Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-29

vears hay. been sacrificed on the altar Of a
Malaeh. wun sits on a throne of human
carcasst-s. shall I call the names Of flftY
OF the victims an q them illustrlou~ in
American history No II would not be
wise. or kind. or Christian 20 call their
names in public. but YOU call them out ~
your own memory on. how many splendid
men could not grt past the Three TavernS.
Long ago au lr.b fFud arrived in our
world, and hr built an invisible rauldron
al temptation. Tie built that rauldron
strong and stout Tor all ages and all nations.
Fir~t he suu"H -nl into the cauidr1n the
juice ul the forbidden fruit of uaralise:
then he gathered for q ii~tillation from
~" harvest fields and the orchards Of the
hcmisphrrnS. then ne poured into this eaul-
lrnn 'ap-iruw aul logwODd and ~-ault and
battery aud vitriul aud opium anil rum and
murder AMI ~uluhurir acid and theft aud
potash aud curuiueal aud red carrots aud
poverty aud death and hops. But IL was n
dry compound, aud II must Zoe wuiStrned
and u must u" liuurHcd. ami $50 iH' arch
uend poured into the rauldruu the blood 81
twenty thousand a~sassiuatipus Aut then
the arch iicnd took q shovel that hr had
brought un from al" furnaces beneath. and
he put the shovel into this great rluldrun
and began 10 stir, and the rauldrOu began
10 heay" and rock and boil and ~puttrr and
hiss and smoke. and the nations gathered
around IL with cups aud tauSlrls aud
demUohns and kegs, aud there was enough
Ter all. and the arch lirud cried: "Ahal
Champion 0pnd am L. Who has done more
than | have for collins aud grayeyaris and
prisons and the populatinr Of the lost
world: And when this caullrou is empted
I'll an il again. and I'll stir it again. aud it
will smoke again. and that smoke will ipin
another smuEe-the smoke of IA torment
that asrendeth for ever and ever. | drove
fifty ships on the rocks OF Newfoundland
and the SkerricS and the Goodwins.
have ruined more Senators than will gather
next winter in the national councils. |
have ruined more Lords than will be
gathered In the House of Peers. The cup
ont OF which ! ordinarily drink is
bleachcd human skull. AM the upholstery
Of my palace is 50 rich crimson because
it is dyed in human gore. and the mosaic Of
my floors Is made mp OF ia" bones OF chill
dren dashed to death by drunken parents,
and my fayOritc music, sweeter than Te
Deum or triumphal march-my favorite
music is the cry OF daughters turned out at
midnight ON the street because father has
come home from "a carousal. and the seven
hundrrd-yOrel shrek Of the sinking
steamer because the captain was not him
self when he put the ship on the wrong
course. Champion flend am Il | have
kindlcd more fires, [ have wrung out more
agonieS, | have stretched out more mid
night shadows. | have opened more Col
gothas have rolled more Juggeruauts
have damned more souls, than any other
emissarv Of diaholiSm. CHAMPION Oepd am
/. Ha' ha, ha hat
But what a clad time when thr world
comes TO its last Three Tavprns FOR tn"
sale of iutoXirauts Now there are somany
OF them that statistics are only a more or
less accurate guess as To their number.
We sit with half-alospd eyes and uulis-
turbrl nerves and hear that in 1872 In the
United States there were 1861 brrwpric.
43iO distilleria- and III CGg retail dcaIers
T. ana that uos-ilIy bythis time these figures
may Lr truthflIy' doubled The furt is
that these establishments ara inunmrrahl,,
and the discussion is always diaheart.u.
ing. and the IMPRESSION ia abroad that tho
,1lat,u, Is 50 ,ni,nty and univnr-ul il can
never he cured and the. most ~ sermons
on this subject close with the Book Of
Lamentations. and not with the Book ~
Revelations. Excuse me from adopting
any such inlldel theory. The Bible reiter-
ates it until Their" il 10 more power
IN inspiration To- make it palmer
that the earth is to be- not half,
ur three-guarters but wholly re-
deemed. On that rock | take my
triumphant stand and join in the cho-
/ rus Of HOsauuahs
/ one Of the most advantageous move
/ mnuts in the right direction Is taking this
whole subject into the education Of the
young On the same scnOOl-desk with the
/ grammar, the geography the arithmetic
: are books telling the lads and lasses Of ten
and twelve and tittren years Of age what
ar" the physiological effects OF strong
drink, what 1t does with the tissue Of the
4 liver and the Ventrlcles OF the brain; and
whereas otner generations ana not reailIs
lH' ''II "l'II IHelr own poules were p!asteu,
~. 60 ny, Stuti iI tn"Eht Mn nav
Is ~ siliia rI'eil' WIN tIo
.'''''" - "Gi'l II i'nuS ti'oL'' nv" 1c'p ~
5olIS ITloIr 1t s,""Io"s tuelh; Uh'
vs. ~. '.IHeu''on' ''"r 'ieIs IN sy"oulS;
"a o.'' "a - 80 Iir7' "it ~
~ oaHoS' =" lush anu "u I!ieht 'IG' "oFA,
I.,' f ~ "''''0'4 '''~ '"'' f'0'' '''''"'o y" VI
'''7 wa
II will go down. have the word of Al
mighty God Tor that in the assured eNttrpa-
ton OF ali sin. But shail we haVea share in
the universal victory: The liquor saloons
Viii drop from the hundreds of thousands
into the score OF thousands, ana then from
the thousands into the hundreds, ana then
from the hundreds into the tens, ana from
tie tens to Three. The first OF these last
three tayerns will be where the educated
and Philosophic and the hiSh-up will take
their dram, but that class, aware OF the
power OF Lhe example they nave peeh SCI
ting, will turn their back upon the evil GUS
tom and be satisfied with two natural bev-
eraSes that God intended for the stimulus
Of the race-the Java coffee plantations
furnishing the best Of the one and the Chin
csc tea fields the best OF the other And
some day the barroom will be crowded with
people at the veudue and the auctiOncers
malet will pound at the sale of the appur-
tenances.
The second of these last three taycrns
will tokr down its flaming sign and az
tingpish its red LIGHT and close It's doors for
The WORKING class will have concluded TO
huv tbnir own horsesu and furnish their own
beSSntifnI bomes ana rnnienish finely tbe
wardrohn Of their own wives and dauch.
ters instead of providing the distilIers the
brewers and liquor sellers with wardrobes
and mirrors and carriages. And the next
ti VA ,oornd +oynrn l. a,,o,,nd ~ ,,ill Lo