What Alcohol Does !
Q ill " Alcohol cuts down youth id its vigour, manhood in its strength, and ag«» in its weakness It break* thfi father's hpart, bereaves the doting" mother, extinguishes natural affection. t-rasfß conjugal love, bl^ts <-ut filial attachment, blipb « parental hope, and i>»-ii.fr i.thii! lture a .re in sorrow to the -iravp. It produces weakness, not .strength ,• stcknes-. not health ; death, tn »r lite It noakp* wive- wjdow>. chil<lr» . ..r. phans, fathers fiends, and nil pair nrlt feeds rbew.'tatis n. > ur-i- -.'out, welcorors epidi-nrcs, invites cholera, imports pestilent c, and etnKnices con gumption. It covers tlv land with misery, idleness, and crim ■ Jr pngend^rs controv>-r.-ieß, tost^rs qu-ir-rels, and cherishes riot. It crowds your penit<nti 1.-ie . an-i furnishes victims fur th» -cuff.!.!. It is the blood of the p-ambler. Rle clement of the burglar, tbe pr •[/ d the high-wvayiian, and tbe sunpon ■ t lhemidDi«>ht incendiary. It counts - ances the liar, respects the thief. . ■ ! teems blasphemy. It violates oh. r ' tions, reverences frauds, honours famy. It defames benevolence. i> • love, ecorns virtue and inooc . Ir incites the father to but-n.i . helpless offspring 1 , tad the <:>•< i grind the patricidal axe It. '■<> «. • m*»n, consumes women, detroys life, curses God, and despises h"nvfu. Kuborns witnesses, nurse p'»rriilv nic« the jury-box, and - 1-» : f-- - • j ioil emu « i t ribe v • quu 6V* < ores, cormpt- •i <■ : ■• ■• lnt.«-M our iitfttvwwnn ji'nl n •••■»■." tb»- <•■ Ver l/K'Jlf It ilt'gt-h ril■ ■- li" cifizert, deSaß'^ ho l**^> . -. l« ••;•. m - boiiOll"- fh»" 11. iJII'J .11 .-•■ tbe pHfriof It i»ri -» Hfiiimt not honour ; t-r---ror, not ba(< ty ; <U-.»\tair, not hope ; mifcery, nut tia|.t.nn h« ; ami wi<U mul voUnceof "he fie «i cnhfiiy mjrv.y- itk fri^litul (if-oiij i<>/ jS'iiiii'il *i/i hnvoc, if i>«ij«i/j»rt fi•j ie 1 1 v . kniM |i>',(;< . rum> im.rai-, pi'lluTi-K <vi iwifiorj.i b- -, i. n . . a . liiujtli> ut ii rui/i j It docs that ancJ more — It inurdi'm tbe you I It i- (he sum o\ ail viliuini's, the father ol all crimefc rh< Ml-:!.. !• -.) ;i|! :ilif;;i : i ■■■ s. I 1. 1' n' 6>l i i« ii.i, ai.tl <• O ...liUUg.^. I — Colonel lagersoll.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 30, 4 August 1894, Page 4
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345What Alcohol Does! Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 30, 4 August 1894, Page 4
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