The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-02-10


vicis, how dcspiratly strong wood be that
hatred! shuder at the thot! 1t greiys
me sorly tn see yu walk SO fur astfa iilm
| the path NV refhneht. II maks mi hart
bleed tn tina cor tn see yu so fur remOov-
ed frum your proper sphere. Is it neces-
sary fur me tn pint out the hi position
fur which yu wer intendidl the grand po-
sition yu sbuld okupi in societyl Is it
possibul that yu hay SO long indulged in
yur sinful and hatiul ways that yu now
not yur duty to yur God, as well as tu
yurself! No! III not belciv it. Yu
now yur duty, yet yu do II not. lunow
it is rong tn play cartls-yu now it is
rong tn sip wine at evning paries, or any
wher els-yu now it is rong tn eat snuii'
therby running yur helth, and Pollutln
yur breath with foul 0dOr offensly enuii
tn almost Great disgust. Yu now all
this, yet yu indnlg in thes vile practices
with seeming delight. The wine bottles
at our evnin parties are as plentiful as
black bugs in a split bakon ham, and tha
wine slipped with relish that wood du
credit tn the most fastidious epicurean.
The wimmin not only drink the dedly
poison thumselves, but civ tn thar male
companions and exhlaim-
"One sip Of this
VIII battle tie dreepiIg spirits in delight !.
Beyond he bliss Of tlle ms BE wse and taste =
Kind reeder, we will tax a stroll togeth-
er tn sum nv cur evnin parties, and tax
look through the key -hol at sum NV tha
yung lads NV the presant day. londer
behold that yung Miss not only drinkin
VINE herself. but coaxin her companion
>-Ss~<gns~e-g..s-p~-
his yung man--tn parilslpai, therby
enleayorin tn lead him tn drunkard's IS
gray. See her there, in the corner, flush
cd with wine, playin cards. Is that not
a pretty posishon fur one who xpexts tu
become wifi and muther! See her dark
eys flash, as she giys herself up tn the
ali-absorbin gam, with her nervs agitatt d
and her 'aags stgfcd miM snaf. Don't W
envy her posi>hcn Tier, she taks sum
NOR wine, and entrects her partner in the
,,amc tn drink her hellh. Now she deals
the cards, laughs a big ha, ha! as she
iaks trik, and decars she can beet the
Jews. But hold She in moi yet satisfid !;
she wants sumthin els. See, its her snuff
box Ther. she spits On her swab Ia
hug piec Of wood, fixed at the eend lik a
scoulin broom) and dips it in the snuff
box, then cunyes it tn her mouth and
chews it. There, again, she spits big
blak spitle on her dress---it ought tn hay
been put in the box fur economy's SAX I;
but she don't car fur expensis. She taks
anuther irik and givs anniher tremenius
ha, ha which is herd all over the hous.
And thus she passis the evnin, and when
the our Of brakin up Gums, she is ready
fur anything. She is under the influenc
Of wine, and She don't car whether corn
is two dollars bushel or two bits. She
gets hum, howsunever, and rciirs tn rest
fur the mite. and ther | beg lecv tn leev
her; fur can't kepc up with her any
longer, unless l uncerimuniously break
upon her privacy, which respectfully
declin doin. as | nevr kood stan woom-
in who's breth smelt Of wine and snufi.--
She sleeps, poor thing, and dreams of
boobys, and cvry hidcous thing imagin-
able. Let her slepe.
Thus it is with the gals ov The present
day. Tha hav NOR anxiety fur the cul-
tivashon ov ther heels than ther heads,
and desir tu becom NOR fashionable than
gode and to encircl ther legs with whal
bon, rather than ther brow with wreths
ov luv, kindness and beauty. l lik the
gals whin they are gals, but the counter
fet snufy artikle now bein PANIED off in
fashionable society, is an intolerable hum
bug. They are neither fit fur wives, nur
du they now enuff fur muthers.
III continer wriiin On the wimmins tn
| effcckt chang in thar despisakable
and abomunashicnakable habits.
Yurs, indefinitely,
TOW GRAssnoPPER.