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daughters wailing, and every one Two Cities -Rum and No Rum. if published in detail, the Guelph F For and Against Tobacco.
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her neighbor lamentation ; for tUath
man would not believe a word of it. I
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The
pleas offered for it by its
Guelph in’Ont&rid, Canada, is 54
is come up into our windows, and
And there never was one draw­
votaries are as follows: It is fash­
is entered our palaces, to cut off years old; population, 10,000; 12 back to an ever increasing prosperi­
ionable; it is -genial company; it
churches ; 5 public, I high and some
the children from Without and the (
ty in Vallejo but the grogshop.
soothes the nerves and enables one
young men from tho streets.” Who private schools; 28 teachers. Al­ But for that it could have' had now
to do better work ; it preserves the
shall stay the stream of death, if I ways licensed the sale of rum. Has a population of 40,000 or 50,000.
a police magistrate salary $1,200, It could have been the first man­ teeth; it is an anti-fat; it is a 1
we do not ?
luxury. --------------- —---- :—-------------
ufacturing town of the State after
“ How long, O righteous Lord-! How
The dbjections to 'its use, as
costs $750, and a sergeant of police and probably before San Francisco.
long
stated
by Professor Hinds in his
JjoOO, and 2 policemen at a salary It could have been the industrial
Shall th is great curse prevail ? ’
Ye sons of light, rise in your might
**of S45O each, and another police*
recent work, entitled “ The Ise of
center of the State. And it'could
And make the demon qnail.
Tobacco,” are the following.:. .
■ man is asked for.
be so yet if it drove out the^ crime
It can be done, it will be done
1. While it is a source of great
Its pobr rate was in 1881/ and loafer schools which have al
When the Godly unite in power ;
i $1,914; crime, drunk 138; disor- ~~+ w&yk-devoured its people and their i present Revenue to the people who
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I cultivate it, it will in the end be
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28 ; larceny
Our aim the bright eternal shore.
_ 42;’ vagrancy
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substance. But no business can
detrimental to the country, because
- We march not wilh the trumpets blast, 2u ; keeping disoit lerly houses 6;
thrive there but that of rum and
We ask no clarion voice to fire,
itis/a'crop which is very exhaust­
street walkers 6 ; assaulting police
Our souls with injuries past,
i , •» •? ; malicious injury 2 ; burglary 41; the ruinous vices that arc its part­ in^ to the soil and soon wears out
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ners: Its last factory left it lately
Or thoughts of calamities dire ;
the
land. Besides, it is not to the
nd 6 other., serious offences. A because its men. were rendered use­
Tbe catm Boft flutes oar patbsurcrunif
very crrderiy city compared with less by the dramshop. The brewer, buyer a just equivalent for the
Send forth sweet Eolian breath ;
money he pays for it.
We need no clamour of sterner sound J thoye of California.'
and rumseller have been a damage
To save our brother from a drunkard’s
A Mr. Joseph Ryan, of Guelph,
2. Tlte use of tobacco is a habit
to Vallejo of twenty times the pre­
death,
wrote to the Mayor-of Vineland,
which continually grows stronger,
sent value of all the properl
To these our treasures -undismayed,
i N. J , a towrt that never had license.
at, the same time weakening the
To save our sufferiug land we tr ust,,
in it and have murdered man^
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The
Mayor;
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will,; and finally making man its
Wherein the past its fame hath laid,
Hie Mayoi, Ju.M’ph Mason, an-
hundreds of its people in various
swers:
Vineland is is 21 years old ;
• With Freedom’s sword and vhlorsdiiBÍ. swers
: Vineland
abject slave.
Such habits are
ways, and have been a deadly moral
» The noble work our hero fathers begun population, 7,000; »15 churches; 4
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sedulously to be avoided, although
In tho contar? ot the recent [»»I ; - , puttie, |
and 2X toach- l r’';5't' e““ bc31Jo “ a on" ' Rescue.
thty could be shown to have no
Their li.nl ion. wiH not deem it O om , ers M
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The Good Time Coining.
other ill effects.
Till the present rum-seller be the last
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BY JIAIHETES.
3. Its associations are very bad;—
—J* fOtn sla v ery’s—blight on r l an d- wo tra tx'>. n i.> ¿.ul a r^. Gust-of -1 police -
freed,
man in 1881, $20. Appropriated
A bettor day is coming
It‘is the inseparable companion of
Fpr
suffering
ones
who
mourn
■" . But a greater curse corri routs »»- wt ill," l a st year $800 ..fur_poor ^there are
dram-drinking, gambling, * loafing
The twin brother of that leprous breed 9 poor to look after. Crime in » O’er husbands, sons and fathers.
By rum, to ruin borne !
