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Sale of Land or Negroes, by Administrators, Executors, and Guardians,.per square,... 5 00 Sale of Personal Property, by Administrators, Executors, and Guardians, per square,... 325 Notice to Debtors and Creditors, 3 25 Notice for Leave to Sell, 4 00 Citation for Letters of Administration, 2 75 Citation for Letters of Dismission from Adm’n- 5 00 Citation for Letters of Dismission from Guardi anship, .. 3 25 LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. Sales of Land and Negroes, bv Administrators, Executors, or Guardians, are required by law to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of tea in the forenoon, and three In the after noon, at the Court House in the County in which the property is situate. Notices of these sales must be given in a public gazette forty days previous to the day of sale. Notices for the sale of Personal Property must be given at least ten days previous to the. daj r of sale. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published for ty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be published weekly for two months. Citations for Letters of Administration must be published thirty-days —for Dismission from Admin istration, monthly, sijc months —for Dismission from Guardianship, forty days. Rules for Foreclosure of Mortgage must he pub lished ’ monthly for four months —for, compelling titles 1 from -Executors or Administrators, where a bend has been given by the deceased, the frill space of three months. will always be continued accord ing to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered. ? The Law of Newspapers. 1. *?? ;bscribers who do not” give express notice to the contrary, a , considered as wishing to continue their subscription. 2. If subscribers order •the discontinuance of their newspapers, the publisher may continue to send them until all arrearages arc paid. 3. 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All qr4ers, in this department, must be addressed to J. T. BLAIN. PK O SPEC ‘l't ; s OP THE TiMPlßtll HIIMIR. [quondam] TEMPERANCE BANNER. ACTUATED by a conscientious desire to An ther the cause of Temperance, and experiencing great disadvantage in being too narrowly limited in space, by the smallness of our paper, for the publica tion of Reform Arguments and Passionate Appeals,” we have determined to enlarge it to a mom conve nient and acceptable size, .lad being conscious of the fact that there are existing in the minus of a large portion of the present readers of the Banner and its former patrons, prejudices-and difficulties which pan never be removed so long as it retains the name, we venture also to make ,a change in that par ticular. It will henceforth be called, “THE-TEM PERANCE CRUSADER,” This old pioneer ol the Temperance cause is des tined yet to chronicle the triumph of its principles. It has stood the test —passed through ihe “fiery fur nace,” and, like tfie ‘-'Hebrew children,” re-appeared unscordheu. It has survived the neicspajier famlye which has caused, and” is AffilEcausing many excel lent journals and periodicals to sink, like “bright ex halations in the evening” to rise ho more, .and it has even heralded tjio “death struggles of many contem f orarics, laboring for the same great end with itself, t “still fives*” and “waxing'boider as it grows older,” is now waging an'-eternal ■“Crusade’’ against the “In fernal Liquor Traffic,” standing like the “High Priest” of the Israelites, jvlis .stood between the people and the plague.that threatened destruction. ’ We entreat the friends'of the Temperance Cause to give its their influence iiv extending the usefulness of the paper. We intend presenting to the public a sheet worthy :bf ail Attention and a liberal patronage; , for while it is strictly a Temperance Journal, ye shall endeavor to keep its readers posted on all the current events throughbußtlft country. IKSp’Price, as heretofore, sl, strictly in advance. Mb . M II.; SEAfcS, ‘••••'■ Editor, and Proprietor. Penfield, Ga., Dec. 8,1865. EVIL EFFECTS OF INTEMPERANCE. ', The evil effects of an intemperate use of ardent spirits have been so frequently por trayed. and the imminent danger in “tarry ing long at the wine” has been so often pre sented to the world, that it is difficult to de cide what more to say upon the subject.