New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1860-08-10
No So.
stroyed, was none other than the fero-
cious creature known to biologists IS
the "Gorilla.'
A Little Unsteady.


What volumes these words speak to
those who know the true meaning. "a
little unsteady" means-being inter-
preted-now and then taking wine and
strong drink, to the point Of being
overcome, raving, stupid drunk.
"What is the matter with Frank
H? The last time / heard Of
him he was doing we'll in college; his
teachers spoke well of him. Now he
is at home again"
"Oh, he is little unsteady. He be-
gan with wine and suppers, and then
his jaded stomach more stimulus. This
appetite he has indulged, has grown
worse and worse, broken the hearts Of
his parents, and become ga little un-
steady" ~
There is our friend James M
He married with the brightest pros
poets. Why does the wife of a year
look 50 pale and anxious? Because he
is "a little unsteady" With all his
pleasant ties at home, he will seek
pleasure abroad, because he can satisfy
the (allay, I should have said, de-
PRAYED appetite.) So he goes abroad
for excitement, and his wife grows pals
at home, and his friends mourn because
he is "a little unsteady
Bridget is cut Of place. She is only
a cook, and yos g by reference to in
quire her character. She is an excel
lent cook, tidy, neat, reliable, but s.
little unsteady 1t is only now and
then that she is overcome, but now and
then the charge is bat too true. Ex-
hausted and wearied with her never
ending work, she takes just 3 drop
Perhaps the appetite was stimulated
by the odor Of wine given her to use in
cooking, Or by portions left in the bot:
tie that had been used up stairs. Her
| master and mistress seem to have an
easy happy time in life, and yet they
need the support of . social glass.
Why should she not have it in her toilse
-sonly if she happens to be overcome,
her work is not done her fault is dis
covered, and she loses her place be-
cause she drinks.
Many woman. in high station, lies
in bed from q sick headache, and no ono
dares to say the same Of her, nor even
to hint that she is "a little unsteady"
It would not sound well. John is
coachnaan, an excellent man, but he has
lost his place. What is the matter?--
Nothing except that he is "a little un-
steady Ills master has the command
Of the luxuries Of life, but works hard,
and when jaded with the business Of the
lay, glass of wine revives him; or ifa
friend dimes with him, they take a So
cial glass always in moderation, moth
ing more.-They have little tempta-
ton.
John knows this. By the sparkling
gas-light he sees the shining table, the
crystal, the silver. the decanters. Poor
fellow! he has no silver no crystals, no
decanters, not even a table to which ho
can invite friend. But with the So
cial principle strong within him, he ia
yites James into corner grocery, and
they take social glass, just for good
f.llowship-only one. 1t seems inno-
cent, but the poisonous and fiery liquor
mounts to the brain and sets the blood
on fire, and they, perhaps call for
another to appease the burning thirst.
Overcome by this, (and the poison now
in use, makes -ten-fold havoc with the
neryes) he falls into the Wild vortex of
drunkenness, neglects his work, drives ]
into anotner vehicle, and 50 his sin is
discovered. He is dismissed because
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