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sail nor use, as a beverage , any Spirituous or ,
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■IWIH If ■ iiini ii u.w- SEWnrCMHerSM
Juvenile Dofuirtnieut
Tha Straw xforry Boy-
The following siiiijGe and unvarnish
ed story is strictly tru It is given
by a horticultuiist, in lli.it brunch ofin
dustrv.
Fourteen years nao last May, on a
Saturday at noon, a boy call <1 at mr
dwelling-bouse, to sell sir.t vberries. :
He was of sleti ior form, apparently;
about fourtton years of u ;e, with h
bright and intelligent countenance. !
* riin fruit was beautiful a:t 1 tern lung,
bill 1 had bought eiiujoh at market in
the in truing tor dinn r and 1 ><• list, and
refused to pr chase more. He observ
ed that his strawberries had its. been
picked from the vines, and would keep
for the Sunday. My wife was much
pleased with bis gentle and pleasant
manners, and decided ut nnc > to pur
chase ami to engage a daily supp'y
from him fur the s a m. I pun in
quiry we learned that with his lath r
and <t young brother tie <•- .lit” -md veg
etables and fruit to a-dl in ilte Cincin
nati market, o:t a srn.il pi me near
Newport, Kentucky ; that he had a,
taste fur horticulture and lor books,
and that no effort was spared to im
prove bis knowledge itt b >;!). In sum
mer he cultivated the soil, in winter
the mind.
For three years we were regularly
supplied by this hoy, from the earliest
io the latest period oltlie season, with .
strawberries freshly gathered, ot fine
quality, and at moderate prices; then
with rjspberri s in successi >n.
The fourth year we “mi--a and him on
his accustom and round,’ and feared that
we should see him no more. My w ife
felt disappointed, a good deal about it.
lie was so intelligent and obliging, •>
gentle and engaging in bis manner,
that she had taken a great fancy to
him. Besides all this, where
could we supply our table with such
fine sitawberrios, brought daily totlie
house? Various inquiries tore made,
but nothing could be h ar.l of him.
She only knew his chris'.i m cam ; the
other, ifshe ever had h-mid i'. had es
caped her memory. Su* re- ollecn 1
to have observed art oc aid hectic
flush on his cheeks, ami (--trad tiiat
the fell d-strover, consumu"on, ii.ui
marked him fi>r its own. Poor b .y,
she said, we shall nevei > <* him agam;
he has run his race, and wul :onn be
forgotten.
Years had passed away, and we hid
ceased to speak of him, wlun one day a
young man of genteel app arauc fail
ed at my store, and presenting Ids
hand, asked if’[ remembered him. In
the hurry and bustle of business life, one
forms so many acqn tiniam t s that it is
not easy to rec Beet • very name or
face at a first sight.—l tle-ref no un-
that 1 did r. n. H ■ replied;
that when a boy he used to supply us
with strawberries, and he inquired kind
ly for my w ife and children.
He stated, that by ddiigenco in his
horticultural pursuits lie had stv-1
some money, and was tin ;; interested
, in a small store in a neigh , miny town.
1 w r-sdelighted to see him, and to h en
°f hi- prosperity, an i gtv him t. cm
dial invitation to my ho is.-’, but he
’ plea ’ed want of time and departed.
On reaching home in the evening, my
Wife was inuoh pfoaxcJ to Ii- . ‘
her young friend th- “Strawberry
Boy’ was living au-1 well, but Gift
rath- r sliglite 1 ;.t !is n-.t • all t ig >
her.
