1869 Dear River Grand Trunk Railway Temperance Broadsheet



WE SELL ONLY ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAPS - NOT REPRODUCTIONS


Title: Dead River Grand Trunk Railway!

Description: An outrageously amusing c. 1869 temperance flyer in a small folio masquerading as a train schedule for the allegorical Dead River Grand Trunk Railroad. The brochure rails against the twin evils of drunkenness and tobacco smoking while at the same time promoting the health benefits of Dr. Walkers Vinegar Bitters.

The front page advertises the route from Sobriety through such lovely sounding towns as Morning Dram, Sneaksville, Drunkardstown, Bloody Gape, Thieves Ally, Gamblers Causeway, Robbers Town, Desperation, Hangmans Hollows, and Suicide Tunnel, to arrive ultimately, at Perdition. As the flyer describes, on the way you are guided by the conductor of the morning Jersey Lightening Express a Mr. T. H. E. Devil, Esq.

It also describes the Business of the Dead River Railroad, which seems bustling with some 600,000 passengers which squander annually more than 1,500,000,000 dollars. In this section, there are references to the National Beer Congress of June, 1869, from which we have been able to roughly date this document.

The front page further assails smoking, calling it the Air Line, Quickest Time! with S.U.R.E. Death being the superintendent of that most expedient route. It argues that smoking leads to drunkenness and vice versa. Other reasons to avoid tobacco include the fact that it is essentially filthy and ungodly and perhaps most significantly, that ladies of refinement involuntarily shrink from the man who chews, or snuffs, or smokes.

The following two pages of the flyer are full of amusing anecdotes, preaching, pseudo-scientific claims, short songs, poetry, and other commentary decrying smoking and alcohol. It also includes the following note,
It seems as if Satan were aware that his deputy, King Alcohol, was about to be deposed from his throne on this continent; and that he was making his final and terrible struggle to maintain the ascendency of his kingdom. If he can find a religious paper whose columns are for sale, he charters a department of it, and advocates the use of domestic wine as a beverage. If he can find a physician who cares more for his fee than he does for his patient, he visits him in his study; and, like the serpent in Eden, whispers in his ear the advice to use alcohol, in preference to any substitute, for medical purposes. If he can find a politician who, like the bat, is half mouse and half bird, flitting in the twilight of public opinion, he inspires him with the sentiment that temperance is poison to politics.
Further into the third page, there begin to appear comments on the health benefits of of vinegar and vinegar bitters. Near the end of the third page Dr. Walkers Vinegar Bitters are specifically signaled out as exceptionally healthful.

Thus, we are led to the fourth and final page, a full advertisement promoting the miraculous health benefits and remedies achieved through Dr. Walkers Vinegar Bitters. The label of Dr. Walkers California Vinegar Bitters appears at the center of the back page. The true purpose of this pamphlet, to promote Walkers Vinegar Bitters is thus revealed. The publisher is mostly likely R. H. McDonald and Company, the general agents for Walker Bitters, who maintain offices in New York and San Francisco.

There appear to be several variations on the theme of the Dead River Grand Trunk Railway. All are quite rare, and feature similar temperance invective. While the pamphlet itself is undated, we can use the date of the Beer Congress, June 1860, as a marker, for it must have been published shortly after that event.

Size: Printed area measures 10.75 inches high by 8.5 inches wide.

Condition: Very good. Minor wear on original fold lines. Evening toning.



Shipping: Shipping rates are not negotiable. Items are shipped within three business days of receiving payment. We are happy to consolidate shipping where possible. The following shipping options are available:
1. FedEx Overnight (45 USD). USA Only. Signature Required.
2. FedEx Ground or Home Delivery (15 USD). USA Only. 1 - 10 days. If your address is a P.O. Box and cannot ship FedEx we will ship USPS Priority and, while we ship promptly, recent postal personnel cutbacks mean that delivery may take time. Signature Required.
3. FedEx International or DHL International EXPRESS (45 USD).
4. We can use your FedEx Account.

Customs: International buyers are responsible for paying duty and taxes on delivery. DHL or FedEx will contact the buyer by telephone to arrange tax payment if it is levied. Duty varies by country and we cannot predict the amount you will be charged. Some countries are duty free, others are not. Typically, a customs duty and/or VAT tax will be assessed on all parcels to continental Europe. Sometimes duty or tax is due in China, but is seems very random. Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, and Taiwan have never assessed duty on a map we shipped. Maps shipped to the UK should be duty free as educational materials, but from time to time duty of 5% is assessed incorrectly by the UK customs agents.

Insurance: All shipments are insured privately against loss and damage. All of our shipments require a signature for insurance purposes.

If you have any questions please feel free to email us through eBay.


Other Services
Conservation Framing: Geographicus recommends basic conservation framing services for any antique paper. We do not offer this service.

Antique Map Restoration: Geographicus can repair and restore your antique map. Services include deacidification cleaning flattening and backing.


BEWARE anyone attempting to contact you, from a different eBay account, claiming to represent Geographicus Antique Maps. My eBay handle is GeographicusMaps. If you are contacted by email by someone offering you my items, please call me directly to be certain you are not dealing with a con artist.
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1869 Dear River Grand Trunk Railway Temperance Broadsheet



WE SELL ONLY ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAPS - NOT REPRODUCTIONS


Title: Dead River Grand Trunk Railway!

