The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1830-05-15

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y For the Star.
TEMPERANCE, NO. 9.
Jntempcrance destroys industry. Our
natures and circumstances in this world,
render soms ieWfAl occupation essential
TO eur ksppinssa J, God had no sooner
rnsde man, than he assigned him regu-
Isr employment--lt was among the pre-
,cepls which he uttered from Mount Sina,
sfsix days shalt thou labor" The mis-
chiefs which arise to individuals and to
leommnnay, from habits Of sloth, must be
sbvious u every one, who has had his
eyes open on the world around him. We
need not the wisdom Of Solomon to know
that idleness viii clothe man in rags ;
nor the inspiration of Paul, to perceive,
why men ought with quietness to work,
Nov the first Is uaquestionable, that
Drunkenness and idleness are kindred VIC
e.. Where you find either, You find
both. The man who becomes follower
of strong drink, ,becopes for the same rea-
son nsglecter ofsll regular business
Tho bours that should be spent IN the
6eld or in the shop, he loiters away in
vain company His credit sinks--he is
stamped for ruined man, by all his sober
acQusintance. Following strong drinlk
produces poverty. Time has not impair
cd the truth Of these ancient msxims -
Through idleness of the hsnda, the house
,droppeth through. He that followeth az
ter vain persons, shall have poverty e
nougA. Habits Of cloth and intemper-
ancs, are heavier taxes on . mans prop
erty, than sll others. If the expense of
strong drinking was all, a tolerable estate
would cutlast almost any drunksrds hfe;
where afiuence often vanishes before, In
temperance and rags, and beggsrs follow
aAer il. ft3W
Money lost or wasted may be recover
ed. Not 30 with wasted time the loss is
obsolete and no other .prodigality is so i'm
poverishing. The drunkards account is
commonly short one; such as business
neglected-foolish bargains contracted
credit ruined-land, house, and farni-
ture mortgaged--and then the sheriff, and
the prison stands ready to close up the
rear. What has been said Of another
vice, may truly bc said ofthis; " 1t break
fasts with plenty, dimes with poverty, and
sups with infamy." A man, who few
years since, had established tipping
house, and was about to erect sign, re-
quested his neighbors advice, as to the
inscription to put on it. The man replied |
] advise you to write on it, Beggars
made Here ~ A vulgar error prevails |
with many, which is, that strong liquors
Or ardent spirits, are essential to bodily
strength. This false opinion is partly
grounded on the idea ofa nutricious prop
erty in those liquors, and partly perhaps,
on logical error in using the word
strong, az being necessarily connected
with strengthening the animal body. The
first notion is entirely wrong, since it is
proved by continual evidence, that strong
liquors are inimical to animal life through
put the animal creation, and that no living
animal or plant, can be supported by such
'luida But that, on the contrary, they
~ become sickly and perish under their
Nourishing substances re-
quire TO be of similitude, with the sub
stances to be nourished, and the constitu-
ed materials ofman and the whole of the
wing creation contain no such composit-
ons, as those fermcntcd and spirituous :
liquors. W.. 0 /
BristoI. Mou IN lc