The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-08-08
NUMBER a
what IntemDerance Does. .

manufacture of alcohol. believe
from the time it issues from the.
coiled and poisonous worm in the
distillery until it empties into the
hell of death, that it is demoraliz-
ing to everybody who touches it
from the sourcs to where it ends.
l do not believe that anybody can
contemplate the subject without
being prejudiced against the crime
All they have to do lie to think of
the wrecks on either side of the
the stream of death, OF the suicid-
es, of the insanity, of poverty, Of
the destruction, of the little chill
dren Juggling at the breast, of
weeping and despairing wives ask
ing for bread, of the man strug-
CLING with imaginary serpents pro-.
duced by this devilish thing; and
when you think of the jails, Of
the alms-houses, Of the asylums, Of
the prisons, and of the scaffolds,
on either bank, / do not wonder
that every thoughtful man is pre-
JUDGED against this vile stuff CALI
alcohol.
Intemperance cuts down youth
in its vigor, manhood in its
strength, and age in its weakness.
1t breaks the fathers heart, be.
reaves the dotlng mother, extlD-
guishes natural affection, eraces
conjugal love, blots out ilial ct.
tachment, blights parental hope,
and brings down mourning age in
sorrow to the grave. 1t produces
weakness, not strength; sickness,
not health; death, not life. It
makes wives widows, children
orphans, fathers fiends, and all Of
them paupers and beggars. IL,
feeds rheumatism, nurses gout,
welcomes epidemics, invites cAoIerEs
imports pestilence, and embraces.
consumption. 1t covers the land
with idleness, poverty, disease ana
crime. 1t fills your jsils, supplies
your aims houses, and demands
your asylums. 1t engenders con
troversies, fosters quarreis, and
cherishes riots. 1t crowds your
penitentiaries, and furnishes the
victims for your scaffolds. 1t is
the Likelihood of the gambler, the
aliment of the counterfeiter, the
prop of the highwaymeR, and the
support Ofthe midnight incendiary.
1t countenances the liar, respects
the thief, and esteems the blasp-
hemer 1t violates obligation,
reverences fraud, and honors in
fanny. 1t defames benevolence,
hates love, scorns virtue. and
ISLANDERS innocence. 1t incites tho
father to butcher his helpless off
spring, helps the husband to mas
sacre his wife, and aids the child
to grind the parricidAl axe. 10
burns up man and consumes women,
detests life, curses GOD. and des-
pises Heaven. 1t suborns WitRss--
es, nurses perjury, deflles the jury
box, and stains the judicial erminO.
1t brides votes, disquali6es votes,
corrupts elections, pollutes our
institutions, and endangers our
Government. 1t degrades the
citizen, debases the Legislator,
dishonors the statesman, and dis
arms the patriot. 1t brings shame,
not honor; terror, not safety;
despair, not hOpei misery, not
happiness. And with the maleV~
olence of fiend it calmly surveys
it's frightful desolations; and,
Insulated with havoc, it poisOns
felicity, kills peace, ruins morals,
blights confidence. Stays reputation
and wipes out national honor, thea
curses the world and laughs at it's
ruin.
1t does all that and more. 1t
MURDERS the soul. IT is the sum
o. all vilIainies; the father OF
crimes the mother of ell abomina-
tions; the curse of curses; the