Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-04-14
FROM A coLD wArEsIrE.
Some Timely Advice TO the Anti Pro
hibitionist
AnIITNr, Tx, Anil NJ.

hibitionist
AniiTSE. Tx, Aprll Y, lSs5.
To The Editor OF rHE GAZETTE.
"C,'sN ypocriticallcant against tenn.
perance men is 80 thin that would
not notice his article il II were general.
ly known that his whole,flOrt is only
the slime OF whisky deosuchec. The
fact that he has lived in Kansas hut
he does not Tell us why he left Karsas)
and parades that prohibition does
not prohibit, or even lessen drunken
ness" savors TOO much al the stereo-
typed slang kent at the masthead of
tho 81 Louis Glope- democrat and
y hers of like ilk There IL not a
grain of truth in bushel of such
chat.
"What amusements are they tenn.
perance fanatics) Offering 70 our young
men TO quit the stre corners aud
saloons ON nights and Sundays" Let
hem stay at home and apply them.
selves TO reading good literature that
strews their path Us thlckly az au-
tumn leaves. IL they need anything
more to keep them 81 OF street cor
ners aid Saloons" report them to their
fathers, and II that don't cure the
evil. send them to refofmatory,
where &C." would be largely bene-
| ii ID
Reputable 1t is, indeed, for the Fort.
that there is not decent place "wherc
young man can spend al hour away
from his sleeping place without in
uuding l thought with The GA.
zETfE that Dallas was the bad place
"C.p does Islander The city that shell.
ters him He should he M ,de to pub.
licly 'ecaut the malicious Islander, or
be asked to, pick up his grip and get "
How philanthropic that ''other
! Countries provide reading oms,
parks, etc SIvill the Fort, when It
clears away the underbrush SO il can
see and feel the public ne d of airing
| grounds for her depizens. But what
OF those public beneilces in our large
eities-are they the property OF the cit
lzrns, where they can take their fami.
lies at all times, and speak words oil
good cheer s, the weary who are
burthened with home cares from yeay
TO year, No, the class that "Ch IL
shedding crockodile tears over, is the
rag az and vile which spends an idle
and doubtful existence, and so throng.
such places that the good aud virtu
Gus shrink from contact These arr
some of the uses to which our places
Of resort are put
a little Wholesome advice 10 &C.
and Others may not be out of place
and fer it IN all honesty, and tina
is: Drink no whisky or other in
toNicants
Rise to degree of manhood aud re
spec'ability that will keep you Off o
street corners and saloons
Time is tuo short and life too uncer
tain 10 stand upon the corners anC
saloons and carp and ape the beast
because you lOatne yourself, being de
bauch,
Lend helping hand to all laudabl,
means 10 make the world better ant
happier
II it be possible, purge body an,
spirit OF low, groveling habits anC
diseases and the broad hand of broth
erly recognition will ever remain
open TO help you in every lime o
need
Whisky damns and kills, as can b.
seen all over our country. Aid us /,
stay the march Of death, more terrible
than ptstilence.
Per-ist In drink, and you viii sool
be transformed into dtmOn--th
equal to any crime.
Be admonished, the sneer that re
pels HE vdice OF help is the fruit o
budding or ripened perversion. IL i
so sickly impotent aud powerless tina
IL falls into oblivion
PROHIBITIoNIsT.
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