The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-05-20
THE DRINK DEMON
ny COLONEL LAwLry.

~ COLONEL LAwLtY.
Is 1t not heart breakiog sight 10 see
little children. somc Of whom can bur
toddp waiting vt the saloon door with
can In hand. a. fetch mother or fathers
beer. myself live ON the corncr of the
street. moi far from a sniooD. and. to my
sorrp~. little ones pass my winaiow. en-
tcring the ein-mill, ana return with jugs
aud ems full Of drink. and this Is fr
mothers aud fathers consumption Is
10 not terribry What must God think.
the angels say aud the heavens do. The
very thought Of il makes my blood run
faster. my heart beat quicker. and silrs
ever, noble passion In my nature.
Reader | do not know hpw you feel.
bun Tor myself would rather allow my
child To enter fevrr-stricken house.
bundle deadly serpent or play on the
rs,rr Of "A prccipicc than to permit one
of them 10 piss the door Of saloon.
Thank Cod They have been kept ont So
iur. aud enter they never shall. My adj
vics tu you In reference "a NouF children
l.. Keep thrm out II There is one
spof more hateful to me than another
that spot is the ~'tloon. and the most
tbomlnabl, smell know ~ this side OF
the suphuruus lake comes from the 'Ten
windows aud doors Of the crowded gin
mills
II you want TO hear language thHi Is
SIMPLY the echo of words spohen in bell.
70 to the bar rooms. IL you want To-
sre sights Tint arr simply shadows {"
the scenes OF the botfomlrss pit. go lu
The rin.mils II Son want TO SEE demons
In human form. 20 iu the drink deus; II
sou want To s,c a spot where what was
once the image of God Is more dcfaced.
mnre vilr. NOR. rullnlrd. more black,
more base and none low than anywhere
elise. go Ia III" drink sellers; and II you
want to see the place whore children are
RUBBED OF their food. the girls .hrir Nlr-
tue. the bo,s their chi,alry, The mother
her lo,c. and the father OF his man
hood then 20 To- the saloon. II is there
where hearts are broken. homes are
wrecked. fortunes ars squandefrd. souls
are lost. t;od Is dishunored. Jesus Is Cruz
ciard aud mon aad womeH are damned
know that these things may aud do
hapn,n elsewhere but then ay-and
shat without tear OF coniradicsAn-that
A,.li has more shares in this traffic than
any other. and that these places are no
more NOR less than 81 many shamblcs.
where Gods redeemed creatures ARE muir
derc,l In Wholesale lashlea.
/ wish II were Within my power.
b would marshal into line ap the skeletons
at III, s,uls that have bccaslnlu b, drink
/ would gather together all the ruined
d homes broken hearts wasted lives rag
. red crowds ct starving children. bloatcd
70 creatures aud i~humar parents.
} would ulso assenhlc an the men and
women who have been oriven. through
drink. to the poerhousss. p..nileuiaric'
. and insane asN lums, aud, had I Noic,
IA like the trumpet OF DION. ! would cal
a iurlh from zach quarter of the globe
III tNflN WlttN tNtit NtANN ttt' N'N''Nt "H'
F. having assembled the millions. with al
The tears andsorrows that they represent
would COVER them wsth crape. hauc
them each % black hag and march thil
i. raans. black, hony pvoesssiou through
i. thc copnirN aud up and. down the street
until had passed hrfssc every h,'@c
every father aud mother, aud had wr'snl
from their hearts Lord. save my chel
drrn fr,m the cup. and hrsp mr To tosrl
not aud haste not agaiur'
Mother, Father. II in the past yo'
have been guilty. Of playing with ,hi
" CHASTITY serpent. for Ood's sake. your SAX
'e aud the children's sake. ,hrow the men
~ slcr from YOU. aud do IL just nov.
III | am SURE YOU are anxious to keep You
H. children from taking poison. playin
with gunpowdcr. falling into fire. con
IN ing in contact with fever. aud from cot
ir. trac,ing ANY whitening disease
III II YOU are 50 particular about what e
To- fccl> only the body, how much morr 1
" ought you To be with regard to thin
rd that viii not only cripple the body an
Ia. rtin the miad. but-damn the soul.
H. tell you again dtssik has to do vii
hell, aud. il you hasza SPARK Of hove Il