News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-07-31


drink give it to me! Though it be
pale with tears; though the froth of
everlasting anguish float on the foam
give it to mel l drink to my wife's
woe, to my children's rags, to my eter-
nal Punishment from God and hope
and heaven! Give it to mel the
drink 7"
Again, we will contend against these
evils by trying to persuade the respect
able classes of society to the Danish
ment of alcoholic beverages. You who
move in elegant and refined associa-
tions; you who drink the best liquors;
you who never drink until you lose
your balance, let US look each other IN
the face on this subject. You have,
under God, in your power the redemp-
ton of this land from drunkenness.
Empty your cellars and wine closets OF
the beverage, and then come out and
give lis your hand, your vote, your
prayers, your sympathies Do that
and 1 will promise three things: First,
that you will find unspeakable happi-
ness in having done your duty; second,
you will probably save somebody
perhaps your own child; third, you
! will not in your last hour have a regret
| that you made the sacrifice, if sacrifice
| it be-
THE PLOWSHARE OF DEATH.
As long as you make drinking re-
spectacle, drinking customs viii prevail,
and the plowshare of death, drawn by
terrible disasters, will go on turning up
| this whole continent from end to end
with the long, deep, awful furrow of
drunkards' graves.
Oh! how this rum fiend would like to
go and hang up a skeleton in your
beautiful house, so that when you
opened the front door to go in you
would see it in the hall; and when you
sat at your table you would see it hang
ing from the wall; and when you
opened your bedroom you would find
it stretched upon your pillow; and,
waking at night, you would feel its
cold hand passing over your face and
pinching at your heart!
There is no home SO beautiful but it
may be devastated by the awful curse.
1t throws its jargon into the sweetest
harmony. What was it that s.enced
Sheridan, the English orator, and shat
tered the golden scepter with which he
swayed parliaments and courts? What
foul sprite turned the sweet rhythm of
Robert Burns into q tuneless babble?
What brought down the majestic form
of one who awed the American senate
with his eloquence, and after while
carried him home dead drunk? What
was it that swamped the noble spirit of
one of the heroes of the last war, until
in a drunken fit he reeled from the
deck of a western steamer and was
drowned? There was one whose voice
we all loved to hear. He was one of
the most classic orators of the century.
People wondered why man of so pure
a heart and so excellent a life should
have such a sad countenance always.
They knew not that his wife was a sot.
A CALL.
call upon those who are guilty OF
these indulgences to quit the path of
death. Oh! what change it would
make in your home! Do you see how
everything there is being desolated2
Would you not like to bring back joy
to your wife's heart, and have your
children come out to meet you with as
much confidence as once they showed!
Would you not like to rekindle the
home lights that long ago were aNtin-
guished? 1t is not too late to change.
1t may not entirely obliterate from
your soul the memory of wasted years
and ruined reputation, nor smooth
out from your anxious brow the wrin-
kles which trouble has plowed. 1t may
not call back unkind words uttered or
rough deeds done, for perhaps in those
awful moments you struck her 1t
may not take from your memory the
bitter thoughts connected with some
} little grave But it is not too late to
save yourself, and secure for God and
your family the remainder of your fast
going life.
But perhaps you have not utterly
gone astray. | may address one who
may not have quite made up his mind.
Let your better nature speak out. You
take one side or the other in the wal
against drunkenness. Have you the
courage to put your foot downright
and say to your companions ano
friends, II will never drink intoxicat
ing liquor in all my life; nor will
countenance the habit in othersH
Have nothing TO do with strong drink
It has turned the earth into place o.
skulls, and has stood opening the gate
to a lost world to let in its victims, un
: til now the door swings no more upo1
its hinges, but, day and night, stands
wide open to let in the agonized pro
cession of doomed men.
Do l address one whose regular worl
in life is to administer to this appetite
For Gods sake get out of that busi
nessl If woe be pronounced upol
the man who gives his neighbor drink
: how many woes must be hanging owe
: the man who does this every day ant
every hour of the day.
) GOD GRANTS NO LICENSE.
Do not think that because human
government may license you that there
to hear you men say that you respec
> the Original package" decision, b.
, which ths supreme court of the Unite'
u states elbows rum to be taken in state
u like Kansas, which have decides
aga 1st the sale of intoXicants. | hav
+ n respect for a wrong decision.
Il care not who makesit The three judge
Is of the supreme court who gave minol
ity report against that decision wer
= right, and the chief justice was wrong
=: The right of state to defend itsel
= against the rum traffic will yet be den
onstrated, the supreme court moi
= withstanding Higher than the jud
;, cial bench at Washington is the thron
of the Lord God Almighty. No enac
ment, national, state or municipal, ca
give you the right to carry on bus
ness whose one effect is destruction.
70 God knows better than you do you
- self the number Of drinks you hav
y poured out. You keep list; but
=, more accurate list has been kept tina
= yours. You may call it burgundy
:. bourbon, cognac, Heidsieck, SOU
y mash or beer. God calls it stron
:; drink. Whether you sell it in low oy
ter cellar or behind the polished con
ter of first class hotel, the divin
m curse is upon you I tell you plainl
ly that you will meet your customers on
re day when there will be no counter b.