Description: An outrageously amusing c. 1869 temperance flyer in a small folio masquerading as a train schedule for the allegorical Dead River Grand Trunk Railroad. The brochure rails against the twin evils of drunkenness and tobacco smoking while at the same time promoting the health benefits of Dr. Walkers Vinegar Bitters.

The front page advertises the route from Sobriety through such lovely sounding towns as Morning Dram, Sneaksville, Drunkardstown, Bloody Gape, Thieves Ally, Gamblers Causeway, Robbers Town, Desperation, Hangmans Hollows, and Suicide Tunnel, to arrive ultimately, at Perdition. As the flyer describes, on the way you are guided by the conductor of the morning Jersey Lightening Express a Mr. T. H. E. Devil, Esq.

It also describes the Business of the Dead River Railroad, which seems bustling with some 600,000 passengers which squander annually more than 1,500,000,000 dollars. In this section, there are references to the National Beer Congress of June, 1869, from which we have been able to roughly date this document.

The front page further assails smoking, calling it the Air Line, Quickest Time! with S.U.R.E. Death being the superintendent of that most expedient route. It argues that smoking leads to drunkenness and vice versa. Other reasons to avoid tobacco include the fact that it is essentially filthy and ungodly and perhaps most significantly, that ladies of refinement involuntarily shrink from the man who chews, or snuffs, or smokes.

The following two pages of the flyer are full of amusing anecdotes, preaching, pseudo-scientific claims, short songs, poetry, and other commentary decrying smoking and alcohol. It also includes the following note,
It seems as if Satan were aware that his deputy, King Alcohol, was about to be deposed from his throne on this continent; and that he was making his final and terrible struggle to maintain the ascendency of his kingdom. If he can find a religious paper whose columns are for sale, he charters a department of it, and advocates the use of domestic wine as a beverage. If he can find a physician who cares more for his fee than he does for his patient, he visits him in his study; and, like the serpent in Eden, whispers in his ear the advice to use alcohol, in preference to any substitute, for medical purposes. If he can find a politician who, like the bat, is half mouse and half bird, flitting in the twilight of public opinion, he inspires him with the sentiment that temperance is poison to politics.
Further into the third page, there begin to appear comments on the health benefits of of vinegar and vinegar bitters. Near the end of the third page Dr. Walkers Vinegar Bitters are specifically signaled out as exceptionally healthful.

Thus, we are led to the fourth and final page, a full advertisement promoting the miraculous health benefits and remedies achieved through Dr. Walkers Vinegar Bitters. The label of Dr. Walkers California Vinegar Bitters appears at the center of the back page. The true purpose of this pamphlet, to promote Walkers Vinegar Bitters is thus revealed. The publisher is mostly likely R. H. McDonald and Company, the general agents for Walker Bitters, who maintain offices in New York and San Francisco.

There appear to be several variations on the theme of the Dead River Grand Trunk Railway. All are quite rare, and feature similar temperance invective. While the pamphlet itself is undated, we can use the date of the Beer Congress, June 1860, as a marker, for it must have been published shortly after that event.

Size: Printed area measures 10.75 inches high by 8.5 inches wide.

Condition: Very good. Minor wear on original fold lines. Evening toning.



Shipping: Shipping rates are not negotiable. Items are shipped within three business days of receiving payment. We are happy to consolidate shipping where possible. The following shipping options are available:
1. FedEx Overnight (45 USD). USA Only. Signature Required.
2. FedEx Ground or Home Delivery (15 USD). USA Only. 1 - 10 days. If your address is a P.O. Box and cannot ship FedEx we will ship USPS Priority and, while we ship promptly, recent postal personnel cutbacks mean that delivery may take time. Signature Required.
3. FedEx International or DHL International EXPRESS (45 USD).
4. We can use your FedEx Account.

Customs: International buyers are responsible for paying duty and taxes on delivery. DHL or FedEx will contact the buyer by telephone to arrange tax payment if it is levied. Duty varies by country and we cannot predict the amount you will be charged. Some countries are duty free, others are not. Typically, a customs duty and/or VAT tax will be assessed on all parcels to continental Europe. Sometimes duty or tax is due in China, but is seems very random. Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, and Taiwan have never assessed duty on a map we shipped. Maps shipped to the UK should be duty free as educational materials, but from time to time duty of 5% is assessed incorrectly by the UK customs agents.

Insurance: All shipments are insured privately against loss and damage. All of our shipments require a signature for insurance purposes.

If you have any questions please feel free to email us through eBay.


Other Services
Conservation Framing: Geographicus recommends basic conservation framing services for any antique paper. We do not offer this service.

Antique Map Restoration: Geographicus can repair and restore your antique map. Services include deacidification cleaning flattening and backing.


BEWARE anyone attempting to contact you, from a different eBay account, claiming to represent Geographicus Antique Maps. My eBay handle is GeographicusMaps. If you are contacted by email by someone offering you my items, please call me directly to be certain you are not dealing with a con artist.
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