— The magnitude of the soul-destroying evil, Intemperance, is however too great —to q alarmingly great to admit of entire silence on the part of those who would, if possible, throw a barrier in the path way of that fell destroyer. No one but a perfect misan thrope can see his fellow-man tottering up on the verge of a drunkard’s grave, or reel ing in the drunkard’s path, without wishing that the course of that, unfortunate friend might be changed, and he be enabled to re lease himself from the thraldom of that dan gerous appetite which is sinking him far, far below the position which he might, and which he ought to occupy. But what is to be done! the tempter stands in his way, and the syren song is-luring him on till he heeds not the warning voice that would gladly turn his footsteps from the awful abyss towards which he is hastening. He deceives himself with the reflection that lie is safe even when the lowering clouds are ready to burst with awful retri bution upon his head. He never intends to “go to extremes,” as he has seen others do. Ah, no ! he flatters himself that he is ,as yet only a temperate drinker, and such he ever intends to remain. Others, he admits, go too far, but they have not the self-control which he possesses. And thus he reasons with himself, firmly believing that he is one of a favored few, who can successfully re sist the cravings of that unnatural appetite which has sunk so many valuable souls down to regions of endless despair. The Divine edict-—‘‘No drunkard shall enter the kingdom of Heaven”—excites not a fear in his mind. He cannot believe it intended for him. He drinks simply because his health requires it. He pleads a weakness that requires the aid of a stimulus to ward off disease. (), mistaken plea! O, fatal error ! What! has an Omniscient Maker created man so imperfect that he requires a virulent. poison, a soul-destroying agent to enable his physical system to perform its-ap propriate functions? Has he given to man an immortal soul, and clothed that spark of immortality with a body whose existence is dependent upon the raging fires of alcohol? Turn to the experience of man and read in that the falsity of such a supposition. Com pare, for instance, the average years of the strictly temperate physicians who, a quarter of a century since, were residing in the vi cinity of Natchez, with the years of those who rusted to the supposed health-preserv ing properties of alcoholic drinks, and wh.lt a leai ful contrast do we find ! The average duration of’ life with the former was sixty three years, while that of the latter hardly reached half that number! Who, in view of facts like this, can plead the salutary in fluences of ardent spirits upon the human system? Other facts, equally startling, might be adduced, huf why multiply proofs of that which is as evident as an axiom ?—- We have too often seen haggard forms tot tering under the tyrannic sway of old king Alcohol, to suppose he entertains any friend ly regard for his subjects. His rule is en tirely at enmity with the happiness of his devotees, but lie lures them to his arms, and like the deadly Apega, folds them writhing and heldlees in his tortuous embrace. Help less, should I say ? No ! He cannot force his despotism upon unwilling subjects. Al legiance to his power must be voluntary.— Strip him of his deceitful charms, trample his false colors to the dust, apd who Would not shun the revolting spectacle that he would present ! Rise, then, to the rescue. Come one, come all. Bind the relentless monster that is stalking with giant strides over our fair land. His footsteps are marked with the blood of fathers, husbands, brothers, and friends. His pestilential breath is freighted with deadly poison. Disease, Want, igno rance and shame are the fruits of his mis sion, and yet, strange to tell, he is fondled and embraced by the very victims upon whose vitals he is feeding his insatiable ap petite. ‘A Rise then! oppose his onward march!— ; stay him in his deadly career !—save us from the blighting, withering course of this horrid monster, and thus preserve health to our bodies, happiness to our homes, and honor to our names .'—True Witness. A TEMPERANCE LECTURE. i would recommend ipecacuanha as a remedy for drunkenness, taken in half drachm doses as an emetic. Ipecacuanha lias the extraordinary property of stimula ting the whole system, equalizing the circu latiops. promoting the various secretions, and indeed, assisting each organ of the body to perform its function, and restore it to its normal state. Ipecacuanha can be Taken with perfect safety as an emetic; o that ac count it is .preferable to tartar emetic. I believe the administration.of half a drachm of ipecacuanha,, as an emetic, to he a cure for periodical drunkenness. It is observed .that jn. the intervals, between the periods of these attacks, the person is quite sober, and often remains so for, two, three or four months, or for a longer time, ‘ the mania comes on, the intense desire for alco ■it Meir to Cniipnastc. glwiilj, plmitow, fccral Intelligence, fjetos, fa. PENFIELD, GA, SATURDAY. JULY 26, 1850. holic stimulus’ is so sfrbhgf as to render the sufferer subject to no control, and, frorh the gensation of depression aifd sinking, hie can look.upon alcoholic stimulants as his oqly remedy. When a person is in this state, it will be always .found that his stomach is in fault, and the unnatural from that cause alone; if half a drachm of the powder of ipecacuanha be taken so as to produce full vomiting, the desire for intoxi cating stimulus is immediately removed. From the experience I have had of the effects of ipecacuanha, I am of,, opinion, if a patient can be persuaded to follow up the emetic plan for a few times,when 1 he period ical attack comes on, that he \vill be effect ually cured, and the habit (for such I look upon it) will be broken.