The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-11
w. &. II. u. Column.
CONDUCTED by MRS. NJ. l.. HOBBS.


Drink is a poison in politics as well as
in society. : Sir William Isrcourt
That pure alcohol is a poison Il an sd-
mitted act.-Eliphalet Mott ID. d.
Alcoholic poison is as hereditary as
scrofula. Sir w. II. Voxtcl, NJ. ID.
Touch not dram. 1t is liquid fire.
II is slow but sure poison John Wes-
ley.
No other poison kills as quick, IL
enough is taken at once.-B W. Rich
ardson, NJ. ID.
Alcoholic liquors are poisonous be-
cause they contain alcohol.-Frank
Woodbury., NJ. ID.
The active principle of all the narcot-
les are decided and deadly poisons.-A
Il. Palmer, NJ. ID.
The makers of strong drink take the
peoples food to convert il into poison. =
DR.. Erasmus Darwin.
OF all people know who canno, stand
alcohol il Is the brain " OF kers. Sir
Henry Thompson, NJ. ID.
nThe testimony Of ply ysicians is uniform
aud unequivocal. They pronounce slco-
hol poison Bishop Horatio Potter.
Alcohol, opium and chloral are all
lothal poisons, whose tendency is TO the
descent Of the human race.-Normanl
Kerr, NJ. ID.
You see the wine when it sparkles in
the cup, and are going to drink IL. say
therc is poison in il, and, therefore, beg
ou 10 throw il away.-John Wesley.
Alcoholic drinks arc poisonous, 10 the
same sense as are opium, arsenic, chloro.
form, etc, and should he sold only under
the same laws as these poisons.
Davis, NJ. ID.
There are more men killed, so far as
know English statistics = more men pois'
oned by alcohol, than are poisoned Dy
all other poisons put together james
Edmunds, M. ID.
Alcohol Is universally ranked among
poisons by psychologists. chemists, phy,-
sicians, aud ell who have experimented,
studied. aud written upon the subject
Prof. Youmans.
Alcohol is a poison. Ii kills In large
doses, and half kills in smaller ones. II
produces insanity. delirum, fits. II
poisons the blood aud wastes the man.
Prof. James Miller, M. ID.
What is alcohol? A poison n-a brain
poison-a soul poison "a poison Of vir.
tue, of morals aud religion-the cause OF
more sin than all other causes combined
William Reid. D. d.
Alcohol 10 not food; il is poison.
Every writer on toxicology so regards II
and as such place is given to II in the
al. Of L. ri nm a
I. ons. John Bell. NJ. d.
: Alcohol is not only poison, with
special affinity for the brain, but II Is
poison with fish.hook barb II can only
20 in; it cannot be pulled out without
tearing the flesh. Joseph Cook.
Alcohol is poison. So is strychnine
go is arsenic; so is opium. II ranks will
, these agents. Health is always in som'
way or other injured by IL; benefited BY
it-never.- Sir Andrew Clark, M. ID.
All intoxicating drinks are poisonous
rs The lighter beers and the finest ferment
ed wines are as truly, though not
strongly, intoxicating as are the coarses
and cheapest spurious drinks-Norma'
Kerr, M. d.
ANY one who is familiar with the &C
tion OF poison upon the living anima
body. and has made that subject
special study, has not the smallest hesi
ltstion In saying that alcohol is q poison
w. II. Carpenter, NJ. ID.
We have a great horror Of arsenic an
eliuy other things. The fact is that al
these things arc mere bagatelle In rela
tion 10 the most direct, absolute, imme
= diste and certain pcisoninAs which Ar
NJ caused Wy alcohol. Jas. Edmunds, M. 1
his The poisonous breath Of alcohol passe
~ Ioyer the home il is the passage Of deatt
= Alcohol's hellish work goes beyond ID
eldruuksrds 3 home. There is physical an
: moral contagion, other homes are smi
ten. and alcoh oil lifts up its sceptrc With
their enclosure. = Bishop John lrelsnt
Alcohol is a poison. II Is 60 regarde
bv the best writers aud teachers on tox
IN Geology, Like arsenic. corrosive subj
,is mate ani prussic acid, when introduce
er, into the system il Is capable OF dcstro!
an ING life without acting mechanically, an
ke Il induces a general disease as well mari
ed AZ fever, smallpox. or lead poison.
Willard Parker, N. d.
The business Of numbering by u
poison OF alcohol - lcgaiized. Ihc 1T
of the law is stretched out for its prote
tion, and men are licensed for publ
good to pursue this trade Of dcathl B
the fact that this business is legal do
net make II right. No law OF the LAT
can supersede Gods law. or convert .
yer. into holiness. - Geo. r. Checver, M. D..
" sys A very large number Of people In :
le. cic,y are dying day by day, poisoned
,or. alcoholic drinks without knowing
: a without being supposed TO be poison
= by them. hardly know any more pc'
crful source Of disease than a'coho
drinks. do not think II is general
Known. but know alcohol TO be me
,ry dcstructivc poison. l say, from my 9
nerieuce, that II is the most destructi
!. AGENT that we are aware Of In this cou
ltry.--Sir william Gull, N. D.