The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1848-04-19
ADVER TISEMENT OF AN HONEST
RUMSELLER.

Friends and ncighbors! Having Just o.
pencd commodious shop for the sale Of
Liquid Fire. embrace this opportunity of
informing YOU that on Saturday shall com
mcncc the business of making drunkards,
paupers, and beeears, for the sober. indus
trious. and respectable to support.
| shall deal in familiar Spirits which
shall excite men to deeds Of riot and rob-
berry. and blood; and by so doing diminish
the comforts. augmen. the expense, and en-
danger welfare Of The community.
] will undertake at short notice, for a
small sum, and with great expedition to pre-
pare inmates for asylum, the poor house.
Tho prison and the gallnws.
j will furnish an article which shall in
crease the amount ofEaal accidents, multi.
ply the number of distressing diseases, and
renderlhose harmless incurabIc.
will furnish drug which shall deprive
some Of life. many of reason, most of proper
ty. all of peace; which shall cause fathers
TO be fends; wives, widows; children, or
phans. and all mcdIcanls.
will cause the rising generation to grow
up in ignorance, and prove burden and a
nuisance to the nation.
will cause mothers to forget their suck
ling infants. virgins to forget their priceless
Innocence.
| will corrupt the ministers Of religion.
obst;uct the progress Of the Gospel. dcf'c
the purity of the church. and cause tempo
raj, spiritual, and eternal death; and if any
be sn impcrlincnt as TO inquire why had
the audacity to bring srch accumulated mis-
crv upon comparatively happy land, my
honest reply is money!
The spirit trade IS most lucrative, and
processing Christians give it their cheerful
cour!cnance.
have license from the court, and if ] do
not bring these evils upon you, somebody else
will.
live in a land Of liberty.
I have purchased the right to dcmolish
the character, destroy the health. shorten
the liver, and ruin the souls Of those who
choose to honor me with their custom.
know that the Bible says thou shalt not
kiI:' that Il prononnccs woe upon him who
givp,h his neighbor strong drink; and ! also
read in tho Divine Record that no lrunkard
shall inherit the kingdom of heaven, and
cannot expect the drlnkard maker to share
better fate. Yet ,Uhat can do!
I1nERry,-We like Burkcs ideas Of Lib,
crtv. He says:
"Mcn are qualified for civil liberty, in ex'
act proportion to their disposition to put
chains upon their own appctilcs, in proper
,inn as their love of Justice is above their ra
pacitv; in proportion as their snundncss ant
sobricty of understanding is above their va
nily and preSumptlon; in proportion as they
are disposed to listen to the counscls ol the
wise and good in preference to the flattery o
knaves."
ECONOMY. man who chcws s ID wortl
of tobacco annually. and stops his ncwspa
pcr because he can no, afford to take it.
A lively country girl had hashfn' love
whose name was Locke. She got out q
patience with him at last. and in her angc
declared that Shakesp :are had not SAID ha
as many bad things as he ous ht TO about 81
Locke.
The Boston Traveller relates that drug
gist who has of late years been induced I
advertise finds his business and profits quae
rupled; last year his profits were twen'y-h'
thousand dollars,
There was total of ,s32 bbls. Of flour II
! spccted at Petersburg, Va, in the last month