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BENGOUGH, Author of "Motley: Verses Grave and Gai/" ; the " ITp-foDafe (Single-Tax) Primer," etc. TORONTO : WILLIAM BRIGGS, WESLEY BUILDINGS. C. W. COAXES, Montreal, Que. S. F. HUESTIS, Halifax, N.S. 1898. MHlMMni xn one Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year thor.sand eight hundred and ninetyeight, by W.lmam Briooh. at the Department of Agriculture. -wHiFii^ } (lie at WHAT IS IN THE BOOK. .SECTION I.-DRINK. Lrsbon I. The Red Nose 11. The Child and the Man - III. How Drink Kills Sense - IV. Brains no Match for Drink - V. Fine Form Gets the Knoj'k-Out - VI. The Korse that Goes Wild - VII. How Rum Cooks -^he Brain - VIII. Rum Ruins the Home IX. Drink Makes the Proud Man Crinije X. The Child Sent Out to Be« - XI. Death ijy the Rope - . . . Paok 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 SECTION II.— A PUBLIC EVIL. XII. The Words of the Judge XIII. Dpink Piles up the Tax - XIV. The Mark on the Door - XV. The Board of Health XVI. Not so Big as the Juo - XVII. Poor Sense of the High Court XVIII. Is A Bug a Bee ? XIX. Let each Trade Show its Work - 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 SECTION III.— THE GIN MILL. XX. How the Gin Mill Works XXI. The Mask of the Gin Mill XXII. The Grand Bounce - XXIII. High and Low Gin Mills XXIV. A Nest of Foul Birds - 29 30 32 33 34 J J IV IV//AT IS IN THE HOOK, Lkhhon XXV\ TirR One Aim of the (Jin Mill XX Vr. When the iMask is Off - XXVII. A Bait to Catch Fools - XXVIII. How to Stop a Mao Hull XXIX. The Gin Mill Laichh at Law XXX. How TO Rule a Snake XXXI. The Oin Mill's Thumh - XXXII. The (Jin Mill Man on Vote Day XXXIII. A Worse Ouy Fawkes - XXXIV^. In Lea<;ue with the Gin Mill XXXV. When Will He Get Thehe? - XXXVI. Church, State, Gin Mill & Co, XXXVII. The Pop Gun and the Rock - XXXVIII. The Straw and the Club XXXIX. He Ends in the But XL. In the (jriN Mill's Clutch XLI. The Cute Bow-W^ows Paok 35 37 . 38 . 39 40 41 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 52 53 54 Sl^XriON IV.— THE CURE FOR THE EVIL. XLII. A Hkjh Tax is no Cure - - - - - - 56 XLIII. A Work with no End 58 XLIV. Turn Off the Tap 59 XLV. Meet Juc-pox Like Small- pox - - - - 60 XI-.VI. Clean Out the Jmj-pox Haunts - - - - 61 XLVII. The True Lymph for Ju«j-pox - - - - 62 XLVIIL Who Ought TO BE Paid? 63 XLIX. A Lame Cause 64 L. The Speech of the Loose Fish - - - - 65 LI. Men may Eat or Drink what Tiiey Please - 67 LII. The Will of the State 68 LIII. Clear Off the Stones 70 LIV. The Gin Mill Quack 71 LV. Why Keep a Wolf? 72 LVI. Why not be Calm? 74 LVII. Give the Word 75 Appendix - - - 77 Iia( It liin mil Bui thi^ Gla Paor 35 37 38 39 40 41 43 44 45 . 46 ■ 47 - 48 - 49 - 50 - 52 - 53 - 54 56 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 67 68 70 71 72 74 75 77 THE GIN MILL PRIMER. SECTION I. DRINK. LE880N I. The Red Nose. Do you see this Nose ? Yes, I see it. One would be blind, of a truth, if he did not see so Phun a Thing. For it is Plain, is it not ? It is Big and lied and out of Shape. Was the Man Born with such a Nose as this ? No, my dear. As a Child he was fair and had a cute, wee Nose. This is of his own make. It is, as one may say, a Work of Art. It took him quite a long time to make it, and cost him nuich. I do not think it was worth the Price. But why did the Man spoil a good Nose, and get this vile one in its stead ? He was fond of his Glass, you see. This Nose is the ripe Fruit of a 5 6 THE GIN MI LI. PRIMER. course of Drink. And this is hut one of tlio ills Drink does to a Man in his Face and Form. It makes a vast ehan^'e for the Worse in the Man from Head to Foot, so that what was y^ once a fine straight ^ Form gets to he I Bent and Weak, or (^Ise F'at and (Jross. LESSON II. The Child and the Man. Here, to make it more Phiin, we have the Child and the Man. You see what a change there is. The Child is fair of F'ace, and seems to be full of Joy and Hope, but the Face of the D/^fNK. be Mail is sad, and bears tlie Mark of an ill-s|)ent Life. Had the C'liild been wise and kept ekuir of Strong Drink, he would have been as fair in liis Ohl Age as in his Youth. His Faee might liave been Pak', with hues of Care in it, and his Hair as White as Snow, but still he would have liad a look of Sweet (^ahn. The Gray Hair of the Just is a Crown of Life. Hut Drink mars all. This youth went wrong and got a taste for Rum, and this is what he came to. Is it not a sad Wreck of a fair start? But this is not the worst of Drink's work. It ruins the Soul as well as the liody. LESSON in. the Inge How DiiiNK Kills Sense. Here is a Man of Good Sense. His Mind is clear and his Heart is kind. He bears Good- Will to all, and seelfs to do what is Right. He is known as a Man of Worth in the Town where he lives, and all look up to him. But, lo ! see what a change is here ! Can this be the same Man ? It is, my Child. Yet here he is in a rage. He Jumps and Swears and wants to Fight, and \ J J 8 rJ//L CIN MILL PRIMER. \\\ goos oil like a mad Man. What has niado a cliange in him ^ lias ho gone out of his Mind '{ Yes, he has for the Time, but it \s hy his own Act and Will. He has had some Strong Drink. l^he Vile Stuff* aets on the Brain, and soon turns a Man of Sense into a Fool. This is worse than the lied Nose, for he may in his mad states do some Act that will cause his liuin. sucli cu V( is t LESSON IV. Brains no Match for Drink. Here is a Man of Brains. He is known far and wide as one of our great Men. He writes, or plays, or paints, or pleads at the Bar, or sits in the high place of State. He has great gifts, and is one of the ^ lights of the Day. But ^0' now look and see the same Man in the next /)AVXA' 9 cut. Mark what Di'iiik has doiu* for Inin. II(M'i\ you s(M', his Head liau«^s (h)\vn, an guide Dm us, e wild Is of a ^ IS an kss he cook c ■s i .1 the Egg for him ? Yes, his good, kind Ma did. How did she cook it ? She put it to boil a short time in a dish on the Stove. An i^^^'g is soft when it is raw, and has what we call a Yolk and a White. This White is clear stuff, but when you cook the Egg, it gets quite firm and does not look at all the same. Now, the White part of the Egg is just the same as your Brain, and the fire that is in Strong Drink will cook your Brain to the same state as heat cooks an Egg. If you wish to prove this, just break an Egg in a glass of lium, or Kye, or Gin, and you will see how soon it gets hard. My Child, see to it that you keep your Brain as (rod made it. Be a raw Youth as to you! Brain, for it will hatch out no right thought if you cook it, just as you could not have a live .1 '^- 1 I Chick out of an P2gg ( that had been set to boil. Shut your Lips tight and keep out Strong Drink, if you would be safe. I 14 THE GIN MILL PRIMER. LESSON VIII. EUM EUINS THE HOxME. What is this ? It is a Home. The State is built on the Home, and if we would have a good, free, pure State, we must have Homes of the same kind. From what I have said as to Drink up to this point, it must be clear that it has all to do with the Home, and that Drink must be the one great Foe of the State. The Home, in its turn, is l)uilt on the heart and brain of Man, and Drink, as we have seen, makes a dire wreck of these, for it kills love and leads to all kinds of wrong and ill. You see the Man in this cut. He is the head of a Home — if we may so call it. At first it was a true Home, for he had love for his Wife, and peace dwelt with them, and their joy grew as in time there came to them a sweet Babe, and in a few years two J a iilii DRINK. 