— London Lancet. THE QUARRELSOME NEIGHBOR. .BY JANK WEAVER. %. >’ “Please, ma’am,” said -the maid servant to Mrs. Mowbray, “the new neighbor’s been quarreling. She says I throw my slops in front of her house.” “And are-you sure you don’t do it, Bid sy£ “Yes, ma’am. It’s her own girl does it. I saw her yesterday.” “Did you tell hor so?” “Yes, ma’am. But she only called me I an impudent thing, ma’am. And I won’t stand it, ma’am. If you can’t stop , it, ma’am, I must give warning.” Mrs. Mowbray had often before, experi enced her neighbor’s quarrelsome disposi tion. She had, however, managed both to control her own indignation, and, what was more difficult, to keep down that of her servant. But here was a crisis, Biddy’s threat of leaving required that an effort should be made to control Mrs. Power, for Biddy was not only too good a servant to part with unnecessarily, but had right on her side. So Mrs. Mowbray, during the morning, called next door and sent up her name to the mistress of the house. At first, Mrs. Power, thinking the visit one of an ordi nary character, was all smiles. But when Mrs. Mowbray approached the real purpose of the interview, her hostess flared out into anger. A• termagant to - her husband, a tyrant to her children, and a quarrelsome acquaintance under all circvnnstunces, Mrs. Power was not to be brought to reason, even by the mild and lady-like Mrs. Mow bray- The latfer,* after a space, had to re tire before the enraged looks and opprobri ous words of her neighbor, giving up the field in despair, • 1 Things went on worse after this inter view. It seems to afford Mrs. Power pe culiar delight to in vent annoyances for her neighbor. In a score of ways, the pa tience of Mi - s. Mowbray and her servant was tried. Kitchen refuse was often found, at i noming,s:.in Mrs. Mowbray’s garden, evidently thrown there during the night; and no one could he suspected except Mrs. Power. A canary, which had escaped from its cage, and trespassed on the premises of the latter, was killed. At last, even the forbearance of Mrs, Mowbray gave out, when she found, one day, that oil had been poured on her front-door steps. To crown her troubles, Biddy, the evening before, had executed her threat and left, worn out. by the numberless vexations arising from .their quarrelsome neighbor. The indignation of Mrs, Mowbray still continued,, when, about a week afterward, another neighbor called in. Almost the first word the latter said, was, “Have you heard how the children are next door?” “The children? Why? Is anything the matter?” “Haven’t you heard? They have the scarlet fever,” “Dear ine, the poor things !” ejaculated Mrs. Mowbray. “No! I hadn’t heard.” For the truth was that she had ceased all intercourse with her quarrelsome neighbor. “The worst is,” resumed her visitor, “that Mrs. Power has nobody to help her. Her servant got frightened ‘and went off last night; and none of the neighbors will go in : and serves her right.” In a little while, the visitor left, and Mrs. Mowbray return and to her household duties. But her mind was not on them. She could not help thinking of the little ones, next door, who were suffering for their mother’s fault.” “Three children sick, and no one to help her. Poor dears ! I really can’t stand it,” at last said Mrs. Mowbray. “I must; go in and assist her, quarrelsome as she is.” It was even a more melancholy house than she had expected. The youngest of the children was so ill as to require the exclusive attention of one person; while the other two needed a nurse between them; and then there was all the house hold work tube done besides ! Mrs. Mow bray’s heart ached. Butshe was a woman of energy, and instead of wasting time in regrets, she put. on hbr bonnet again, and going out, did not return till she had brought aeon pie of the neighbors with her. It was not an easy task* but MrS. Mow bray was universally respected, and she made it a point that the neighbors-should come to oblige ber, and not Mrs. Power. During the whole of one week, while the lives of the children hung successively in tfie balauce, Mrs. MoWbray was assiduous* With her assistants, in this neighborly duty. During* all that .time, the .mother, wild with anxiety, could think of nothing hut. her Hit tie ones. But when the peril was. past, the popr creature threw in an agony of remorse, shame and repentance, at Mrs. Mowbrayls foe crying, “Oh! f can ngver ibank you enough,— To think have (lone all this, after the way I have behaved.!” . As she spoke, her tears almost suffocated her: it seemed, indeed, as if her heart would break. From that hour, Mrs. Power became a changed woman. Kindness had subdued her. “Go thou and do likewise.” COURTING IN BROADWAY. Avery singular wedding transpired here this week. A young and very pretty Irish girl—the sister of one of our common Couneilmen, was walking up Broadway, New York, When she attracted the atten tion of an elderly gentleman of large wealth, who had lived all his life a bache lor and an ascetic : Rumor says that he was foiled in an affairs du-camr , and carri ed thenceforth in’ his breast a heart impen etrable to the sweet influences of the ten der passion.