The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-12-02
w. C. r. U. COLUMN.
CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. L. HOBBS



nv MRS. SARAH ROBERTS NORRIS.
The education Of this, as OF every
child. began with the first day OF It's
life. Its clothing, and even the man
ners and voices Of those around 1t, ,
began teaching this baby boy.
As weeks crept on, alcohol the
supposed friend but the real Toe oi
mankind, began to play It's part IN
the child's education, AT every oatn
the nurse said some whisky must
he rubbed on the delicate, satlny
ski, to prevent the baby from tax
ing cold. When the child had col
ic from over feeding, all OF which
might have been prevented or at
least overcome by some hot water
inside and some dry heat outside
the old nurse said nothing was so
good for him as gin, and SO he was
ldosed with it again and again. When
the mothers milk failed somewhat
instead of seeing that she had need
ed rest, gentle, pleasant exc rcise IN
the open air, and a nourishing diet,
the doctor ordered her lager beer or
norter and her baby-boy got his
share at his mothers breast. 49,,
AS the child grew, for every child
lish disorder he was given laven-
llder brandy with sugar and water
because that was his grandmother $
linfallible remedy which she always
kept handy. Shouldn't she know
what he needed? Had she not
brought up big family OF her own!
pretty soon the time came when ne
invented pain in his stomach on
purpose to get some medicine De-
cause he liked it.
Il Sometimes there were guests VINO
were treated to wine; then ne beg,
ged for some, or howled tor II unti
-ISe oot it. and when unobserved
drained the last drop from the guests
glasses: o al ,rcon
lscious that they were cultivating II
him an appetite for alcohol that wa
d growing with his growth. Tn
father had his glass Of beer with hi
dinner. and the boy, as a matter 0
course, had his tiny beer mug hiied
too "to be like father" His moth
|er had always some port wine will
which she treated her lady friends
!, : serving it in tiny, dainty, cut glas
!. poblets. with delicious cake. Wha
mothers boy would not get some
-Itoo? What boy Of any precocity
educated to love the taste OF alcohol
; could resist the hunting TOR In
mace where those wine bottles wer
kept, and taking swallow on tn
sly? :.
Delicious wine jellies, wine pud
ding sauces, wine cake, cider mine
MES with a dash Of brandy in them
were never long absent from tn
table il, his home. His father an
mo,her belonged to the church, an
called themselves Christians an
Temperance people. They denoun'
.a|ed drunkenness, rcwdies ana s'ret
Z 4 fights. Those low saloons they a.
- spised. They bought their wine
and liquors at their grocers or ar
ID goods merchants. However, whe
there were temperance sermons
lectures in the church, and the
had a chance to sign the pledge
|ioin the w. C. 7. u, they woul
> shaye nothing to do with either, 4
they said they "had no use Tor ten
, Iperance and prohibition cranks.
..They we're people who knew no
nd to control themselves. Why shou
,s1lii|they deny themselves pleasu
which, il used moderately, wou
.|hurt no one, Just because there we
. others who were such weak loo
that they didn't know when thu
n !, had enough?"
u " The boy heard all this, and wh'
on his faithful Slnday-school teach
nd offered the pledge to his class, al
4, urged them to sign it, this boy !
a. a. piled to all arguments, "lou dor
catch me signing the pledge. n
- father says nobody needs to :
drunk If they don't want to- J
one ever saw him drunk, and ne b
wine and beer every day. Besid
know a minister here in town "
has beer every day with his dinn
and I heard our doctor say he wo!
have a pint Of champagne every 4
Il he could afford it. think ii
ought to know whether It hu
anybody or not.