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practice, is removed t»y death, he gene
rally lc;n t s children that are both a
charge and a scourge to the community.
So lost to reflection are these beings,
th t wilt n they recover front the cala
mities of drunkenness at one time, thev
plunge themselves still deeper into dis
tress, by a repetition of that intempe
rance under the consequences of which
;*ht y so lately suffered.
i he picture oi the inebriate as it ap
pears to the eye ol obseiration, is suffi
cient to strike the mind with horror, and
draw forth, a feeling of pit\ for the be
ing who can be so lost to every sense of
virtue. On cntei ing his room after a ft
ol intoxication, you find him prostrate
on his lied, in the most excruciating tor- 1
ire nt ; his e\ l . turgid wiih blood ; his ,
' : gue and n h parched; his oj pn s
sive uini s c on Vert * h • 1 ■. ; t»1 air into!
a hot, of! nsit ,whis - t nted v iu ,
h'.s parched ss.n hunts with a const,in-I
■ at; h tomacli ejects whatever it
receive ., the frequent di ,eh. rgt s of a- j
crid bile shew his liver to be stillering !
violence; his slwp is gone ; his head
pained ; his n.esi es we ary and tremu
lous ; and at length die returning hlood
from the extremities to the exhausted
hear;, is followed by the dull of extinc- 1
tior.; cir il a blood v ssd in tli brain be
ruptured, instant a ath succeeds. Hut
if he escapes sudd n destruction, and
tv the force ot habit bee >mcs accu /.om
»d to the ..Jmuias ol the inebriating li
quor, a ijiig train of chronic diseases
ensue : such as, dropsies from the t <o
violent a ton of the ab or... n ^; chronic
affection . o. the liver, which grndu
tidy undermine hi .yste.n, and thereby
shorten the period of hi-, lit .
In the ignorant savage, or in thought
less children, who follow blindly the im
pulse of the app. tite which they feel,
but are regardless of distant conse
quences, this practice would seem more
' ecu.sable. Hut in mmi in the more po
h.-'hed state of society, w:io are capable
ot exerting th ir reasoning powers be
yond nv re sensible object a, it is unpar
donable.
A more animated picture of the de
formity oi th.. vice cannot be drawn,
than til.- one given by the celebrated
Ifr. Kush, in his Inquiry into the effects
cl ardent spirits. It is as follows :—
“ A mo e affecting spectacle cann >t
b • exhibited, than a person into w hom
this infers a l spirit, generated by ha
bits of int< nip. ranee, h is cut. r d. It
ta more or lees aifecure, according to
the station a person fills in society, who
is possessed by it.—Is he a husband P
IIow deep the anguish which rends the
bosom of his wife ! Is she a wife ? Who
can measure the shame and aversion
which site excites in her husband / Is
he the father, or is she the mother, of a
i. mily cf children P See their averted
looks from thiir parents, & their blush
ing looks at each other/ Is he a magis
trate, or has he been chosen to fill a dis
tinguish- d place in the councils of his
country? What humil iating fears of cor
ruption in the administration of the
laws, and of subversion of public order
and happiness, appear in the counte
nances of all ho see him / Is he a mi
nister of the gospel Here language
fails me.—il angels weep,-it i.< at such
a sight.”
I shall conclude this essay, hy calling
the attention of those are addicted to
tlii > ]> rnicious practice, to the following
advice, given bv Shakespeare’s Ham
let—
4 A (Tame a virtue, if you have it not
Th-o ninnfter, C’uftom, who all fenle doth eat,
Or habits evil, is angel y-*t in this,—
That to the ufe of act-ons fair and good,
H- likewile gives a irocl;, or livery.
That aptiv i-. put on. Retrain to night.
Ami that (hall len ' a kind ot tafiiteTa
To tlie n* xt abftincnce; the next, more e.ify;
For ufe can alntofc rh mere the Damp of Nat u e.
And matter e’en the Devil, or throw him out,
VV.tb wondrous potency/'
Hum a nity.
V A R I ET Y.
t--d—1■ a
Ne apolitans—some years ago.
T h re are several courts oi justice in
Nupl. ;, with a vere small pension for
s u h as sit at the head ol them, so that
they ar • t mpted to take bribes, keep
t i i. ; •ano-mded, encourage law aids,
and do al! th v can to fleece the people,
it is incredible how g;e it a multitude ol
ri tain rs to the law th re are. It is
I said that when Innocent XI, had desired
the Marquis ol Carpio to famish him
v ith thirtvth'.u .ard head ol Swim ,thi
Marquis answer* .t hitn, that as for hi .
Swine h ■ c ml 1 u *t spar - tlenn; but .1
his hoii'.i<’>* had occasion for thirty tho i
sand I. r\ v ■v, lie had them at hit s r
I vice. Tit se g- nlcm a fi<a 1 a co uisiu.il
employ from the fi.ry t mp r of th
Neapolitans. There are very few p o
som of co miration who li v ■ not n
cause depend! rg; for wh na N n o' t
I Cavalier lvis nodvng else t ) do, h
j gravely shu.a hia.seU up in hio clo .t,
and fails a tumbling over bis papers, tc
see if he can start a lawsuit, and plague
any ol his neighbours.
Friendship.
Anri is there aught can soften woe?
Or lighten sorrow’s galling load ?
Or cause the heart with jov to glow,
Or smooth life’s dreary, rugged road f.
Ah ves ! a sympathizing friend,
That choicest blessing here helow,
The sweetest gift, kind heaven can send,
Will soften all the cares we know.
Then grant me but this friend so dear.
To who n I mav my sorrows tell;
Who sheds the sympathetic tear,
W ith whom the tender feelings dwell.
\Ev. Fire-Side,]
Reflections.
How beautiful, as well as useful, arc
the labors of tne Husbandman / Wa it
a satisfaction to look around him, and
see every where the improvement of
his own diligence and the works of his
own art, which, seconded by bountiful
nature, enables him to be always ga
thering some of th • fruits, while at the
same tun lie beholds others ripening,
and some budding—Ife sees his gardens
and his fields covered with the produce
of his own industry, and sees that all
liis works are good.
1 Tis wonderful with what coolness and
i’vdiil -twee the greater part of mankind
'tc war commence 1. Those who hear
of it at a distance, or read of it in hooks,
i out have never presented its evils to
their minds, consider it as little more
than a splendid game, a proclamation,
an army, a battle, and a triumph. Some,
indeed, they allow must perish, per
haps, some of their <L arest friends in the
most successful field; hut then they die
upon the bed of honour, resign their
lives ami 1st the joys of conquests, and
filled with glor) smile in d*:ath.
Ah earth! thou common parent—thou
wh >se nourishing bosom furnishes to all
the chil Yen of content that will cultivate
i thy kimin - : how art thou made the oI>
ject ol sanguinary ambition ! into what
r’.di'.u; m> portions of ideal property art
t!r> » rut out, quarrelled and contended
f or 1! »w often does the bounteous sun .
that chines upon thy suiface to expand
| the grain and to cherish thy various
'productions, leave thy verdant mantle
i di; t :a gore f