1879 Temperance Movement Treatise of EVIL OF ALCOHOL Death Sin by A B Richmond

Description: LEAVES FROM THE DIARY OF AN OLD LAWYER by A. B. Richmond Esq. A. B. Richmond Esq. is a member of the Meadville Bar, Penn'a. A Treatise on the evils of alcohol, death being the wages of sin. Published by Meadville, PA., 1879, Second Edition. Illustrated with hand colored frontispiece of various states of the stomach ending with death by delirium. This is a hardcover and is in good condition for its age. Tight binding. The cover hinge papers have cracks but covers are still securely attached. No writing but for the previous owners' names. Pages are clean. The is Some wear to the covers and edges. TABLE OF CONTENTS. I. — Thirty Years at the Bar. — A Summary II. — A Prodigal Son. — In the Felon's Cell and in the Halls of CongressIII. — Scenes in Jail and Court. — Prisoners Sentenced IV. —A Drunkard's Will V. — Law and Legerdemain. — The End Sometimes Justifies the MeansVI. — Truth Stranger than Fiction VII. — The Temperance Lecturer who had once been a Temperate DrinkerVIII. — The Logic of the Law Bothers a Juror IX. — A Judicial Murder. — A Licensed Grog-Seller an AccessoryX. — The Great Army Marching to Death XI. — Why he was Divorced, and how he came to get Married AgainXII. — Street Arabs in Court. — A Dialect New to the JudgeXIII. -Will P... an Old FriendXIV. — An Ancient Book Account and Another Murder XV.— Charity— An Eating-Saloon Bill of FareXVI.— Entomological Report — Still Worm and the Way to Destroy it XVII.— Deacon Abijah Stone and His Cow — Effects of High Prided Goods in an Early DayXVIII. - Compulsion and PersuasionXIX.— Pat Flannigan's LogicXX.— A Poem by a Young LadyXXI.— Legal Maxims XXII. — The Young Mother, the Good Samaritan, and the Man of Good Moral Character XXIII.— The Grog-Seller's Dream XXIV. — The Temperate Drinker. - The Beginning and the End XXV.— Effects of Alcohol on the Brain XXVI. — Murdered by a Brother-in-Law. — A Scene in CourtXXVII.— The Toast. — Divided we Stand, United we Fall.— A Parody with a Moral XXVIII.— Who Owned the Thimble? — A Case of Circumstantial Evidence XXIX.— The Conneautville Fair. — How an Exhibitor was TreatedXXX. — Effects of Alcohol on the Stomach and Digestive OrgansXXXI. — How Liquors are Made. — Useful Receipts XXXII.— A Cure for Hard Times: Make your Wife your Bar- TenderXXXIII.— Yielding to the First Temptation is the First Step to RumXXXIV.— Mistaken Identity. — The Painful Result of one of my LecturesXXXV.— The Mountain in LaborXXXVI.— Murdered by a Grateful CountryXXXVII - Good Bye to the Reader PLEASE ASK QUESTIONSWE DO COMBINE SHIP.RONI MAY COLLECTIBLES Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter

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