The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-07-05
TEMPERANCE IN QUA HOMES
Whites for ths Ass~Ai nsetisg ef sAs
Bsssisgtes Csssty w. G. T. o.


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We came here 10 consider snd discus
no new subject, bat oae oi the old, oil
stories of human suffering. suGsring cans
ed By I1iswper.uoe. the greatest evil u
the lsnd and trust We all came here VIII
this question upoa our lips -"whs, can
90 TO heip light ibis evil 7" We he en
listed .. Temperance soldiers. aud nov
whs, sesposs eau se use best. or sber
shall We f.il into line 0ae OF toe mos
effective Weapons In this kiaj Of satfar'
is the tongue, aud II we canaot mouoi th'
ros,rum and FIRE big guns a. this monsier
we can perhaps do little sklrmishint
here and there--thus showing our colors
II nothing more.
ia these enlightened days sspiritna
teacher does not continually exhort BIZ
hearers to come away from their sins, with
ont telling them what their sims srs. snd
how 10 overcome them. So the temper
ance workers no longer consider thei
whole duty done when they have denounc
cd the rumseller or eXhorted drinkers Il
throw away their cups. They would hell
the fallen to rise, bat they would slst
keep those who are on their feet from fall
ing A reformed drunksrd is . SCARED
man bot . SCARED man is far superior Il
. fend, and that is what drinkcr Otter
becomes; but better than the scars and
deiormity which the loathsome drunksrd'
disease leaves on the soul. is q pure, phys
cslly aud morally whole. man; with the
impress OF his Makers image still visible
Therefore, although reformation is good
temperance work, prevention is better
The schools, A. we all know, are doing
very good work in this line, teaching the
boys aud girls the laws OF health, and
what the result will be II they disobey
those laws. visited the primary school
in Manchester Centre. not long since, in
the interest Of the Temperance Union,
The teacher called out her class OF 35,
none OF them over years old, and exam
ined them in Physiology. l was surpris-
ed at the readiness aud intelligence OF
their replies. There was nothing parrot
like about it. but they showed they un
ders,ood what they had learned; that they
had thoroughly been over the ground
And the good results are not confined to
them. They think these things over and
air their information and ideas when they
get home. The best move ever made for
Temperance was making Hygiene and
Physiology what wa might call common
school classics, and compelling every
child to take the course.
We must hold up the teachers hands,
and enthuse the children. II only requires
little tim, 9 little ability and q great
deal Of enthusiasm to work In that way;
but there sre those who haye but little
time for work outside their homes. and
nowadays there are SO many organizations
claiming ones attention, that IL requires
pretty close mathematical calculation to
to make the division 40 that each fraction
OF time may be used in the best manner.
We often see sdvt rtisements in the pa
pers which read like this: agents
Wanted !-Employment at home, perma-
nent and profitable. ;" Now isn't there
something Of that kind for temperance
work srs, something that those who have
not much time to spare can do at hom g.
Let us see We do not mean work Of
reformation. for every family has not q
son, brother. husband or father to reform,
but work in the line Of prevention.
Nest children do not enter school until
six or seven years Of age, aud in that peri
ol Of time more can be done for the child
to warrant q temperate life, than in any
seven years which follow. The legislature
does not compel US to teach our boys
practical temperance lessons at home. but
common sense ought to.
When child wants what II must not
have, and its mother not only denies il
bu teaches the child to deny itself the
indulgence. and then goes farther than
that and teaches IL u OF to want the things
Il should not have, she has taught two
OF the most important temperance lessons
there Are--seii denial and sell control
Let us Z, sd Webster's definition OF In-
"Any exeition OF body or
mind. or any indulgence iof appetite or
passions which is injurious to the person
or contrary b morality" Takiog this
broel Interpretation OF tue word we shall
6nd work enough in society 10 our homes
perm snent and Profitable. Thst d.iiui'
tion includes . great many kinds OF 10
TEN perancs beside drinking aud the
thought l Wish 10 express aud emphasize
is this. that intempersDce in any form has
direc, itancnce on the drinking habi.
We are an Incorporate people we over
eat, over work, aud over live 10 every
way. aud consideration oi these forms OF
is not depression from the
subject
Milton said this: Some, as thou sawest.
BY violent stroke shall die. by fire. food,
famine. by intemperance more 10 meats
and driuka Let us consider ''iatemper
ance in mas
As sn illustrstion have 10 my mind |
two young men, Brown aud Smith.
Browns mother is called splendid |
coot )" and he never went TO bed hungry |
because bis mothers cupboard WAS bare
- Old Mother Hubbard's He is a close \
.ru dent, and after studying ls,e .. nigh,
be sl~sys fads something nice in the
pantry. rich c.kes, asky pies. spiced
PICKLES. cold meats. etc He 10 subject 10