15 5tate is liave a Homes d as to t it has k must Home, ain of a dire to all an in e may for he them, me to s two more. Their cup of bHss was full. Love was the light of the place from day to day. But then came the foul Drink Fiend. The Man got to love a glass of beer, and his Wife from time to time would join him ir this. It was not long ere both were fond of Strong Drink. They were in chains as bond-slaves, and the Home went to the bad. Rags and filth took the place of the old joy, and now the Man is a dread to each Child. When he comes Hom.e thev all run and hide, for he is mad with Drink, and will beat them. His Wife is just as bad, and both spend much of their time in Jail. When they are at Home they fight night and day, and it is, in truth, more like a Den of wild beasts than a Home. LESSON IX. Drink Makes the Proud Man Cringe. Do you see this young Man ? He is a Youth of high mind, and proud of his good Name, as he has a right to be. He will do no mean Act, nor will he bow the Knee to any Man. It is grand to see a Youth whose pride is of the right stamp — who is too proud to stoop to what is mean or base, but I 16 THE GIN MILL PRIMER. w lili who has none of the mere vain })ri(U) of Rank or (toocI Looks. Bnt see the change that has now come to this yomig Man ! See him with the poor Chjthes and wan Face, which has lost its old look of pride. His Hair is rough and his Form is bent ; he does not seem to care how he looks. Can it be the same Youth ? Yes, it is the same ; yet not the same. He now begs from all he meets, with no sense of shame. He wants Drink, and will cringe and bow low to get it. He has, as they say, gone to the Dogs, for he is now a poor Slave who has lost all that made him good .tnd brave. Well may we say, what a Wreck is here ! tl ai LESSON X. The Child Sent Out to Beg. Here is a poor Child out on the Street. He begs from those he meets, too, but it is not by his own Will. He is sent out to beg by those who should have no need to send him. But, you see, they want Drink, and their Child is no more to them than a Slave to serve their will. If he does not bring coin to the Den he calls PR INK. 17 Rank it has Man ! lotlies 3st its [air is it ; lie 3W he ^outh ? ot the all he shame. >w low to the as lost A\ may IFome, as the Fruit of his day's toil in the Sti-eet, lie will he met with kicks and euii's. 1I(^ is taught to tell Lies to those he meets, so that they may give Alms, and it will he a rare c'liaiicc if he does not turn out to be a Thief and a Rogue when he grows up. It is the (;urse of Drink that has made those who should love and eare for this poor Child worse than Brute Reasts, and so \o\Y^ as Drink is sold in Bars,this dire work of ruin will go on. b. He not by those But, is no r will, e calls LES80N XL DEATir WY THK RoPE. Here is a dread Scene. It is that of i\ poor I Wretch Avho must die by the Rope. The Judge spoke his Doom as it is set down in the Law — to hang- by the neck till dead. While he was drunk he slew a Man, and now , to pay for his i 18 THE GIN MILL PRIMER. >)l ill DccmI, he must give up his own Life. He is but on(> of a long List of Men who have gone the same way, not a few of them Men of kind Hearts, who in their right Minds could have done no such Act. But Drink fires the Brain and turns Men to mad Fiends, so that they know not and care not what they do. Just think of the flood of Grief that breaks on the Soul of such a Man, when he wakes up to know what he has done ! He cries out, *' It was the Drink that did it, but the Guilt is mine and I must die ! " If it was not for the sale of Drink, such Scenes as this would be rare. But the tale of Drink has been one of Woe from the first, and so long as it is sold the Stream of Blood will flow. -/■*( He is ^e gone of kind (I have e Brain ^y know SECTION II. A PUBLIC EVIL :liink of Sonl of |w what Drink I must ik, such tale of Irst, and lod will LK8S()X XII. Tin: Words of the flrnoK. /^ See the grave Judge on the Bench. It is he who sent the poor Man to his Doom, and a sore task he found it to speak the Words of the Law, for he has a kind heart. Now the Judge turns to the full Court and speaks. Let us hear what he says. His words are : '' I have been for long years on the Bench, and I know the Facts of the Case. I do not fear to sav that Drink is the cause of three- fourths of all the Crime that we have in this Land. If an end were put to this Curse, there 19 20 THE CIX MILL PRLMLR. would ))(' l)ut siimll nerd for fFails, jind Courts mi^lit Ik' all hut shut u[). Aud, short of Ci'lnic that is dealt with hv the law, Drink is the cause of as «4ivat a shar(» of the Woe and Pain wo have in the World as War and Want and Seourj^e, all thrive." These are the calm Words of Truth, and are known to he sueh by all wlio hav(^ Ky(*s to sc*e the work of Drink as it goes on Day l)y Day. ill ifi LKSSON XI IL DiuxK PiLKs ri» TiiK Tax. 1 )o you see this Man witli th(» great Load on his back? ITe groans and sweats, for the weight is so great that he can scjarce bear it up. What is the Load ? Is it a thing lie wants and is glad to have ? No ; it is not Food nor Clothes ; it is a Load of Debt, and ho would fain be rid of it. It is what the Drink costs him. Ah, then, it is but right he should bear it, if he will have the Drink. But you are wrong. ^ A PUBLIC FAIL. 21 Courts t' Ci'iine io cause ^iiin we [ut and Words all who it goes i This inau does not use Stron<4" Diink at all; he is a u'ood Man who woi'ks liai'd each Dav. It is ri^ht that he should pay a fair tax to kecj) u[) the State, and he is <^lad to do so. Ihit this, he says, is not a fair Tax, for the Di'ink Trade is had for the State, and it is a shame that j^ood Men should have to i)ay for that which does nau«;ht hut ill. He has to pay for Courts, flails, and so