Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-07-16
THE REWARDS OF DRUNKENNESS.

If you wish 10 be always thirsty, be a
Drunksrd for the oftener and more you
drink, the ollener and more thirsty you
will be.
If you seek to prevent your friends rais-
ing you in the world, be a Drunkard for
that will defeat all their efforts.
If you would effec,ually counteract your
own attempts to do we'll, be Drunkatd ;
and you will no. be disappointed.
If you wish to repel the endeavors OF
the whole human race 10 raise you 10 char
acter, credi. and prosperity, be Drunkard;
and you will assuredly triumph.
If you are determined to be poor, be q
Drunkard /; and you will soon be ragged
and penniess.
If you would wish to starve your family,
be Drunkard for that will consume the
means Of their support.
If you would be imposed on by knaves
be Drunkard ; for tha. will make their
task easy.
If you would wish TO be robbed, be q
Drunkard; which will enable the thief to
do it with more safety.
If you would wish TO blunt your senses,
be Drunkard and you will soon be more
stupid than an ass.
If you would become fool, be Drunk
ard and you will soon lose your under
standing.
If you wish 10 unfit yourself for ration
al intercourse, be Drunkard; for that will
accomplish your purpose.
If you are resolved to kill yourself, be o
Drunkard; that being sure mode of des-
tructlon.
Ii you would expose both your folly and
secrets, be Drunkard; and they will soon
be made known.
If you think you are too strong, be a
Drunkard; and you will soon be subdued
by SO powerful an enemy.
If you would get rid of your money with
out knowing how, be a Drunkard; and j.
will vanish insensibly.
If you would have no resources when
pas. labor but work-house, be Drunk
ard and you will be unable to provide any.
If you are determined to expel all CON-
for. from your house. be Drunkard and
you will soon do it effectually.
If.you would always be under strong
suspicion, be Drunkard !; for, little as you
think it, all agree that those who steal
from themselves and families, would rob
others.
If you would be reduced to the necessity
Of stunning your creditors, be Drunkard.
and you will soon have reason TO prefer the
by. paths TO the public street.
If you would be dead weight on the
community, and "cumber the grounds" be
a Drunkard for that will render you use
less, helpless, burdensome, and expensive.
If you would be a nuisance, be Drunk
ard; for the approach of Drunkard is like
that of a dung
If you would be hated by your family
and friends, be a Drunkard !; and you will
soon be more than disagreeable.
If you would be pest to society, be a
Drunkard; and you will be avoided as in
fectious.
you do not wish to have your faults
reformed, continue to be a 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, be a Drunkard and it will be
strange if you do no. succeed.
If you wish oil your prospects in life to
be concluded, be Drunkard; and they will
soon he dark enough.
If you would destroy your body, be a
Drunkard as drunkenness is the mother OF
disease.
If you mean to ruin your soul, be a
Drunkard that you may be excluded from
Heaven.
Finally, if you are determined to be Ut
.erly destroyed, in estate, body, and soul
be Drunkard; and you will soon know
tha. it is impossible to adopt more ef1ectu-
al means to accomplish your-END.
:'All the crimes on ear,h," Gays Lord Ba-
con, "do no. destroy SO many Of the huma,
race, nor ALLEVIATE SO much property as
drunkenness