Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-11-03

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81 seed anew to attend to his business, and
= got every thing straight. The neighbors
ri somewhat surprised at the change
M hao taken place in Jacks affairs, and
~ TO lind him a sober man.
II after a while Jacks apples began to
Enoea1nsTnegar; if nothing else, as it
&fheaper to beat cider ard make vim
ega1 than to buy it-so he set about beat
inAhms SOME cider, and very soon had some
tFtor thee barrels of cider for vinegar
Ihh he thought as he had q plenty of ap-
pleE he would beat some to sell-so he con-
tIned to beat until he had finished his ap-t
pieA You need not think that Jack did not
dria some Of his cider although it was for
yInqaf. Jacks appetite led him still far
thefhne thought that he could sell brandy for
morS han he could vinegar, and it would be
bette to distill his cider, than to keep it,
and the vinegar. 1t was not long before
JackistilEcap was heard all over the neigh
borhd1, sounding as loud as a bugle. Eve
~ bot knew then, that he was distilling
brand!and thought that he would drink
again, Dor did they think out Of the way, for
as sooAas he commenced to distill, he COM
mancefo take d little, and before he had
fnishedthe distilling Of his cider, he was
seen se4ral times very lively under the infu-
ence OF brandy. His poor wife saw that he
was getting IN the same old way, and her
tropics hpidly rolling on that ne was neg
leetng every thing for his still and brandy.
talk to him and beg him not to
Faaereyfsr~sh knew IF he did drink
E~dewould drink too much, as the past
gas example enough to explain the future.
He would say 9 Sally, ] will only drink q
jrfln fnr ~ L1oJ41 II Ir.vo n q 4L,o PoroV~ ~
| m sick every year about this time when I
dnt drink any thing, but Sally, you need
not be afraid, I will not drink any to hurt
ms, you may take my word for It" All!
before n month had passed from the stop
Ping Of his still, she saw her destiny, she had
seen him drunk several times, she knew her
happy home had fed to come no more, she
thought Of the past and shuddered for the
future. She now formed a resolution that
il he did not do any better, she would leave
him. This she told him in a clear manner.
while he was sober-it all did no good, he
would drink and get drunk. As he had a
plenty at home, he did not so of to get any
often but would occasionally visit his neigh
bors, particularly those whom he associated
and drank with, and would often make them
so home with him.
They would go with theintention Of a froIic
and a frolic they wouldhave all thenight, very
often frlghten his wife SO badly that she would
leaGgthe IandT It TT7e>no difference what
Saht, she would fee to a neigh
- house.
After soon breakfast one morning, he took
himself to see his friends as he called them,
dinner came, he had not returned, his wife
knew he was on q spree and when he return
ed he would bring his friends with him, and
she had fully made up her mind that
when he returned, he should not find ner-so
off she goes to returnno more. The evening
came and no Jack yet, but about midnight
Jack wentto the door and gave arap; no voice
was heard, he felt for the string which was
tied to the latch, at last be found it, opened the
door. ooh! Sally c-o-come here ans
light the candle, bless my soul where is Sal
she didnot say q word, gentlemen ta-ta-ki
seats while | wake Sally up, she must be
sleep" he went to the bed aud shook it, bu
no signs Of Sally could be fnd-he gave on
looking for a while and lighted the candle him
SELF. Soon he had his glasses and brandy OF
the table before the men, each Of whom tool
al bumper, which made them feel about right
Observation-Disclosures After lalal DRAM
eed his search anew, leaving the bottle fo
his friends to take care of, aud it's contents t.
make them contented. He could find no siel
OF her IN the house, so he ATTEMPTED to wall
out the door but fell. by the thunder
III will have her yet this night, he 90
up n staggered towards the chicken house
but before he got there, he run among the be
hives, and it was a bad run for him. for h
threw one down and in two minutes he foun,
himself not looking for his wife, but irving t
lind the house. lie was literally covered wit
bees-he tried to run, but fell over a bloc
and got a portion ofthem off by rolling, whicI
ne found to be Q good plan-her rolled until h
was stoppedby heunderpinning ofthe house
re remained all might under the house scratch
lpg and rubbing. As soon as he could dis
over 1t was day, he commenced trying to ge
tfm his dlsagreeable bed, but lie tried i
vain for some time. AT last after rubin,
apl pulling his eyes for some minutes Ii
could see we'll enough to get out, though hi
f5Ee was in a puff. His first thought was tt
gpin the house and see if his wife was there
j aANrat had become of his frianAs-
WMSe11gS16 Tor q human to witness! ther
three dh2nkards lay stretched on the floor
while seteral tom cats were setting around
apparently watching their motions, the bot
tie broker in q hundred pieces and throw.
all over the floor, the table and chairs torn uT
Slde-dOWnAand some OF them III the aShes. II
gazed upon the scene for a moment, whic
t seemed to bring him to his mind. "Hella
} c-c-come what have you all been dom
here, you have torn up every thing | had, b
thunders." At last one ofthe topers got VI
: "what you say ? you have not come h-h-
have you? where have you been? | have NJ
: seen you since l-l-last night, and wish
t had never seen you any more, for this is
t nice way q man to do, ask gentlemen to s.
him and then run Of. "Stop here frien
8 y-y-you nave not seen my face have 20
YOU see I have been in a scrape, and when
| fellow getsin ascrape, you mu~stexcuse him
5 By this time all of his friends were ready +
!. another bottle, but old Jack had enough
1 them at the present, and they had to so hon
!; without any thing to drink or eat. ia
t continued his drink and liyeda lonely life.
TELEGRAPH BETWEEN ENGLAND Al
!, AMERIUA.-The London correspondent
the Nationm Intel2igeacer gives the folio.
inc description of the new project for
submarine telegraph between Great Br
ian and America. The writer conside
9 this new pin by far the most feasible J
d proposed.
+ We stath, a few weeks ago, that a pl