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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, $2G0,000,000 ; 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 18-18, (a good season,) was 300 gallons. 

 In 1819, (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 : — 



