The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-02
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF lNTEMPsRANcE.
rhere Ia No Greater Snare tn the Youna
Man Just Beginpiag Life Than the
Conpanionsbipo of the Moderate Drink.
er--They Are Society's Real Bane

er--They Are society's Real Bane.
ooh. only take a glass now and then
With friend or when I don't feel quite
veil; I defy any man to say he ever saw
ne drunk"
! And so we say 10 you. misguided man,
| hat for this very reason, because YOU
| rink but are never drunk. that you are
;he bane of society. You, and not the
| lrunkard.
There is no greater snare to the young
nan lust beginning life than the compan-
onship Of the moderate drnker.
He had better n thousand times have
'or his friend the man who lies hall oi the
lime dead drunk in the gutter.
For your moderate drinker is very Of.
zen a man of good morals, as the world
goes. and he talks loftilv OF schemes for
'aisng mankind and purifying society He
,lways nuts something IN the missionary
,ox and he goes to church. and helps to
pay the minister. and he makes speeches
Vt Fourth OF July celebrations and Sab.
,ath-school picnics and, altogether. is con.
ndered a very good citizen; while MS
ieighbor. who began with "just one glass.
Dut had not the will power 10 stop there.
md went on to the depths OF drunkenness
md DESPAIR. is despised by all and hooted
md scoffed as he stageers along the streets.
But Mr.. Smith, the moderate driuker,
knows where to stop, and so retains the
respect of his acquaintances. And when
he young man at the beginning of his ca.
reer OF ruin is demonstrated with by his
friends. he looks surprised and refers them
20 Mr.. Smith
"Why look az Mr. Smith Tie has al;
wavs taken a glass when he felt like it,
md | am sure there il no man stands any
higher than Mr.. Smith
Young friends. such oi you a are taking
1 pattern by Mr.. Smith, pause moment
and consider. How do YOU know that. like
him, YOU can stop before you leave the
ground of safety? How do YOU know that
your will is strong enough to keep you
back from the brink OF the precipicc to-
ward which you are advancing?
Every one has not an appetite which.
when once aroused. can be controlled by
the will. Nine.tenths of the men who be-
gin by taking lust one glass end by be-
coming drunkards. How do You know
that you are the lucky tenth man,
Again, We repeat moderate drinkers are
the bane of society, because their example
is one full of insldious fascination and the
danger is never seen or realized until 1t IL
too late. No man was ever influenced to
drink by the sight of one OF his fellows
ying beastv drunk by the roadside.
Beastly. did we say! We beg to correct
ourselves Beastly is not the word, for
beasts never degrade themselves to tho
level Of men in this respect
A brute beast is a creature to be hon
ored beside the poor wretch who prosti'
tuteS his manhood. sinks his moral respon.
,ibilty and falls to the degradation OF a sot.
Think you that any young man who seeJ
the bloated disgusting wreck OF humanity,
which we call the drunkard passing along
to the lookup in the hands of thc police,
desires to become like him? j. 1t any
temptation to him 10 GO and do likewise!
Does the sight make him anxious to be-
come drunkard? Never!
He shudders with disgust and hurrles by.
No. the drunkard never tempts any man
10 become like him; he never cntices the
young man OF so.called good habits to
drink. 1t is your gentlemauly pertumed,
refined respectable moderate drinker, whc
wears glossy linen and broadcloth and
passes for a worthy member OF society
Society forsooth, Out upon such society:
Men and women of to-day, ye who would
do good to your fellow.men, who would
strengthen the weak and lift up the fallen,
EAST out from your friendship and your
| homes this moderate drinker. Place him
| ander ban. Let the light of truth shine
npon him, and show him in his true colors,
which. beautiful though they may be, are
beautiful only with the baleful glitter OF q
,erpent's skin.
And when you pass the miserable drunk.
ard as he lies helpless beneath the hend OF
rum-when you draw your virtuous robes
around you with a shiver OF disgust, and
pass by on the other side, remember that,
loathsome and repulsive though he may be,
| MS example is thousand times less bane
| fu than that of the respectable moderate
| irinker whom you receive into your houses
| and feast at your tables and accept as
| ,ompanion and friend OF your families
! Kate Thorn, in the New York Weekly.