Two years ago when 1 saw him a
guiu ho was comparatively rich, worth
some fifty thousand dollars—hud mar
lieu the daughter of a late distinguish
•: ed lawyer—had purchased and was
: then residing in his fine mansion, in
lone of the cities immediately opposite
iour own. Occupied in business of
1 public trust and responsibility, lie lives
respected and esteemed by all his neigh-
I bors. He is well known to many of
Tour citizens ofCinoinnati. VV ith all
’ this [prosperity, he lias the good sense j
Ito remember that he was once the
; “little Straw berry B -v,” and no doubt, j
I lie feels prouder o. being the architect j
‘o! his own fortune, from that t.iundu- I
lion, than it hi had inherited ten tim- s !
us much fi out ids ancestors. —- Horlicul■
turist.
A Pretty Thought. —■
The night is mother of the day,
‘J’he winter of the spring,
Anil ever upon old decay,
The greenest mosses cling.
Behind the cloud the starlight lurks;
Through showers the sunbeams full;
Lor God, who lovelli all his works,
lias left His hope with all.
’Tis sweet on winter’s night at home J
!to sit by the fire and tapers, bui, ah, it
■is a wiser thing, by far, to take the |
papers! Can’t you take the papers'’
i Tito joys of heart are little worth tin-;
I less you take the papers. — Wanting i
j 1 ners true, you must take the papers. ;
! Swains who would not idly won, you !
i must take the papers? Can t you take .
j the papers? Love’s joys below you’ll;
never know, unless you take papers.
Sir Walter Scott lets fall the follow.!
i big valuable suggestion: 1 fever it should |
i fall to the lot of youth to peruse th se j
: pages, lot sue!) readers remember that 1
it is with the deepest regret that 1 recol
lect iu my manhood the opportunities oi ,
1 learning which 1 neglected in my you h; >
that tli dugh every part of m v literary ,
career l have foil pinched and Iramp t- ,
ed by my own ignorance; and 1 would
this mom-nt give half the reputation I ;
have had the good fortune to acquire,;
lif by doing so 1 could rest the remain
, ing part upon a sound foundation of;
learning ami science.
A man w hom Dr. Johns jm once,
io proved for fcllowirg a useless and
demoralizing business, sail] in excuse:
‘You know, doctor, that 1 must live.’
Tim bravo eld hater of everything;
mean and hateful, co-.-ly replied that
•he did not sec the least necessity lor;
l hit t . 1
_
T'n? Pulse. —Mr. Bmrson, in a paper on!
muscular motion, after several observa-
Moms on the relative heart and .-ulsa-ion
of animals in did‘rent latitudes, says
that men in our climate pul sate 72 times
in a minute, cows 18. and horses- 33.
Butin Riwa and Lipland men pulsate’
onlv 4)t053 in a minute. All excess
i itlier of heat or cold, pro’uces di-ui- ;
tuition of the powers of pulsation. f lie ;
common watch, it is said, beats or ticks ,
1i,103 in hour T’nis is 111,S1 t
a day, and J 58,424,580 a year; allow. ;
iny the year to be 800 days and six
‘hours. Sometimes watches will run,
with care, a hundred years- In that;
i, is ■ it would last to beat 1.,02t 458.
0,13 times! Toe watch is male of hard;
metal; but I etui tell you of a curiouG
machine, which is made oi something,
not neat - so hard as steel o r brass. it
is not much harder than the flesh of
your arm, y< t it will heat more titan
5,033 times tut hour, 120,1)33 ti nes n
day, and 43,839,003 a year. It will
sometimes, though not often, last a
hundred yi nrs; and when it does, it
b: ats -1.383,030,030 times. Oto mig 3
think this last machine, soft as it is,
would wear out sooner than the otner,
bui it does not. 1 will tell you one tiling
more. You have this little machine
about you. You need not feel in tour
pock t, for it is not there. It is in your
lodv —you can feel it bout. It i-i your
heart.
With what a scornful disregard of
wealth, and the position of the moment, ;
I Almighty Gid scatters the priceless
j, iits of genius among In > children?
