Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1823-05-03
From the Albany Plough Boy
".e Little .pill not Hurt You. %

~ LttLtS lCtLt HOt hurs (Cu.
These words have done more mis-
chief among mankind, than perhaps a II
the artillery of Satan besides. A little
of the forbidden fruit, said the arch
teDpter TO The mother Of maak ind, will
cot hart you. 1t will ,on thu contrary
open your eyes to behold hidden mys-
teFies.-The transporting fair heiiev-
ed toe readily, and we all know and
feel the Consequences Itis indeed, as
every person of observation knows, by
little and little, thar every species Of
human fraiity gaius upon its victims,
till it sub9ues their mental sortilude
and bids defiance so their nnhiest rsso
'u'ions. A litile wine will rarely hurt
one ; but that little, toe ofte0 repeated.
bee"mes inismpe-aaee intemp ga ance
produces idleness. cosiusion of affairs.
debt apG embarrassment, and these iead
directly. if not 10 fraud and embezzie-
'aen's TO penury, want, aud the limits
OF jail. Here is q pretty climax in
deed, OF hGmaD frailty aud weakoess
md oil sar want Of e. little fortitude s.
trmness to refuse, at frAi, to aecep, q
little side5osrd hospitality. la shsrt,
a little sleep sn the msrning-a Little
punch of nnon--a sittie wine & bitters
before diDner-a little mote wine and
d little resi aftsr dinner--a little visit
'ng; & little more drinking at night;
all these soon wind up she industrious
concerns OF the plough boy, the me.
chanie, the merchant or professional
character and leave them all alike
he victims, not of little, but of a
great deal of wretchedness. We be-
sehch the plough boy, Of ali others, 10
avoid these iiitie beginnings, which
lead to such great evils, and soeh
~re;ehed ends. Instead Of indu,ging
be freaks Of appetite, and hauksTtns
after Injuries " hich never fell to. des.
toy the wholesr mt habits essential TO
their prosperity in life, let them cling
TO those habits as q shipwrecked mari
ner would TO the last plank OF his iii,
fated bark.
Its said Of the iIlustrious Edmund
Burke, in the very meridian of his
spieDdoR, that he made <hIs dinners Of
che simplest food /; and that he would
frequently invite such men as Pitt, Fox,
add other shining characters OF that
day, TO diHe upon boiled leg Of mot
ton and tnrnips, and bottle or two of
elaret. Ii was "!hs feast Of reason.
the flow Of soul," and not the indul-
senee OF sensual, irrational apperite,
thn. was sought by the ehsnlprons Of
EDgland's fame and glory. Sueh like
wise was 'bc Temperance and G0gu ii,y
Of eur Franklin, whose immortality Is
built upon the sams basis as that IF
he Burkes and Pitts Of old England
From such examples let us learn to
deSpise and Danish luxury aud dissipa-
uon from our homes, and our fesiive
boards; and let the plough boys be the
tlrst-to pursue this path Of domestic O.
economy, Let them never sieken al the
labor which they cannot avoid; beeanse
PFoVideuee has deereed it as the means
OF human subsistence. Let them rath-
es rejoice, chat they have always labor
enough, iG they choose TO pursus IL, 10
keep the devil from catching them idle.
! that he may draw them into the suarss
| Of destruction.
, Cineinuatus, che Roman Patriot,
wedding in bis turnip garden; Burke.
the bri'ish Cicero, dining upon NUT
too chop, and franklin, eDe Of the pa-
triots Of America, gesstins upon bread
and water IN printing Office What
disastrous examples for modern Phi!o,
I sOphers, aud modern plough boys.