—Well, this gentleman on the promenade was attracted by this Irish girl to such a degree that he arrested bis steps and ventured to address her ; “ Will you pardon the liberty, Miss, if I ask your name ? The girl timidly surveyed him, and ap parently satisfied that not mere curiosity prompted him in the query, and that he was a gentleman, she acceded. “My name is Mary O’K , sir.” “Dare I ask you another question. Marv —I mean Miss O’K—?” “Proceed, sir,” she replied, good hu moredly. “Then I should like to ask you—and you will confer an infinite obligation upon me by answering truly—whether yon are engaged in marriage to any one, or wheth er your feelings are interested in any per son whatever. The question was decidedly a home one, but there was so kind and gentle an ex pression in the old man’s eye, and such an evident earnestness in his tone, that she answered him freely— . “Not in the least, sir.” “Then allow me without any further cer emony, to place my card in.your hand and with it the offer of myself and fortune.— Commission any friend you please to make whatever inquiries concerning me you may deem proper and let me know your deter mination to morrow. The girl overwhelmed with surprise, de posited the slip of pasteboard in the reti cule and passed on. On Wednesday after noon her brother called at the 1 iotei where i her admirer resided and informed him that Mary had concluded to accept him. They y T erc married the same evening at the res idence of the bride’s mother and the old gentlemen settled** on her one hundred thousand dollars on the spot, This gentleman—he would not like me to given you his name—has held a great many public offices in his time, was form erly a Major in the U. S. Army, and after wards assistant Indian Commissioner. His real estate in this city is worth more than 8200,000. Mary and the Major started the next morning for New Orleans, where the lat ter has a brother who is a sort of pecunia ry nabob in that city. BEAUTIFUL OLD AGE. In Mrs. Sigourney’s new book, “Past Meridian,” the following charming picture of virtuous old age occurs. God grant that such pictures may not be few and far be tween : “That venerable old man, vigorous, his temples slightly silvered, when more than four-score years had visited them, how freely flowed forth the melody of his lead ing voice amid the sacred strains of public worship! His favorite tunes of ‘Mear’ and ‘Old Hundred,’ wedded to these simply sublime words: ‘While shepherds watched their flocks by night,’ and— ‘Praise God, from whom all blessings flow,’ seem even now to tall sweetly, as they did upon my childish ear. These, and similar ancient harmonies, mingled with the de vout prayers that morning and evening hallowed his home and its comforts; she, the partner of his days, being often sole auditor. Thus, in one censer, rose the praise which every day seemed to deepen. God’s goodness, palled not on their spirits because it had been long continued. They rejoiced that it was ‘new every morning, and fresh every evening.’” Fortunately Robbed. — We find the fol lowing in the Picayune. Did not Mobile once have a lucky corporation Which got large profits out of being swindled ? In one of the most conspicuous corners in Chicago is a large six-story building, built by a clerk in that city with funds purloined from his employer. When detection be came unavoidable he left town and sent back an agent to negotiate. The matter was finally arranged by the employer tak ing the building and paying the thief -1110.000, and it was remarked, so great had been the rise in the value of the property that the employer made his fortune by being robbed. SWINGING FESTIVALS IN INDIA. • A Calcutta correspondent of the London 11tries, Mr. James Holmes, writes to that paper as follows: “The bloody rites of the Churritch Poojah, or swinging festivals, which take place annually, and at this time of the vear, in honor of the god Shiva, are at present being celebrated in India; and the cruelties then inflicted are voluntarily sub mitted toon the part of the individuals who undergo them. Asa ceremonvof this kind was to take place on the 11th of April, in the Circular-road, which is distant from Cal- cutta about two miles, some other gentle men and I who were desirous to see it, drove in that direction, and the whole line of road leading to the place Was crowded with na- of every caste and shade of color, wending their way thither to see the degra ding spectacle, and dressed up in the most gaudy and fantastic manner possible. Great numbers of the women and children had laige brass rings, about four inches in diam eter, through their noses, also rings round their ancles, by way of ornament. “Thepot where the tragic scenes were to be enacted was a large square, surround ed with houses, and on the tops of which were seated crowds of Indians of every age, and all more or less excited with an intoxi cating compound called ‘bhang.’ In the centre of this square was erected a long pole sixty feet high; at the top of this was anoth er about forty feet long, placed at right an gles to the former, working in a socket in the centre, and capable of being whirled round ; and to each end was a rope. Hav ing waited for ten minutes or so, the infatu ated native who was to be swung came in, amid the beating of Indian drums and the shouts ol the people. The man had a wild expression of countenance, with his eyes glaring, being under the influence of bhang, ol which he had consumed great quantities during the three previous days to deaden the pain. Phis unfortunate native had two large iron hooks (not unlike those used by butchers at home for hanging up meat) thrust through his back, three inches apart, and making a wound four inches in length, from which the blood streamed down. This being done the men tied the rope which was fixed to one of the ends of the horizontal pole to the two hooks in his back, and likewise passed it through a cloth, which was tied slackly round his breast to prevent him fa.ll ing to the ground should the flesh give way, which it sometimes does. They then pulled down the other end of the pole, which of course raised the one with the man along with it. and then ran round at great speed sos die space ol a quarter of an hour. All this time the poor man was suspended in the air by the hooks in his back, and whirl ing round 50 feet from the ground; and from the manner m which he kicked about his legs i.e appeared to he suffering great ago ny. When he was iet down, and the hooks taken out of his back, he was more dead than alive, and the laceration caused by them was frightful. Men who undergo the swinging seldom survive it. While Parlia ment are engaged in making inquiry in re ference to the torture employed by the Gov ernment officials in the Presidency of Mad ras, for tife purpose of collecting the reven ue from the natives, I think they would do well to devise some plan by which they could totally abolish t he practice I have been endeavoring to describe, and which could be more easily done now than in previous years. The middle and higher classes of the natives, I understand from good author ity, do not approve it as they did formerly; it is only the lowest class of the natives that take part in the ceremony.” THE RING OF POLYCRATES. Classical history tells us of Polvcrates, King of Samos, celebrated • for his uninter rupted good fortune. When Amasis, King of Egypt, advised him to chequer his con tinual prosperity by relinquishing some of his favorite objects, Polycrates complied and threw into the sea a seal ring, the most valuable of his jewels; but a few days after he received the present of a fish, in whose belly the jewel was again found! A vine dresser of Albano, near rome, is said to have found this ring in a vineyard. This treasure, which Schiller has fully described in his ballad, was brought to Rome upon the death of its owner, 522 years before Christ, and was seen and mentioned by Pliny. The Emperor Augustus placed it in a golden case, and deposited it for safety in the Temple of Concord. The stone ol the ring is of considerable size and oblong in form. The. engraving on it, by Theodore of Samos, the son ol Talikles, is of extraor dinary fineness and beauty. It represents a lyre with three bees flying about; below, on the right, a dolphin; on the left, the head of a bull. The name of the engraver is in scribed in Greek characters. The upper surface of the stone is slightly concave, not highly polished, and one corner broken. It is asserted that the possessor of this ring has been offered 50,000 dollars for it by an En glishman, but has declined it, expecting to make a more profitable bargain with the Emperor Alexander. ADVANCE PAYMENT FOR PAPERS. No subscriber worth retaining, will ob ject to the pay-in-advance system. Thoss who wanted to hear Jenny Lind sing, had to pay*in advance; and what were her di vines* strains compared with those which flow from the editorial pens? You can’t C TERMS: 01,00 IN ADVANC! J JAMES T. BLAIN, V PRINTER. VOL. XXII.