The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-06-02
TEMPERANCE LESSON.

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School Lessons, by j. G.. Reynolds
May S-l'rovcrbS 23:2g-3j.
The Door of Entrance Almost every
/ drunkard staggering along Drunk
ard land la this country today en-
| tered that thUroughfarc through the
/ American saloon. Most all the
states have laws fOrbiddng the sale
Of liquor to minors, but every liquor
| dealer knows he must sell to the
young man bcfor" he is 81 aud get
an appetite formed, or he will never
have him ms customer. VIII j..
Otwrll, the editor Of Otwclls Farm
err Boy, paper devoted to the in
tcrcst of farmer boys of this cUuu-
try. received u letter the other day
from one of his boys that ought 10
be read by parents everywhere 1t
shows very furcibly how the boys
are drawn into IA" druukard's way.
The following l. the letter:
"Drar Mr.. Otwcll: | took my
first drink last saturday. ! am 50
ashamed / can't tell anybody but
you. am only IT., and pa would
Kill me If he knew H. but pa votes
for saloons because be says th"
license helps to run our town. send
me n true blue pledge quick, and !
promise you never to do it again.
Tn" way it happened, seven Of ~
farmer boys wCr" i'm town and some
Of the big ones got to teasing Us and
Saying We were afraid to 20 in n -u-
loon, aud when we went In th"y
laughed at Us ahd said we were
afraid to drink Il glass of red ~tutI
t,tt
whisky, ! am awfully ashamed.
and It made me awful sick, and !
nearly fell OIL my horse going home.
Please don't show my letter to- amy
one. YOUR Boy.
Commenting on this letter Mr..
Otwcll says: "What do you boys
think Of that? What do you girls
think Of that? What do you parents
think Of That? | am no artist II !
were | would paint you "A picture of
lOO,OO keen, BRIGHT boys who are
given every year to keep alive tine
mcHucst, lOwduwn business that
ever blackourd the fair name Of amy
country. ! want yuu tu look nt that
fine sUddi" horse going by, and
GuuTg" his manly erect owner.
George Is going tu town tu spend
Sunday afternoon and buy few
.tI,ipps tLui In moods Jir r.rris n
low rrirnds nnd ,hny hive u nice
limo t,Itipp ny.r tI,. Grul work
md ,Inu,, tnv,rds r,.uir. Grnrpr
find, himself in place hr never cu-
tered hriuro. lie gets home all
IrIt md /, ,hln tn slim INTO he'd
.vi,Lnn, r,tnnr ar n,n,brr ru,yinu
II and laws ms ynuup rur,.,yrr ON
~. riIInW tn .,l,,r' nn ,l,r. ,...rts of
hi. tir.t drink Of wbisEm,. "No.
his j. mn ,tr,,rpr II nuuprus
,,.r,. dp, pua Iurdr,d t.nuspud
bnys nnst ,,,l.r rho FIRST dr,.l. rurh
ynrr- vas md lnn 600 tpEr line last
drinl rprh yrnt vnui ,. Inc rr-
.rnrrrd u, SAVING TINT iln. tuur will
,,,,I, in SmIarj,, when ,.Iu w!ll
,ynudnr why tLry' nyrr nIt mn will
III, .,i,nn lu.in,.s nj iii 10 my
mind If il "a mrour, luyy,r.dn,yn
husinrss linn ryrr slavery WINS. II
win ,trnI n hoy's rbnrurtIr,nd take
lis ioh rwnv from him n viii tnke
nycTy doIlnT ONT nf n non', nvcrnils
md thru kirk him am fine hocL
door. Yes. sir. il is a bl,phtinp.
withrrin, burning sbumr and rs
ruuuph tn make every man blush
who hns n vote
9TH" Destiny of the Ecrublic j.
with the hnvs Ycs Grnry. has
nromisrd never tn tnurh il again.
and | believe him. but every sunday
nftrrpuon. ms see the hnvs 90 nv
on horseback. | am reminded that "A
solid pbalnnX. oUO miles lnnr. must
ride into this awful vortex very II
mouths in order io keen mis- nc
rur..d mill yrirdiny.
~ nm not talking about Won men
whose whiskrrs are ,in@.d with
gray. You have been sidr.,teppiug
hnvr hrr",nn string,bnitrI mi /
ann thinking about George. only III