on, nuich more than thev would cost if there was no Drink Trade, and I think Ik* has a j^ood ri<;ht to Kick. Do you not think so, too ^ [an with is back? ats, for at that it up. Is it a is glad )t Food ^oad of fain be at the i,then, should ve the Tong. LKSSON XIV. TiiK Mark on thk Doou. t^^ Why do these Folks take fi'ight and run in this way ? What do they fear ? I see no cause for them to show so much drea^^ \ ii^ LESSON XV. Thk Boaiu) ok TTkaltii. What Men are tlies(i who look so grave ? This is what we call the Board of Heakh. They have heard that Small-pox is in thd [Town, and are met to take the best means to stamp it out, and so save Life. They (h) not waste time in fine talk, but get to work at once and use all the aids they know of to meet and drive out the Scourge. It was by the Act of this Board that see the Cross i \v tlmt. that it in this id these y tliink y eatch ear the ml V-; A PUBLIC FAHL. 23 I the W\\\\\ was |)iit on tliat Door to warn all of \\\(\ Death that inij^ht lurk in the nlaee. 'I'hey (lid well, and they will get ))nt praise if they take all means, no odds what the eost may be, to save the Town. We feel that suc^h (;are is but right, and if they did not show it, the folks of the Town would have good cause to think they had a mad Board of Health, which they would rise and turn out with no loss of Time. Igrave ? Thoy n, and it out, lime in use all >ut the fd that LESSON XVI. Not so \\\K\ AS the Jud. This is a queer Scene, you think, my Child, do you not ? Yes, I do not know what it may mean. I see a large Jug and a small thing like the Bones of a dead Man's frame. I will tell you what it means, then. It is meant to show lii^l ■ .•arnMii-iiTilii (tlfl'i» J 24 r//E GIN MILL PRIMER. the size of tlie Drink Scourge when put side 1)}^ side with tliat of Sni«ill-i)ox. You have read of all the Woe and Harm done hv Drink, and it must be plain to you that Sniall-})Ox is l)y no means so great an ill. Small-pox can Imt kill the Man, and at most it kills l)ut few, as it is now^ held in check by the skill of Boards of Health, nor does it come more than once in a Avhile. The Drink curse is with us all the time, and kills far more Men, and kills them in heart and soul, l)reaks u]) liomes, slays love and peace, piles up crime, and heaps up cost. By its side, as you see in the cut. Small-pox is but a small thing, and scarce worth a thought. m ik. ■%J A PUBLIC EVIL. 25 side 1)y read of and it s l)y no Imt kill as it is )ards of ice in a le time, in heart 1 j)eace, its side, a small LESSON XVII. Poor Sknsk. of thf Huni Corirr. 1 think I ean tell what this is ! Can you, my Dear? Then please tell. It is the Board of Health, met to see what they can do to }mt an end to the Driidv enrse, jnst as they did in the ease of the Small-i)ox. No, my Child, you are wrong. This is not the !>oar(l of TT(\\hh, though it is made up of the same Men. That is what makes it so (|ueer. This is the High Court of the State. It is left to these JVIen to make the Laws of the l^and, and to see that tlie same are jmt in foree. I>ut you art^ right in this point, that they are met to deal with th(^ Rum eurse. And what, think you, haye they made up their minds to do? Oli, I ean ;uess that ; they haye made a Law to stop it, of 50urse, as they did in the ease of the se()uri>e. J 26 THE GIN MILL PRIMER, Wrong, my Child, I grieve to tell you. They have not done so wise a thing. They have just made a Law to let the Trade in Drink go on and do its work, but they have set terms, to wit, that the Trade must pay to the State eaeh year some of its gains, a part of the price of Blood. It is, in fact, the same as if they had, as a Board of Health, for a price, let some go and spread rags full of the germs all through the Land. Thus, you see, they have made the Jug as right in Law as the School or the Church. LESSON XVIII. Is A Bug a Bee? Do you cry, " Faugh !" and say, "Oh, the vile Bug!" when you look at this? Go slow, my H( ■^ m A PUBLIC EVIL. 27 They ave just k go on 3rms, to ate each price of J had, as go and ugh the the Jug urch. the viU* ovv, my Child. If the Gin Infill is one of the Trades, T (h) not see why you should call the Bed 15ug vile, and scorn to give it a place by the side of the Bee. That is not fair to the poor Bug. You are full of Wrath when you see one of these small Pests, and you may be right. But stop and think. Why do you loathe it? Is it not I just for the mean way in which it lives ? It grows fat and sleek, though it does no good in the world. It just sucks the Blood of all it can I get at. i^ You may be right to look at it with Scorn, but does the Bed Bug not live in the same way as the Gin Mill U- The Gin Mill Man I toils not, nor does he spin, yet he grows ftxt and sleek. He gets Wealth but gives naught of Good for it, and what is that but to suck blood ? So, [you see, I am right when I say the Gin Mill is 10 more a Trade than the Bed Bug is a Bee or w\ Ant.' -" ' LESSON XIX. Let each Trade Show its Work. Here is a Man who stands for a True Trade. He makes Boots and Shoes, and if we would put him to the test, we say to him, " Let us see Bome of the Work that you have done." He is roud to do so, and brings forth a pair of new J Jl. ^ 28 THE GIN MILL PRIMER. Boots which he would have us l)uy. 80, if the Gin Mill is a Trade, let us see how it will stand this Test. We say,*' Bring forth some of the Things you have made, and let us look at them." I do not think this Trade would be quite so proud to do so. For what would it have to ])ring forth to our view — just a })oor Sot in Kags and 8hame, tlu^ Wreck of what was once a fair young Tiad with a Heart full of iro])e; or a f(^w mean Sticks, the ruin of a Home that was once llicli and Proud. This, or such as this, is all theClin Miir'Tra(le"has to show, for the one Work it does in the World is to Kill and Blast. % Sk. aid have Gill Mill ?c how it .\st. Wt' 'iiig forth of the you have 11(1 let us ■j them." ot think :o do so. h to our lanie, tlu^ ad with a ticks, the SECTION III. THE CAN MILL. LESSON XX. IToW THi: (llN iVFlM. WoHKS. t-iL^^i^-f^ This is the (}iu Mill at work. It is not just of this shape, as a fact, l)ut this view of it is quite true all the same. The (Jin Mill takes the form of a House on the Main Street of the Town. Some of them are Fine and (lav, and |re all of a blaze with Gas and Brass and ({lass ; [nd some of them are on Side Streets or Lanes, bid are Low Down Holes that smell of Filth bid Bad Beer. But the work they do, high or 29 ; '.'