-NUMBER2| take your seat in a rickety mail-coach, i|#i ny-from-the-track railroad car, without mg m advance for the risk of being killed It you would hear a concert, or literary le|H taue, or see Tom Thumb, or the Siame®'-'. I wins, you must plank down your twentlw live, titty, or one hundred cents, before yoB - pass the threshold. Nay, if any one has si ’ little regard for his own character as t| want to read Barn-urn’s Autobiography hi must pay for it. And yet men furnish at | price on the very brink and utmost verge o| prime cos t.~Ex. Paper. # ■ SHE DID’NT KNOW HER HUSBAND, I A little occurrence took place in Alleghal ny city last week which borders somewhafl on the romantic: Mrs. , a California widow, as ladies! generally are termed whose husbands are! absent in the land of gold, was startled ontl morning in the early part of the week by al loud, impatient knock at the hall door. Heil attendant was out, and being rather hurried! and in the second story, she looked out ofl the window to ascertain who the visitor! could be. The appearance of the individu-l al at the door was rather striking. His I wearing apparel was coarse, ill made, and I veiy much out of fashion. The hair on his I lace almost concealed his features. The la-1 dy thought, that like Samson, a razor had I never passed over it since the day of his Arth, and certainly, to say the least of it, no one even for a moment would have thought it necessary for him to tarry at Jericho un "til his beard was grown. Under his arm he carried a large parcel neatly done up. After a moment’s consideration Mrs. came to the conclusion that he was a ped lar, who had just left the back woods, to pur sue his avocation in our sister city, and therefore very politely informed him that the did not require anything. “You had better examine what I have got,” replied the stranger. No, it would be only troubling him; she would not purchase. “Well, come down and open the door,” persisted the stranger. The lady’s patience was almost exhaust ed by his importunity, and she was about to administer a rebuke, when her ear detect ed the suppressed laughter of the stranger. She could not see the broad grin on his face for the hair prevented her; but she did hear him laugh and his voice was familiar to her. So descending, she opened the door, and the next moment she was clasped in the arms of the rough individual before her, who pro ved to be not a pedlar, as she imagined, but her long absent husband. His beard was of three years growth, and he had returned home in his mining habiliments purposely to surprise her. We will merely add that, on second thought, the lady did want most, if not all the articles in the parcel, which con tained a goodly collection of silks, satins, bracelets, &c., and that the supposed pedlar after going through the hands of the barber and merchant tailor, has turned out to be as fine a looking man as any in our country. m A SENSIBLE LANDLORD. The Frankfort Herald is responsible for the following: A little incident transpired some weeks ago at one of the Frankfort Hotels, which, under the present temperance excitement, is not unworthy of notice. The names of the parties we withhold from the public for shame’s sake. A little girl entered the tavern, and in a pitiful tone told the keeper that her mother had sent her there to get eight cents. “Eight cents!” said the tavern keeper, “what does your mother want witli eight cents? I don’t owe her anything.” “Well,” said the child, “father spends his money here for rum, and we have nothing to eat to-day. Mother wants to buy a loaf of bread.” A loafer remarked to the tavern keeper to “kick out the brat.” “No,” said the keeper, “I will give her the money, and if the father comes here again, I’ll kick him out.” ANECDOTE. The following anecdote is told of a very clever fellow, but who has recently joined the Sons of Temperance : After becoming a “Son,” he went to Mo bile on business, and was taken ill at that place. The physician was called, and on examining him, pronounced him in a very dangerous condition, and proscribed brandy. The sick man told him that he could not take it. The doctor insisted that it was a proper remedy, but the patient told him he would not take it. The doctor said that he must or he would have spasms. “Well,” said the Son of Temperance,‘Til try a couple first.” DC7 !o The following tradition, concerning the vine, is to the point: When Adam plan ted the vine, and left it, Satan approached it and said, -‘‘Lovely plant! I will cherish thee;” and thereupon, taking three animals, a lamb, a lion, and a hog, he slayed them at the root of the tiee, and their blood has been imbibed by the tree to this day. Thus, if you take one goblet of wine, you are cheer ed by its influence, yet are mild and docile as the lamb; if you take two goblets, ybu become furious, and roar and bellow like a lion; and if you drink of the third goblet, your reason sinks, and like the hog, you waL I low in the mire,