The Brandon news., 1910-07-07

blers, and we know that it was ot
such prevalence two thousand years
ago that at the crucihxion of the Sa-
viour the Roman soldiers publically
cast lots for his garments. 1t is q
question like that of intemperance, that
has taxed the minds of the lawmakers.
statesmen and moralists of every ma
tion of people who ever lived on earth
It is vice which peculiarly tends tc
cultivate the evil side of man. 1t draws
out of him latent evil predispositions
which could not be otherwise reached
by any invention Of the devil. 1t mat
horse race, an election, chicken fight
ball game, crap game, cotton futures
or the ordinary game of pitch or seven
up, or even the venerate American
game of draw poker the result on our
moral nature is the same 1t appeals
to our cupidity, Our covetousness, ou1
desire to get something for nothing
It continually offers temptation tc
cheat and defraud. 1t cultivates sus-
picion and distrust of our neighbor
It breeds idleness apd viciousness. II
takes our minds off of our occupation
and employment and takes us from
Our own business and Our families
and, it almost inevitably leads to
drunkenness, poverty, disgrace anc
shame"
In discussing the evil effects of the
unlawful sale of whiskey, the cour,
was very severe. He called attention
to its baneful influence, characterizin9
it as the worse curse of the land Con
tinuing he said:
"And about whiskey-whiskey is the
greatest agency for evil the devil has
yet invented. 1t represents the best
fruits of his endeavor. 1t is the climax
of his noted achievements. 1t must
have been designed first by the chief
architect of hell, and intended to give
us pretty good idea what to expect
when we reach the lower regions. l
believe if any man wants to test the
tortures of real hell, let him tamper
with 'red liquor"
After the evil of liquor selling hac
been thoroughly exposed, respects
were paid to the pistol .toter." Ot
him his Honor had to say:
"The twin evil of the blind tiger
is the pistol toter, and it is remarkable
how they go together. You may take
the ordinary boy, just as soon as he
finds that blind tiger, he finds out
that he needs a pistol. With a bottle
in one pocket and a ''left hand Wheel
err in the other he is ready for busi-
ness 1t does not make any difference
much about the class of business, just
so he is occupied. Hewill be satisfied
at anything from racing and shooting
on the public highway to murder. Bui
he is best satisfied when he can get
Gin weaving way" and stagger arounc>
some religious service. He will not
stay in one place long at time, but
he keeps on the move, in the house
and out and all over the grounds, "reel-
ing and rocking" having time,
"free, white and twenty-one,' IF yor
don't like it, don't take it" kind Of a
way so that everybody can see that
he is duly and truly prepared. That
boy knows that when he drinks whis-
key, he, has done wrong. He knows
when he goes to patronizing bllnd-tl-
gers he has gone little further anc
not until then has he had the courage
to face the world in his meanness, but
when he gets a few drinks of the vile
stuff usually handled by the blind-ti-
gers, he Wants%to take another plunge
in wickedness and gets him a cleft
hand Wheeler" And then he's fixed
until he gets little more hardened
unless he accidentally happens to have
one of those rare, old fogy, old-fash-
ioned idea daddies who, instead OF
temporising with him, making ex-
cuses for him, paying fines for him
meets him Sunday night when he
comes in from his ,debauch with a
buggy whip and the next morning al
day-break, with his throat afire from
an unnatural thirst, and his head throb-
bing with pain, starts him to following
old Beck The best court for these
boys, just starting, the best Keely cure
for them | know is slender, red elm
limb about six feet long and eight
days old in the hands of an irate father
''To the members of the bar and Of
fcers of this court and to the people
| truthfully say that go on the bench
without any ill-will towards any one
without beinc under anv OBLIGATION O