*, 80 THE GIN MILL PRJMER. low, is of tlie saiiie sort, and the cut makes it (juite clear. Do the Gin Milb grind Corn ? No, my C'hild, they have to do with Corn Juice. They grind boys and men, and hearts and homes, for they are set u]) to deal in Drink. You say it nuist be that they are of some use, though they have Harm in them ? Well, my Child, if they serve one good end, I do not know what it is, nor can I find out. All they do is what you see done in this cut. There vou have the Gin Mill in full blast. You see pure Boys and clean Men go in at the front door. When they get in, the Drink Fiend gets hold of them, and they are made into 8ots you see them come out at the back door, and off they go to work all the Ills I have told you of What do you think of this Land that knows of God and Christ, and keeps up such a thing as the Gin Mill by force of the Law ? LESSON XXL The Mask of the Gin Mill. Here is a Mask, and a Gross Fat Man has it in front of his Face. The Mask smiles, but the Man's Face looks Grim. Do you see what this means ? I am not sure that I do. Then I will tell you. Of course, no Man wants to be a Sot, and so no one would let the Gin Mill grind him i I of its for an< th( th( "I Ye be{ Th bu CJai 0a makes it )rn ? No, ■ rii Juice. 1(1 homes, You say % thougli Child, if Y what it what you ; the Gin and clean ley get in, 1 they are )ut at the 1 the Ills nk of this nd keeps ce of the [an has it but the ^hat this [en I will )e a Sot, h^ind him 77/ii G/N MILL. 31 I mean by the Mask of the Bar lioom and its air of joy. This fools vast Crowds, unci they go in to the trap. They say the Gin Mill is the "Poor Man's Club." Yes, it is a Clul) that beats out his Brains. The Mask may smile, but the Gin Mill Clares for naught but Gain. up if it had a Grim Look to him. 8o, you see, the Gin Mill Man is Cute, and must c;atch his prey l)y guile. That is why he wears a Mask, which has a Look of Good-Will and a Smile of Good Cheer, while he says such soft words as "Live and Let Live," or, " While we go through the World let us have a Good Time." What is the Light and Warmth J% :}2 7//E (UN MILL PRIMER. 1 M LKSSON XXII TlIK (InAM) liolNCK. lli'iv is a cut to show the good, kind Heart of tlic (liii Mill which loves the poor Man so nuicli ! This is how it deals with a Man wIkmi his Cash is all gone, and it can make no nioi'(^ gain out of him. He gets the Grand l^oiince, or Kick Out, as they call it. He may have spent his all in the Place, but that makes no Odds Avith the Gin Mill. Out he must go, to mak(^ room for some one who has a. Purse, and such a one is sure to be met with a Smile, ])otli Sweet and Bland. You see, the Gin Mill is a Fraud in the kind ways it puts on. It cares not a Jot for God or Man — all it wants is Gold. It is like a Wild Beast that may seem came and ..1 mm THE GIN MILL, S8 mild wliilo you pat its TToad, but if by cliauco you should stop ou its Tail, it will Hy at you aud tear you Liml) from T.imb. More tlian oue !<^()od Man has ])een shot l)y tlie (Jin Mill, to still his voice when he has sought to make it keep the Law. nd Heart Man so an wlieii no mon^ .ounce, or |ive spent no Odds to mak(^ and such [ile, both iMill is a Icares not :;oid. It itame and LESSON XXIIL Hkui and Low Gin Mills. Who owns the Gin Mill ? This is the Man who Owns it, and has his name on the sign. You see, he is quite a fine Swell, and has a Plug Hat and a Gold Pin in his tie. He owns the grand bar, which is (juite a ga^^ Place, where all thejjigh-^p Men of the Town go for their glass. And next I give you a print of the Man who owns the Dive. It is a low place in a feack Street, and all the vile Gang go there. it 34 TJUi CIN MILL PRLMER. 'Hiat is wIhm'c tli(\v |)iit up tluMr Plots to Stral and Cheat, and so t'ortli. liut tli()ii<;li tlic (lin Mill lias tlicsc two Win;4S, it is all one 'I1iin<4', and I do not know but that nioro Harm is donr by tlu' j^ay r)ai' than by the mean Dive. The Work th(*v (h) is the same- it is to Pull Down all that is (Jood in ]\lan. LESSON XXIV. A Nkst of Foil Hiuds. I 1^ Here is a Nest, but there are queer Birds in % \\ it. Yes, this is the Gin Mill put in the form of %mi a Nest, for it is in truth a Nest of Foul Birds, ^d^ It is the true Home of all that is ill, nice |^ec liH ^jjjk THE GIN MILL. IJ) tluMl' , and so iin Mill s all oiH' low but p l)y tlu' !in Dive. i sanio- t, is (lood -^ tliouuli it may look from the Strc^ot. Tin's is I wluM'c all the vilr Plots arc ina(l(% for it is in the (Jin Mill that Tliiof meets Tliii^f, and lioss nuH'ts lioss, to put uj) tluMi' fJ()l)s. This is where you ■will hear Oaths and Foul Talk, and wh^re those who love such 'Jliinj^s arc* ({uite at HoniB. The iJMan who would \^(^ into a (Iin Mill to drink with his (^hums, and would then j^et down on liis Knees t<4~pwu% or take out the (iood I>ook to read a Verse or two, would W thouj^ht Mad. lUit such a thing to be donc^ in a Dry (Joods vStore or a Tin Shop, though a hit strange, would Ik* no Shock to us. And why? Well, you see, Stores and Sho})s are good in (rod's Sight, and in the Eyes of good Men, they may be as pure is the Church. But it is not so with the Gin IVIill, and we all feel it ; and no one feels the I'ruth of this more than the Man who runs the IlinMill. LESSON XXV. The One Anr of the Gin Mfll. The Gin Mill has no Heart. It is all Greed. Birds in |t lives for Gold and cares for naught else. The form of j^jmile it wears is a Lie, meant to serve its own il Birds. Aids. Here in this cut we have one of the ill, nice* ^eds it does Day by J3ay and Night by Night, i I 36 77//'; GIN MILL riUMER, It r()l)s the Man of wlwit h(» cai'iis by liis Toil. I say it rol)s him, for to take a Man's Coin or (loods and j^ivc liini not tlicir wortli in sonu^ foi'ni is to do the Act of a Tliicf. Now, wliat docs tlic (Jin Mill ^ivc a Man foi' wliat lie pays to it '*. It gives liini Drink — a thing wliich does liim no (fOod, but nuieh Harm. The Drink Just steals his Brains, and makes his Heart hard and vile, and nerves his IFand for Crime. And think of the pile of Coins the (lin Mill thus steals. In this Land it is found that it takes one-ninth of all that the Man of Toil earns. One Coin out of each nine ! All this Wealth goes each year to feed this vile Fiend of Blood. It would be of far more use to take this Wealth and throw it in the sea. What do you think, my Child, of a Land that keeps up the Gin Mill by Law ? s Toil. \)\\\ or i solium f, what 10 pays eh THE GIN MILL. 39 says he, ,w which will sell )r I will kind to the Poor. Ah, my Child, it is all a trick. The Lunch is Free, but if a poor Man goes Dny l)y Day to take a bite, who does not call for a Drink once in a while, you will find out how sweet the Gin Mill Man is. The Lunch is his Bait to catch the Fish, that is all. He is full of Guile, and I tell you once more the Trade