Year: 1873

From Fort Dodee.-J. l.. PRAISE. Deal Sir. have been receiving the CoNN WEST. ERN NRws for some time, which has beer sent me by friend. and like it 90 well 1 that have concluded to subscribe for it.

 It's local items alone are worth the price oi

 subscription. I formerly lived in Old Canaan, but have been in Iowa over 1s years, 90 am called an old settler. came I before foot of railroad was built, (nou I we have near three thousand miles, and l when there were but three thousand lnhab itants, and have seen wonderful changes We gre having mild, pleasant weather, and have had but four or five cold rough daya this fall. The farmers are still blowing and picking corn, and it looks as though we might have mild winter.

 W. M. WRTHRRELL,

 Fort Dodge, Iowa,

 Nov l7th, 1873. WAssEAe ct LaksViHS. S.-ER. ED1roR We knov it is most humiliatiEg, but may ss we'll confess it at once, that whiskey tipplins in our village is rapidly on the in- crease. Particularly is this noticeable on the Sabbath-for few weeks past at least. No longer ago than last Sunday was there seen reeling through our streets persons 90 intoxicated that they were wholly unable to walk or maintain an upright position any length of time, and in the evening 8 man on She sidewalk was fairly collared by one who had just enough down to feel little ugly. On Saturday last we understood a man had to be loaded into his sleigh. he be. ing too drunk to load himself in. It seens not to make any difference whether licensed or not, all seem to sell alike indeed whis- Key selling seems about the only business at the present time which we can quote ss lively in our village. The drunken are seen every day. A day or two since one of our merchants was under the necessity Of forcibly ejecting from his premises one in this state. on account of his rowdyism and rudeness. And now the question comes up. "What are we going to do about 1t ?" We all know what the law is. That is all right. It says explicitly: 'No one shall sell drop without license," and heavy penalties are annexed as punishment to those who disobey. It also ssys: Those who are licensed shall be placed under wholesome restrictions." to which they pay not the least attention. Well, will tell you what will be done about it. and it is this: Just as much and no more than the community, as such, desire. It is well known that attempts have been made in two instances in our village within few years to suppress the traffic. It has in a great degree failed to do this for lack of support from large part of our citizens, and that too from those whom we should reasonably expect would be the first to up hold good morals and temperance in every way possible, and the few who thought it their duty to go forward and endeavor to stem the tide of intemperance which then and now seems sweeping over us, were met by curses and taunts Shame! shame on ourselves! yes, on any community who will willingly tolerate this vile, loathsome. body and soul destroying habit in it's midst: who will allow few thus to deal out to their fellow creatures for the sum of tes cents g!oss, this liquid Are, which so con- verts man into demon takes away his brains and places himself for the time upon level with the brute creature. Citizens and neighbors! allow one of your number to appeal to you. Do you really want to see these things go on increasing aa they have the last few weeks, until we are con- pletely over-run by this class7 The matter is in your own hands. You have good laws. and it remains to be seen whether you have the back bone to enforce them.

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