. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws .. . )aj>er, and is one of the leading advocates for the measures and prin-ciples of the Greenback party in this section. Tlte Unicorn is alsoone of the most zealous advocates of temperance and total absti-nence from the use of tobacco there is in the country. No smokingis even allowed in the printing office. The
. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws .. . )aj>er, and is one of the leading advocates for the measures and prin-ciples of the Greenback party in this section. Tlte Unicorn is alsoone of the most zealous advocates of temperance and total absti-nence from the use of tobacco there is in the country. No smokingis even allowed in the printing office. The motto lieading thenewspaper is,— Tobacco, though handy, is risky to use:Together with brandy and whisky, refuse. Mr. Fitch is pre-eminently a poetic editor, often throwing intorhyme the reports of proceedings in the city, and thus he amuseswhile he teaches and instructs. His paj)er has a much larger cir-. HISTORY OF PIKE COUNTY. 899 cnlatioii tliaii he at first anticipated, and promises to be one of tlieestablished institutions vt the city ut JJarry. Thus, with Ids teni-l^erance and anti-tobacco principles and his novel way of rliyinin^locals, he is enabled to present to his readers a rare, entertainingand elevating class of readinu^ matter. He will not taint themorals of the most saintly, and it olluting them-selves by the use of licpiors and tol)acco. It will take him a \ourrtime and much earnest work to cliani^e the habits and customs of-this ]>eople in this respect, and tluit his influence will be felt, is be-yond (juestion. No man ever en<;aged in a reformation more desired,and more earnestly and devotedly than Mr. Fitch, and that he maylive to see a radical chan<ije in the tilthy and injurious habits socommon, we most heartily wish. lie has a most potent enemy, andit will take const
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