Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-09-30


/ druusruur-s. Whether yaI i.se be NasI-
| iurtuu. UT New lork % GHfrhs', or Gin
| riuuuti. ur savannah, or Boston, nr in amy
| % the gifiy- of this land. rHgut up the -a-
| looms 0u that street as cuu pared vita the
saloons five years ago, unl see they are
growing far out Of prOpn ion 10 the iu-
crva-,' oi the population. Sea people Wlp
| are >H Precise aud part .Ilar lest there
| should Hs -nur imrrudeurr and rg-lur-s
I Ca aitar.igs the rum tran Will have your
son sHus uight pitched into Your front
| door deal drunk, or yOIr daughter will
] come home with her children because her
/ husband has, by strong drink, been turned
/ into drwauia~. The drns mas lgspoilrl
/ whole streets of good homes In ala oar
/ cities. Fathers, brothers, sons on the
/ funeral Uyre or strong drink HIstsn
| tighter rHH victims stir up tIe ntu-si
/ Pile uu the c'rpse-, More men, women aud
! children Tor the sacrifice. Let Us have
] whole generations on lire % evil habit aud
/ at the sound of the cornrt, ilute, harp.sprS-
| hut, psaitvry, and dulcimrr let all the poo
! pie fan down and worship King Alcohol. or
| Won shall hh east iuto the ilrry fgrnanc uu-
l der some political platform,
| 1 ulirt this evil ~ the rcgirile. the
/ fratriridr, the patriotic. the mgtririie. the
uNoririIr ui the century. Yet under what
I innocent and drlusivc aud mir,hful names
| alcoholism drreiyes the people, Il Is
| cordial" 1t is "bitters" II is an "eye.
/ opener. 1t is an appetizer" r Is
"digr~trr.' 1t is an "inyigorator." Il l.
I a settler II is "niGht-cap." Why
| don't they put on the right labels -"Es-
seuce OF Ierditiun," Conscience Stupe-
/ fer" "Tivr Drachms Of Heart-a,hr."
Tears Uf Orphanuge, 50 Blood Of Souls"
/ "Scuhs of an Eternal Leptosy,' Venom OF
the Worm that Never Dirss' Only once in
"a white is there anything in the title of lil-
uors to even hint their airocity, as in tho
ease OF Sour mash That | see adysr-
Used all over. 1t Is an honest name, and
anyone can understand il. "Sour mash!'
That j., il makes "a mans disposition sour,
and his associations sour and his prospects
sour; and then It Is good To mash his body,
and mash his soul. aui mash his business,
aud mash his family. Sour mUSh.' Ons
honest name at last for an intoXicanu But
through Wing labels OF many of the
apoth"carirs shops, good people, who are
only little under tone in health, and
wanting some InygortiOn, have unwit-
tiugly cDt on their tongue the lauE- OF this
cobra, that stiugs to death 50 large a ratio
Of the human race.
Others are ruined nv tho common and
aII-ic>tructive habit Of treating customers.
Aud it Is Il treat UH their coming to town,
anda treat while the bargaining progresses,
aud Il treat when the purchase is made
and u treat as he leaves town. Others, to
drown theirtroubr~, subm"rgc themselves
WIN TINS "ot So 't"uu''- Vh' tue NpTu i
'''''I'H an" hful7' ""u h'"7It' Win tuI9
growing eva Il is more ana more en-
'i'h'nsu ana fortune i. I"'S nave mliiI'ns
. OF dollars subscribed TO marshal and adj
/ vance the alcoholic forces. Thcynomiuatr,
aud elect, ana govern the vast majority Of
the oi}icchOlders OF this country. On their
/ side they have enlisted the miEhtir,t
/ IoH.ltai power OF Tue centuries, Anu De-
"IhH '"rih sI@hn "' 'ne III ) rHli'oh9 Oh lhe
nc'u'I ""t"' N"I' me- AP'liNou'5 anu
pI"poHc' II II brl plu al Hu'uah ri"tt ["
overthrow in.7 h's'He OF ut'ah'erN or
c"p,u ms N'pI"''Ir Oh rum Jugs Anu
! Nul'' approve @! "'' H"."hH "StH'l'@ OF
/ reform, W"nIL utterly despair II we uad
/ nothing else. Eu' Wnn' cheers me Is mat
/ our pest troops are S't 10 come our 'hlhl
| artillery IS III reserve oar greatest com
iu"HnrI ua9 not YET Iula tthrH tho he'u'
] II III il'll y on Iu',r SUI an Il''E'H - on
/ our sac. No" L't T"I "Ei7'' ana lei
/ Ills enemies h' s'aI''r,l.
/ lh'h i"'N III lh' impurities ot thesc
/ great el'I'S' Ever ana anon t'"Fo "Fr IN
/ ln' newspapers rA''VS'ohs OF so'IaI NE
'h"t '@A' INC S,"ly % HouoH lulte re-
! NI'''"'''' 'N' S"' ~ lungs N"Ii9I 7dAS'
VIZ MvI' '",'I,'' ,p' N''o'h "t,I 20
! no, I''" ih"H i'' ."' 'HpI"1'h@ anu u IN
.',"l@ "' El'''r' MI II II no UhHsu"'
/ 'ul"E III ou' '''e7 /" sou men ia hlSh po-
/ SI''"u9 "''l'"2 "I IaIee IuIt'I'S' or re-
mhgI 'nHle7 W''"nE s''y'nH 10 marry tue
IryiS 9 I,i % 9og,n,'H' " my ne wealthy
ln' h.'.r ar ""]"iu WIN ucuunS'ntIoA
/ "E"'n9l Il" impure n'', "'I many "L thA
/ Hh't 'e"" ministry ul'G'lHE h"' one Po'h'-
| oi3T IH Mot" "En,i.a '.!S 'hil"'I' ir't 7ohe
! SV'h ''"''l'"' ~" w ~ '4uts" ttH
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