The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-16
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF iNTEMPERANcE.
Treating Is n Baneful Custom--Nothina q
Else Has Wrought such widespread
Harm to Mankind-Is II n Mark Of
Friendship TO Ruin u NAM

wrought such widespread harm to ivan
kind as the custom of treating, as it i
called
1t has made more unhappy homes. de
stroyed more strong intellects. laid waste
| and degraded more fair Young lives. thar
any other evil custom ever devised or par
| tcDated in by man.
Our best mechanics. our most inventive
| geniuses. most brilliant orators. gifted
| poets, eminent scientists and professional
men. have by it been robbed OF theiI
| crowns OF success; yet it is said and be
| lieved by many to he mark of friendship
| to treat a man, and although the majority
of the men one meets can tell of men who
ot their own knowledge have been ruined
by IT, vet they consider it a friendly thing
to do
Many commercial men seek to excuse
themselves for it nv saving that they mus [
do something for the good of the house .
as they are travelling about the country all
The time, and are the recipients Of many
tavors from hotel men. QUERY | wonder
how many favors they would receive II
they were not ALREADY literally paid for?)
A man from some other part comes into
the city on business and visits the whole.
sale house from which he is in the habit oi
buying. or. it may he some other, to look
over samples, or seeking new goods, or
novelties with which to attract customers
An oblieino salesman is sent to wait upon
nm. VINO. having satisfied himself that "it
j. worth while. generally succeeds in
keeping him engaged til lunch time. when
the customer is invited to lunch. and, of
course, that means to drink bottle of
vine. perhaps, or few gases of some de.
llciUuS but potent compound of whisky or
some other liquor. aud spices and other in.
gradients that enter into those mixtures.
and all the time he is being entertained by
the engaging salesman; vino after his Gus.
toner has been well prmpd. proceeds to
business. and often succeeds IN getting rid
OF Job lot OF Old goods at fancy rriccS.
or IN securing much larger order than is
prudent Tor the merchant to buv But this
Is by no means the most harmful phase of
the treating custom.
some schemer Is aTNlous to secure a
franchise from muniriualitv for a street
railway, or electric lighting. or something
equally valuable For DAYS before il be.
comes known what hi, business is he NAV
be seen assiduousiv cutvating the ndivid.
nal acquaintance Of the Cnunci,men. nvit.
ing them to lunch. to dinner. etc. and
quietly taking Their measure so that he
may discover the best means to influence
them in his favor And at last they often
hnd that the wine has been too nowerfu
for them, and that under its influence they
have bartered their se,f-rrsuect for a few
treats. and have consented to rob the rlu.
the result that, having once robbed it for
others they sometimes begin to rob it for
themselves, and many men, honest under
other rcu'cSta1ces have thus become
scoundrels through the treating habit. Yet
this is not the worst
y number of men ar2 work ~ in shop.
Pay day comes and several o. them are on
their way home after receiving their nav.
As they reach the tavern door (for they
can hardy reach home without passing at
least onel one OF the uartv SAYS "Come in,
hoy; ct nave a g,2.s o., beer They 90
IN, and there are perhaps half dozen
more OF their mates cc?iv in there SteD.
plng un to the ba" their 'o'der say,.
''WhatIl YOU have. boys" o1d go varinuS
drinks are called fo". When h"ao', an.
other one saws, NOV vor must have one
on me-" and when tha "'asses are again
empted another savs. ell 'em M aoair' -
And so 1t GOES on till al have treated. for
OF course it would be he'd mean to drinl;
at another's expense ard not treat in re-
turn, and each one finds himself minus a
dollar or two OF his earning, whirh he can
i'll spare, or which in many cases is needed
to procure necessaries for his famiiv But
what's the odds! Fathers drunk. the bar
Keeper has the money, and wife and chill
dren can whistle for the shoes or other
clothing or perhaps for bread itse'f
An unknown man is sick unto death
WIN an internal tumOr. y council OF phV.
sicians is called, and it is decided that the
tumor must be cut away in order to save
the mans life. The operation is an exceed.
lngy difficult one. requiring a very sli,ul.
steady hand. IA the tamor is situated SO
near the heart that thc least bit too deep
an incison will be fatal. The surgeon is
Young but has already won eminence in
his profession, but even he grows pallid as
he realizes the difficulty of the operation.
and a physician hands him a small glass of
brandy to tone up his nervous system.
The operation is begun. and all goes well
till Just at the most critical point the sur.
eeon ieels an involuntary contraction OF
the muscles OF his arm. Kissing. giirgng
sound is heard the bright red blood gushes |
forth another human life has fallen vic. |
tim to alcohol. and the usefulness of an.
other life is destroyed. Died under the
operation is given out to the bereaved |
relatives and friends as the cause of death. |
Was it that. or was it due to that glass Of |
brandy! That surgeon knows the true
cause, and never again will he have the |
nerve to undertake very difficult case.
because the remembrance OF this one will |
utterly unfit him for the work.. J. |
Richardson, in the Royal Templar.