The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-01-06
BURDETTE ON THE SALOON
The Distinguished Humorist Ex-
presses His Opinion Of the
Liquor Traffic.

and III stand by IL 70 the last comm
and hyphen. Now hear me say K my
self.
About the power Of prohibitory law
20 prohibit-ths laws q the Stat
against murder DO not entiraly proven
murder. But. nevertheless. am %
posed 10 licensing one murderer 10 ey
cry 50 many thousand persons. even o.
petition Of a majority q the propsrtI
owners In the block. that We may hav'
all the murder that "a desirable In tn
community under wise regulations
With a little income for the municipal
ity. l believe In the absolute prohibi
ton d murder.
The laws OF the country prohibiting
stealing 90 not entirely prevent steal
ing Nevertheless. am opposed 70 6
high license system Of stealing. provid'
Cd that all theft shall DO restricted &c
certain authorized thieves. who shall
steal only between the hours Of say elk
a. N. and 1850 p m. except Sunday
when no stealing shall be done except
By stealth. entrance TO be made in all
cases on that day by the back door
and at the thiefs risk. believe in
laws that absolutely forbid theft at
any hour. on any day Of the week.
And. on the same ground. and Just
as positively. DO believe 10 the pFohi-
bition Of the liquor traffic. And never
said that didn't And did say that
did. And DO.
do say that the best way 10 make
a man a temperate man is 20 teach him
not TO drink But a saloon Is not a kin
dergarten Of sObrtety. Your town Is
under no obligation 20 any saloon All
that It is. in respectability and perma-
nent prosperity. II has grown to be
without the assistance OF the liquor
traffic. You don't owe a dollar or q
merchant or a resident. you don't owe
one item Of the attractiveness and pop
lsrity Of your town to the refining and
educating influence OF a corner ginmill,
With a group Of sidewalk losfers.
II is deliberately claimed by some
people who appear TO be zane on other
subjects, that TO properly instruct q
sober people In the ways Of sobriety
and TO teach total sbstainers the beauty
and virtues of temperance, you must
license the selling Of liquor IN the town.
The man who originated that kea
ought TO have II stuffed and exhibit II
at the ST. Louis exposition. and be
should be leaned up beside II as g part
Of the exhibit There was once a man
who owned q parrot II swofe like q
pirate. A neighbor owned e parrot that
would not swear at all but habltually
used only the most decorous language.
let me have your parrot for
SAID the owner Of the good
bird: 81 Will keep them IN the same
room and mine will teach yours not 10
swear. The birds were Gagged side by
lde. And everybody who knows enough
% know anything knows which parrot
lad his vocabulary enriched with new
md startling words
Keep your town clean from this |
vii. II men will violate the law in |
rider to crafty evil habit and taste,
iont try TO cure the sin Of law-break-
ng BY enacting law which II would |
,e easy and wicked to obey.
AS 10 prohibition IN Pasadena, II any
Quor man thinks there is big money |
md q safe thing in running a blind |
'ig'' IN Pasadena, let him come here
md try Il II he has any love for HIS
liberty and pocketbook, however, he
will DO well to consult the fellows who
ave tried II, II be can find them; we
ant They are in hiding somewhere
ut in the desert Running" q 'joint"
D Pasadena Is like running q powder
all In smelling furnace It's mighty
xciting while 1t lasts. but Il doesn't
lst long enough 10 be profitable.
II the saloon men insist on quoting
ie on this topic. let them commit this
D memory, that they may repeat Il as
hey need It: DO not know one good
hing about the saloon. II is an evil
hing that has not one redeeming thing
all It's history to commend II to good
len. II breaks the laws OF God and
ian II desecrates the Sabbath; Il
rofanes the name OF religion; Il defes
ublie order; It tramples under foot the
'nderest feelings Of humanity; h hs
ioral pestilence that blights the very
OF town and country; II IL
stain upon honesty; blur upon pufi-
2; clog upon progress; a check upon
le nobler impulses; II is an incentive
falsehood. deceit and crime. From
lch hateful fountain head can there
Nv a clear stream! Can you pane
Re good thing the saloon has ever
me for humanity-one good thing
le instance In which It has brought
nth fruits unto righteousness-one In
fence, sweet and healthful. and pure :
acious and beautiful which will lin
r lovingly in the memory Of men.
ben you have buried the rum power.
make them say. God bless the sa-
on for the good Il did," Search
rough the history of this hateful
ing. and read one page over which
me mother can bow her grateful head
d thank God for all the saloon did
her boy. There is no such record.
] rs history is written In tears and
BOD. with smears Of shame and stains ;
crime. and dark blots Of disgrace.
IN. are you going TO stand for this
Ing? Are you going TO vote for IT.
e you going to put into Office. In city
county. men who will be the tools
the saloon poverf As you love the
r name Of your city get together and
Ike your lives and your united
'ength tell for all that is best and
anest in good government
The ravages Of drink in Edinburgh