Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-04-08
temperance MEatter.
From the Shirt of the Age.
GIT WILL MAKE A MAN OF YOU.


We have known tempting devils, bearing
the likeness of men, to cnticc small boys into
grog shops ard to the stencil board of whis.
key carts, and give them a glass of liquor,
bidding them to drink and assuring them
that sit will make a man of you"
Now, We all know by our own experience,
how very anxious the boy is to be a man,
and how willing he is to attempt any feat
which may make him look manly, at least in
the eyes of the world. The boys are ever
striving to be men and to ape their manners,
and it is surprising how near they approach
their standard, when their juvenility is con,
sidered. We see their proficiency demon,
strated in their feats of tobacco chewing and
smoking cigars. Their skill in these two
man-like accomplishments is perfectly over
whelming. 1t may caused them many trials,
many desperate sick spells even until earth,
trees and houses seemed to whirl round at
railroad speed but what of that now? The
harvest repays the toll. They arc like men,
they can puff like a locomotive and squirt
like a whale
This instructive desire to appear like men,
finds the boy an easy prey to any tempting
fend who may choose to approach him with
n glass of whiskcy and a hint that the drink.
ing of the like of that is calculated to in.
crease his stature and renderhim more man,
like in his department. The bait is greedily
swallowed, and unless the potion was too
large for the first, causing downright drunk.
enness, the little aspirant after manhood's
honors is very apt to think from his feelings
that he must be full several inches taller.
The whiskey may burn their little threats
and cause them to vince and make grima.
ces like they do under the administration Of
a doctors dose of worm oil and %turpentine,
vet their confidence in the remedy to pro-
duce the results they so much wish, causes
them to hide their grimaces behind their
coat sleeves and bear the throat burning in
silence. They are not long, however, in
learning the art Of taking a drink without
making a wry face. A few repetitions, Of
the dose arouses a taste and a thirst for the
destructive liquid. They soon begin to
loiter about the grog-shops and whiskeycart
and avail themselves of every opportu-
nifty to get a drink. While they are yet
boys the fatal habit of drinking has riveted
itself upon their very nature. 1t has grown
with their growth, and strengthened with
their strength.
1t does not require a prophet to foretell
what their end will be. 1t is perhaps safe
to say that nothing short of the %interposition
of Divine Providence can turn them from
the way that leads to death and to the hope
less gloom of a drunkard's grave. The habit
is so firmly fixed that no matter how much
the victim may desire to cast it off, he finds
himself powerless He might almost as
we'll try to change the shape of his head or
his liver.
Parents should have these facts in view
and lay them to heart. They should keep
an eye upon their boys and guard them from
the tempting influences of the class we have
indicated in the commencement of this ar
ticle. This vampire set are to be found in
every community, eager to lead the young
away from the paths of virtue and sobriety,
and nothing gives them more pleasure than
to induce the son of a temperance man to
take a drink, and thus make the first step in
the road to destruction in which they run
riot. What punishment ought to be infIc-
ted upon these tempting demons, we are not
prepared to say. None can fix the proper
penalty, except it be a parent whose son has
been thus led astray.