is a hard, vile Fiend, that just wears a Mask. LESSON XXVIII. How TO Stop a Mad Bull. \\ Pole ? jmile he ^art is so 11. This Ime that Ind good id some it is so w ^ What is this ? It is a mad Bull. It is wild I with rage, and runs down the Street at full speed, y and the Men flee from its Path for their Lives. But do you see the Man up stairs in the House ? i ft 40 THE GIN MILL PRIMER. He owns the Bull, and as he looks out he sees it run and hears it roar. He is a good Man, and will save the Lives of the poor Men who run and are in sore Dread. What will he do ? Has he a Gun with which he will shoot the Bull '\ Yes, he has a Gun, and he could shoot it, but he will not. He thinks that is but a poor plan to stop a mad Bull. What then does he do ? Why, as you see, he just puts his Head out and yells '' Co-boss." What a wise Man he must be ! Well, he is as wise, my Child, as the Law which tries to stop the Kum Trade, or to keep it in check by the plan we now have — to make the Gin Mill pay a Fee each year, and close at such and such hours, and to keep such and such rules. It is all in vain, for the Gin Mill is as hard to keep in Bounds as a mad Bull. 1 1 LESSON XXIX. The Gin Mill Laughs at Law. See the Man on the Cask. He breaks through the Hoop and there is a Grin on his Face. Yes, this is the Gin Mill Man, and shows how much he cares for the Law. You can not make a Law that he will keej^, for he is a born Foe to THE GIN MILL. 41 he sees )d Man, w\\o run )? Has e Bull? ,, but he plan to ? Why, .nd yells ^! Well, cli tries n check 3lin Mill nd such It is 1 .M 5. to keep the State, and laughs in the Face of all Law. If the Law says he must close his Bar at ten, he will close the front Door, and then sell drink at the back Door. If it says he must not sell Drink on the Day of .Rest, he will do it in spite of all. If it says he is not to sell to young folks, he pays no heed, but will sell to all who wish to buy. He is, in fact, an Out-law, and has been such from the first, the sworn Foe of both God and Man. LESSON XXX. How TO Rule a Snake. Here is a Man we may well call a Fool. See, breaks ^B^^ takes hold of the Snake by the tail, and thinks lis Face. W^^^^^ ^^ ^'^^^ ^^^ guide the Vile Thing. But the ^s how iBnake is as free to bite as if there was no Man at )t make |ts tail, and so it is with the Gin Mill. The Laws Foe to |vhich seek to rule it can not do so, for they 1 r » 42 THE GIN MILL PRIMER. leave its Fangs free. Why, then, does not the State crush its head % That would kill it for sure. Yes, but just at this point you touch on the great Snag. You see, the Gin Mill has a pull. What I mean is, it has a Vote, and it casts that Vote in such a way as to keep its Friends in power, so tliat they will make such Laws as suit it. All who will not bow to the will of the Gin Mill are kept out, and as both sides wish to get in, they strive to catch the Vote of the Gin Mill. That is why they let it break the Law as it sees fit, and do not bring it up to time, as they ought to do. I ho})e this Point is quite clear to you, my Child. 7 i not the ill it for touch on [ill has a d it casts Friends Laws as ill of the s wish to the Gin e Law as e, as they e clear to THE GIN MILL. LESSON XXXI. The Gin Mill's Thumu. 43 i What do you take this to be ? It is a Thumb, and it is on the strong right hand of the Gin I Mill power, and you see the Thumb is made to I press down hard, so as to squeeze the wee bit of |a Man who lies Hat on the ground. Who is this fwee Man ? That is the Man who makes the iLaw, the Power we call the State. This cut is fmeant to show that Men of State are the Slaves iof the Gin Mill, and must do its will. This is 'true on both sides of the House, and that is why |tlie Rum Trade goes on fi'om Year to Year, and idoes its work of Death through our Land. If a iloud call comes to stop the Hum Trade, and cast |off its Chains, the Men of State may hear the r 7ZI 'I 44 THE GIN MILL PRLMEK. cry ; but tlicy have more fear of the Gin Mill than of the votes of good Men, so they make but a vain show, just to blind the Eyes of the Foes of Hum. LESSON XXXII. The Gin Mill Man on Vote Day. llUVvU^ From time to time — it may be once a Year— the Day comes round when there is a call to all who have Votes to go to the Polls and cast them. If the " Trade " is not up for trial at the time, the Gin Mill Man stays at Home, for, as a rule, he cares for no side and seems to have no share in the weal or woe of his Land. But if the Vote has aught to do with Rum, you just ought to see him rush things. He is at it from Morn till Night, and scarce stops for Meals. He ■I I I Glin Mill ey make !S of the AY. r THE GIN MILL. 45 ()c\s and gets all the Votes he can, by Hook or Crook — most of them l)y CVook, wliich means l)v Bribes of Drink or Cash — and drives them to the Polls. His zeal in a bad Cause should bring the Blush to good Men, who will scarce stir a hand for the right. But, you see, he lights for [ his Purse. Like the Men of old, who cried out on Paul, his Ci'aft is like to be k)st — the Craft by which he gets his Gold. This is what fills him with Zeal, and he is bound to win if Work and Threats and Bribes will do it. And too oft he does win. K \r^\^ LESSON XXXHL A WoKSE Guy Fawkes. C H O R. C H I Year — lall to all [ind cast al at the for, as a have no But if you just b it from als. He H M E SCH O There was once a Man by the name of Guy [Fawkes, who made a Plot to blow up the House diere the Laws of the King were made, and i i 46 THE G/N MILL PIUMER. thus to kill at one stroke all tlic King's Friends. Just sueli a I^'iend is the (lin Mill. It is hard at work all the while, and docs its best to bring to naught all the good work done by the Home, the Church and the School. Its one aim is Gold, and to get this it will stop at no Deed, no odds how I>lack. The Bar Room may look gay, and its Boss may smile and seem to be full of Good Cheer, Init let the Law once rub the Fur of this Cat the wrong way, and . you will soon see its Teeth and its Claws. If it came to the point of Life or Death with the Gin Mill, it would not think twice of such a Deed as that of Guy Fawkes. More than one brave, good Man has been shot by this Fiend. LESSON XXXIV. In League with the Gin Mill. Oh, see the two Men arm in arm, and they both have hold of the same card, on which is the word '' Vote." Right, my Child, but do you know who they are ? Yes, it is plain that one of them is the Man who is for Rum. I can tell the Gin Mill Man at once, but J THE GIN MILL. 47 Friends. 