Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-03-02

N Your t&<t t>>Nr toa >sf >s'<>> ~ -
fight that IS going on between the "wets
and drys.~ that you have no interest
one wav or the other. when YOU see men
filing drunkaras graves and wives and
children being brought nearly 10 ssarvs-
ton and degradation. and you have no |
interest IN your fsilowman, wher YOU |
know thar whiskry wrecks ms mind and !
BODY and Is the cause Of the loss OF his
soul-are you the proper man 10 give |
advise 10 any intelligent PeOPle You
say that yoH never lived in dry town
and do not know the bad or evil elects
Of srch q law. bat ron do Suow that the
saloons are . temptation 10 the Young
rnen. You say that prohibition DOES
not prohibit but only limits tie tenpts-
ton 10 Young men. You said that YOU
did al that YOU could TO set nd Of the
hog on account ut The health ~ the
people Of the city. and You win not
rasse vour vcice or vote 70 get nd u az
evil that causes more sickness and deaths
IN one year than ali the hogs that has
been raised IN Williamsburg for 100
years can prove What say 5y nleci-
cal authority. and You cannot prove by
.he same source whevr anyone has o~cn
mad ssck or died from the effects hog
being raised n the city limits II you
VIII prove what you LAY about ootn
whisksv ard hogs VII not say anoth-
er word about either. Il you do nos
prore what say 70 be 50. then come
.,ut lie a man and have backbone
enough TO help ret nd of whiskey- That
IS a curse TO every citv. You say that
.utur- events max cause you 70 citsnge
~our mind. 50 that vou shall ONLY act
70 the GOOD 10 The greatest number with
o-s s--- ~ f.vor- You know tha, there
are aulv four rnen who derive any bene-
81 F.o-n rhe SAX of whiskey IN Williams
/ i.urs. .rl.ilr hundreds are ruined BY II.
II snu zyiH only do a. vou say YOU VII
d. ir voar last Issue YOU vin never hear
/ fr,-n ne again. You say that the hogs
harr rore and the next 10 20 vii be the
ccvy. though tbey arr not injurious 70
| rhe health. but vou are willing tor them
TO remain rutil ttc sidewalks ART paved.
etc Wei. II the COWS remain until then
YOU VIII hear Gabriel blow his trumpet
kindly publish the above and oblige-
TExAs CLOVES
| TOur correspondent mixed hogs and
vhiskry ard COWS beautifully He seems
20 think that because We were IN fsvo'
Of removing the hog industry from ths
corporate limits. We mist naturally b
in favor OF removing the saloon becsus'
intelligent men 90 into them and max
hogs Of themselves. As We said befor
the fight Is not partisan or politica
1 one. and We prefer for thoSe who fear j
uu0r and rs effects 20 do the campaign
ing. II We we're 50 addicted 70 the Us
u iuto1icants as 20 make us Irresponsi
hle. OF want TO commit suicide. by div
ing into forty foot well. why then "
> might think As our correspondent does
But thirty years Of temptation has no
I | made the writer a slave 10 strong drsnl
I Il Il very nobir Of any man 10 hgh
, an evil be must bc careful not 20 b.
/, come over Jealous. because the next ste
: = fanaticism- Fanaticisn has burnc
men and women az the stake. and wrecl
cd homes also. IL has wrapped Il
world IN flames. and soaked the cart
Ia human blood
4 We would assure our Corresponds,
B that pre arc quite able 20 cast our ow
\ | vote ard influence. and either has new
4 | ret boru on the s5de Of wrong o.
knowledge Of medical authority is not
broad al a. the writer's and OF cur
= would 1ot attempt 20 compare the e
: results ID hogs and whistey. Too mn
81 either - very bad
Th~re arc lots Of bad things THE G
: zETTE would BIKE to get rid Of IN the col
8Bzity Bad chzrch ni<mhers, bad Ct
& zens. bad streets. bad littIe boys and q
u soxious old useu. But there i such
I asrrow strid< b<tween the liberty a
J. iscrDse q the press that we fear cur
: forts would bring down storm Of &C
!, 3eEnnatiop on our heads.
50 we shall have 10 decline the gre
ard good mans advice, and let him a
his SHOWS do the work that rests up
sli~5r shoulders. We shall rot mar I
discord BY any further reference 10 I
.nxts<r. resersing Tor ourselves the gre
Il AnseTican right 10 do and act as
4 plrase. 30 long az we do not inirre Z