The Panola weekly star., 1886-01-09
TEMPERANCE READING.


Ashamed ~ itis wafk@A tsiilsa IN
which the nse usisflsi Il Aiwsgs
worth Hafe fhan lhs riHishsd pfadue.
tigHaiisW e ffuihfui sign Would Head
Vigorous opposition n ihe liquor
dealers 10 the Temperance movement
Is natural. aud W he expected, fof we
war against their pocunlrry interest
and u you touch some mon In the
pocket you touch whore they live
Were these mon 10 exhibit at their
a,cs ~ business truthful signhoard,
II would fend "Delirium trcmcns,
fever, disease, pauperlsm, crime, rcd.
ness Of eyes, wounds without cause.
rags, wretchodness, despair and death
for sale here "
That would be q truthful sign, but II
would ininrc their business more than
nll the Temperance organizations In
existence. The llqnor-scllcr will not
even set up IN his bar-room specimen
OF his work, he puts up blinds NJ the
doors and screens NJ the windows 10
hide his work from the passcr-by; but
the shoemaker and the tailor exhibit
their work IN their windows, and show
what they have made out Of the raw
material.
The tailor, when hc has finished n
new coat, places II where II may be
seen by the greatest number Of custo.
mcrs, when the shoemaker has finished
irst-class pair Of boots he places
them in his window, because the cxhi-
biion tends TO incrcnse his trade.
with the liquor-sollcr II is quito differ
cnt lie Is ashamed of his finished
work. With him the raw material is
always worth moro than the finished
article Were he TO exhibit that he
would lose his trade No wonder he
Is ashamed 10 exhibit his work.
In the worlds great exhibitions you
have seen finished articles Of nearly
every manufacturer, from toothpick
10 locomotive. aud the exhibitors were
anxious 10 explain the method Of man
ufacturc, or the toNturc Of the woven
fabrics, hlmos' every conceivable spec
linen Of mans ingenuity and skill was
there represented, from the raw mate
rial TO the finished article. But there
was one specimen Of manufacture abb
sent. remember, nj the Mechanics
Fair in Boston, many years ago, being
struck with this fact. and. on mcntion-
ing II 10 Deacon Moses Grant, he pro-
posed to apply TO the managers for pcr.
mission 30 exhibit specimen Of tho
llquor-scllers' work. lie knew man
who was once worth forty thousand
dollars, who was then dcbased and
ruined through drink. who agreed for
dollar day to stand in that fair with
label in front Of him, which read M
follows: III was once worth forty thou
sand dollars. ] was once respected
and respectable. I once moved in
good society. Such things az I
am now are made out Of such men ms I
once was. Please give US premium
for one of the best specimens 10 be
found In the city" But they would
not admit himl Tho liqu0r.sellcr IL
ashamed Of the results of his infamous
trade. A boy was passing by u liquor
shop, and, seeing drunken man lying
In the gutter IN front Of the saloon,
knocked nj the door, and said mister.
your signs fell down" and the angry
liquor-selcr chased him half round the
square.
See tho results Of this traffic In It's
true colors, placed 80 full and fair be-
fore you that the very youngest can not
err In their decision. A liquor-sellcr
had tavern undergoing repairs. One
day boy came running 10 his mother.
crying ont: "AI0thcr, mothcrl' What
Is IL, my boyP" "Mr. Pools tavern Is
finished, mother" How do you know.
my dcarP" inquired the mother "Why.
j saw man come out drunkr Now.
that Is the legitimate fruit Of the dram
shop. - 0oughs Platform Echoes.