5 hard at bring to ome, the is Gold, no odds ^jay, and of Good r of this I see its point of )uld not of Gny Vian has n arm ni xve hold which is ight, my 3W who is plain he Man can tell nee, but oh, to be sure, the — why! it is the Man who jp)('s to oni' (church ! This is too bad, for he is a !o()()d, clean Man, who would not be seen on the Jstreet with the Gin Mill Man! No, but he is Iseen at the Polls with him, and casts the same Vote, does he not ? That is what the cut hits [at, and it is true. This good Man prays that itlie Drink Curse may cease, and then he goes land votes just the same as the Man who sells |])rink. What do you think of that for good Isense, mv Child ! LESSON XXXV. When Will He Get There ? Take a good look at this Man, and tell me if you know him. Yes, I do ; it is the church Man once more. But what do you mean l)y this cut where he stands on two Men ? I will tell vou. You see, he is on his way up hill to where the Law is made that will end the Gin Mill. No, I do not see that, for the Men do not go that way, but VH \ 48 77/E GIN MILL PRLMKR. go down tlio liill. Just so. What I moan is, lio| .sa//.s' lie wants to ^o up liill ; lie says so in Church and wlien ho prays at Homo, l^ut this is how ho acU. What ho says is of no woight ; it is his Voto that counts, and ho oasts liis Voto in such a way as to go (h)wn hill, as you see him here. | If he wants to go up the hill, ho ouglit to turn the Men round or got off and walk. But it I takes a bravo Man to (h) that, and I fear this | jjood Man is not l)ravo, my C'hihl ! sir Iwl 1 \ [tli( nn I 4 Y of () ( LESSON XXXVI. Church, State, Gin Mu.l & Co. .>a 4 ■T? 9'-, ^J ^ '" 3as :lio jnc tin is i ^Tiii fo^ 5ha thai ^T.. -v^/^^V --^^^ V/i UL/ There are two things in league with the Gin Mill Man in the Drink Trade ; they are the Church Vote and the State. If there was a strange Hog in your Yard, and you had the THE GIN MILL, V^ an is, lie \ (liurcli ; is how it is his 3 in such im here. , to turn But it fear this Jo. I strength to drive it out and you did not do so, who would !)e to blame for tlie ill the Ho^^ did ? I I would, of course. If I let it go on and root up jtlie Yard, it would show I did not care to use I my will, and it would he all my ftiult. Well said, Iniy (liild. And such is the case with the C'hurch I Vote and the Oin Mill. The Church is made up lot' Men who have Votes, and if these Votes were least as they might be, and as the Church says jtliey ought to be, the (lin Mill would be jmt an |en(l to at once. But the Church Vote goes as the [lum Vote does, and so I say the Church Vote Ss and must be all this time in league with the ||Grin Mill. As to the State, when it takes a Fee [0 give the Gin Mill the right to go on, and thus shares the price of Blood, there can be no doubt that it is in the league, too. LESSON XXXVII. The Pop Gun and the Eock. Do you see this good and wise Man ? Yes, I see him, but 1 can not tell just what he is at. I see he has a Pop Gun in his hand, and shoots the Gill Ipeas at the face of a big Rock. Who is he, and are the what does he mean ? This Man stands for the ^e was a Church Vote, my Child, and the Rock is the Law had the on which the Gin Mill is built. It is his aim to 50 TfiR am Ar/f.L primer. siimsli tlic Ilock witli his Po[) (iiiii. l)ut lie will !)(' a long time at it. Do you not tliink so ? The ( 'hurdi plays this vain game, whon it moots Yor.r ])y Wkxv and sends forth a nv^ Vote to say that the (iin Mill and its Work nnist sto}) in this land, but does not see to it that each Man whose name is on the Church Roll shall vote the same way when he goes to tlic Poll. Talk does no more harm to ' (liii Mill than Peas tio to a vast Rock. LESSON XXXVIII. Th?: Straw and the Club. See these two Men laugh. It must be a gooi Joke, for they laugh long and loud. Yes, tin mild old Gent makes them smile. They are tlit head Men of the two Part-ies in the State, aii' they thus make game of the good old Man. Hi name is Church Vote. He comes to them, am says he wants an end put to the vile Gin Mil! They tell him to wait for a while and it will b I 'A ;chj ibo ■""rjlj ■I op Gnu. it. Do cli plays )n Ley are tin State, aiv Man. Hi them, ail' Gin Mill §jhange is here ! Note how the same two Chiefs it will 1^ |)ow to the Gin Mill Man, and say, " Tell us 52 THE GIN MILL PRIMER. what you want and you shall have it ! " Why do they not laugh at liim ^ They know he means what he says, and will vote that way. He wields a Club, not a Straw, and hence their change of air. LESSON XXXIX. He Ends in the But. This, my Child, is what they call a But, and you may see the Legs and Feet of a Man stick up out of it. Yes, I see. It looks as if the Man had gone in witli a plunge and would drown, for see the Spray flies from the But. It is just as you say, my Child. The Man is as good as dead, of a truth. This Man is the Churcli Vote as it is on the dav I- that Folks go to the Polls. That, as you know, is the one Day of all the Year that counts. For. as I have said, you may Talk and Pray and Rave from morn till night on the Gin Mill and its work, but it all goes for naught if you do not |o, THE GIN MILL. 5d Why do 3 means e wields uje of air. %.M, is I a But, see the of a Man [it. Yes, ^ as if the I in with [l would the Spray But. It say, my Ian is as )f a truth, e Churcli n the day ou know, its. For, and Ravo 1 and its n do not m back it up with your Vote. This is where the Church fails, for the Men of the Church, who join to blame the Gin Mill, when it comes to vote (lay, part and go otf each with their own side, and vote Straight, as they call it ; that is, they vote for two Part-ies which are both in League with the Gin Mill. They say, we know we ought to vote so as to kill this Trade, but — This is where they plunge into the But. They mean. But it will hurt our side if we do so, or, my Vote will not count, or, the wrong side may win if I do, and so on. They drown in the But, you see. LESSON XL. In the Gin Mill's Clutch. Oh, see the big, fat Man, and the two small dolls ! He has them in his Hands, and walks off with them. Yes, this is the true state of the Case, my Child, sad though it be to say so. The fat Man is the Gin Mill, and what you call the two Dolls are the Men of the Church who stick to the Old 54 THE GIN MILL PRIMER. Part-ies. On vote Days, when the Fate of the Gin Mill is in view, this is what takes place. The Gin Mill Men drop all else, and vote as one Man for those who will stand by the Trade. If the Church Men did the same, and went as one Man for those who would kill the Trade, they could beat the Gin Mill, for they have far more Votes. But, you see, they split, for each Church Vote sticks to his own side, and so it comes to pass that the Gin Mill Man wins the Day. He just walks off, as you see him here, with both