The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-12-02
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF lNTEMPERANCE.
Monkey, Man and Whisky-An Incident
In New Jersey which Partially Proves
the Theory of Evolution-Run Means

In New Jersey which Partially Proves
the Theory of Evolution-Rum Means
| Failure. Poverty and Sorrow.
| edge of the North River, an unfortunate
monkey got very Gvunk.
Some brutal man. superior to him in
physical development and inferior IN moral
qualities, persuaded the poor brute to
drink whisky. The monkey drank a great
deal too much, was absolutely intoxicated,
and his conduct was exactly like that of a
man-that is to say, OF the average whisky
drinking man.
1t would be pleasant to relate that the
monkey tasted the whisky, felt it burn and
refused to touch any more OF it,. That un.
fortunately is not what happened
1t would be creditable to the monkeys
made a mistake and drank too much whis-
ky once he could never be persuaded to
touch it again That is not true, either.
The poor monkey. tempted by his hui
man half brothers, drank whisky, and he
acted exactly as the average poor, foolish,
feeble man acts under the same circum
stances.
When they offered him the whisky. first
he didn't want to take it. They urged him
and finally he took lust a little. It burned
him, made him cough. made his eyes water
Even monkey. you would think. ought to
have known enough to let it a,one. But
le did not know enough: he took little
more. then some more, and finally all that
he could get.
He went through the various stages OF
humiliating incapacity that mark human
beings transition from sober to drunk.
He became voluble at first chattered
about. showed many signs OF frendllness-
apparently he was a much improved mon.
key.
Then he became foolish and unsteady on
his legs. Finally he became brutal. want.
ing to bite. and at last he sank into a stu.
por, just the equal of any dead-drunk man.
man.
Next day this miserable monkey, ini.
tiated into the results of the worst curse
that afflcts his superior brothers. persisted
in his resemblance to a human being. He
was shivering, nervous, without appetite,
and evidently suffering physical ii not
mental remorse.
accepted the drink that was given him
with the assurance that many other mon.
keys are fooled by "a little hair Of the dog
that hit you will set you right"
II that monkey is saved from a MONKEYS
rave only the lack of whisky. not any wis.
dom or strength of will of his own, will
save him.
II you ever want to argue with a man
against whisky the story of the drunken
monkey, intelligently presented. ought to
produce an impression. You might talk to
any whisky drinking man as follows:
"If YOU had seen that monkey, clear.
eyed, healthy and vigorous, you would
have said to his keeper; Don't let him
touch whiskv--it will ruin your monkey
yet YOU drink whisky yourself.
of you had seen the monkey take the
first glass you would have said to his keep
err. Don't let him take any more; the sec.
ond y lass will ruin him. give him longing
for alcohol. 1t will ruin YOUR monkey
vet YOU take the second glass yourself.
III YOU had seen the monkey in his de-
grading progress from sober to drunk. los.
ing. his equilibrium, becoming first maudlin
and then vicious, YOU would have said to
his keeper: Now look at your monkey.
You see how worthless he is that is what
whisky always does with monkev'-yet
that is just what whisky does with you
and You give it the chance to do it,
You might also say this to your whisky
drinking friends:
The monkey most resembles the man
that most resembles him. of course. The
rnan that acts with whisky as the monkey
does is like the monkey.
In the brain of the monkey, as every
child knows. the strongest instinct is that
OF imitation. The monkey will cut his
throat trying to initiate a man shaving.
No. wonder that he ruins his health mi.
tating man drinking whisky.
The monkey, as he took that whisky
seemed foolish. especially after the first
taste. and if you had never drank whisky
yourself you would be justified in despis.
.Lc the monkey.
Think how many excuses he has that
yon who drink whisky have not.
"Nou know rh0t whisky has ruined mill,
ions OF men and is still running millions.
The monkey knows nothing about that.
You know that nine -tenths of the mur.
derS are based on whisky. The monkey
know nothing about that.
You know that whisky means failure,
poverty and abuse for children. nbuse
poverty and sorrow for mothers. All of
these things the rronkey docs not know,
You are more ioo,ish than he when YOU
take the whisky, National Advocate