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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 188? edition. Excerpt: ...use of these drinks, and the happy result has been that I have been enabled to endure more fatigue, do my work better, and do more of it, tban when I was indulging in the use of these delusive liquors." The following is another very striking testimony given by a nail-maker at Glasgow: "I have been a teetotaller these five years, and though I previously believed that strong drink was necessary to aid me in my work, yet since I have become an abstainer I find hard work easier and long hours more readily to be endured. I am also one of the Glasgow Fire Brigade and was once at a great fire at Mr. Thompson's mill for seventy-three hours in succession, with nothing but coffee and ginger beer, and endured, while all my comrades were beat and fell away." The following instance related to Dr. Carpenter by the very best authority (an Officer of the Regiment) proves that our English, soldiers in India not only do not suffer from, but are absolutely benefited by, total abstinence from ardent spirits during marches. "In the early part of the year the 84th Regiment marched by wings from Madras to Secnnderabad, a distance of between four and five hundred miles. They were fortyseven days on the road, and during this time the men were, practically speaking, teetotallers. Previous to leaving Madras, subscriptions were made among the men and a coffee establishment was organised. Every morning, when the tents were struck, a pint of hot coffee and a biscuit were ready for each man, instead of the daily morning dram, which soldiers on the march in India almost invariably take. Half way on the day's march the regiment halted, and another pint of coffee was ready for any man who wished it. The regimental canteen was opened only at ten and twelve o'clock for a...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1155070143
- ISBN 13 9781155070148
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages30
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