the Church Votes. LESSON XLL The Cute Bow-Wows. Oh, see the two smart Dogs ! How cute | they are ! They sit up on their hind Legs, and | THE GIN MILL. 1 of the ^ place. I 3 as one ide. If as one le, they ar more Church omes to ay. He both the Ml watch with care so that they may do just what the Fat Man tells them. Do you know who the Fat Man is, my (yhild ? Oh, yes, I know him well now ; he is the Gin Mill Man. Right. And I may tell you the tw^o Dogs stand for the two Part-ies in the State, while the Man in the l)ack is the Church Vote. '' It is most queer," says this grave Man. "Those Dogs know me quite well, and yet they will not do a thing for I me. I may coax and scold just as I please, but they will not move a Paw for me. But when the Gin Mill Man comes up they will do all he asks —sit up, lie down, bark, beg, and go through all [their Tricks ! It seems most strange ! " But it lis not strange at all, my Child. You see, these ;Dogs fear the Gin Mill Man, for they know he [will whip them if they do not do as he bids ; but they have no fear of the Church Vote. Hence, as tliey may say in their Dog Talk, they ''don't have to" do as he wants them to. low cute ,egs, and SECTION IV. THE CURE FOR THE EVIL. LESSON XLII. A Hi(;h Tax is no Cure. L O Vv licelnse: H f G K iTHt PHOOUCT LfCElNSE Some wise Man of late thought he had found a cure for the Gm Mill. Said he : "The thing to do is to make the Tax each Year high ; the low Tax is the cause of all the woe." And so in some lands they put up the Tax. But strange to say, i the woi'k of Death went right on, and it was I found that Rum was just as bad from a high | 56 THE CURE FOR THE EVIL, 57 Bar as from a low one. Some Gin Mills were shut right up, but those that were left could meet all calls. This wise Man was, I should think, the same Man they tell of, who sought to keep a Cat out of his Shed, where she went Night by Night and stole his Milk. There was a Hole in the Shed where the C^at went in, and this Man of Wit said, ''I must stop up that Hole," and he did it. But how ? Why, he put ca length of Stove Pipe in the Hole, and then when he found that the Cat still got througli and drank the Milk, he was in a daze. Do you say he was a Fool ? My Child, you should not call our Men of State hard Names. / I 58 THE GIN MILL PRIMER. LESSON XLIII. A Work with no End. Some good Men say the right work to do is to save those who are the Slaves of Drink, so they spend their time in this work. They plead with Sots to give up the Cup and sign the Pledge. And some go and spread the glad news of the Gold Cure, which they say can rid a Man of the taste for Drink. This is all well, but there will be no end to such work so long as the Gin Mill goes on, for it turns out Sots so fast that you can not keep up with it. It makes ten or a score while you save one. So it seems to me quite clear that, while we do all we can to pull the poor Drink Slaves from the Stream, we must by all means shut up the Mill that throws them in. There is no good Man who does not now take this view, though for a long time some shut their Eyes to it. THE CURE FOR THE EVH. 59 LESSON XLIV. Turn Off the Tx\p. See this Boy witli the Till Pail. Yes ; does he want to get a Drink ? No, tliat is not his aim ; lie seeks to bail out the Fount. How long will it take him to do it, do you think ? I guess he will work all his life and still fail, for can he not see that the stream spouts up from the Fount all the while ? If he would bail out the great Pan, he must first turn otF the flow at the Tap. Of course he must. And just so it is with the vStream of Rum. We must break up the source of Rum and Beer, and stop the sale and keep it out of our Land at all the Ports ; then we may hope to save our Sots, and keep our Youths free from the Drink curse. Each plan that has been put in force has been but a waste of time. Let us now go at it and act like Men of Sense. Why should we not deal with the Gin Mill curse as we do with the Small-pox Scourge, which is not half so sfreat ? 7:t 60 THE GIN MILL PIUMER. LESSON XLV. Meet Jra-pox Like Small- pox. Sec the Ship. It has a black ., Flag with a skull ; and cross-bones ■~ on it. It is a ^ Ship of Death, '^''^-'^^iJ^ZZ^'^'Z^ -— ^^ and they wil 1 not let it come to the Dock, but make it stay far out at Sea. It has Small-pox on board, and the Law says it must not come nigh the shore. What we need is a Law like this to keep lium, and Rye, and Gin, and all the rest of the strong Drinks out of our Land. We now have such a Law to guard us from more ills than Small-pox. We do not let bad Men bring in vile Books, but what vile Book could do the harm that Drink does ? We have, in fact, kept out some things that are not vile by a Tax on them so high that it does not pay to bring them in. So, you see, it would not be hard to keep out the lium Fiend if we just made up our minds to do it. That is the first point in the plan by which we meet and thwart Small-pox, and we now come to the next. ••i-j .1 f>"i)t>);:': t ^ THE CURE FOR THE EVH., 61 he Sliij). a black th a skull ss -bones It is a i' Death, y will not )metotlie I It has it must eed is a I and Gill, lit of our '^ ^uard us 3 not let ile Book V^e have, >t vile by : pay to / be hard nade up nt in the [lall-pox, LESSON XLVI. Clean Out the Jug-pox Haunts. ■ \ Here you see the Men hard at work, and it is a grand sight ! They smash in the heads of the Casks and let the Kmn flow into the Ditch, which is the right place for it. This is the next part of the plan, for in the case of Small -pox they take those who are sick out of the House to a safe and clean place, and then they take pains to kill the germs of the scourge by Drugs and Smoke, which they put all through it. This is what we must do with the Gin Mill — clear it out, and then let the House be put to some form of Trade that is clean and good. When I say the Gin Mill, I mean the big, rich Mills, where they brew Beer and make Bum, as well as the Bars where they sell it. The whole thing must be swept out clean to get rid of the Curse for good. R^Wff^l^^^ I 7 62 THE GIN MILL PRIMER. LESSON XL VII. The Thue Lymph kou Jrci-rox. '\ w/,' Let us now pass on to the next point in tliel plan by which we fight Small-pox. First, \vc| keep out the Ships which have Small-pox orj Rum on board ; next, we clear out each place j where Small-pox lurks, or Rum is made or sold;] third, we take the sick to a safe, clean place tol treat them; and fourth, those who are not yet! ill have Lymph put in their arms which has thej power to ward off the fell scourge. So, when once| we have put a stop to the sale of Rum, we may take those who are Slaves to it and give theiiij