Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1852-1853, 1853-05-12
THE DRUNKARD'S CATECHlSM.
QueStion.-What is your name !
AnS,cey- Drnnkord


Q.-Who gave you that name7
! A.--As drink is my god, and publcans
and their wives are my god.fathers and
god-mothers, they gave me that name in
my drunken sprees, wherein, was made
a member Of strife, child Of want, and an
inheritor of bundle of rags y!
Q.-Wha. did your god fathers and god
mothers do for youl
A.-They did premise and vow three
things in my name LIST, that | should re-
nounce the comforts of my own fireside ;
2nd, starve my wife and hunger my chill
dren; Bird, walk in rags and tatters with
my hat brim going hip.hap all the days Of
my life.
Rehearse the articles of thy belief.
! believe in the existence of King Alco-
hol, the great chief of all manner of vice.
and the source of nine.tenths of all disease.
beve in the existence of a set of ven
ders and manufacturers of this liquid fire,
and ias,i y, moi only believe, but am sure,
that when my money is all spent, the land
lord will stop The tap, and turn me out Of
ID sors.
O. How many commandments have
GU drunkards to keep?
A.--Ten.
(Which be iheyl
A.--The same which the landlord and
landlady spake in the bar, saying, we are
thy master and thy mistress, who brought
thee up out of the paths Of virtue, and
placed thee in the ways OF vice, and sci thy
feet in the way leading to Jefferson City.
LIST. Thou shalt use no other house but
mine.
End. Thou shalt not make unto thyself
any substitute for intoxicating drink, such
as cold water, coffee, lemonade, and ginger
pop, for am jealous man, wearing the
coat that is on thy back, eating thy chill.
dren'S bread, and pocketing the money that
would make the vile OF thy bosom happy.
3rd. Thou shalt not use our house in
vain; thou shalt not enter unless thou
spend, for we will not thank thee to use
our house in vain.
4th. Remember that thou eat but one
meal on the Sabbath day; six days shalt
thou drink and spend all thy gains, but the
seventh is the Sabbath, wherein, am forced
to shut up three hours, while wash my
floors, mind my fires, repiinish with sawdust
my iap-room. and make ready for the wor-
ship Of Bacchus during the remainder Of
the day, " ,
5th. Honor the publicans and their
wives with thy presence, that thy days may
be few and miserable in the land wherein
thou Invest.
9th. Thou shalt commit murder by hun.
gering, starving and beating thy wife and
family.
9TH. Thou shalt commit suicide by pois-
oning thyseif with Alcohol.
Sth. Thou shalt steal thy wife and chill
dren's bread, and rob myself OF all comfort,
9th. Thou shalt bear false witness when
thou speakest of thy horrors, and say thou
art in health, when at the same time thou
art labOrng under the barre-iever.
10Th. Thou shalt covet all tina: thy
neighbor is possessed of; thou shalt covet
his land, his house, his oxen, his ass, his
pulse, his health, his wealth, his clothes,
that thou mayest indulge in drinking, and
help TO buy the brewers coach, dray-horsesr
fine buildings, and thus enable him TO live
in idleness, and also the landlord to buy a
beautiful sign to put over his door, with
|" licensed to sell wines, spirits and porter
written thereon.-[Old Paper.