Tito ureal poet, the illustrious suites
man, the eloquent orator, is as likely
to go lorto from the brown faced labor
ei ’ cottage over the wav, as from tin
sumptuous palaces of thn capita:. ahe
fulttre rtiler o( an einpifi may n uncou
sciously digging yonder fi 11; and this
very school inay be. under Go Ime ap
pointed moans of revealing bis unsus.
pr-cted destiny to him and the wo Id.—
Felton.
‘■The easiest -vay to ‘‘-nako a c'.c-qo
breast of it,” is to take an emetic.
People with “something on lucir,
ruin L,” will please notice.
I* is not sufficient to have great qua'.,
ities; wc must bo able to make proper j
usu of them.
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PENfTELD, GA. JUNE 25, 1553.
For the Teiuperiince Banner.
Pro. Brantly : —The crisis has come
when evert’ person should arrange him
suit on one side or the oi er, in the
i great temperance revolution. It shows
! either indolence or instability in man to
lie stiil, wiit'ii subjects of the most vital
I importance tiro being canvassed before
; the public mind. Tim great distinctive
feature in the character of those per
son; who arc ptoperly the benefactors
i of their race, is decision of character on’
i ail questions touching their interests,
i Tim great question of tcu|pcfranc re
! form, has been sufltofo'Wfy di.tcusseoto
[enable every person to decide where he
j stands. And, m fact, we have coins
j to that point where persons must take a
stan.l, tor should lie fail to decide, that
; want of decision.l opine,w ill showwhere
| iiis influence is thrown. There are ques
] lions that come up, that are of such gen
jeral application, Hut every person must
j act so as to show his peculiar views.
; For example, should a scene aviso sim
; tiar to our revolutionary struggle, eve-
ry person would, by the force of cir
;oumstances, have to unange himself
with one or the o her of the parlies ;
neutraliiy would at once excite well
grounded suspicion, which would oe
confirmed by every failure to lake a de
cided stand.
The contest before us is one of uni
versal comprehension, it embraces in
its aim on.l interests every human be
ing. None are, or can be, exempt from
taking some part in the unexampled
oot.A ct now progressing. Tito evils of
inteniji ranee nave been portrayed, botii
by iti wuiii oil and fact, until nothing re
mains to be done. Ai.d the still great
er evils arising from the present system
of traffic, are such as should cause u
blush of shame on ihe cheek of any
person defending it. A voice crying
reform, is heard from every point of the
compass—it is heard in pleading tones
from the domesiio circle, —it is heard
from every retail shop, over whose liel
lis.i traffic the wings of the Amercan
E igle are extended for defence; —it is
heard lVo.n a lh<>u-<jnd maniacs, chained
to the walls of their dungeons,—it is
heard strangely, omirtingied with ’.lie
cries of disptir, arising in melting
strains from heart-broke.t wives unit
mother.,, —it is heard from the hign and
blazing p u'tal of heaven, —iL is heard,
lik- [| ui increased echo of thunder, from
liidl, the ho me ofthe uu reform jd drunk
ard and ven Jer. 1 ask then, shall we
not heed tiiat voice, wiiose sound just
niw is silencing every other ? ifotli
armi are tolerably well arranged, and
possess suite vantage ground that will
p-o ■ useful iu the progress of the ;
contest; able n.en head the eoiuiiMs of
each. A ! r-ad\ tin- sweet music of our ;
advancing fogicut is strangely blended !
wit i the h-irroi no;os of the bloody war
irunij) I, of.the enemies of reform. I;
see iim-v this rich merchants, whose j
bloody and ill nrs meat stake, firing the;
soldiers with liquid v. >al, for the conflict. :
I sec old substantial citizens, whose
! ‘•J.ji.'ios (ii tor liberty,** standing on
■you lit comnnuding eminence, viewing!
tne conflict witti a sullen face. I see
nome of Itii’ lair sex waving tlieir bon
nets in cmco i ragv <iicsir friends to charge j
tin/ temperance host. But look at iln;
eneo j rogeinent of our legion; 1 sec :
thousands of temales waving their while
. and peaceful flag,—thousands on tlnur
i knees praying us to advance ! see
; young and beautiful wives standing at
the .si Jos of tlitdr husbands, smiling ini
the bloodless war. And———what do 1
see! Look, the spirits of departed vie
• ti.ns of intemperance praying, (if
prayer it is,) that hell may be no long,
rr people) by alcohol. And there!
above the hos s, 1 see sweet angels dip
down Loin those far oil’regions of bliss,
and hover over the temp trance legion.
