The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-07-12

for. n II the othcr-your giving WAY "a
an Impulse 10 ~drink-thRt nils me with
concern You come NJ like a man. nd.
init vnur fault aud ray YOU deserve and
expect M Ft'tr" c'nsurc. Well, Nv,
thought II aii ovsi candy Nv heart and
my arms go out tn YOU in yout Jtttr,f- and
humiliation. hud-t have not urr word
OF terroich ~ blHmr to givr you.
For now shall ten YOU what I had
thought to say when your graduation drew
nish. had W been able TO MASTER me-
chanirH aud molecules and other miihe-
fnatirnl rot not 49, utcful to a cavalry ofh.
Ger az a hinucular tu a blind man, and that
I ought to have told you when you Htart-
ed out for yourself a. a young ranChrro,
but could not bring myself to II 10 LONG
a. Sou seemed 10 have no inclination that
way Times. m'u and customs have great
" changed In the luht " or " Year,, my
boy. aud grcati, Tot the better. Looking
back over my boyhood. I can recall no day
when wine WAS not served on your grandfa-
Tiers table m" brightest minds and
brnvest men in all Kentucky pledged each
other day and nlgh, In the cup that some
times cheers and Outlines in,brintc.. and
no public occasion was complete Without
champagne and whisky IN abundance, no
personal OF private transaction considered
auspicious unless appropriately wet
Those We're days when our Statesmen
reytlrd IN sentiment sud song, and drunk
'hA Hff' NNNN W y " Wv -
lowers Of The races, was u boy of ten.
der Year, then nud often. MI ms play
mates, I Nnr calipd from onr merry gHnirs
To Join tn gonti'mcn over their wine aud
drain d bumper In our glorious Harry II
IA" West ard hVior' I went To- the Point.
sandy I know N, hfst. and possibly The
worst. whitkyt made In kentucty We al
did the man or youth wha could not
stand hts fiass ~ iisuor wus looked upon
a. u milkrnp. or pitith. and yet. after M,
feNutfftl IA IA faNufsl guft.u fufl.u kYhs.
own,d that John uaficycnm wns too much
for him. aud b" did not dare a single round
with him,
Then came N" great war. and wars IRE
ulwhlr IN one way d,mouilzing. west
Point In the early siNtiss was utt,rly unlike
the Wet Point Of to-day. and no worse
than ~ dozen of our grrhtrst coll g.F. Tn.
corps fiill had it, tales and traditions N
III" nld.timc Fourth 81 July dinners NJ the
mess halt, when rycfyhody mace q darh
for The Gc,EBtrrs aud drank everything IN
sight N Was the oniy dan Ia the wear
on which wine WIS served. n WAS la my
time the invnriubit custom for the super
intetfrrt TO receive the board oi visitors
on the dHy Of their arrival M hir purrttrs
aHd td invite ne unic = and TN graduate
inH class Ia met ihfm and To 81 forth.
A. for ycuff had bisu ne fashion az wash
ltgiou, VIM ara punch in ubnrcauce. aud
The very ON fr actaihd ~ our Instructors
wouij laufhinply invite ard ohalitngt the
2 NHN p ~ 'NNA W ~ NtN HAAN AHA
wear the blu 60 drink with them Grain
ind agnlu. l have s'tn dozrns az the bsst
and NraV - OF our follows come r,slln;
and shoutinR back In barracks aud A
th%pnsh'l'ss set oi boyr laughing ma ape
plaut,ng
81 wus stationed a. the Point soon after
graduation. AID the mrn who drank were
The rule, rot thu exc ptiaa. Social vlrlts
were rrcly exchanged without ihr lntrn-
duetion Of tn docntttr. TIs marvel II
fluI N mann. NgFf." ~ M u.F4f."I ..ttF 49,
ana drink as my frihVr and grandfather
ufcd 20 pifsd viCr, |regularly iVcb morn
INK ihr ihuglY ard the negfo strveHts w'is
mnHttrtd ior rflAtrs. ~ very posi- whore
! was siniiortd, either IN the cart or whore
I ~ps most AT home The far fientior-
whisky was The established custom, and
mnn after man, ftnaws who had mad, tine
records dul.tg The wai, aud ltlfat bows
with whom I had worn thu efay at tho
Point. ftil by tif wayhlde and Y,fe court
martlaled out uf service.
I'm 20 ard ~ We bad a board that swept
the army like q sInc. aud RELOCATED scores
VI tlppirrs 10 glYtl lic. hut that didn't
stop H. Liitif ~ liuif thr StLft ma man
hood Oi our p,upig h9Fan 10 tel. Little
by iittlo tho feeling usninsi stimu.Hnt he
gan 10 develop az a. Point. ~ was 10
iOrgof n 1ol to rCt o nedgilng ufisor 10
iaste the tcmptof-lt was a criint. Four,
years after I Nas commissioner so had
one total nbstalntr out OF rome 20 clictr.
- - '''''f AfFN ~ fAN " ~ " ANhHM NAt
and honor depended on H.. Three ycars
ago. when ! wen TO SEE you. the 70 wcr.
dozens at thu r1fAf who never drank at all.
only eight who even smoked Athittlcs nnd
rife practice had much 10 do with this.
] Know, hut here has Eradnpliy 2 vciopcd
all over our Land, notably In those commu-
mites where the custom used 10 be most
honorcd In the Observance, a total revu!-
sion OF sentiment.
Quarter OF q century ago even among
many gently nuriurcd women the sight Of
a man overcome by liquor excited only
sorrow and sympathy; now II commando
Dothlng less than abhorrsnne, l and my
surviving CONT mp0rAIlcs started In life
under the old system. You my dear boy,
are more fortunate In having b, gun with
the new. Among the old foldiers there are
still some few yotarics OF Bacchux who
have TO count their cups most carefully
or risk their commissions Amone those
under W our army has far more total abb
stainers than all the others In The world,
and such soldiers as Grant. Crook. Merritt
and Upton. OF our service. and Kitchener
OF khartoum. are on record as sayirf that
the staying powers Of the teeto'aiier 's,.sd