies. To the
question as to whether the old gentleman found
nytbing beneficial In stimuiants at the present
time the other lady replied that SHE had pro-
some OF a p .ne re Mt OF friend
TO him with good effect. She further said that
an invalid lady in the same house also used
little now and then and would sometimes re-
quest IL when sine felt the need of it.
Mr.. John Peddecord, between SO and 80
years oid, is at the Aged Mems Home He is
quite active and he greeted the reporter kindly.
His eyes twinkied when the reporter stated his
GRAND and he assured the scribe that he had
al his life been temperance advocate, but
having contracted a cough recently which
weakened him considerably, and having a
bottle OF Dntty's pure NAL, wl,iskey at hand,
he, contrary TO his usual rule, tried it.
Well" asked the reporter, "what was the re-
silte"
The old gentleman smiled mischievously and
replied swell, something helped me ZIP about
that time, certsiil.'
The rsposte e5 ponderIng deeply upon the
the evidences he had seen in these old heroes
Was proof positive that they had prolonged
natures laws, and .ac Claim OF the prohibition
isis tnat stimulants are not conducive to lon
gevity, had iallen to the ground.