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despair ! Speak out, my friends, would you exchange 

 it for the demon's drink, alcohol ? " 



A shout like the roar of a tempest, answered 

 "No!" 



It is estimated that the annual cost of intemperance 

 is, in France, $260,000,000; in Great Britain, 

 $105,000,000 ; in Sweden, $65,000,000 ; and in the 

 United States, $40,000,000; besides the cost of 

 prisons, police, asylums, work-houses, &c., which is in 

 a great measure attributable to intoxicating drinks. 



A great quantity of wine is now manufactured in 

 the United States. Several cargoes, I believe, have 

 been shipped from New York to Europe. In Cincin- 

 nati, the capital of the State of Ohio, the " Queen 

 City of the West," grapes are cultivated to a great 

 extent. Within twenty miles of the city there are 

 743 acres of vineyard culture. The average produce 

 per acre in 1848, (a good season,) was 300 gallons. 

 In 1849, (the worst year ever known,) it was 100 

 gallons. New Catawba wine, at the press, brings 75 

 cents a gallon. When ready for sale, it is sold at 

 $1,25 per gallon. The product of the Catawba per 

 acre is considerably more than that of the wine grape 

 in France. The following is a calculation of the cost 

 and profit of a vineyard on the Ohio river : — 



