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which seem strange enough in these da} T s when 

 many employers will not allow any but total 

 abstainers to w r ork for them. Here is an exact 

 copy of one bill: 



Falmouth, Oct. 30th, 1761. 

 Amount of rum and sfagar Capt. Isaac Illsly 

 had of me for the people that worked on the 

 steeple in the Fn'st Parish in Falmouth. 



To 11 gallons and one half rum at 4s 



per gallon 2.6.0. 



To 8 pounds sugar at 8 pence 5 A. 



Another bill reads : 



''Account of rum and sugar to workmen 

 building steeple, Deacon Benjamin Titcomb, 

 Chairman of Building Committee, 1760-1761- 

 Summing bill for sundry accounts for sugar 

 and rum used at the raising 17.11.02." 



In another account it is stated that 877 

 mugs (that means mugs of liquor) were used 

 while building the steeple. 



The boys and girls of today are learning 

 what these good people of the olden time did 

 not realize, that alcoholic drinks injure the 



