The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-12-09
REWARDS OF DRUNKENNEs.,s;

III you VIC" W of"g yourself into notice como
to town every now and then and run horse r,oaa
through the streets, and be governed by the
sci of inebriates; and il you wish to become
drunkard commence dram drinking moderately
that is take little when you are warm IN 81
you " hen you are cold to warm You at niub, ~
make you sleep sound in the morning to Shat
off your dIowsiness, before meals to promote 4;
gestion, when depressed, to revive your spiri,s
when In company, to make You joval. Ia sbor,
drink little, when you work and when you pay,
when You are sick and when ysu are well VIII.
you arc at home and when your are abroad. and
you will SOON be confirmed drunkard.
If VOW wish to be always thirsty, be drunk.
ard; for the Ofiener and more you drink the oftsn
or and more thirsty you will DO. e4 et N
1t you wish to prevent your friends raising Won
In the world, be drunkard, for that will deie,,
all their efforts.
IL you would effec,ually countsrac, your own
attempts TO do well, be a drunkard, and YOU will
not DO disappointed.
1t you wish to repel the enjeavors of the whole
human race to raise you to character, credit and
prosperity, be drunkard, and you will assuredlv
triumph.
If you are determined TO be poor, be drunk.
ard, and you will soon be ragged and pennyles.
If you wish TO s,arve your family, be drunk
, ard, for that will make the task easy.
liz you wish to be robbed be drunkard. wh;ch
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If you would wish TO bluut your senses, bs
drunkard, and you will soon be more stupid thar
| an ass.
If you would become fool, be drunkard. and
you will soon lose your understanding. |71
| lfyou wish 70 unfit yourself for rational inter
course, be drunkard, for that will render YOU
| wholly unfit for it. e.t2 80 -
you are resolved 10 kill yourself, be- drunk
ard, that being sure mode of destruction.
unn wn,, ell. A
drunkard, and they will soon run out as the H.
quor runs in.
1t you think you are too strong, be drunkard
and you will soon be subdued by SO powerful An
enemy. ,..,,
If you would get rid of your money without
knowing how, be drunkard, and il will vanish
insensibly. H|
If you wish to have no resource when past labor
but work house, be drunkard, and YOU will he
unable to provide any.
If you wish to expel all comforts from your
house, be drunkard, and you will soon do it effec
tually.
! If you would be reduced to the necessity of
stunning your creditors, be drunkard, and you
will soon have reason to prefer the bypa,hs to the
streets.
| IL you would be dead weight to The commu-
nifty. aud cucumber the ground, be drpnkald, for
tibet will render you useless, helpless, burthen-
some and expensive.
| IL you would be nuisance, be drunkard, for
the approach of drunkard ID like that Of dung
hill.
If you would be ha.ed by your friends, be
drunkard, and you will soon DO more than disa-
greeabe.
! II you would be pest TO society, be drunkard,
and you will be avoided as Infections
you do not wish TO have your faults reforned,
continue to be drunkard, and you will not care
for good advice.
If you would smash windows, break the peace,
get your bones broken, tumble under carts and
horses, and be locked up in watch houses, DO a
drunkard; and it will be strange if you do not
succeed.
lfyou would destroy your body be drunkard,
as drunkenness is the mother Of disease.
II you mean to ruin your soul be drunkard,
that you may be excluded from heaven. Finally r,
If you are determined to be destroyed, in estate,
body and soul, be drunkard, and you will sOOR
know that it is impossible to adopt more eflecual
means to accomplish your end