The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-31

tn be trained Tor USEFULNESS ia SnIS
lie. and for happiness in the Grand
Beyond" how essentially important
that their training be committed TO
those teachers, who not only teach,
but enforce by practice total abstin-
ence from all alsoholic drinks n
narcotics,
Fifty has alcohol been ter med The
G. snius Of Degeneration. Joel Steel,
Pm. D. teaches that tine nervous
muscular, mental and moral powers are
debased thereby. Step bgAstep the fine
fibre of manhood declines, affecting
every bodily function. The mind and vi l
weakened by a morbid appetite"
Broken promises tell of a lower stand
ard OF truth, a dull sense of honor, and
OF s%eneibilities blunted. YeP, there is
need for teachers, and ecclesiastical
J8remiahs, of pungent convictions,
and moral bravery, to cry aloud and
spare not. If there is need for reform.
and for q sober, temperate people,
land such there iE) the strike should
be for the rising generation, who anon
must meet the calls of home and ma
ton.
Lot us ''start near the foot of the
ladder" Give us right thinking Com.
mitr eemen, men not only sober IN
| sentiment, but practice as we'll. Then,
there would be q greater degree OF
hope, the teachers employed in u
respective schools would be such as
the times demand, whose convictions
lead them daily to warn the youths Of
our land, against the open sepulchres,
scattered broadcast, terrible as one
who runs to shed blood, and mortal
as the poison Cf asps."
No more tobacco endowed colleges,
for such can never deeply impress upon
the youths Of our land, this momen-
tous pr:cept, Touch not, taste not,
handle not" Should the subject be
presented must not their voices be
soft and low, else Cf3nce be given
be%netactors9 Are they not as clay in
che potter's hands? To some these
sentiments may sound ultra. If your
correspondent writes at all sound on
victions must go forth. Situated as
many are in close proximity to alCo
hOlic sloughs they feel and understand
something of it's horrors. Peaceful
homes disturbed by besotted wander
ers, heart suf9rings of wives and
daughters thus brought low, are no
light things to think of, but heart
sickening in the extreme.
We trust this resolve may find a
Judgement in the breast Of every boy
reader: To resist every temptation
that may allure by the way, to indulge
in alcoholic drinks. b assured if the
first is not quafed, the second will
never follow. Read Ten Nights in a
Bar Rom, (orice 5 cents,) pubIlsa er,
David Q. Cook, Elgin, Ill. 1 am sure
it will benefit. Gould tell OF many
others that are helpful to the boys, "a
S5ar In Prison" is splendid. Same
publisher.
We were heartily amused with Jen
ME Actions experience, perhaps if she
had Immersed her peaches in weak,
boiling I've, then submerged immedi.
ately in abundant cool water, a song
might have cheered the household dur
ing the process of peelIng. g. slow,
Jennie
We are in favor of sending "Carele az
ToroO to tho Ta0iai % E,,uo. bo boT;o-o. -
compulsory education. Aunt Jennie
has a second in the Mills Reformatorv.
Who will follow9 The spot has Eean
located. o. the Southern Railroad a
large new building probably $50 rooms,
land attached, with other lands Dur
ehaeable. The building said to have
cost $50, 000-on MILESTONE Mountain. /
G aston county, N. @. A romantic
spot.
Lat the sons and daughters Of our
beloved Carolina gather inspiration
from the lines of the departed and i'm
mortal G aston, in his poetic eulogy
upon The Old North State. Work for
it's upbui!ding in the form of a Re
formatory." After suitable property
has been purchased present it to the
late.
Many a sad mother would bless the
day and the hands that provided for
her recreant child a better dwelling
place than among hardened criminals.
act now the little school boys speech
is presented:
Tall oaks from little ecorus gov.
Large streams from little fountains
f0w."