Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-03-20
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control Of the Sons Of Temper,.e
Something New.
PHILoPENA ASSOCIATIONS

Mr. Editor On. the 26th Februarv @ .
HEWLETT, Esq, Grand Temperance Lecturs.
the State of Ala, delivered lecture ON To-. :"
ance in the Courthouse of this place In b;.,.
ture he remarked that he would not saw tia,
who were not engaged in the sale of nto,c..:
drinks, not reputable, but that he do,,.s
the reputableness of the business, and tb;,
endeavored to sustain, by showing that all
engaged in reputable business, were n,onI
their productions; and that when well sr;.,,
piece of work was pointed out, that as a oen.S,
thing it was source of qualification to the nv,
Ger, to be able to say that IS my lcork. Bnt
the dram seller when he had made the mos, e
ished and complete pece of work, that could -
sibly be produced by his trade, would be NM
ling when it was pointed out, to own that #
las job. The may be said of mauv VII
take their drains. They do many lille lob, -.
sometimes big ones too. when under the inau.,.,
of strong drink, that they would be unwJlin, :
own when sober
There was one other thing Mr. Hewlett said :.
his lecture, that he had heard before he reacb.1
this place, that they were very clever folks her.
and that they would use him well but tia, o.
young men drink too much after night. We'll
we had full exempfcation of this fact On II.
following Monday night. Some of our yOuDr
men, land they would all like to be esteemsS
" honorable men, " and by the way some of their
names are known drank a little too much on IL.
aforesaid Monday night, deponent testife,b.
yea, so much SO, as to disturb the peace Of bo
good citizens of Columbus, at least, that portio,
who are in the habit of paying their devotion to
Somnus, in the upper rooms on each side of Main
and Market streets; and as they could not fully
commit their mental and physical powers into The
soothing arms of Somnus, some of them conelu
ded that they would take their seats by the front
windows, and see if they could find out what #
was that had produced such confusion in the lour
regions. Well, to their uttez establishment WITS.
KEY that orerJearing TYRAET was right after
compelling them to do very little, nasty, filthy
job. And, as if that tyrant arhiskey, the hydra
headed monster, was determined to bring cold
water into entire disrepute, compelled these other
wise honorable men, to steal little house; no;
such house as people live in, neither was til
hen coop. Nor was this all-they stole wsg.
gon too, and schiskey made them put this Title
house on the Wagon, and by the way, icy were
a little more submissive than Balaam's long cared
saddle nag ecas, for they submitted to be hitched
to the Wagon, while Sir HHiskey drove them TO
the Artesian well, in Main street, not to water
them, but to make them place that little house
over that pure and gushing stream, at which men
who are engaged in reputable business quench
their thirst with beverage, cooling, refreshing,
and healthful. But the tyrant did not suffer them
to stop there. To cap the climax, and to make
their job look respectable as possible they
were still urged forward to the infringme mt of the
rights of both Jews and Gentiles, by depriring
them of their signs, and then placing them in
conspicuous manner on that little kouse
have therefore, Mr.. Editor, come to the con-
ciusion that dram drinking is not reputable bust
ness; for, notwithstanding some of these hono,a.
BILE men who had been thus engaged on the afore-
said Monday night, could be pointed ou on ihe
next day, by a peculiar expression OF the coun-
tenance, and tinge Of the eye; for schiskeg had
" placed mark on them; still not one of them
would say I" ioo& here, THAT'S MY JOB" Well,
you may call ne 4 Yankee il YOU choose, but l
Rather guess they determ:nee when they got sober,
to he foo and keep dark, for "evil doors love
darkness because their deeds are evil
have proposition now to make, Mr.. Editor.
Ii is this That all those who are so fond of spen-
ding their dimes after night for strong drink and
then working so hard under that oppressive task
master rhtskey, agree to form secret society, to
be called the Philopena Association. No. /, to
be governed by the following constitutional pro-
visions.
J. No person shall be proposed as a member Of
the Phiopena Association, No. 1, unless he has
been In the habit of spending from one dime TO
one dollar each day, for strong drink this law,
however, shall not be so construed as to prohibit
spongers and loafers from admission.
2 The members of this association shall neither
make, buy, sell. nor drink any intoxicating beser
age whatever
3. Each member shall deposit every night with
the Treasurer, the amount of money he was in
the daily habit of spending for strong drink previ
Gus to his admission as a member
a. The funds of this association shall be appro-
priated to the purchase of fine Italian marble, and
suitable tools for working it.
5. The members will be required to work on
the marble each day and night, as many hours,
as they were in the daily habit, previous to then
admission, of working under their Oppressive task
master, WAiskey.
8. This association shall continue. at least I'M