The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-08
MANS ENEMY.
Or. Talmage breaches a Ser.
mon OH the Demon of In.
temperance.
The Tragedies and Sorrows
That it Bring Upon the

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lit is my sons coat; an evil beast hath de-
soured him."
Jospph's brethren dipped their brothers
coat in goats blood, and then brought the
dabbled garment to their father, cheating
him with the idea that ferocious animal
had slain him, and thus hiding their ill
famous behavior. But their is no deception
about that which We hold up to your OBJ
servation to-day, monster such Us never
ranged African thicket or Hindostan Jungle
hath trackcd this land, and with bloody
NAV hath strewn the continent with the
manGled carcasses Oi whole gencrutious;
and there are tens of thousands OF fathers
and mothers who could hold up the garment
Of their slain boy, truth'ully excaiming,
at is my sons coat; an evil beast hath de.
voured him." There has, III ull ages and
rlimes, beer II tendency to the Improper
use OF stimulants. Noah. MS if Disguised
with the prevalence of water in his time,
took to strong drink. by this vice, Aex-
andcr the ConQueror was conquered. The
Romans Mt their feasts fill on their scats
with intoxication. -Four hundred million of
our race are opium eaters ln,lia, Turkey
and China have groaned wthtl le desolaion
and by it have been Iurnrlcd such fights as
HALEY aud De Quincy. On" hundred mill.
ions arc victims of the betrl-nu,, which has
specially blasted tho Eus: lnlies. Three
hundred millions chew hasllisil, aud pcrsin,
Brazil aud Africa suffer the dcrium. Th"
Tnrters employ murowa: the Mcxiruns. the
acavc; the people at Guaropo, an in,uxicat-
ing Iuaity taken from The sugar.caiie: while
great multitude, TINT no man can number,
pre- the drciprs of nlcholol. To it they how,
| t,n'lcr it they are trampl"d. In it's trenches
they inll. On its ghnstIy holocaust they
burn. Could Tho muster roll OF this great
army be called, and they rould come up
from The dead. what eye could endure the
mekilg. fostering purreEnrtion and heust-
ness? What heart coul,l endure the gronn
oil agony.
| Drunkenness: Does it not Jingle the
bnrglnr's key? Does il not whet tho ny.
Bassin' 's knife? Does il not cock the high
wnyman's pistol: Does it not wave the III
elm irclng into the sick-ronm; aud the
minister with his tongue thick into the pul.
pit? Did not an exquisite poet. from the
very top of his fame. fall IL gibbering su,,
into the gutter, on his way to lie married To
one of the finest daughters of New Englnnd,
md ut the very hour he bride was decking
| herself for the altar: and did he not die of
dcirinm trrmcns. almost unattended, in n
| lospitnH TnmGrlane asked for 100. 900
skulls with which to bull! II pyramid to his
honor. lie got the skulls and bull, the
pyramid. But ii the homes o! all those who
have iallrn ar II prey to dissipation could br
| boiled up. it would make u vnstcr pyrumjJ.
Who will grid himself for the journey. and
try with mo Ia scale this mountain oi tile
| dend-gning up miles high on human ear.
cnsses to tind still other peaks far above,
mountain nb"vn mountain white with the
| hlcnclird bones of drunkards?
| The sabbath has been s;lcriirod To the rum
| fp,fl NJ l.,
the week is tho worst. Bakers must keep
their shops closed on the Sabbath II is
dangerous to have loavrs of bread going ont
ON Sunday. The shoe store is closed: suycrc
| penalty will attack tha.man who sells boots
on the Sabbath But down with the window
shutters of the grog shops! Our laws shall
confer particular honor upon the rum trn-
| fckers. All other trades must stand aside
for these. Let our citizens who have dis
| grncetl themselves by trading in clothing.
and hoiscry, and hardware. aud lumber. aud
coal. take off their hats to the rum seller,
elected tn particular honor. |; is ,,l,s:, q ior
any other class of men to he allowed license
| o yc trnIiirkers in the peace of inmies, and
| in the souls Of mortal men! Let til. corks
fly, and the beer :Oam aud the rum 20 tear
ing down the hnlfconsulnrd throat oi the in
ebrate God does not see. Does lie? judy
ment will never comel Will it,
to lot drunkenness triumph, and the hus.
bands ana sons of thousands nt our h, st
families be destroyed by this vice in order
that our people, amazed and indignant, may
ris" up and demand thu determination of
this municipal crime. There is way of
driving down tho hoops o: II barrel so tight
that they break. We have in this country
at various times tried TO regulate Ills Evil
by II tax on whiskey. You night MS well try
to regulate the Asiatic cholera or he small
pox hy taxation. The men who disti liquors
are. for tho most part, INSCRIPTIONS, and
the higher tho tax, the more in,luccucnt TO
illicit distillation.
by government tariff If every gallon OF
wliskcy made-if every flask OF wine pro.
| duceh shoGll De taxed $1,000, il would not
be enough to pay for the tcnrs il ns wr,inm
from the eyes of widows and orphnus, nor
for the blood it mas dashed ON the Christian
church. nor for the catastrophe Of he mill
ions il has dcst royrd forever.
sketch two houses in this street The
first il bright IN home can b". The father
comes nt nightfall. and the children run u,lt
to meet him. LuXrrnnt evening meal,
Grntulntion, and sympathy, and laughter.
Music in the Iarlor. Fine pictures on The
wall Costly hooks on the stand We'll clad
household. Plenty OF everything to make
home happy.
House til" second: Piano sold yesterday
by the sheriff. Wi'c's filrs at pnwnhroknrs
shop Clock gone. Dnu.htrr's irwrlry sold
to get -four. Carpets gone OF the floor.
Daughters in aided and patched dresses.
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.l.ot ri, wo mon th,t ,.nr ,n,,,. ,.,.,.,,,u
Tho frat n,,inme fro ono ~ n,r III, ,i;,r.,, r,r,
and si., o.a ,v.,, nro"n,t ,o 500 ,;,n .,,'I,,
ntn ,rhav Ionrd ti,o ,,r,,r,,;,,. @ l,.,,,h''".
tInt rrrei.I hi; snnoch Thn, I,,''S ,.',
nnsts tossed In he r;t rh.! .m, H. H. ",,,' M
gree conferred md The d;pIo,nn ga" ..iv.m , M Iin
never Locked so wcl, Evnrv,.nIr .,;.1
..Who+ ~ ,ni,,o j,,,w. " VII, "'rH u. s,.'';
Whnt prnrc'ul manners, Wbnt hr;,,;..nt
nrnsroris," All tIn w,,rlI ,n.n. L,c"r" h;,,,
and rr;es ",Inrrah, hnrr,l,,. it's '''''' ''''''
Mnu thc second. I.irs il, th.s,,t;,u h,,.,
The doctor has lust been srm, ,,r f, n hinI ~,
thc ,rnsh.. rrr,.ivnI IN , Gnl,t III ,,n;. !.
matted and makes linn in"I. l;tn @ .'" =, viii
bnus;. Ills lin is lloonv nm, rnt Whn ~. !.
this battered md bruised nrc,'h tha, ,,,.
picked nm by the polir. and cnrrJ in ,l,mmt
and foul and bleeding, iii emil linn ,.,,,n
formed him. Rum drstroyeI Ills nrn.no,,s