The Wilmingtonian., 1824-05-06
CATECHISM ON RUM.
q. What il the chief end of rumP

A. The chief end of rum ia to make tod
dy, flip, and punch.
! Q. What are the comforts which tip
piers receive from toddy. flip, and punch
A. The comforts which tippers receive
from toddy. flip, and punch are ease of
conscience, joy in the comforter. increase
of love thereto, and perseverance therein
to the end.
Q. Wherein consisteth that EASE Of con-
SCIENCE, which tipplers receive from tod
dy. flip. and punch?
| A. That ease of conscience which tip
pliers receive form toddy. flip, and punch,
consisteth in torgetfnlness of the past, a
beastly enjoyment of the present, and in
difference towards the future.
y. Into what state will the love Of rum,
and an inordinate use of it, bring man
kinds
a. The love of rum, and an lnordinate
use OF it, will bring mankind into foForn
and wretched state.
| q. What are the evils which in this life
do either accompany or flow from an habi-
tually unmodeyate indulgence in the use
of rums
:. The evils which in this life do either
accompany or flow from an habitual indul-
gence in the use of rum, are. sickness.
shame, poverty, and distress.
| @. What shall the end bes
i A. When the hard-drinker shall have
wasted his estate, ruined his constitution,
and alienated the affection of his friends
! when you sec his affairs falling into ruin
and decay, his children hungry and naked,
) his wife comfortless and in tears; when
: YOU shall see all these things. then know
that the end is nigh, even at the door.
Loss of appetite, bloated visage, trem-
t bling hands and feeble knees, are but faint
: indications of the suffering he feels within.
z 3eastly, scottish, debased in reasons, and
a vile in manners, he sinks from the charac-
t ter Of man to the grade Of brute. All
: who once knew him, now pass by his
| friends neglect him, diseases torment him.
I creditors teaze him; till nature, oppressed
, and overcome by continual injuries. at
J length resigns her worthless charge, and
: he sinks unlamented to the grave. Sure
t ly, it ia an evil way, and the end thereof
t is sorrow.
0 ye, who sacrifice to Bacchus, WIN
J. make yourselves merry with the Jolly god,
: and in sparkling oblations quench HES
g transient blaZe-hetter is a little of the
o juice OF the apple than much ardent spirits
y more reputable is it with cattle from the
y same fountain to drink water, to crack
t, bumpers with "hish blnods," and roll in
g bitches with swine! IIearken then unto
/, wisdom, and let her voice be heard eeave
J. thine ear to understanding, and be wise.
le No more spend the day in riot, nor the
e. night in excess. Let industry employ thy
y hands, at evening rest thy cares, and in
r the morning awake to peace and the sweet
If. enjnyments of domestic delights. Then
\ shall thou gladden. The heart of thy spouse
v thy little ones shall rejoice, and plenty
snail crown thy boaid. Thy olive shall
yield its OIL, and fig tree shall be neither
barren nor unfrultful. Then shall comfor,
IN spring up BY you and health shall came
b. and make its abode with vou (; want shall
n flee away, nor shall poverty then dare to
r look in at thy windows. In thy neigh
as bour's mouth thou shalt have a good report
he and thy lite he h0n0urable friends sha
.e. multiply. and thy days be pleasant, yea. al
on the days of thy life.
n 1t IS mentioned as a singular conci
~ dcnce that the number of States in tn,
no Mexican Confederacy, is precisely tn
la same as that of which our Union original,
las consisted. This coincidence. remarks tn
ne Philadelphia Gazette, augurs well to tn
elk, Mexican republic, in the opinion of thos
is who have faith in mystic numbers. and tina
the there are such men in our country we hav
ex- positive proof; for, only year or tw,
to since one OF our editorial brethren gravel
led proposed to have the Presidents term O
af- office changed to screen years because th
lad world was created in sevpn AK days,an,
ia because there are seven colours in tn
d rainbow. We endeavoured to aid him h.
ng observing that there are seuen notes i,
music, screen cardinal virtues, seren dead
y sins, &C., &C., &c., s., but the wor,,
!es would not listen to either him or us. an,
NY the Presidents term of oaice remains ,s I;