The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-22


The following, from the Richmon,
Examiner, may possibly have som,
application in this latitude;
There is a class of men of fpeculia
habits In every community, not only
in the populous city but in the quie
and peaceful country village, who's,
hearts are open TO generous impulse,
and whose minds are not unfrequentl,
endowed with genius, at whom III,
IPharisee points the finger OF scorn
aud for whose short comings and
failings society in general has but
little sympathy We allude to the
habitual spreer--the man who gctteth
up betimes in the morning and cock
taileth, and repeatlIeth the dose an
infinite number of times, until his
brain whirleth, his legs refuseth their
office, and he sinhcth down on the
sott side of the pavement, helpless
victim 20 the wilos Of Bourbon or
needle gun whisky, as the case may
be, Such men often keep sober for
many weeks, and then under the in.
tlucncc of the times, fancicd misfor.
tune, or well filed purse, think they
may venture to take one drink. Ii
will dispel care, raise the spirits, and
set them on their feet again. The
drink is taken, and this drink beget-
teth an. appetite for another The
spirits begin to rise, and q happy feel.
ing of prosperity warns up the heart.
The devotee of John Barleycorn has
commenced his practice at thspbar in
earnest A party of jolly fellows
come in, and he treated and Is treated
in return. His little pile of currency
becomes small by degrees and beauti.
fuzzy less. So long as it lasts he is
generous, and never lacks for "a friend
to join him in drink Finally his
legs begin to get drunk, but his brain
is clear He knows what he is about,
and will stop when he has got enough.
Another drink, and another, until
search Of the innormost recesses of his
pocket fails TO bring to light another
dime. He asks the barkeeper for cred
II. 1--WE don't do business in that
way" is the ready reply. BY this
time he is pretty drunk all over, stag
gers out and falling into some friend
~ doorway, sinks into the arms of
sweet restorer, balmy sleep.
II he happens to escape the notice of
the vigilant policeman, = he awakcs at |
A late hour of the night, minus hat aud
shoes, which have been taken posses
sion of by some wayfarer whose ne.
cessities doubtless drove him to the
act. Hatlcss and shoeless he goes TO
his lodgings, and after a troubled
sleep wakes up with n burning thirst.
He has no money, but must have a
lrink and he gets it. In fact, man
IAN manage by shrewd engineering 10
get whisky when he can't get any
hing else The experiments OF the |
previous day are repeated, and kept |
up, perhaps, for week, when the jol- |
y chap becomes sick, takes medicine,
sees the folly Of his course, makes
resolutions, and swears he
will never touch another drop. And, |
generally speaking, he never does
until the next time. Upon the least
Using or sinking Of the mercury in the |
mental thermometer, he is Off again, |
that fair promises, like pie
rust, are esily broken.
There are many young men IN
of excellent business quail
ications, who will doubtless recog.
rise their own daguerreotype IN the
picture we have drawn II is this
lass who ought never to taste a drop.
our old soaker can take his regular
Trans with no immediate perceptible
fleet but it tells on him in time, and
he man with the poker gets after him,
Iooner or later But the young man
Who has acquired a habit Of spreeing |
IAN never drink without getting drunk,
he loses the confidence of his
employer, plunges his family into the
lepths Of woe, and finally becomes an
,utcast from society and the associate
If bHmmers and yagabonds. And,
laying brought him to this level, we
lose our brief sermon on the man
rho getteth on a spree.
lie is very certain 10 do 30 hereabouis