Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-06-02
Drunk VS.. Sober.

Drunk VS.. Sober.
Smith. the razor strop man, occaslonally
breaks off from the subject of the very superior
quality Of his strops, and gives his audience
short lecture on temperance, in his own peculiar,
drol way. Here is short extract:
SMITHS CAT.-When drank grog owned
cat, poor lean lantern jawed thing that was
always getting into scrape. As had nothing
for her to eat, she was compelled to take high
way, and the neighbors were continually crying
out, sCuss that Smiths cat, she drank up all
my milk" Poor thing, she had to steal OF die,
for she could find no pickings at home, for even
the poor mice that were left were so poor and
scraggy that it took several Of them to make
shadow and q decent cat would starve to death
in three weeks on an allowance OF eighteen per
day. But when l reformed, things took dit
ferent turn. The kitchen being well provided,
the crumbs were plenty, and the old cat grew
fat and honest together. Even the mice grew
fat and oily, and the old tabby would make
hearty supper on two of them, and then lie
down and snooze with the pleasing consolation
of knowing than when she awoke, there would
be few more left of the same sort.
And again. When l was beer guzzler,
mother cried, father cried, Bill cried, Mol
cried, and the cat cried. But when signed
the pledge, father sung. mother sung. wife
sung, Bill sung Moll sung, Bet sung, the cat
sung and the kettle sung, and bought new
frying pan, and put nice piece of beef in it,
and placed it on the fire, and that snng-and
that's the kind of singing for working man.
And third: The difference between Smith
sober and Smith drunk, is this: Smith drunk
was rummy, ragged and riotous: Smith sober
is Joyful, jova and jolly. Smith drunk was
suffering, stupid and staggering; Smith sober
is cool clear headed and cautious. Smith drunk
was sick, sore and sorry; Smith sober is hearty,
healthy and happy. Smith drunk was il-rend,
ill-bred and ll-led Smith sober is we'll saved,
well behaved and we'll shaved.
HoRsE-FLEsH PHILosoPHIcALLy CONSIDERED
NJ. ST. Hilaire, one of the professors of the Museum
of Natural History, at Paris has lately devoted two
of his lectures to rather novel subject" the
possible utility of Horsc-esh as an article of almen
tation for the human race" This is rather a start
ling proposition at the first glance but upon read
ing NJ ST. Hlaire's facts, we become quite recon-
ciied to the idea Like the OK and the Sheep the
horse is essentially herbivorous no injurious ele
ment is found in his economy and his flesh, richly
charged with azote has long served for the aimen-
taton of man. An aversion, which has, little by
little, introduced itself into our ideas, has replaced
the prediction which many ancient nations had
for this species of food and history reveals the
cause of this transformation of taste. The Scandi
navians and the Germans. devoted to the worship
of Odin, preserved with the greatest care, in the
sacred pasturages a race of white horses, destined
to be inundated to the gods that they adored The
sacrifice accomplished, they boiled the flesh of the
victims, and served it at their festivals. Such is
probably the origin of Hippophagy (horse-eating)
which was thus introduced among the people OF
the North and became an integral part of their ma
onal customs, until Christianity, penetrating into
Northern Europe destroyed practice so intimately
connected with the rites of Paganism. The no.
madic tribes of Northen Asia have, however, pre-
served a marked prediction for the flesh OF the
horse which they regard as luxury, although pos
sessing numerous herds of sheep and oxen Among
the civilized people of Europe, the Danes, descend
ants of the ancient Scandinavians, the first who
have again employed horseAesh as an article of food
During the siege of Copenhagen, in 1907, the
Government authorized the sale of this article in the
butcher shops and since that time there has been
established shop, placed under the surveillance of
the veterinary school, solely devoted to the sale Of
this, to US, questionable delicacy. The price is
fixed at about two and a-haf cents per pound. N.
Parent Duchatel, an author justly esteemed, says,
that Large quantities of it were formerly intro
duced into Paris under various pretexts;" and
Huzard, skillful veterinary surgeon of the end Of
the eighteenth century, US, that during the
terrible famine which prevailed in France at the
commencement of the Revolution the greater
part of the flesh consumed at Paris, was obtained
from WORKOUT horses and that no injury to the
public health resulted from this unaccustomed re-
gimen" During the campaigns of the Rhine, Of
Catalonia, and Of the Maratme- Alps, Larrey, the
celebrated surgeon, frequently employed it as food
for the wounded soldiers, and, as he himself says,
with very marked benefit.
From these facts, and many Others which it
would take too long to enumerate here, NJ. St.
Hilare thinks that that the horse is called upon to
render other services to mankind, besides those Of
strength and swifness; and in fine, that he is de-
stined to furnish to man an alilnent, at the same
time, healthy, economical and nutrive.