The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1841-05-29
roa YOUNG woREINa'IEN.

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and we think it might be well Ter u Y
look about US for something with "nlch
70 occupy the minds OF our restless PoPl-
lation. During the long wlnterevenngs
our workingmen need something 10 tahe
the mace of the calculations, the argu-
ments. the wagers, and the wordy war
about Van Buren, and Harrison. We
have had our pageants, our beacon-hres,
our salutes, and our treats; 1t IS time 70
sit down TO the quiet enJoymcnis OF the
+ season.
And blessed season II IS after ALL
fSpring. summer, and autumn have eocn
their appropriate delights, and these are
mostly enjoyed under the blue heavens
and in the balmy air; but winter. cheer
FIJI winter. is the time for indoor Gem
forts. the quest of knowledge, and the
flow Of affection They may talk q. May
/ but who does not know that the mutual
attachments of young hearts put forth
their cIasBing tendriLs most Justify b.
tween Thanksgiving-day and the return
iorthe Bluebird? Now. when rudy fires
7 begin 20 throw their dancing flames over
I the snug sitting room-whcnt the piping
/ of the wind tells how close the house Is
when Jack Eros, drives the rosy chill
/ dreu TO wanton about the fathers knee
or roll hall-asIeep upon the rug-now Is
/ the time when the workingmau. who has
that best of earthly gifts, q wife and
abundance of little oliye-branches about
his table, learns fully what is meant by
the happy syllable, HONE.
The rivals Of our home are many and
fearful, Among the direst is the drink
/ ing place, whether known a porter
/ house, grog-sh0p, Or tavern. The man
who spends his evening in these stv-ial
fumes soon grovels and wallows away
/ half his civilization. Where ought he to
/ be, bot By his own warm frssi3e. rel
warding his wife for the solitary labors
and vexati0ns of the day, and receiving
on his own part those cheap bat ilva.ua-
+ bic pleasures, which are as much above
f the dclirium and ribaldrv of the b5r-rC0m
as the light Of day is above the g.immer
of a dipped candle! | am no enemy Co
+ tavern-keepers. They are a useful class
Of men. Their Offices Of kindness 70 the
+ stranger and the traveller, ought to- be
+ remembered and repaid, but they ought
+. likewise 20 be freed from the horrible
enormIties which proceed from their
phiais Of madness and death. The worst
effects Of ill-coRducted taVarns are felt
not BY the waviaring man. Tor whose be-
hoof the inn IS instituted, but by the
throng Of villagers and neighb0rs, who
have, or ought 10 have, homes OF their
own, who need no tavern, and who resort
thither from idlenezs, from love Of cx-
citemen,, or from bsas.ly appetite.
Go into any town and abide for . few
days at one Of these marts of alcoholic
temptation Mark the men who, from
day 10 day, enter the eyer-opeu doors.
/ Some are there for hours, some az fro
quent intervals; some are maudlin bv
the CRATE or stove, others are hanging
about the porch. You have before YOU
+ the representatives Of the Incidence. the
loquacity, the unthriit, the mischiei-ma-
king, and the insolvency ofthe place. Is
I there one Of them who drives a handsome
business? Is there one Of them who
wears his own earnings on his backl
I Not one. Is there one Of them who is
reputed for philanthropy, public spirit, or
/ successful talent IN any department?
Not one. Is there one Of them who en-
joys the alertness, the clear spirits, and
the rosy hue of health? Not one. That
increasing plethora and sluggish growth
is not the sign Of strength. The cheek
is fabby and the hand is soft. That red
ness of the eyes and nose Is not the color
of genuine health That shipper and
that laugh are not the gayety which irri-
tated the face before the tavern became a
shrine.
All! if that bar-room could be adjured
to testify-if those books, redolenl Of
brandy and spotted with the marks OF
, many tumbler, could be put to the Ques-
tion-if, after every name, you could read
the history of the drunkards who have
dropped off one by one-how' would the
: hideous revelation scare the very sot
: from his swinish indulgence! The spell,
however, IS not broken. because the true
Lethe is ever nigh. The first twinge oil
= conscience Is QUOTED by brandy and wa.
: ter. Hence it is that the tavern haunter
is so often hopeless. He drinks till ne
feels himself half-ruined-he is wretch
/ ed-he drinks to drown his wretchedness
J he does drown it, and his soul along
: with it. Oh, hapless youth! before such
! be your fate-break away, by sudden
an agonizing effort, or you swell the lis
! of victims.
h The brandy-house and home are an
n tagonist powers-deadly foes-irrecon
s ciIeabie rivals. Ifyou wish to embittel
a a mans home, and break his young wife:
e heart, introduce him to the bar-room.-
It Grant all you please of attraction a
!. home, the drinking place viii have more
IS Has he a virtuous, sensible, nota