A Temperance Lecture

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 10, 1875

A Temperance Lecture.

P. T. BARNUM, in Philadelphia, said a few days ago in a temperance lecture:—

“I will undertake to give bonds for the fulfillment of the contract, that if the city of Philadelphia will stop selling liquor and give me as much as was expended here for liquor last year, to run the city next year, I will pay all the city expenses; no person living within her borders shall pay taxes; there shall be no insurance on property; a good dress and suit shall be given to every poor boy, girl, man and woman; all the educational expenses shall be paid; a barrel of flour shall be given to every needy and worthy person; and I will clear a half million of dollars myself by the operation.”