The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-15
To Tile People.

I 49, 49, 80 '--
ticed in your last issue a reques
by you for some one to suggest III
enterprise, that would be of mutua
benefit. 1 suggest a public read
ing room, as q resort for our boy
and friends. Here they can b.
furnished with literature of the
highest standard, and innocen
games at a meagre cost Many
who sit around and white good.
boxes, drop into the saloons, KEEP
by liquor dealers, and engage il
other hurtful things TO their intel
lect and morals, I think would ap-
preciate such an entsrreise
Think it wonld be the means OF
saving many from Intoxicating
drink and the gambling table.
these two go hand in hand. o.
for the salvation of our boys from
the demon drink and gaming
tables. Just think when a man or
boy gets drunk or engages in gam
bling he is somebody's darling;
somebody's fond hopes are blight
ed. Boys, L appeal You to shun
the saloon and gambling tables as
you would the most loathsome
disease. A Ioathsome disease has
the power to kill only the body;
while the saloons and gambling
tables have the power to cause the
death of both soul and body. do
not say because a man drinks he Is
mean, or because one does not he
is good. But when man is un-
der the influence of Intoxicating
drink, he is not in possession OF
himself, but has given himself in
to the possession of the demon
drink" There is a great deal said
about personal liberties being in
terferred with when you say any
thing about the liquor traffic be-
ing stopped. We viii give an IL
lustration Of what one may do by
indulging in personal liberties.
We will take two youths, full of.
aspirations that are high and no
bic. They have the same moral
and literary standing. They study
hard and are advancing to man
hood, crowned with the love Of the
many, and esteem ofalI who knox
them. Their fathers hope, their
mothers JOY. It seems as if their
highest aspirations will be attain
ed. But alas, for one, he has been
decoyed into the suares of drink 1
Just as be had almost reached the
acme of fame. While the other
shuns the tempter and Is march
ing on ascending the ladder OF
fame, stunning strong drink which
gives him the liberty Of sober
brain that viii enable him to at
tain the highest honors Of his
country, and be a power for good. |
1t gives him the liberty of spend
ing his earning at home with his
family enjoying the companion
ship of those most dear 1t gives
him the liberty of fulfilling his
marriage vow, gives him the liber-
ty of being clothed in bis right /
mind, that he may instruct those
whom God has given him, gives
him the liberty of leading them by /
his advise and examples 10 Gil sta
tons OF honor when they arrive toll
manhood or womauhood. 1t gives
him the liberty Of filing am hon.
ored grave aud the liberty DIAL
home in heaven. But what has
become of the one decoyed into d e /
snares of drink. O! how much /
easier It's, aud how much more |
rapid can he descend the ladder of /
honor into the depths of degrade
ton than cline to fame. See him
now, compare MIN with that nobel
young man who once knew the one
who all were want to call their
friend. See him in his rags beg |
ging for that which has made him /
a wreck, namely strong drink, and /
has already given him the liberty |
of being continually drunk. TheI
liberty Of wallowiug in the filth ,
of the streets. Given BIN the lib
erty of being shuned by his fellow
man. The liberty Of bringing the /
fond father and loving mother to
bow their heads in grief The
liberty to wreck his home. The
liberty to bring that wife he vow
ed before God and man to love and |
to her grave in sorrow.
The liberty to abuse and neglect
those God has given him. The
liberty Of giving his money to the
liquor dealer The liberty Of fill
ing a drunkards grave, and "a home
Ii the regions Of despmr. For di-
vine record declares no drunkard
can enter the kingdom Of heaven.
J.F.L.
San Saba, Texas.