The River Falls Journal

Drinking among young Men,

The Philadelphia Sun says truly, that indiscriminate drinking among our young men must effectually make its mark upon the population of our cities. We can see it already betraying itself in the rising generation. It is impossible for any man to drink even pure liquors six or seven times a day without suffering severely in constitution. And when he transmits this impaired condition to his son who in turn impairs it still further by the same course it requires but little foresight to see that we are preparing a population for our cities that will not in physical frame be much better than the wretched Aztecs. This love of drink and bar-rooms is every day increasing. Every day sees our youth becoming more and more the victims of this habit.