Bn harken ! tiio contest is opened ; it
wots e miuienceJ by their exoert rifl ■-
men, from every part of the line ; than
fd,.as our thundering camion from
;i.i Ad tola batter*, answered by theirs
limn the Savannah redout. And
i But I will'await the result
A SOL Dili 11.
For the Femperanee Banner.
A bsard has bu'; two sidß3.
Those who arc opposed to the torn,
p ranee reform ought to enter their pro.
test to the present issue, after the fol
lowing manner:
Wo, whose names are hereunto an
nexed, do mosts ilcmnly declare an un
(V-lhjwsiiip with every movement in re.
lation to the t •oiperauee r-fonn, (false
iy so called.) i’nose who are in favor
•>f putting ] , vii tne retail traffic in ar.
t.eiii spirits, h ive ‘he impud ;nce to pub
: liciy declare, tiiat it is an evil that is
Lsprerd fir an j wide through the land,
a.. J 1 ’.at: • r y are a curse to the country ;
an that'hey are send.ng out an un
! healthy ioflupr.ce, that tends to disease
both feoui and body. And that 5y this
traffic tho penitentiary is filled with
convicts, our j ids finds inmates, the lu
intMc u>y Iu ti ,m i poor iiou .es find oc
< t.par . They further declare, that it
,m . mmi iio-jr, and by treating can-
dilates, have to take a very hard oath
to get a seat in Milledgeville. Make
men light get drunk, whip their wives,
’ and sometimes rob, murder and stenl,
i when free from this influence, they
! would not have the hardihood to do so.
! They further more declare, that they
corrupt the morals of young and old ;
and that they are enticed into these
dead falls by the sound ofthc violin and
other inducements, and there learn to
make drunkards, gamblers, &c. They
.say besides all these evils, time is spent,
1 money and character gone and many
a:family made homeless, strength tailed
and children not educated, families,
kindred and country disgraced ; —the
gospel hindered, and our taxes higher.
They farther declare that there is übout
f-LB 13,333 spent directly for spirit,
nous liquors iu Georgia annually, add
jto this the indirect expense, and who
can calculate ? And that 30,000 per
! sorts die annually in the U. S.
Whereas, these temperance folks
have made so many long and grievous
I complaints against old prince alcohol,
j we feel that it is our duty and privilege,
as We are friendly to the old prince,
he has not done the evils above Con.
plained of; we hear him abused with a
great deal of impatience. We now de
dure that instead of doing the evils
above complained of by way of retail
grog-shops, they have sent out a healthy
j influence on both soul and body, ami
they have suit out a great, healthy and
happy influence upon society ; and in
stead ut be'fig a curse to tile country,
they have blessed it by giving p-*ac •,
happiness, wealth, health, morality,
honor, &u., and have kept down bud
temper, made men sociable and kind ;
unci liavti reduced the number iu the
penitentiary, pour house, &c. ; clothed
the naked, fob the hungry, and many
other goo I tilings too tedious to mention.
