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T HE MTX TCOLOGTST .
after first determining to be moderate, you should find
out which beverage you are suited for. One good test
is to examine the tongue in the morning after d rinking.
If
it is coated after drinking beer, and not coated after
.
drinking whiskey, leave beer alone.
If
it is coated after
drinking whiskey, but not after drinking b eer, leave
whiskey alone.
If
it is coated after drinking both ,
leave both alone.
In the year
1780
the State Legislature of ) fnssacbuset ts passed th e
following resolution :
" Inasmuch as the manu facture of strong beer, ale and other
malt drin ks promotes the p u rposes of ag ricultu re, .trad e a nd
commerce ; since they promote th e cultivation of such g rains
ns are adapted to our soil and cli mate, anrl since th ey th ereby
nt the same time produce a valua ble a rticle of expo rt, and
because m alt liC]uors, on account of their wholesom P. qunl·
ities, strongly recommend themselves for gea crnl use : s in ce
they form im portnnt menus for the preservation of the h0alth
of the citizens of this State, and protect a nd guard ngninst
the harm ful eflects of ' tronger liquors; therefore. be it
Resolved thnt all brewers who make yenrly more than one
h undred barrels of beer shall be free from iaxes a nd d uties
for five years,"
'f h is is such a great contrast between then and now thnt ev ery sensi–
ble mnn must see bow foolish the views of th e present temperan ce fan –
a tics are, compared with the views of their forefa thers.
Reform Movements would have better prospects o f success
if
th ey
would d irect their attentiOJl to ind uce the people to drink on ly pure
bevernges li ke the brew of The Ch ristian Moerlein Brewing Co., brew–
ers of fin e beer exclusively, and not ord innry corn brew, which a re only
good to fi ll up. F ine beer, like Moerlein 's, is d rank m oderately.
If
this
class of beer was used exclusively th ere would be b u t little d runken–
n ess , and prohi bition lnw would be n nnecessnry.