The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-03-29
[From The New York Evening Post. ]
A Little Unsteady.

w hat volumes these words speak to
those who know their true meaning
"A little unsteady" which means (be-
ing interpreted) now and then taking
wine or strong drink to the point of be-
ing overcome, ravin., stupid, drunk.
"What is the matter with Frank ii
-? The last time | heard of him
he was doing well in college his teach
ers spoke well of him. Now he is at
home again."
"Oh, he is little unsteady. He be-
gan with wine and supper parties, and
his jaded stomach craved more stimu-
lus. This appetite he has indnlged, has
grown worse and worse, broken the
hearts of bis old parents, and became
: a little unsteady"
There is our friend James NJ; he
married with the brightest prospects.
Why does the wife of year Look So
pale and anxious? Because he is &C a
little unsteady" With all his pleasant
ties at home he will seek pleasure
abroad, because he can there satisfy
the craving (allay, | should have said J
of depraved appetite. So he goes
abroad for excitement, and his wife
grows pale at home, and his friends
mourn, because he is ga little un-
steady"
Bridget is out of place. She is only
cook, and you 90 by reference to in
quire her character. She is an excel
lent cook, tidy, neat, reliable, but she
is Z" little unsteady" It's only now
and then that she is overcome, bnt toe
true. Exhausted and wearied with hel
never-ending work she takes Just +;
drop. Perhaps the appetite was slim
ulated by the odOr of wine given hel
to use in cooking, or by portions left il
bottles that had been used up stairs
Her master and mistress and their
friends seem to have an easy, happ,
time in life, and yet they need the sup
port of social glass. Why shoulc
not she have it in her tolls !? only i
she happens to be overcome her worl
is not done, her fault is discovered, ant
she loses her place, because ssh,
drinks"
! Many woman in high station lie
in bed from sick-headache, aud NJ
one dares to say the same of her, no
even to hipt that she is a little un
steady" 1t would not sound well
John is coachman, an excellent man
IS master of his business, faithful as tn
sun, but he has lost his place. What i
the matter! Nothing, except that h.
is :" little unsteady" His master ha
command OF the luxuries of life, bu
works hard, and when jaded with tn
business OF the day, glass of wine re
wives him; or if friend dimes with him
they take social glass-always il
moderation, nothing more. They hav
little temptation.
John knows this. By the sparklin
gas-light he sees the shining table, tn
crystal, the silver, the decantcrs. Poo
fellow he has no silver, no crystal, n
decanters, not even table to which h
. can invite friend. But with the SC
cial principle strong within him, he il,
vites James into the corner grocer,
: and they take social glass, just fo
good fellowship,-only one. 1t seem
innocent, but the poisonous and fer
liquor mounts to the brain and sets TIL
blood on fire, and they perhaps ca
for another to appease the burnin
: thirst. Overcome by this, (and til
poisons now in use make tenfold ha'
. oc with the nervcs) he falls into tn
wild vortex of drunkenness, neglec1
his work, drives into another vehicl