To the Editor of the 'Evening Mail.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 119, 11 May 1876, Page 2

To the Editor of the 'Evening Mail.

Sib,— However distressing it is to seethe multiplication of hop gardens tn our midst* denoting an .increasing consumption of beer, it is better that the be«r should be flavored with the nervinr tonic bitter of the hop, than the poisonous biter of strychnine. In a case that has recently come under the writer's notice of an overdose 1 of beer, the symptoms were very much like those of an overdose of strychnine, .viz';,' vomiting, violent muscular contraction, and persistent closing of them«uth like lock jaw. Theie symptoms were, it is true, accompanied by others denoting narcotic poisoning, such us the alternating of a state of unconsciousness with one of excite ment of brain. Since Government takes under its shelttring wfng 'the publican's interest, is it not morally bound to see that the liquors sold under its own - license shall -contain no other' intoxicating or poisoning ingredient besides alcohol? Ur would it not be be better for. Government to cesse, aid to cause the publicans* to cease from acquiring a revenue irora the intoxication, pauperisation, and demoralization of the people ?, r r : When will the Übttenberg system advocated in a former communication be allowed a fair and impartial trial ?.- Yours, &c, ' ! } A Si.bsfi.ebs Thinker. -- May 9. " .;. ' ■-• <— •