Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-02-21

better now my exit make &C
But Sir, for old acquaintance sake,
! think, before you me dismiss,
! ought TO have a friendly kiss.
No, nc; ] cannot stosp 20 kiss,
So foul and treacher0us 3 miss.
Why, you have kissed me many a time,
And 6r il paid a many a dime!
The fact is, once i used TO love you,
But now feel myself above you,
Because 4 have been made to see,
You ant fl Company for me. |,
And therefore, cannut condescend
To treat you longer as i friend.
So all acquaintance now I sever
From this day nence-forth and forever,
is witness, both my hand and seal,
In presence If Esquire Peel
Thus leaving brandy, next | come
70 thai foul spirit, SIT, called rum
This spirit has q reddish color,
Aud causes men in mud 10 s~callosC.
And Just like brandy. creates strife,
And mischief every where il CUES,
As every thinking persun knows.
Rum is extracted of mnlassess.
Aud drank BY pHople ufaiI classes,
Soldiers, citizens and sailors,
Shoemakers, hatlers. sir, and tailors.
Il was, no doubt, a Yankee invention,
Whose only object Of intention
Was a Iurtune, sir. 10 make.
But WANT il strange that he should take
A Thing 50 very pure and sweet,
And wholesome, too. for; folks TO eat,
And make oft this poisonous bane
That injuries body. boih, and brain2
It surely was, but bless yon homer,
What Won't a Yankee do for money
But TO proceed as ! have said
So much Of brandy, Pm afraid
To say but little more Of rum.
Although ] cnnld, no dunbt, SIR, some
Long stories tell y0n if | ~cIIOose,
Both to asionish and amuse.
So If yuu please. I'll now dismiss,
This sririt, sir, without a kiss;
For Sons Of Temp'rance have no passion
Fur kissing rum. it's outiuf fashion,
So get ycu goue, you ~puis'haus rum,
And never more about me cnme.
We come now, f0urthly, sir, 10 Gin,
But how, OF where shall I begin
To talk about this fair d~eceiver,
Whose business it is ever
Mischief. mischief 10 create.
Ill should undertake to state
The injury that gin has done
To father, mother, daughter, son,
Since the days of good old Noah,
Twonld take. no doubt, a year or more
For every sun Of ancient Adam,
And every daughter, maid and madam,
Have more OF less been hurt by gin,
Or in some manner made 10 sin.
do not mean u cay the ladies
Drink this ~Tnison-but the babies
Yes sir. nearly every bndy
Gives their babies rile gin toddy.
And this perhaps, one reason is,
Why men become so fond Of this
Foul poison, sir. in after life.
Then 10 the husband and the wife,
say beware, beware, take heed,
And mind you how you sBw the seed
OF foul distemper in your child.
Remember Ere. who was begniIed
By satan in the form Of snake,
And pray from this a warning take.
The serpent said the fruit was sweet
And harmless and Jfrst-ratc 10 eat.
He told her twas delightful fruit,
sTwould make her wise, and more to boot.
And thus with fiaitery and lies,
This gin-like deuI IN disguise,
Beguiled poor Eve-ssshe pluckei, she ate,' .
Her eyes were opened when too late.
Thus mother it may be with you
II the habit yun pursue
Ofgiying toddy to your son.
Teach him the poisonous bowl TO shun.
Teach him this treach eroHs hane 10 hate,
And warn him of the drunkaFd's fate.
How gin is made. | do mol knuw,
And therefore, shan't preieni 10 show,
But this | know. and that's enough,
know it's very poisonous stuff,
And also full as fatal quite
As Of a rattle snake the bite.
I've said gin injuries all mankind,
AndN0 it dues, and who so blind
And prriudleed as not 10 see
A fact as plain as fact can be.
Why is il then that men will drink
A poison which they know will sink
Them in proportion as they drink,
Down TO ruins awful bfink2
Why will men, 50 noble, brave,
Debase themselves, and drink, and crave
A thing that makes them such a slave,
And sends them to a drankaFd's grave
There to lie The worms aiming,
" Unwepi, unhonored and unsung 90
IT'S strange. indeed, It's passing strange!
That men will drink and 50 derange
Their st0machs, bodies buth and mind!
Gin-drinkers tell ne, are you blind 2
Yes. tell me, yau who drink but little >
,;n What good it does your mind or ketlle2
And tell me, peor old hloated sot,
From drinking gin what have you got
A lew old rags greasy hat,
Some cast-oF boots OF hardly that
An old junk bottle, empty purse,
And what is still a great deal worse
A mualhful not Of bread and meat
Or any other thing 10 eat.
No place TO lodge your bluated form,
Or shield yon from the peliing storm.
!, P09, poor old fellow, there he CUES,
With bloated face and big red nose.
Devoid of honor, sense and shame,
Aman in nothing but The name
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