Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1844-12-20
Letter from Gentleman 0 his Friend entrea,ine
him to rcnounce the bottle.


him to rcnOunce the bottle.
Ny donr Peter May oy friendship of 80 years grow H.
he permitted 10 address you your faults your fault,
fo' il conspicuous ia, swallows every other error in
tho that boa conductors snp u,-
eighty creatures OF small dimensions May venture 20
semons'rate with you on-wel! j, DO snd-your
hua drunkenness! Alas my friend. what condition
has This folly, this wickedness reaced you. This morning
only. saw full grown c,runbe in Bottle;
thing the object, place, be seen in the
window Of every parliamentary ana did impris
oned cucumber touch hea and bring
to my eyes for by the tyranny of association, it made
think of my orlorn f,iend Yes: looked cucun-
hef, trained TO grow IN lis glass prison, did behold in
the hopeless condition Of Peter Rubygi. There is
thought There is Peter aud who shall deliver nin' and
how alas does tina, ps,horc gourd fully atory
Of friend. flow like him it insinuatel in its green
youh--areTy sucker-into the bottles throat; how
when there, made swo. until far too large 10 be
withdrawn, possessed bottle and was
then cnt Oft forever from the vine that III
- II thus, Peter, with doomed he not en-
'e the bottle in the of his days, though may
again and again escape from thing threatens to
close him. at length impossible 10 got a
way! Habit makes HIM swell there is no hope for
him; off from the general world no other dwein,
place than bottle. Verify Peter Rubygi Baccs-I
pickle merchant-has his bottle cucumbcrs and voa
of them.
And yet, P"tcr.I would iain hope YOU In name
Of all that is grca, aud beautiful il the world, why
your eyes to its grandeur and its loneliness WHY walk
with your drowsy brains when by light
OF beauty might ii, most delicious
music! what IN TRUTH you know bounty and
mngnhcence showersd abou, you! No silly fly,
thai, finding itself in the palace of King sips sips
and tumoes headlong into the FIRST syrup nry light upon
Have no, you ieaden eyed-clay pated-alnnos,
h"mb with pa in hammerng ,empies-deg.aied by
sUmach--ani king
like a eaf-your mou;, like the of an overland
your tongue am of it, like burnt shoe lea Their! And
for what Peter Rubygi' For hours of madness
the nigh, befor e:
You were left a com Portable competence Where il !
now! Gone. The bottle is the crucble and meI,s
oil! You were toleraby good locking And now is your
coun,enance but a sisn where numberless LIME
"Ps' liberated by drawn eorks continue give daily
'e"eh OF red proud OF their work, painters TO
the devil himself.
There was time when your word was true as gold -
And now whom you pass it, From the mou,b of
drnnkard the solemn promise better than the
best made bad money it pass for time. certain
TO be nailed the worlds counter a. last,
lou had friends But there is moral rep.
citation Of erunkard and sober wisely avoid it,
You have a wife. Has she husband, No. she vowed
to love man. and liquor Can you expec,
her afeesonf You might reasonably expec. her we'd
ding ring 20 hoop a wine barrel
You have children Poor ,b;rrs. Th., s.a 49,,
sprawl and reel before and in their innocence bsb
ye, call the erea,ur. f,tb.,
Bot. dear Peter. is We, hope lear, =, ,o
hors. Avoid the Ii is !, IN. ,,v.., .sr,., -
the devil draws mis- asans, the
good resolves Of ], is there tina, ne views h.
al bottles and prepares the upon weak
But arm YOURSELF Peter and the with cold
water and 10 the fight. you shall Games, r,xs
# yoos old friend. Paneh.-Conrnos RIVERS.
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snal leak VIII sink ship.