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HIGHWAYMAN VS. RUM-SELLERS

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 1, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 1.

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HIGHWAYMAN VS. RUM-SELLERS.

A noted temperance lecturer once stated in a public meeting that the rum-seller was a greater enemy of mankind than the highwayman. Upon this being denied, he proved it before a large audience by having two pictures painted on canvas. He said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the first picture is that of a highwayman, who presents his pistol and demands your money or your life; the other is that of a rum-seller passing the glass to his victim, and receiving his money and his life. Nay more, he also demands his reputation, character, and happiness."—Sel.