The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-03-27
U. COLUMN,
CONDUCTED BY MRS. y. L. Hosss.


The following wonderful piece OF 4
word painting has been frequently n
published, says the Chicago Trib' 3
une, but We reprint it at the request : !.
of several readers who desire COM 4 4
oil. to copy. Colonel Robert q. h
lngersoll, in addressing a jury IN . +
case which involved the mAnuiac- !, y
ture Of alcohol, made the following ! !
terrible arraignmsnt Of the demon;
"Ism aware that there is pre-
|iudice against any man who manu- 9
tactnres alcohol. | believe that 4
from the time il issues from the
coiled and poisonous worm 10 the
|dis,illery until it empties into the
wa Of Death, dishonor and crime,
u demorslizes everybody that I
touches il, from its source to where
|it ends. / do not believe anybody
Can contemplate the object without
|beinp oreiudiced against the liquor
crime. All we have to do, gentle
men. is TO think Of the wrecks on
either bank Of the stream OF oea'h,
| Of the suicides, of the insanity, Of
the ignorance, Of the destitution, OF
the little children tugging at tnei
lfaded and withered breast OF weep.
linz and despairing mothers, OF
wives asking for bread, OF tho men
'|of genius it has wrecked, the men
lstrupRling with imaginary serpents,
'|produced by the devilish thing; and
when you think Of the jails. OF the
Aims houses, Of the asylums. OF the
lprisons, Of the scaffolds upon either
'lbapk, / do not wonder that every
.thouehtful man is preludiced,
AGAINST this damned stun called
alcohol. Intemperance cuts down
youth in it's vigor, manhood IN us
q strength, old age in it's weakness.
Il breaks the fathers heart, oe-
j reaves the doting mother, extin'
puishes natural affection, erases
|coniuqal love, blots out filial attach
ment, blights parental hopes, brings
,|down mourning age in sorrow to the
grave. It produces weakness, not
J Istrenpth: sickness not health
death not life. II makes wives
q widows; children, orphans; fathers,
= fiends; and all Of them pauperi
Re and beggars. 1t feeds rheumatism
Invites cholera, imports peetilence
land embraces consumption. II
covers the land with idleness, mis-
!. |erv and crime. 1t fills your lails
supplies your almshouses, and Dc
mands your asylums. 1t engen
ders controversies, fosters quarrel'
ID and cherishes riots. 1t crowds YOU
peniteutiaries and furnishes vicfim'
lior your scaffolds. It is the lif'
: blood Of the gambler, the elemen
\. OF the burglar, the propfor the high
wayman and support Of tho mid
night incendiary. 1t countsnance
the liar, respects the thief, esteem
the blssphemer. II violates obliga
so no tions, reverences fraud and honor
infamy. 1t defames benevolence
- hates love, scorns virtue and Sian
ders innocence. II incites the fsth
or to butcher his helpless offspring
helps the husband TO massacre ri
vile and the child to grind the par
Iicidal axe. 1t burns up men, con
',l|sumes women, detests life, curse
God, despises heaven. 1t suborn
0 witnesses, nurses perjury, defile
. sslthe Jury box and stains ludici'
nee ermine. 1t degrades the citizen
y'l 'ldebases the legislator, dishonors th
lstatesman, disarms the patriot.
-lbrings ehame not honor; m.ser
not happiness, despair not hope
and With the malovepce OF . tiend
calmly surveys its triehtful desol'
|,ion and unsatiated havoc. II po
sons felicity, kills peace, ruiz
M rals. bliehts confidence, sls,
: regulations, and wipes out naion'
honor, then curses the W I'd a.
al laughs at it's ruin. u 4 'es = th
lon. H and more. II murders the soul.
al ia the sum Of all villainirs, Il
father Of al crimes, the mother
. all denominations, the devils De
friend and Gods worst enemy