The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-11-03


any, OF the cities OF this land, count up
the saloons on that street AZ compared
with the saloons five years ago, and
Ises they are growing far out, Of pro-
portion to tho increase Of the popula-
ton You people who are 80 precise
aud particular lest there should DO
some imprudence or rasbness in At
lacking the rum traffic will have your
son some night pitched into your front
door dead drunk, or your daughter
win come home with her children be-
cause her husband has by strong drink
been turned into o demonian The
rum fend has despoil6d whole streets
Of good homes in all our cities Fathers.
brothers, sons on tho funeral pyre Of
strong drink! Fasten tighter the vic
timsi Stir up tho flames! Pile on the
corpsesi Moro men. women and chill.
dren for the sacrificed Let us have
whole generations on fire Of evil habit;
and at the sound OF the cornet, fute,
harp, sackbut, psahery and dulcimer
let all the people fall down and wor-
ship King Alcohol. or you shall be
cast into the fiery furnace under some
political platform. sHNt4tl tH .''i
/ indct this evil a. the fratricide, the
patricide, the matricidc, the uxorieidc.
the regicide OF the century. Yet under
what innocent and delusivc and mirth-
full names alcoholism deceives the poo
ple! 1t Is . cordial" tits "bitters.''
1t y an 'eye-opener," It y an zap
petlzer." II is q .'digester. 1t is an
'invigorator. ~ It Is q '.settlcr." II is
. ..night-csp. Why don't they put
on the right labels: Essence Of per.
dition;'' conscience stupsfier;" '.Five
drachms Of heart-ache;" Tears OF
orphansge;" "Blood Of souls;' .Scabs
Of an eternal loprosy;" venom Of the
worm that never diese'' Only once In
q while il there any thing in the title Of
liquors TO even hint their atrocity. as In
tho case Of sour mash. That l see ad.
vertiscd All over. Il il an honest
name, and any one can understand 1t.
Sour mash! That is. It makes mans
disposition sour. and his, associations
sour, and his prospects sour; and then
It is good to mash his body, and mash
his soul, and mash his business. and
mash Is family. Sour mash! One hon.
est name at least for an intoxicant
But through lying labels Of many Of
the apothecaries' shops good people
who arc only little undertone in health,
and wanting Of some inyigoration,
have unwittingly got on their tongue
the fangs Of this cobra that stings te
death 80 large % ratio OF the humar
race. ..,,,,o,A frf,ate.
Some are ruined by the common ant
all-destructive habit of treating Gus
toners. And it il a treat on theil
coming 70 town, and . treat while thu
bargaining progresses, and trea
when the purchase is made, and a trea
as he leaves town. Others to drown
their troubles submcrge themselves
with this worse trouble. Oh, tho worlt
Is, battered and bruised and BLASTED
with this growing evil!- 1t is NOR
and more !, cntranced and fortified
They have millions of dollars sub
scrihed to marshal and advance the al
cohOlic forces. They nominate an
elect and govern tho vast majority o
the offfios-ao,dcrs OF this country. o.
their side they have enlisted the might
lest political power of the centuries
And behind them stand all the myrpi
dons Of the neither world-Satanic, an
Apollyonic and diabolic. 1t is beyon,
all human effort to throw this bastil
OF decanters or capture this Gibralta
of rum jugs. And while l approve q
all human agencies of reform, woul
utterly despair if we had nothing olst
But what cheers me is that our bes
troops are yet to come. Our chic
artillery is in reserve. Our creates
commander has not yet fully taken th
field, II all hell is on their side, a
Heaven is on our side. Now "Let Go
arise, and let His enemies be sea
tered. Rec. T. DeHiH TaIndgc.