CORRESPONDENCE.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents PROHIBITION.-A SUGGESTION. TO THE BDITOB. Fib, — As legal compensation is by no means acceptable to great numbeis, and as rmny rejrard tha deprivation of the hotelkeepers of iheir prosent means of livelihood without the menns, it may be, of starting npon another, as a real hardship, i while some may even regard it as doing evil that good rauy como ; may I suggest that a voluntary fmd be started to be called an "Amelioration Fund," or by v some suitable name, to ease the passage of those engaged m the trade from their present to some future occupation— in plain language to give them a fresh start' if they need suoh hwlp. I believe mury wonld regard suoh a fund with favor who would strenuously oppose compensation, while those who believe that we ought to do good to those who do evil to us &s a community, would oonsider it as aa acceptable means of oarrying out this injunction of tbe greatest Teacher of mankind, and etill vote heart and soul for Prohibition without Compensation. Among those who would vote m this way and subsoribe to snoh a fund, I think would be those who find the tempatiohso drink to excess too strong for thepn, but . who despise themselves afterwards l fpr \ yielding ; aUo those who having ho . particular love for the oup, drink for, tbe , sake of goodfellowsbfip. Many thouaands 1 believe, inoluding some tn the trade wonld be glad to,- see the whole thing banished from onr midst, even tbongh they do not oare to utyjtclrf To show that that I am In earnest tn this matter I am prepared to promise^ve pounds to suoh n fund, and hope sincerely E that I may be soon called upon to perform. j My journey home the other might ' unpleasantly broken by the necessity of i > retpoviug to ft neghborlDg farm (with tha i assistance of the owner and a friend) a poor I drnnkatd, a fine yonng man, whom. I > found sleeping heavily upon the roadside v m danger of being orushed by the traffic, 9 and especially— bat for belug fqund— " by a portable engine and dray whlob vera ? ooming along the same side, and whioh stopped while we were removing him. I 1 should not bave seen him bat for having i met him lo the daylight, as I was driving r In, staggering along. My thought was, 1 "perhaps be was not able to reach hia i destination and is lying upon the road,' a and I kept an eye up for him. So seeing s something very Indlstinotly I alightad and , found the poor objsot. As (t was, he waa c onable to walk wiih the help of one on * either side on aooount of au Injured ankle. - 1 Such scenes as this ought to enhanoe oui i seal In the cause of temperanoe,- while wt } still wish well to those In the trade, y I am, Sir, youra etc,, c Amicus, Willowby, Oo^ber 24 1889.