Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-06-05
wHISKEY AND THE Monkey

During recent series Of meetings IN New York
city. One OF the delegates nom the Baltimore Temp.
Society related the f,llowins:-tWe copy from the
Am Temp. Union. Weekly McsScpger.
MIR Pollard Concluded the meeting. He said no
WIS Kind ofoId Butcher to bring ~ the rear. 70
much had been said. he scarce knew what O. talk
about Bu, there was thing he would talk
about and always intended to. For fifteen years no
was m the gutter. the watchhJlse. the jail, AMI IL
hc had justice done him. had once been an the PEN
/ itSntlary. lie had seen much miscrcs oi drunk
euness perhaps and man. AMI he was nov deter
mined fpossiblc To pat down an dive II out o'our
country. Men boasted that theywerc not drunhards'
bat only moderate drinkers. lie dd once, but no
believed that IT six glasses made a man drunkatd'
he who drank glass was at least one sixth OF
drunkari. Men would got drl MI once or lNIce
and not call them selves drnukarls, ahd then they
! would get drunk again They had not the abhor-
renee OF the thing. aud they had self control OF mo
beast In his drinkin. days he was the compan-
ion ol a man down "a Anne Arundel cpuhly' VINO
i had n monkey which he valued at thousand dol
y lar. We always took hIm out on our chcsnut par
: Ties lie shook ala our chcsnuls iorus, and wnen
he could not shake them oti,Ie wonll 60 % tho very
: end Of the limb and knock them OF with ms fist
= THIS WIS great sport for Ne. Ode day we stopped
- at a tavern anil drank freely About al glass
= OF whlskey WIS left. aid Jack took tht glass aud
u drank Il all up. Soon he merry, skipped. hop
" ped, danced aud set all IA roar OF l1u2hier-
JAN was uIutiN W ali ga OF " 'tAA'
o' would come 10 the av,rn next day a1d got IA
Su drunk again, and have sport all day. ! cuici IN
IT. the morning at INV friends house We " m Ouj for
~ Jack. Instead Of being usual on hls box, he
AZ was not To be seem We looked inside uui "a wI'
ne crpuchcd up "a heap. Cone Oui here. sad his
master. Jack came out three leg, his fore paw
Nh was his head Jack had the headache. knew
~ what VAS the matter with him lie fell Just us
'" had felt many a morning. Jack WIS sick and
IN couldn't q. 81 we PIT il oil hrcr dhys We ther
q" met, and while drinking glass was provided TOT
'A' Jack. But where aS he S>u hlug b.hiud n
chairs. Come here. jack said h,s master, an
hS drink holding the glass to Ia jack rciroa'c
No and the door opened he slipt out, and ia ma
mcnt was on the to- ofthe house. His master wcr
]" out and called him down. llo would not CONF
ISL lie got skin and shjuk II ~ him. Jack 81
crS on tho ridge POLE and would not come. Ills mnsie
- got gun a. pointed u ai him. \ monkey much
''s lraid oi gun Jack slipped Ger hc backs OiIi
=" roof HIS mlstcr then got two guns 4 planted one
j" each side oithc house. when the monkey sccin
''c hts bad prcdCament, at once whipped up ON Oh
Ih chimney and down in OF the nues, holding q
w by hts fore paws That man kept that monbe
uh twelve years and could never get him To taste on
n.y. drop Of whiskey The beast had more sense than
NAT man who has an immortal soul thinks himsefth
ie irsi& ought think himself the first Of all cre1o
Mr. Pollard addressed himself 10 the youth s. IN vie
Of his example urged them all To sign the total a
m siinence pledge while they were young.
"c such was the nse crowd that none could con
rec uP to sign tho pledge. few papers were crcul
l,y' ted and l6O nsmes were obinined.