JOTIN hODD.
New Echota, c. N. Oct. l3, 1928.

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The facts stated in the following letter ought to
be published in every newspaper, and read in every
family in the Union. 1t is from respectable gen.
teman, to another in Canandaigua, New York, pub
lished in the Canandalsua Repository.


Dean Srn-The subject of Temperance loses
none Of it's interest among us. Mr.. B who has
large dstery in Our village, and whe has doneIarge
business in ardent spirits. last evening told me,
with emphasis, ;. that dstilIery is my property, and
while live, 1t shall make no more Whiskey." He
says, that although he sold whskey at good rate,
vet his books will show that the amount of debts lost
by failures, occasoned by drinking his whiskey is
greater than all his profits; and he is fully Of the
opinion that most of the country merchants. who
sell ardent spirits, would find the to be true in
their case, if they would care fully examine their
books. H. has family of children. for whose well
fare he feels deep interest. H. anJ another man.


VINO like himself h as long been resident in this
County, and we'll acquainted with all its concerns,
we're recently conyersing on the changes which had
taken place among the inhabitants. ln this conver
sa ion one fact came out, prominent and appalling.
Of all The many men aoho haze. from the beginning
been engaged IN distiliiag spirits IN this county,
ncheye gou koo distleries abound, not could be
remembered aoho had not found drankards graue.
or left adru.ken family to curse the community and
be Themselves despised There are those in the coun


ty who are now engaged IN the business OF dlstlll-
INC, who, according to the common acceptation Of
the term. are bv no means draihards. The fact is
declared to be true only respecting those who are
dead but il proves, so far as analogy can prove
any thing that the same cause will produce the
effects on those who are engaged in dlstilIIng


spirits, or on their families. Thus it appeared TO
Mr. h. while his children came into mind, that the
business in which he was engaged was awfully haz-
artluus if not to himself it was to his children.