All advocated the doctrine of total abstinence.

The first speaker, a planter, concluded by saying, that it was commonly believed that wine and malt were rendered absolutely indispensable in the West Indies, by the exhausting nature of the climate.

But facts disprove the truth of this notion.

"I am happy to say that I can now present this large assembly with ocular demonstration of the fallacy of the popular opinion.

I need only point you to the worthy occupants of this platform.
Who are the healthiest among them?
_The cold water drinkers--the teetotallers_! We can assure you that we have not lost a pound of flesh, by abandoning our cups.