The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-03-18
The Grog-selIsris Dream. /.
By eno. :. BUiRiLErah. ii

l.H BY GEO. 8. BURLE1qH.
The. grog.sellsr sat BY bis bar.Toom fire "a
With bis feet as high as his head and higher;
Watching the smoke as he cuEsd II out y T 4 gyaHl
That in spiral columns cuFled about,
Vsillng his fhes with its iescy iood, elaH iHJI
As lazily up from his lips il rolled 1 Nh II
While a doleial scent and dismal gloom
Were slowly gathering to fill the room. Ts
To their drunken slambers one BY one,
Foolish and fuddled his friends had gone
10 wake In the morn to the drunkaFd's name, III
With bloOdshot eye and a whifIhg brain
Drowsily rang the wHtchmans cry, .9 Il y as
tsPast two O'Clock and cloudy sky.n
Yet the host sat watchihl still, and shook
His head and winked with knowing look.
And he winksd again with knowing look
Asfrom his cigar the ashes shook i tr,stf,...t..r
He he the yunkeTs are In my net,
have them safe and In fleece them yet; ~
There's Brown, what q jolly dog is he Il
He swellS the way like to sesJ
Let him 60 on at this same rate, T Tatj
And his farm Is mine as true as fate.
Ho! no. said he, with a chuckling tone,
know the way the thing is done II, 3
Twice tive are ten, aud another ",
Two ones, two twO's, and ragged three,
Make twenty four for my well filled iObI
He | he'll II iS rather good nights job "
The fools have guzzled my brandy and vine, r5ar
Much good may 1t do them-the cash Il mine.
Ihave mortgage now on Tompkln's lot, rlDg M
What a fool be was ios becoming sOtI
But his lucky for me, for In a month Of 90,
shall l0reclose, aud the scamp must CO. .j sf. "a
Zoundsl won't bis wife have q taking on
Whenshe hears thatheF h0use and lOtars gonel
How she viii blubber, and sob and sigh,
Nuasr 0
And Gilscn has murdered his child, they say,
He was drunk as a fool but yesterday t5i
And gave him hint, and went to iill Qpyg
Hisiug, but the brute would have his win \,
and the folks blame me, oh bless their gizzards,
IL didn't sell be would 90 to Izzardsi a-ela9
Ihaye right to engage 10 lawful trade,
And take my chance where cash'sto be made. " 81,
II men get drunk to 60 home TO turn
Their wives out OF doors, 'tiS their own o0Eoerni
Rut hate to have women come to me FT
with their toOde dun and their toOdle dee,
with their swoOien eyes and haggaFd looks, $50
Aud speeches learned from temperance books
with their pale, lean children, the wimPering
why can't they 60 to the public schools G
Let the huzziss mind their own affairs, 7. H'a
For never have intereTed with theirs
Iwill never turn customer away, ts 14
Who is willing to buy, and able TO pay,i ~, '.sag
For business Is business, he he he he'll t
And he rubbed his hands in his chucklng glee;
MANY q lark rye caught in my net, an .s.4
Ihave them safe, and I'LL fleece them yet.
He. he, he twas an echOsl sound, i gaHa
Amazed, the grog seller looked aTound;
This side and that, through the smoke peefsd he,
But nought save the chairs could the gogseer Sess
Ta he. 10 no with gutteFal note
Il seemed TO come fI0m an iron throat, III ~ "a laI
And his knees they shook while his hair gan to rise
And be opened his mouth and strained his eyes.
And 10 IN corner dark and dim,
stood an uncOuth form, with an aspect grim; l''
From his grizzly head, through his snaky hair,
spFouted Of hard, rough horns psir;
And Tedly his shaggy bTows below, ljot a
Like sulphurous smoke did his small eyes glowi
And his lips curled with sinister smile
And smOke bslehed forth from his mouth the while
IN his hand he bore (if hand II was IL, :,
Whose fingers were shaped ike avutuTe's claws')
A three tined fork, and its prongs so dull, 81
Through the sockets were thrust grinning skull
Like a spectre he waved il to and fro, 3.AF .aA"
AZ be softly chnckled he be, no, hO, al. 80. Iua.
And all the while were his eyes that burned
Like sulphuIOus smoke on The grOgssher turned. q
Aud how didhe feel beneath thatloOk7
How his jaw fell down and be Shivered and shook,
And quiveFed and quaksd 10 every limb
Al lfa an agus fit had hold Of himi
And his eyes to the monster grim were glued, n
And his tongue was a. stiff as abillet Of wOOdi
And the fsnd laughed out ho, no, he he, 4a333A
And whisked his tail in his quiet glee. i..,.
GoL&aHIVt fA HAta u HfTf f7fAltf 4t4'f E. t...'
s.Why. what do you fear, my friend, he said, ..
And nodded bis horns Of his grizzly head ,.
ssYou'fs an ally ofmiHe, and love you well.
Inu very warm country That men call hell g3fas
I hold my court, and am glad to say
I've not moFs faithful servant IN pay hHb tD'
Than You, dear siF, for work OfeTiL 8tiaE Ii9g
Mayhap you don't know me Pm called the De ~
Like galvanized coP'S, s0Pals sndwAn,i0