Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-10-28
SHAKE our rasn ssxRr.

On tho wide OCEAN, between Us and India,
The wind blows for weeks in ono drcction.-
Then the ship moves on, day and night,
safely, rapidly and pleasantly. A sea captain
had been heard to say that no has sailcd his
ship six weeks without altering q sail. These
arc called " trade Winds"
IL will tell you fact about drinking"
said an old sea captain. ".ind | tell you,
boys, that when people say, IL don, hurt
any body, ii they don't drink too much.'
they don't know what they are talking about.
There is no such thing rs drinking spirits,
without drinking too much. When used
to sail TO ladia aud got into the trade winds,
| would put all the sails on my ship which
she could possibly bear. But l noticed .
curious fact Every morning about eleven
O'Clock, used to so down into my cabin and
take good horn Of brandy. Before going
down | would cast an eye over the ship, sec
that every sail was full, and every rope Mut.
She was under oil sail she could safely Garry,
On coming up out Of the cabin, having taken
the brandy, it always seemed as IL the ship
was sailing too slow, and tho wind had fall
en-. Then would cry, Up there, lads. and
shake out the reef" For about thirty min.
u.es my poor ship would stagger under th.
new press of sail by that time, when ths
brandy began to subside, found she was
under too heavy pressure, the winds seem.
ed to blow harder, and again | would shout,
Up there, lads, aud clcw up the reef! So I
found it, day after day, and was utterly una.
bic to account for the lull in tho wind just
about that hour. But one day was unwcll
and omitted my brandy, and overheard my
cook, black Caesar, say, Captain drink no
brandy to day-guess no shake out reef -
Then understood it all From that time
dropped my brandy. and there was no change
in the sails OF my ship. drank moderate,
ly, and yet it was too much, and 1t would
not have been strange il had lost my ship
in consequence. ] tell you, boys, there is..no
such thing as drinking without drinking too
much! ,sa 80
1t is even so. We know but little about
it. Many ship master has felt cold or hot.
tired or sleepy, vexed and troubled, and has
gone to tho bottle, gained courage to be rash,
shaken out the reef till his ship was dash.
cd on tho rocks, or swamped In the seas.
Many physician has been worn down BY
mind wavering, and has gone to the bottle,
and thus he shakes out the reef lis rash in
dealing out his powerful medicines, and bo
loses his patients, loses self reliance, and the
confidence Of the community. and he loses
practice and character, and is ruined.
Many merchant drinks little, feels more
confidence, makes bargains when thus stim-
ulated, shakes out his reef aud is ruined.
Many mechanic takes a contract which
he examined after drinking a little, forgot tho
number Of hard blows it would cost to com.
plcte it, and thus he shakes out the reef
and is ruined.
Many young man falls into jovial com.
pany, feels that it would not be manly 10 ro-
fuse to drink with them. and he drinks
shakes out the reef and acquires . taste
that is his destruction.
And many bright boy, the hope Of his
father and the pride Of his mother, early
learns to drink little, and thus he shakes
out the recf'--disappo,nts the hopes Of his
friends lives poor creature. dies drunk.
ard, and reads over the gate Of Heaven, No
drunkard shall inherit eternal life.'"