The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1897-10-22
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But what glad time when the world
zones 10 the last Three Taverns for the
sale Of intoxicants. Now there are so
many OF them that statistics are only
more or less accurate guess as 10 their
number. We sit with half-closed eyes
and mldisturbed nerves and hear that
n 1872 in the United States there were
|, g64 brcwerics. s.349 distilleries, and
III. 900 retail dealers, and that possibly
by this time these figures may be truth
fully doubled.
The fact is that these establishments
are innumerable. and the discussion is
always disheartening, aud the impress
sion IS abroad that the plague Is so
mighty and universal il can never be
cured, and the most Of sermons on this
subject close with the hook OF Lamen-
tations. and not with the Book OF Rev.
Citations. Excuse me for adopting any
such iniidel theory. The Bible reitcr-
ates IL until there is no more power in
inspiration 10 make it palmer, that
the earth is 10 be, not half, or three
quarters, but wholly redeemed, ca
that rock ] take my triumphant stand
and Join in the che as OF Hozannas.
One Of the most advantageous move
ments 10 the right direction is taxing
this whole subject into the education
Of the young. On the same school desk
with the grammar, the geography the
arithmetic are books telling the lads
and lasscs Of 10 and u and Is years Of
age what are the physiological effects
Of strong drink, what it does with the
tissues Of the liver and the ventrielcs
Of the brain, and whereas other gener-
atoms did not realize the evil until
their own bodies were blasted, we
are TO have a generation taught
what the viper Is before II stings
them, what the hyena Is before it
rends them, how deep is the abyss
before IL swallows them. OH boards
OF education, teachers in schools, pro-
fcssors in colleges, legislatures and
congresses widen and augment that
work, and yet hasten the complete
overthrow Of this evil twill go down.
have the word of Almighty God for
that in the assured extirpation Of all
sin. But shall we have a share in the
universal victory? The liquor saloons
will drop from the hundreds OF thou
sands into the scores of thousands, and
then from the thousands into the hum
drcds. and then from the hundreds into
the tens, and from the tens to Three.
The first of these last Three Taverns
will be where the educated
and philosopbic and the high-up will
take their dram, but that class. aware
of the power Of the example they have
been setting, will turn their backs
upon the evil custom and be satisfied
with the two natural beverages that
God intended for the stimulus of the
race-thc Java Office plantations fur
nishing the best of the one and the
Chinese tea fields the best Of the other.
And some day the barroom will be
crowded with people at the vendue and
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the sale Of all the appurtenances.
The second of these last three tav-
erns will take down its flaming sign
and extinguish its red light and close
its doors, for the working classes will
have concluded to buy their own horses
and furnish their own beautiful homes,
and replenish finely the wardrobe OF
their own wives and daughters. In
stead Of providing the distillers, the
brewers and liquor sellers with ward
robes and mirrors and carriages. And
the next time that second tavern is
opened II is viii be drugstore or a
bakery or a dry goods establishment OF
school. Then there will be only one
Of the three dissipating taverns left.
don't know in what country or city or
neighborhood it will be, but look at II,
for it is the very last The last inebri.
ate will have staggered up to its coun.
ter and put down his pennies for dram.
Its last horrible adulteration will be
mixed and quaffcd 70 eat out the vitals
and infiamc the brain. The last drunk
ard will have stumbled down its steps.
The last spasm Of delirIum tremena
heaused by it will be struggled through.
The old roOkery will be torn down. and
with its demolition will close the long
and awful reign of the mightiest Of
earth's abomination. The last of the
dissipating Three Taverns Of all the
world win he as thoroughly blotted
out as were the Three Tavcrns of my
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