The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-02-11
From The Am<riesn Mechanic.
WHAT WILL YOU HAVE 2
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ny REV. y. ". ALEXANDER, D. D.
After days work Of calculation and
copying, I was under the necessity Of
waiting anhour in the tap room Of tav-
ern, to secure the services Of mailguard
who was to carry parcel for my EN-
ployers. Amidst the smoke. the spit
ting, and the clatter Of the crowd Of
inn-hunters | could but find some OBJ
jects OF reflection.
The presiding genius Of the bar was
bloated. whiskered. young man. whom
l had long knownas the abandoned son
Of deceased friend. sighed and was
silent. Ever and anon. as one after
another, or squads Of two or three ap-
preached his shrine TO receive and emp
ty their glasses. and deposit their six
pences, I heard the short peremptory
formula Of the Bacchanal minister
/" Whaf cW you haze ?"-a Brandy ,
gini punch : What miH you hare?"
And the victims severally made their
bids for smaller, a cocktail. sling or
a julep. as the case might be. The
constant repetition Of the " form in that
ease made and provided" set me upon
drowsy meditation on the pregnant
question. What will you have :"
/. Methinks I can answer the question"
said | to myself. as cast a glance a.
round the murky apartment. And first
to the young shoemaker who, with a
pair Of newly finished boots. is asking
for "grog." What will you have ,
Young man, you will soon have an
empty pocket.
There is "a trembling ragged man with
livid spots under the eyes. He isa ma
chine maker, and he has lodgings in
the house. What will you havef All
the barkeeper knows without an. an
swer; he takes gin and water. Poor
man / also know what you will have.
Already you have been twice at deaths
door; and the gin will not drive of
that chill. You will have fyph,is fsver
and death.
The glasses are washed out, not
cleansed, in the slop-tub under the bar
shelf. Now afresh bevy comes up, ci-
gar in hand. Gentlemen, what will you
havef lsupply the answer for myself.
The baker there will have an apopiery
or a sudden fall in his shop. That tai
lor in green glasses will have consump-
fion. And fear that the three idlers
in their train will have the next epi.
demic that shall sweep off our refuse
drunkards. g Ha
Sorry indeed am l to see in this
place Mr.. Scantling, the cooper. No,
to speak Of himself, ! have reason tc
believe that both his grown sons are be.
ginning to drink. He looks about him
suspiciously. Now he has plucked up
courage. He takes whiskey. You will
have a pair Of drunken sons.
That young fellow in the green frock
coat and colored neckcloth, is a musi.
clan, man of reeding and the husband
Of lovely English woman. He takes
his glass with the air Of Greek drink.
ing hemlock. You have a heart i-5roker
,cJs.
What! is that lad Of fifteen going tt
the bar! He Is; and he tosses off his
Cogniac with an air. You will have an
early death. The old man that tottcr.
out Of the door has doubtless come hith
er to drown his grief. His last son ha.
died in prison from the effect Of a Draw
a theatre. Wretched old man. You
will have the halter Of a suicide.
must take the rest in mass for i
. is Saturday night, and the throng in
] creases. The bar-keeper has an assist
ant in the person of pale, sorrowfu
girl. Two voices now reiterate thu
challenge-What miH you haze? Mis-
guided friends! L am greatly afraid yo,
will have a death bed ,Oifloaa hope.
! My man has arrived. A. walked
home across the common, | thought thus
And what will he have, who day af
ter day, and year after year, doles ou
the devils bounty to his recruits an,
receives his sixpences, as it were owe
the coffin Of his victims You harden
ed tempter. (ifmemory live hereafter,
! will have the recollection Of your tri
umphs and the vision of their eterna
results. You will have terrible iude
, ment, and an eternity Of such retribu
.. tion as BELTS your life."
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