The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-28
DEATH I'm BEER.
LC0mmunicatel. !

Many people have an idea that beel
/ ls n food, and not injurious. Modern
research has proven that it kills mork
slowly but as surely a. whiskey.
The Toledo Blade reeently made an
investigation making inquiries Of lead
ing physicians and surgeons Of thai city
Toledo i 1 beeF-drinking city. Ihe
German population Il very large. Thefs
are five bfeWesies and probably more
beer Is used there per capita than IL
any other city III this country. Ol
these physicians Allo Were caiisnited
The Rlade says
Every one IL not only gentleman,
.of the highest personal character, but
Is a physician whose profes i0nal abili-
ties haze been severely tested, and re-
eeiyed the stamp ot the highest insiorse-
ment hy the public and their profes.
sional hrtlren, More skilifnl physicians
are not - be found anywhere Ne have
not selected those 81 known temperance
principles What they say of beer II not
olared By any feeling for or against
tempeFanee but II tie cold, bare expert
enee of men 81 science who know where
Of they speak
Not one of them speaks favorably of
the use of beer Only few brief ex-
tracts can be given here.
Dr. S, II BlHgen. 4 practitioner IS
years. y ID Toledo, says: / think beer
kills quicker than any other liquor. HI
you could drop into little circle of
doctors when they are having quiet.
professional cliat ygn would hear enough
In i Jew minutes to terYify Won as 70
the work of heer One will saw What s
become of sosand So. / haven't seen
him around lately oh. he's dead
Dead What was tle matterY Beer
Another will say I've Just come from
Blanks, | am afraid its about nv last
call or him. poor fellow What the
tronblee' Oh, he's been d regular beer
lrinker for Years. A third win remark
how has, just gone ont like
candle III q draft Of wind. Beer Il
tile reason given. And 50 on till half i
dozen physicians have mentioned fifty
recent cases where apparently strong.
hearty men, 1T time Of life when they
should be IN their prime. have suddenly
dropped iuto tile grave. 10 say they are
habitual beer drinkers II sufficient ex,
PLANTATION to any physician
DR. NJ q. Parmalee; II have no doubt
the rapid spread Of Bnghts disease i
largely due to beer-drinking Beer
drinkers are peculiarly liable TO die OF
pneumonia. Their vital power IS So
lowered that they are liable to drop of
from any form Of acute disease. Beer
drinking produces rheumatism BY pro
dueing congestion and ultimately degen.
Grafton Of the liver"
DR. S. S. Lungren, a leading homeo-
pathic physician and surgeon. has prac.
fieed in Toledo twenty five years. 1T
is difficult to find any part Of the con
firmed beer drinkers machinery that is
doing its work as II should This is
why their life cords snap off like glass
rods when disease or accident gives them
little blow. Beer drinking shortens
life. This IS moi a mere opinion; it IS a
we'll settled recognized fact. Physicians
and insurance companies accept this as
unauestienably as any other undisputed
fact Of science. The great English phy=
sieians decide that the hearts action IS
Increased IS per cent. in its efforts to
throw eli alcohol introduced into the cir
cnlation9
II YOU think the sale OF such goods
not necessary in Rarre. then vote No