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The Grape Cultunst. 



Secretary — M. B. Bateham of Paines- 

 ville. 



Treasurer — Eev. E. H. Leonard of 

 Ccllamor. 



Directors — Addison Kelley of Kel- 

 ley'd Island, Colonel D. C. Richmond 

 of Sandusky, J, Terrel of Avon Point, 

 Captain J. Spalding of Cleveland, J. 

 D. Clark of Lancaster, J. E. Moltier 

 of North East, Pennsylvania, Judge 

 A. S. 3Io-s of Fredonia. 



A vote of thanks was returned to 

 the officers of the past year, after 

 which the asseciation adjourned. 



During the day Mr, A. Sexton of 

 Sandusky exhibited some wine of his 

 own manufacture, which for purity 

 and excellency of flavor can hardly 

 be excelled if indeed equaled. 



Some grape boxes, manufactured 

 by Foote, White & Co. of this city, 

 were also shown. They are of the 

 kind mentioned in the morning session 

 as possessing advantages over any 

 other kind in that the bottoms are 

 moveable and that no nailing is re- 

 quired. A crate made by the same 

 firm, noticeable for lightness and 

 strength combined, was also on ex- 

 hibition. 



At about ten o'clock the association 

 adjourned until morning. 



We copy the above from the Cleve- 

 land Leader, being extracts from the 

 first days transactions of the Society. 



We are sorry to see the motion 

 prevail to see ivitie, this noblest pro- 

 duct of the grape, henceforth excluded 

 from the exhibitions of the society. 

 We have always looked upon the in- 

 troduction of good, light wine as the 

 best temperance movement which could 

 be introduced; we have hoped to see 



its use become universal throughout 

 the land, and drive out the curse of so 

 many formerly happ}^ families^ whis- 

 ky and brandy. It is a fact apparent 

 to every traveller, that drunkenness 

 is but little known in wine growing 

 countries, and that their inhabitants 

 are characterized by their happy and 

 joyous dispositions. 



We confess that wo have no sym- 

 path}^ with that mock morality, whose 

 tender conscience is offended at the 

 mere sight of a bottle of wine ; nor 

 with any laws, which forbid the use 

 of liquor, simply because some people 

 will make beasts of themselves, by 

 indulging in them to excess. Let our 

 State Legislatures pass strict laws 

 against drunkenness and disorderly be- 

 havior, and let them be rigidly in- 

 forced, but let us not proclaim to the 

 world that w^e are a nation of men 

 unfit to govern themselves, and that 

 the law must force us to abstain from 

 the use of spirituous liquors, to prevent 

 our becoming a nation of drunkards. 

 We are happy to say, that the Legis- 

 lature of Missouri has passed a law^ 

 permitting every grape grower to sell 

 his own produce, in whatever quantity 

 he pleases. Let other States follow 

 this example ; let grape growing and 

 wine making be encouraged by them^ 

 and we will in time become a temperate 

 people. There is a wide difference 

 between temperance and total absti- 

 nence; as wide a difference as there is 

 between the glutton, who will over 

 load his stomach knowingly, and the 

 temperate eater. To the first, the 

 gifts of God become poison, by in- 

 dulging in them to excess ; to the 

 second, they impart bodily vigor and 

 health, because used in moderation. 