the Gold Cure with some fair hope, as the Traps by which they now fall back will then be out of I the way. And on the young who are as yet free \ from the taste we will use the Lymph, by which I I mean, we will teach them in School antli ^^Mi3 OB.30t>/\V^ JAtL FOR. [trippimo oR.F^LLl^Jo■. What a rough road we have here ! Yes, it is a hard place to get through, and none but those who are strong and who keep a sharp Eye on the way can hope to save their Hmbs or their necks; those who are weak are well-nigli sure to fall. Why do tliey not clear up such a rough place and take the liocks and Stones out of the Road, and fill up the Pits, which are just like Traps \ Then it would be safe for all to walk in. Just so, my Child, you seem to have wit and sound sense. But what will you say when I tell you that this road was put in the state you see by the Folks who use it '\ The Pits were dug, and the liocks brought and put there. It must be a Land of Fools, you cry, and one would be apt to think so, of a truth. But it is just as wise, is it not, as for THE CURE FOR THE EVIL. 71 a Land to i)lace Gin Mill Traps on the Streets of all our Towns so as to tempt those who are weak ? It is oft said by the Gin Mill Crew that you can not make Men good or pure by Law, and no one said you could. To make a man pure you nuist get at his Heart. But though you can not make Folks pure, you can make them Drunk by Law, and that is what is now done, and it is the thing we wish to stop. It is the true sphere of the Law to keep the Path of Life clear, and to make it hard for Men to go wrong. Hence we say the Gin Mill must be swept out of the way. LESSON LIV. The Gin Mill Quack. Here you have a cut of a Quack or Fraud. There are Men in the Church who are not what they would have the World think them to be. They seem to live two lives —one good and one bad. We do not spare the mean Wretch who harms the cause of the Church in this way, l)ut the Man in the cut is not a Church Man. The Gin / t 72 THE GIN MILL PRIMER. Mill has its Fraud of the long lace, too, who is full of cant. This is the Man who says he is down on such a law as we seek, for he fears it would cause Men to sneak and lie ; he is a Friend of the Gin Mill. Though he says he scorns tho Man who would get drunk, yet far more ho seems to scorn those who do not drink at all. He points out that the Good Book says good Men of old drank wine, and from this he hokls the Trade, as we have it now, a just and right one. He goes on to say that to tempt Men with the Gin Mill Trap is the way to call out their strength, and to make them sound in Heart. All this is pure cant, and there is naught to choose twixt this poor Fraud and the one we hear so much of in the Church. Of the two, in fact, tho Gin Mill long-face is the worse, and the Woods are full of such just now, my Child. Ill 1) ai LESSON LY. Why Keep a Wolf ? See this wild Beast run. It is a Wolf. Does it not look fierce ? Its Eye is wild and its Teeth sharp, and it lives but to kill and to tear all that it can get at. No Chain yet made can hold it in check. The one thing to do with a wild Beast kg«i^a--- THE CURE EOR THE EVIL. 73 like this is to kill it. It is of no use to Man, and so it would not pay to keep it, even if that could bo done. A Man of sense may keep a Bog, for Dogs have a use. It may be that some of them are fierce, yet some are good and kind. Not so with Wolves. The Wolf has not one good point to it, and can not be made of use to Man. In this it is just like the Gin Mill, and it would be as wise for a Man to keep a Wolf in his house as it is for the State to keep up the Gin Mill. Now that we have a chance with our Votes, let us put an end to this fierce Trade that has so long run wild in our Land, and has slain scores on scores of our Sons. ■■'■■XM m J^W 74 77/I£ GIN MILL PRIMER. LESSON LYI. Why not p.e Calm ? i \' See this Man. He is in the coils of a huiie Snake, which will soon crush him to death, What, think you, would this poor Chap say it some one were to come up and talk to him thus : '' My Friend, ke(?p cool. Do not cry out in such a way, nor use such strong terms. Try and take a calm view of the Case. True, that Snake is not what one might call a nice thing to have to deal with, and I do not doubt it will kill you ere long; but pray, do show good sense. You should not try to kill the Snake by the hard, tight squeeze of your Hand, for it can not be done, and each squeeze you give will just cause the Snake to bite the more. What you ought to do, my THE CURE FOR THE EVIL. T6 Man, is to make terms with your Foe if you can. It will be wise for you to let it crush you some, as that will keep it in a mild frame of mind, and tlien it may not do you to death for a lontjj time !" You say this is the talk of a Fool ; yet is not this what Men say when they ask us to keep still on the work of the Gin Mill, or when they vote for laws that will hedge it round so that, as they say, it will do less harm ? We have found that such laws do not work. There is but one wise course in this case, and that is to slay the Snake. LESSON LVII. Give the Word ! Here you see the Wolf tied to the Post, and a Man who takes aim at him with a Gun. Has 76 THE GIN MILL PRIMER, he shot the Wolf? Not yet; he just waits for the word. Who is to <;ive him the word '\ Tlu' Man who stands ])v and holds the Vote in his Hand. The Men who now rule this Land havo left it to us to say shoot or not shoot ; we have their Pledge that they will do our will. Can there be a doubt as to what we should do ? W( may give the ^^()rd to ])ut an end to the Gin Mill. No Land has such a chanee as we now have. If we prove true we will do such a Day's work with our Vote as will turn the Eyes of all the World on us, for our Vote shall say, once and for all, the (lin Mill must go ! TUK END. \ mits for I ? Th(^ ie in Ins n(l luivo we hiivc 11. Can lo? We the Gin we now a Day's ^es of all ay, once APPENDIX. i i Extract from speech of President of Ohio Liquor Leafjue, at annual convention, quoted by John G. Woolley, in address at Boston, Marcli 19, 1897: "It will appear from these facts, gentlemen, that tlie success of our business is dependent largely upon the creation of appetite for drink. Men who drink li(|Uor, like others, will die, and if there is no new appetite created, our counters will be empty, as will be onr coffers. Our children will go hungry, or we must cliange our business to some other more remunerative. The open field for the creation of this appetite is among the boys. After men have grown and their habits are formed, they rarely ever change in this regard. 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