Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-12-28
TEMPERANCE NOTES.
FAcTs AeouT RsER.
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Cne or the very many popular errors
gard rg inioxicAnts is that concern
lg the real nature of beer aud other
lalt liquors You will find many
eople who are ready to admit that
hsSy and other distilled liquors are
armfui, but who believe that beer is
ourishing it really is a food:
hat it exerts beneficial effect upon
he system. and that it may be used as
/ regular drink without harm. There
re thousands of men who think it
-irtue that they don't touch whisky,
tut take glass of beer when thirsty
1t is a well-known fact that beer
thinking is very popular The amount
Consumed in the United States in
;reases every year; so it becomes inn
Iortant that every one should know
che true nature of beer-the pure
rticle, made of barley and hops. II
las been proved, time and again, that
some brewers use such drugs as
Iuassia, aloes and nux vomica for pur-
oses Of adulteration. These are
ioisons-but beer is poison also, and
he only difference is that these drugs
will kill quicker than viii beer alone
There is nutriment in beer-but how
much? Prof. Biebig's researches
proved that twenty-three barrels Of
ieer contain as much real food as three
pounds of meat or five pounds %
read BIT the twenty-three barrel
IF beer, if bought over the counter az
i've cents a glass, would cost over orc
hundred dollars Is not that a hiri
)riee to pay for meat and bread
WHAT if your butcher should char,
you thirty-three dollars per pound
or beefsteak? Then comes the adj
'ocete of beer and friumphaatly point.
% the bloated, puffcd bodies and face,
# conhrme drunkards with tae cry
See how fat these men get GA beer"
iut it IS not healthy fat Beer fat
leas Is of tine nature Of a disease. as
lny honest physician viii tell you
Ii matters not what excuses men
may give for drinking beer the real
reason is that il produces a feeling Of
,xh.larut;on, like that felt l. H.. .gsi
stages OF INVESTIGATION, when drank IN
quantity. Guzzlel in larg
amounts. il produces drunkenne7s
Just as certainly as whisky. The oniy
Inference is. man his 70 drink q
sreater bulk Of beer 10 become intozi-
,aied Men drink beer for the alcoho.
I contains, and for no other real rea-
.on.
Now the alcohol in my li1ucr. any
'orm Of rum. is the thing which causes
i'll the mischief The man who drinks |
1ser in moderation who takes it as
! beverage, cut does not get wholly in
lNioated. never going beyond the
,oint OF intoxication, is killing hims,l |
INST as surely as the man who GOES 60 |
,ea bowling drunk every night. lie !,
ioing il NOR. slowly, that is all. The
,eril Of alcohol is not alone in getting
Trunk The moderate, steady drlns /
ng keeps alcohol in the system al Tn |
ime, and alcohol is poison The /
.ondon Lancet the meiieAl journal oi /
lighest authority in England, says:
"rhcrs IS On apra its anatnr ~ nnp iia 4
'.tt fit Is MT disfin.ttf iIt.ixitaic, Dot satlr
es thu ptiuc PAL GRAMS aad destroys "a N.
loge uehly than weuid an oecas oral %,
arca.
The use Of beer as a beverage keeps
p this saturation Of the body with al
ohol The ScieEtific American. q few
ears ago declared that beer Is more
angerous than whisky; that the use
{ beer is found TO produce a species @!
egeneration OF all the organs; fatty
eposits. diminished circulation. COM
ition of congestion and perversion Of
activities, and that local in
animation of both the liver and kid
cys is constantly present II is also
rue that the beer drinker lays heav-
II curse upon his unfortunate of
pring than does even the whisky
tinker One of the largest and best
fe insurance companies of the United
tates declares that the hereditary
yils of beer-drinlSing exceed those pro-
aedin- from the use of ardent spirits
nd directs inquiries to be made into
lie history of applicants for insurance.
18th a view 30 taking no risks on the
YES of persons with this hereditary
lint
Hence, beer is not food. but dilute
olson. Ii is worse than whisky, be.
luse intoxication does not follow un-
IS large quantity is drank and men
lere FORE fall into the habit of keeping )
lem ,clf saturated with it, A correct
of its true nature is sadly
.eded. Let the masses understand
hat it really is, ana thousands who
NV believe in beer drinking viii be
Hing to have its manufacture and
le stopped by law. and thus aid the
ovement to pulverize the rum power
oledo Blade.