The Dillon tribune., 1885-02-28
TEMPERANCE TOPICS.

Judge Johnson, of California, in passing
sentence of death upon criminal, is re-
ported to have used the following strong
language: "Nor shall the place be forgot
ten in which occurred the shedding of
blood. 1t was one Of those ante-chambers
of hell which mark, like plague-spots, the
fair face Of our State. You need not be
told that mean tipping shop, the meet
ing place Of Satan's minions, and the foul
ccsspool which by spontaneous generation,
breeds and rurtures all that is loathsome
and disgusting in profanity, and babbling,
and vulgarity, and Sabbath breaking. l
would not be the owner of groggery for
the price Of the globe converted into ore.
For the pitiful sum Of dime he furnished
the poison which made the deceased fool
and this trembling culprit demon! How
paltry sum for two human lives! This
traffic is tolerated by law, and, therefore,
the vendor has committed an act not rec
ognized BY earthly tribunals; but in sight
Of Him who is unerring in wisdom, he
who deliberately furnishes the intoxicating
draught which inflames men into violence
and angry bloodshed, is fart'cefs c'1m'"is
in the deed. Is it not high time that all
these sinks of vice and crime should be
held rigidly accountable to the laws Of the
land, and placed under the ban of an en-
lightened and virtuous public opinion:'
A gentleman said to us: 81 DO not ia
vor prohibition. 1t would be an injustice
to the men who have put their money IN
the business, besides it would throw thou
sands on, of employment" We replied;
YOU do not look at the issue from the right
side. You take contractor s view. Just
before the war closed a Government con-
tractor said in car: 81 do hope the war
will not close under two years. will lose
thousands of dollars, besides many men
will be turned out of employment from the
Government works." A lady passenger,
clad in weeds of mourning, rose TO her
have brave boy and a husband sleeping
the sleep of death in a soldiers cemetery
have only one boy left and he is IN front
of the foe. Oh! God! | wish the cr"el
war would close now lie saw the point
DO YOU: Then stop the rum traffic
Tie Worker
Joseph Cook reaches the heart OF things
in this appeal, in his lecture on "Law'ess.
ness "Lct the PMloy be- aro"sed." Ana
not only in the sense of drawing line oe'
tween the good and the bad as to visitors
we admit to our hospitality; but LEI the
homes be aroused to the danger within
our gates" TO the the heart-rendlns pos
sibili,ics contained in the cut-glass ocean
ter on the elegant side board. 10 the WIG
beast lurking in the private cupboard OF the
cultured gentlemen's 'snuggery, whe'e
his friends drop in for smoke ana c"a''
and q drink. TO the growing sullenness
and indefinablc changes that are creeping
over the spirits of the once light-hearted
and loving husband. together with inc
blood shot eye and trembling hand 10
the devastation that overhangs many 'o'.
tv home, crowded with all that ART a''u
beauty can bring. and threatens % MAKE
pass away like the unsuossah''a' ''o' = ~. ~
a dream Yes, let the parlor be aroused
DrBW. Richardson says that "'e"
any moderate drinker arrives at the co"-
cluson that alcohol is necessity rs =
the first stage of alcoholic disease.