Therefore, we, whose names are
hereunto annexed, do oppose the Leg
islature referiug the retail trulliu to the
vutes of the people ; also to legislation
upon the subject. We were opposed
to the old temperance society, Wash- \
iugtoniuns, Sons, and every shape the j
temp’-ranco reform (falsely so called) j
ever lias been pus. When preachers;
have spoke against intemperance in the ;
pnloits, we opposed that plan. When]
speeches have been made, we opposed ;
that plan. When they have talked j
about it, we said it would disturb tire
peace of’ the settlement. They are!
sending out temperance tracts, and b-• ;
sides all this, ull the chrisliun tlenonh ;
nations ( ‘Xcept one) are both praying
and acting ugains. us, oar craft is in ,
danger; taking all tilings into consid.,
oration, we are. much mollified. And
there is the Temperance Banner, work
ing like the leaven in the meal, tve do
hate. And here is our names :
LOVE UU.M.
GtioG SELLER. ;
BOI'IJLAIU TY.
!’RKJ IJDKJE.
| Dear uncle lieu:— lam acquainted i
with some, who say they are willing ;
for the people in each district to decide
by vote whether liquor shall be sold in
their district or not, but at the Same i
time oppose tiie present movement, — ;
will not sign the petition. 1 hey say, |
“it is the entering wedge to further and
more serious encroachments —'.nat when
we get the law wc now ask for, wo w ill
aim at annihilating the traliic by Direct
legislation.”
In answer to the fmcgoing, let me
if-lc seriously :—li the legislature shall
p iss uu act. placing lb* liquor traffic en
tirely in the hands of tho people, and j
the people by a majority shall then kick j
the Lrojjic out of the country, — >vhut more
could we a,k {--what could be more ef
fectual ? Would not that be equal to
the Maine Law ? Again: IfLe legis-
I iture snail [mss tho act called lor, and
the people should nil put an end to the
traliic under its provisions, how would
any one dare to attempt ar.v thing more
; by Direct legislation ?
The manner in which legislation is
tasked for at this time, is the mist re
publican, democratic like thing in the
w orld. We only ask for the legisla l ure.lo
place tlie matter in the hands ofllie peo
• [tie cf the several districts, so that they
l may aiulish or continue it, according to
! the popular will. Every man m the
.Stale, ought to join in asking the legisla
| tore to give us this liberty; arid lam bap
: py to find some, wh rare iu lavorof con
; [inning the liq jo.’ traffic, w lio unite in
asking the legislature to grant th-’ act.
! low called for. They say they are
| willing for the tralfio to be broken up,
if a majority in their district shall so de
cide, —though personally they are op
posed to abolishing it- i do believe
there i* virtue enough in G-orgia to put
• this business where it will hurt no one,
jif the people -an have -he privilege to j
‘do ao. Ail that is looking, is for the
legislature to cut loose the drains by
which we are * r securely riveted. —
Andi say again :If the people put
down tire iraliiwill it not be as effect
• unify done as any fogi-ativo enactment
CM do >:<?—and if this should be done,’
wh >1 m >o cm )>-; dm’ \v foxing
further legislation / And if the people
refuse to put down the traffic, will not
the reformers be in tho minority ?—and
ifthey he in tho minority, how daro
they attempt by direct legislation, to ao.
complisb that which they shall have
failed to do, by so fair u moans us is
proposed ? And if further or direct
legislation should be attempted, what
will be tho result ? It does not require
more than the sagacity of a common
child to foresee it.
Or.e thought more. If the legisla.
Hite shall pass the uct now called for,
and a majority of the people shall de
cide that liquor shall not be sold, and
that has the desired effect, — of ridding
the country of the desolations of the
liquor traffic, —no further legislation
will be attempted. But if the legisla
ture pass the uct called for, and the
[>foplo by vote decide that liquor shall
not bo sold, and we find that the evil
is not then arrested, wo will try some
other means as sure as there is hope of
success in so doing. Our motto is,—
“down with the liquor trujjic,” und we j
will never rest until we see our be- j
loved country Ireed from the withering |
curse. But we do not want legislative j
action in accomplishing this until it is j
sanctioned by ft majority of the people,)
for otherwise it would be. useless; and j
this accounts for the legislature being!
asked to place it in the people’s hands, i
I will o ly add, that tho movement iu
this county is decidedly popular.
