The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-07-23

"IbA MAJ hnows WbhAey ~ to'
title OF On srtielr In the Cleveland Post
The article 10 10 the form oi . com men
upo1 The s,s,emsnt made BY yonni
man vho sas under arrest tor killini
bic ,tep-isther, . crime be bsd commi
ted noder circumstances Of great prove
cation. Here 10 ,he article:
sonld no, touch vhi,key II II vef'
10 save my life. ! have ssen too muel
OF its work. ! have seen ihs misery u
hes made tor my mother. have seer
too. the brute II made OF my ssep-isshs'
When 10 vas under iis ithaeDcs. II Il
we're 10. Tor vhiskey our trouble uouid
never have happened, and / vould mol
be in jail. l never touched the staff,
and I've made vov ! never will.
These are not the words OF an impss
stored temperance theofisL They are
the calm, delibtrste utlersnoe OF . youna
nan Who killed bis drunken s.ep.fsthef
Ia defence Of bis mother and wss
incsrcers,ea 10 . CIevelsud police station
A police lieutenant bad pressed . elsss
OF whisksy upon him. ursins him thss
bis weakened condition demanded II,
Bot hs knew vhIskey, snd be hsd no
use for II.
Here 10 vhst might be accepted ~ 10
eYper. opinion upon the effect OF whis
key.
This Young msn has had experiences
thst have shown him what whiskey will
do. He does not need to theorizs. He
spesks With positive iaiorms.ion.
Bu, for wbiskey be would not have
been 10 Jail.
Decidedly troe Aud equsily true II
is that tn. for whishey lev other people
ever would be in jail. II is not putting
1t to strong too soy thst whiskey causes
nine.,enths Of lhe crimes that get people
10 Isil.
This young man has seen the misery
wb,.key bsd made Tor bis mother.
Aud who cannot call up from ones own
recollection dtzsus OF mothers whom
wbiskey hss made misersblei
Scsrcely . community or social circle
but has seversl-eisen good, patient. IN
com mplsining beroiues who have given
up hope. and whose desolsted hearts ere
left to feed on the agony OF dispsirt
They bear the deprivation. the neglect
the abuse, the blows. and utter no moan
bat in there hestts there is moaning
always.
The earth has been sailed with tears
shed by msnkini in sympsthy with the
brave women WHO send their husbands
and sons 10 battle. sitting alone d home
With their tears sud ie.rs, bot,uoh women
are happy, proud, exalted, compared
with .be drunksrds' wives, crouchine
With tears end iesrs snd shame, while
their husbands give there lives up 10 tho
devil Drink.
The bright, sweet hopos OF their bridal
days have become mockery. The VOWS
upon which they sssked their life hsppi
ness have proved light % sir. The love
that once bsds fair to be shelter 10
ecery storm has been besten down end
torn TO ruiu by vhirlwiuds Of bsstisl
passions.
There ore millions Of women like this.
l have seen. too, says this young man.
The brute whisksy hes made OF my step
father when be Vas under ito influence.
Yes, there 10 the truth 1T makes
man . brute. he may be good and
kind sod tender when he 10 sober. but
vhiekey makes him brute. He may be
proyident and thrifty when be is himself
bot Hlled With whiskey, be becomes %
entirely different class oi being.
Sober, be may not be able to realize
that hs can be . brute when drunk. He
msy be the last one TO know the misery
that bis drunkenness osuses 10 bis home
He cannot view himself in correct per
spectivs.
Bot this Young man who vas sent 10
/ all because Of whiskey speaks the Elm
pls truth. He hss seen how wbiskey
turned . good man into brute. . bsppy
wife into miseysble drudge. aud devos
ed son into % unwilling murder,
And vhisksy is no respectsr Of persons.
Whst Il does 10 one family IL will do 10
What ii mskes oi one man IL
will make OF millions. The woes OF this
one womsn Is woe thst ever goes crying
snd mosuing throughout The esrtb.