Baffles our toil, confounds our skill,
1881, drunk 10; assault 5; larce­
• 4. As a social habit, it makes
Like Rachel of old Columbia her loss
forever,
Shall widow’s tears,
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nies 4.
one acquainted with strange com­
bewails,
low,
in
vain
Unnoticed
flow,
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\ ineland votes every year on
panions.* It also encourages loaf-'
Bewails her thousands sent to drunk
Shall starving orphan’s pleadings ,
license
and
from
1
to
28
votes
have
ing, lounging and laziness.
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aril’s grave ;—— _
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No cognizance obtain ?_
Veen
cast
writs
favor.
People
There
She mourns the blood that, notliiug
5. Tts physiological effects, un-
Nay, as Jehovah liveth
avails,
are agreed to have no grogshop.'
less it is very carefully and moder­
And Jesus loves Lis own ;
Since we’re bondmen yet—Rum’s ob Homemade wine can be sold not
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ately used,.are such as to warrant
’ Those tears and plaintive pleadings
ject slaves—
less than one galkn, and there are
Shall reach the eternal throne,
its abandonment, even if thcre were
Rise freemen, and kindle Freedom's
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lots
of
people
who
keep
some
liquor
no other considerations. ’
’ fires !
And, in his own good season,
in their houses purchased
Who slumbers not nor sleeps,
From our proud banner wipe tho foul ^oijwine
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. ’ G. All its ill effects are transmit­
He’ll recompense tho orphan
stain ;
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elsewhere. But there being no
ted from parent to child, and usually
íhe precious lives ’lost, the blood of grogshop or beer diyo, drunkenness
And solace her who weeps.
with a weakened constitution and
your noble sires,
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and immorality are at a minimum ;
Nor shall this season tarry
a disposition to intemperance.
O, let it not have been sacrificed in
Nor justice be delayed ;
amTwliat little there is,-of course is
7. It is a filthy habit.
vaiml—
Though hell’s fierce howling legions
mainly
due
to
the
drink
purchased
Prohibit the traffic the drunkard to
8. It is an expensive habit.
Against it be arrayed.
elsewhere.
save,
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9. It is of doubtful morality, be­
For God himself is speaking
Neglect this, and you nevér can
these we might add a com-
cause its consequences are bad.—■
In tones that all shall hear,
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free ; '
ment on another city—Vallejo. No
liural Home.
And Rum’s oppressive minions
Liberty, union, freedom to the stave,
government or corporation ever ex­
Shall learn his name to fear.
Temperance only can preserve .the
pended a dollar in the fuitherance
three.
Iowa Constitutional Amend­
From Maine to sunny Georgia,
of the prospects of Guelph or Vine-
ment. ,
Is heard the battle cry ;
Do you vote for rum ' If a man
lun 1. But the U. S. government
From Atlantic to Pacific
should come into your town, bring­
has expended in Vallejo something
S ection 26. No person shall
As lightning doth it fly.
ing a lot of handcuffs, and propose
like 20 million dollars in payment
manufacture for sale, sell,"or keep
Columbia's sons and daughters,
to put them on the wrists of every­
j of wages on the liavj^yard. It had
for sale as a beverage any intoxi­
United, soon shall stand,
body, bringing also ‘ chain and
And the Prohibition army
ten years ago, nearly 7,000 people;
cating liquors whatever, including
tali’’' for the feet of every one,
Shall sweep this glorious land.
has now a good deal less. Property
ale, wine and beer. The General
wouldn’t there b« a stormy time
Then rally, friends'Of justice,
i utterly unsaleable, and lots close to
Assembly sli^ll, by law, prescribe
over such an effort to turn freemen,
Ye
snfl
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ring
and
oppressed
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the city are only worth the price of
regulations for the enforcement of
While now, the call is sounding
into slaves? That is what the
farming land per acre. -It has 6
By heaven’s high behest.
the provisions herein contained,
, rumscllers propose to du. Vote him
chinches, all except the Catholic
Then bail the good time coming,
and shall thereby provide suitable
down. Vote him into the county
That
good
time
we
shall
see
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with I he smallest congregations,
penalties for violations of the
The rum fiend Shall be banished
jail where- people may have the
aiul it ha< over S'» grogshops and
And our country shall be' free.
provisions hereof.
privilege of handcuff* ” to their
The flowers of peace shall blossom
hearts’ content, if lheyVvili persist deus of crime well attended; and a
And grateful voices tell,
list
oi
ciime
and
drunkenness
and
“A good understanding have all- ’
in breaking the laws again and
Our God is king cterual
i they that keep'his commandments. ’
I suffering women and children that
again.— Fi eeman’s.Paper.
And “ doeth all things well.”
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