The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-09-28
TO MoDERATs DRIyKRRs.

Arc you moderate drinker2 Ne, va don't
mean you, ms your red nose gives you away
badly. We soc whnt you are we mean TIM
sleek, well dressed young man. He seems ts
take the world easy. IIe apparently ia not
troubled or worried with unlurky turns o.
fortunes wheel. He Is above the petty an.
noyances that characterize the lives OF les,
favored men He can afIori to indulge hii
moderate drinking. So he thinks, at least
and by his indulgence he encourages drink.
ing, and he cultiyates the habit in himself
and his more unfortunate brothers. The
moderate drinker il doing moro harm 10 hi.
fellow-men than he can over undo We ask
only that he give us his nttcntion-thnt he
think seriously ON this question. ITn IL n
man OF intelligence, and must see. n he will
give the subject earnest thought. that he Ia
In the wrong. II temperance in drink Is
beneficial and necessary 10 man's happiness
then tho highest form of temperancr-total
abstinence-is absolutely necessary In order
to best teach temperance.
What IL meant by thcterm moderate drink.
ingp Who can define ~ II is a lamcntable
truth that Of two men given the same amount
OF liquor, one will hardly feel the effect,
while the other becomes 50 druak that he
VIII beat his wife and children. How often
we hear the eNpression-"Oh | know when
/ have enough ] can drink or let IL alone
as please" and then, poor man. he takes
another drink-adds more poison 10 an al
fSuuy bybttln, anu turns WIN IUN
from his more unfortunate ncighbor, who
drinks no more nor oftenar than he. but from
the effects OF this same quantity he becomes
disorderly, disgraceiul drunkard. The
quantity then, "in moderation" cannot be
defined.
Is moderation understood TO be the drink
Ing OF mild liquors-beer, light wines, etc.
This may be the understanding some mon
have OF moderate drinking. but do not these
milder drinks contain alcohol? Certainly
they do, and their use leads 10 strong drink
Tho mild drinks create the appetite for Alco-
hol. The drunkard begins on beer aud ter
inmates his career with brandy and the re-
suit can be traced TO its source-which H. the
small percentage OF alcohol in the milder
drinks. The danger In drinking boer or light
wine Is that by their use tho habit is formed
the Unsuitable craving for alcoholic drinks
follows.
II is this craving that has made men beasts
that has made man lose every spark OF man
hood that has made him commit every
crime in the catalogue that has made him
the epileptic the paralytic, the lunatic, the
Guicide Did / say has made him2 Aye
And Is making him to-day all thess things
In this bright city to-day men are sacrificing
home, health, wife and children, friends,
character, everything, 10 satisfy this craving
Tor liquor. You, moderate drinker, think on
these things Moreover, did you ever reflect
on tho impurlty Of these mild drnks2 No,
OF course, you have not. Well OF the thou
sands OF gallons and barrels Sold. not one
gallon Is pure. or the thousands sold not
one Is free from drugs and poisons, sold that
men may grow rich at the expense OF tho
lives of their fellow-men.
Moderate drinker, you must stand where
you belong No healthy body needs stimu-
lgnis OF any kind, mild or strong You. there
fore are indulging bad habit which will
surely lead TO bad results. You belong to
the drinking fraternity, and you must do one
OF two things-rehect and join the total alb
stainers, or refusing this you may become a
drunkard.
1t is said that fifteen per cent. OF the mod
crate drinkers die drunkards. Shall you be
one OF this fifteen per cent? The facts ex-
plain that all drunkards were only moderate
drinkers once and thatall drunkenness comes
from moderate drinking II one is the high
way TO ruin the other Is the broad, inviting
gateway leading 10 it.-Western Cross.