Fraternally, Arc.
JOHN H. SMITH.
Eibortnn, Ga., .1 tine Bill.
Huntsville, June 1.
Mr. Editor -Although tho Central
Committee have for some cause, neg
lected to appiont a committee-man, or
circulate a petition in this county, you
may assure your readers and the friends
ot lemperaiioe, that there is a goodly
number of us in this comity wlio up
prove of the resolutions of the Alluntu
Convention, —looking to tlie suppression
ol the retail traliic in Georgia, and
would gladly sign stfcli petition if op
portunity occur,—indeed we huvesome
hopes that we can vote no license in this!
county. Tube short, Burnt Hickory
Temporunco Society met on Wednes
hay, Ist iust., with President Tingo in
the chair, 11. R. Runsome, Secretary.
A committee having been appointed to
present business for the action of tho
Society, presented tlie following resolu
tions, which were utiuiiiinonsly adop-!
ed :
Resolved, Ist. That we approve of, I
and will sustain, as far as possible, the!
resolutions of the Atlanta Convention oil
tlie 22 und 23 I February last, and will I
send three delegates to tho ‘Temperance j
Convention, to be In Id in that place on
the 23th iust.
Resolved, That the President Is uu ,
iliofizod to give a certificate from this
Society to e toll delegate, signed by the j
President and Secretary.
On motion, Resolved, ‘That the above j
resolution be extended to any member
of this Society, wishing to attend suid i
Convention.
In accordance with tlie above reso- j
Itilijiis, Duncan Campbell, B. F. Ran- ‘
some, Esq. ami Mosses W. Dobbins
were appointed delegates und received ;
certificates.
On in riion, Resolved, That the pro
ceedings of this meeting be sent to the
Temperance Banner, with a request to
publish.
PINKERTON TINGO, Prest.
It. R. Ran some, Seo’ry.
( From the yew York Evangelist.]
Woman as Temptress-
Sometimes mothers are seen press
i ing goblets of delicious poison to tlie
lips of their sons; and daughters and
! sisters often caress wealthy profligates,
m dead of turning the glance of outrag
ed virtue against them. Li fashionable
I life the fair girl is sometimes seen kiss
ing the wine.cup, und, with fotul
i fascination passing it to tlie young man
who would have been safe but for her.
llf temptation must come, let it not be
fiom tlie hands of lovely woman. This
is ari influence which inun knows not
bow to resist.
“ If death
Consort with thee, dentil L to me an life,
.So forcible within my heart I leel
The bond ol nature draw me to thine own.”
This temptation strikes a point at
v Inch we are least fortified, and love,
like a traitor sentinel, flings ti-o gate
to the enemy. O, we think that our
mothers, Cursistors, tho chosen friends
:of our hearts, cannot exert u destruc
tive influence upon us, and thus too
mien the enemy finds the strong man
sleeping and binds nun. Especially
H this true of tno wine-cup. Bounty
I dads the tempted io the first step,
and the charm of inoocenco bro
ken, tire path of ruin 13 recklessly
followed.
A young man beguiled to the wine- j
cup by an interesting woman, is in the
greatest peril. If the surne hand,
should oiler him quick prison with the!
same bewitching amiie, be could hard-!
!- refuse it. l/veiy true wu nan
I shudders at tl.e thought of ruining any
friend. She would rob her face of its
smile, her tonguo of its eloquence,
rather than wittingly make that smile
and that eloquence the means of lead,
ing friends to ruin.
At the mouth of the Sfirewscuty io
let I saw the wreck of a ship which
had been driven high upon the beach.
‘The hulk was perishing, and so com
pleud v lost was it, tliut it might never
ugain ride the billows as a thing of life.
My mind was sad ut contemplating
| that wreck, and from this my thoughts
! passed to the other and sadder wrecks.
