The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-06-09
BROTHER GARDNER.

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Julia Coleman, N 7Smperdnce Banner.
friuIN0H @ 10
di BROTHER GARDNER. ai
4 Little Phiiosophio Tsik By the Prssi-
dent q the Detroit {" Free Prsss'D Lime
kiln Club. "a ,f..l,.I4...l Ii,g gi.
During the course Of some remarks |
in reply to communication asking
him for public statement Of his views
on the Temperance question, Brother |
Gardner said, as reported in the De-
troit Free Press: -.,yI.,.,,n Io
'Let me say few words to de men
in dis club: ...,...,.,. nn|
'.Do yer know what glass of beer q
! day meansp rhirty-tve cents week.
a dollar forty month-about seven-
teen dollars a var. Nobody stops at
one glass. Jist make dat thirty -four
dollars a year. What hev Jye got to
show fur yer money when de y ar
eandsp Dr., How much, better does yer
breaf smellP How much stronger am
yer .musclep 81 81 .iR ayt7t ol"s }e I...
Fifty long Vars ago, when I was
\ slave boy on, de plantashun. saw a
4 specter. 1t had limbs which tottered.
/ 1t had hands which trembled. II had
hollow eyes-a toothless rnouthna face
40 drawn an ,pinched dat d blue light
seemed to danced aroun' it ] asked
de name of de specter, an an old man
answered: 'Rumr 1ls 4a ,m.a
'a'.l hev seen dat specter almoas'
cherry day since. It has followed
friends OF mine to de altar lit has fined
de funeral purceshun when desc friends
war buried. When men fust see it
dey cry ont in disgust but, little by lit
tie dat grim, relentless specter gifts a
foothold. 1t pats you on the back. 1t
walks atm in arm wild you. It be-
comes boon companion. De broken
voice Of a father-de sobs of mother
de tears of brothers an sisters do
n not reach de heart Of dis specter. 1t
has no heart-no soul. af I'D. ...i .aif
II hev heard it laugh as de poo ole
drunkard fell down in de snow to
freeze to death. '' '.a''; ,ai
.Ihev heard 1t exult as de young man
was brought home drunk fur de fust
time! 3g-j yrtsla .l.i 4ju,' ..s .H8.t. -tl
Il hev seen it stan at de cottage
window an dance in glee rs de brutal
blows Of drunken father smote suf-
ferin' mother an innocent chill'en.
l5"I hev heard it ridiculin' de youth
bekasn he would not be led into temp
tashuh. Ip.E
II look back fur twenty years an ask
what has become of Ben an Tom an
. Sam hn' score of others. Dead. alas
Howe BY old agep Mol BY accidentF
No! BY diseasep No! They locked
arms with the specter. Drink, an
drink alone was responsible fur TO Out
o. five deaths. III 'n". : ''i m
II look aroun' me to-day an see d.
specter seekin' new, victims. 1t has
victims in ebery graveyard in de world
its dead sleeps on de mountains an
under lie sea, but it am not satisfied
1t has made millyun widows, but its
: hand Ia relentless. It has made five
millyun orphans, but de number mus
: increase. ...., f... ..,.r...f-
"De young5>an who puts liquor in
: his mouf am holdin' keen-edgeG
, razor to his froat an walkin' obel
broke., ground. He am stealin' away
an sellin to de dram-shops his rev
, erence Tor his father--his love for hi
I mother, his brotherly feelin' ful
3 brothers an sisters He am exchangin
! honesty, industry an de respeck of hi.
: fellow-men fur-whatp ..,
2. Rum! A specter walkin' beside
: him wild nOiseless step. A serpen
lynn in wait wild deadly fangs. l
blights young manhood. 1t hastens oil
> aige. 1t digs graves for heart-broker
. women an starvin' chill'en. .d
3 "As cum down heah tonight
l heard walls of sorrow in house K
Which de master will neber return. H
traded his all fur Rum, an de grin
3 specter walked TO de riber wild him an
coaxed him to jump from de wharf
|, You can not emagine how dark d.
clouds hover ober dose left behind. d.
victims of dat specter am lynn abou
!. us as II Death was holdin' carnival
8 Walk up an down de streets Of any
, town or city in de land an your ey'
\ will tell you which household welcomes
. de specter an which drives him away
, What do broken gates, shattered panes
ragged chill:sn and bar floors mean
|, What do blows, screams, oaths, an Or
rests meaiar What, in TO- cases out Q
five, u cocks, de murdersr's, pistol 20
! 4 draws hir deadly knifep What sepa
rates husbands an wives-breaks NJ
homes. fills our asylums an poo
: housesP ,.,s,-. Sgshm- -
! 1T is I,uml Dey talk. of de dead,
: weapons of war, but rumd kills It
hundreds whar' war kills its scores
s War respects de aiged' an'~heipless
s Rum delights in deir, slaughter, ~
! S'I say to you, young men, look on
= for the first temptashun. de specte
!. stands bel ind you to drop pizen in d.
glass. Men argy wild you dat a glas
- of beer kim harm no one Neither XIII
it benefit, any one You AMI simpl!
tradin' of yer. money fur sunthin'1 o
= no accoudt. It am q step down hill
= De man who tells you he Kin drink jis
. so much nbery day an den let drinl
y alone am baitin' trap fur hisself Il
y walk into, No vicious habit eber vi
/. stood still on man. It mus grow o.
i It mus be che cked. F" tH'Nlol .,
+ 4" What II Costs In France. =,
8 In the currfut number Of the RcvU
!. = les Deur Mondes there is an article o.
= alcohol by M. Jules Rochsrd, who pre-
\ Bents the following budget as repre-