The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-08-14
A Street sermon.

BlErHrS Ny text to-day is p,a.
caraed ia uhe streets of San Francesca
and runs ihus
ST. crook and crescent NJ. 1850
/ iiud these characters hard % in
tcrprtt perhaps the spirits would re-
veal the meaning to lac were ! 60 con-
suit them but / have preferred the
dictionary. which informs me chat s.
I stands for
Sis Trick from which Imfer that u
cunning device IS hid beneath the text
F.. ana confirmed ia this belief by discoy-
erng chat s. T. stands for
Slippery Things We had better
avoid slippery things lest they lead as
into slippery paths whore We shall hdL
I The same letters also stand for
Swallow Trouble; by which we learn
Z Tint pam follows the swallowing Of GER
I tain things And then again these
mysterious lettors stand for
Slaycr Of Thousands, which has refer.
once to the great army OF drunkmds
marching down to the grave. Further,
I that s i may stand for
Systematic lippling, in allusion 70
/ the practice Of using whiokey under the
name OF bitters, by which the habit Of
/ tipplng is easily established This
/ habit reveals another signitication olthe
magical letters, namely:
Slide Through; implying that by this
means men slide almost inevitably into
/ drunkenness. They soon discover that
/ S. 1, may stand for
Slave TO Teddy, todly getting the up
per hand and taking possession of stom-
ach and brains, At this stage of the
inquiry We ascertain that y. T. means
Serpent's Tooth, inasmuch rs poi.
sonous fang strikes into the heart
and conupts the fountains Of life.
And this idea leads to another inter
pretation of the wonderful letters, Is
wit
Sting Tail which no doubt refers te
the scripture injunction, to look not OF
vine, because 1T biteth like a serpent
and stingeth Like an adder, the adder
being supposed to carry its sting IN IL
tail. S. il. also stands for
Sneaking Thief implying the sly ans
snaky manner il which rum, under tht
J name Of bitters, steals away brains, ant
1 liberty, and character, and money, ant
health and life. Lastly, my hearers, 5
l. means
Spring Trap. An animal finds I
piece Of meat, and thinks it has a gooC
, thing, but soon as it bites the meat
a hidden spring starts the trap ant
there's an end Of the sport. The ami
nal may have two legs, and 50, m
friends, ! advise you to look out fo
z traps.
But what is that mysterious hook.
: A shepherds S crook, Of course, by whiel
, the sheep are hooked into the coral, t,
be clipped and shearod,and then slaugh
tered Look out foryour mutton, boys
when you see the crook.
/ And the moon, too, what means that
t Let me tell you. When men are tips
7 they are said sometimes to be moo
struck Whiskey, though you call j
bitters, viii make You looncy tina
is to say moon struck. Lunatics
! you know, are common result Of whie
key.
Finally, my distressed brethren,
. come to the letters XL., which hay
! puzzled me till my head aches. | ca
= find but one meaning for these letters
y You know that merchants adyertis
e their goods as taken from certain yes
t sells; for instance, 10000 boxes of car
1 dies ex Torchlight; 10000 barrels mc
q lasses ex Yankee, &c. And now To fin
t where bitters Of al kinds come iron
I you must put an i before tho \, NAL
t ing Ex, and get London cockney I
pronounce the other letter for YOU
/, Amen.
! THE Hard SHELL PnorEssoR.