; Men, tho gifted and the great and the
noble, by thousands, have been wreck’
ed, and in too muny cases, beautiful
woman, bright as an angel, clothed in
the witchery of smiles, lias lifted high’
her false lights ulluring victims on to
I death. She has been undeceived her
self, until her victim’s perfected ruin
lias uwakened her to the awful part she
has ucted. She did it unwillingly, but
i the ruin was none the less nwfuf.
! Many a mother has been the instru
| tneiit of death to her son, and many a
! young lady las assisted in leading her
! admirers into a gulf as deep us perdi
tion, nay into perdition itself.
In these days of fashionable indul
’ gence, woman is often converted i a tor
tlie fearful agent of intemperance, es
j pecially in the wulks of life. She
takes tho wine glass in her delicate
j hand, and thence it paases to her part-’
1 tier and admirer. Hemmed in with
j tho rc struiuls ol position, and the con-
I stunt influences of home, she may os
j cape the snare she is setting for others;
| but tlie young man, full of animation,
feurless of temptation, to which he is
constantly exposed, falls into it, and
ere be is uware, js involved in toils
which he finds it hard, und perhaps im
possible to breuk. Every time he Ven
tures in'o tho circle, where prevail
such immoral views of intemperance,
lie is sorely tempted to do what his
own better jutlgmen condemns. From
thesu gay circle# he goes forth with’
inflamed appetites, und weakened mor
als, until lie, who once adorned the
! hall of fashion and animated it w ith las
genial companionship, sinks from one
step to another until lie staggers in the
open street a bloated drunkard. All
the beholders, who once knew him,
utter their surprise, but few of them
are bold onougn to suy, “That urunk
ard wus tempted to ruin by woman.”
i If ladies choose to do so, they have
lire power to banish ull intoxicating
I beverages from the social circles in
which they move. Their reprobation
of the pernicious practice will drive
out the destroyer, but so long as they
pander to vicious uppotites and sacrifice
principle to fashion, they will cherish
this enemy ol social joys to the ruin
of thoso they love, und they will nv<t
on society uu evil which m some res
fleets lias no parulltd iu tho world. Lei
woman, then, consider whelhei she
will lunger be the almost irresistible
temptress ol men to drunkenness.
Fabranv-
The Reflection of a Good Wan
If I drink what is called moderately,
1 tnuy easily he led, like many others,
to drink to excess; hut if 1 drink noneat
all, there cannot be the least possible
danger.
If 1 take a little, others who follow
mv example, being weaker or not so
careful as myself, may be led on to
drunkenness; but if I entirely abstain.
i set un example which is safe for eve.
I ry body to follow.
il l but drink u little, and keep a
| small stock for rnv friends in the way
;of hospitality, rt will codt a considera
ble sum of money; hut abstinence is a
cheap system, and tends to promote
economy among all over whom it may
exercise uny influence.
II I take no.V tfud therVa glass, lam
lisble to be susp’ ot* and of more; hut sus
piuioii ounnoi attach to entire abstinence.
If I drink intoxicating liquor; mall,
l virtually praise the liquor but if 1
abstailt, 1 raise deoi Jed protest against
it.
Jflamcver so moderate, I am
; identified with the drinking party and
j the drinking system; hut if 1 abstain,
1 connect myself with those wlkj are
j working to save tho country from its
• greatest Toe.
If! lake my glass, i cannot heartily
reprove the drunkard, nor recommend
my own example to him with effect;
j but if! am a teetotaler, I can do bo with
confidence and a hope of succeka.
If I take but a little, I am on* re
move, from perfect’ society; but isl take
nothing strongr-r than water, milk or
tea, i shall always be perfectly sober.
For these reasons, I have made up
my mind to boa teetotal abstainers
JoNAIMB.
Worthless. —The memory of a
Pool and the wife of u millionaire—the
first is worthless, because it is never
applied to u good purpose. Tho latter
Louse she veiv ofieu gets money Ot
the f .
NO. 26.