The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-01-12
The Ma, Who Gctttn on u spy.

Tee following from the Richmond
Examiner, may vo4s bly, have some a.
Il!cation IN this la'itujc:
Their, is II class Of men of grculiay
ha'it' IN every coumuH Is, ~, Only IN
the POI "iou3 CITY, nj in tn quiet and
pcarri" conntr, Villages, whose l. arts
ere open to generous impulses, and
whose minds ar not uliru plcntlv en-,
dowcd with grnil,s, at whom the pImri
see points the finger of scorn, and for
whose shnrl. com'ngs and fiilinas so
c,ctN III gene al Ia, blt Iit!e SYMPATHY.
We atl7iuc t the ilauitUal sprccr, the
man who Hcttcth up !climcs in the
morning end cocklalIctli, and rrpcutc,ll
the dos. al indefinite number OF times,
until historian whirIctn, his legs rcrl.srlI
TIC I Office, ana he siukrth down Outhr
soft SIDE ui the paI cmrut, II helpless
victim to the WIles OF Eo:rhon or nee
die gun Wl!s.:cy, ~ the case may bn.
Sac'l mcnoftrn keep sober lormHny
Nccis, end then, under tie Influence ol
the tincs, i'tncirl Tisi4rtUacs or wei!
Il led purse. t'i"k tllrp may venture to
tkc one hrink it will Il spell care, raise
tie spirits, aud set them On their feet
again. The drink is iu!iCn, and this
drink LrGrttcll M arpeti,cfo for another.
lEc SPIRITS begin to rise. and Il warm
feeling Of prosperity warns up the
heart The dcvOter of John Barley
corn has commenced his. Practice II.
TIE lar in earnest A rty Of jolly
fellows come IN, and he treats and Is
treated IN return. His little pilcorcar
r'ncy becomes = small by degrees and
luantiililly less 50 ton. Is it last,
be Is loncrOn', and never lacks for !.
. friend" to join him in Il drink. Fl
rally, his legs begin to get drunk. Iu,
his brain i, clear: lc knows what he il,
about, and will stop when Ic has got
enough. Another drink, and another,
until a sen ci Of tit" lniicrmpst recess
cs OF his pocket fails t. brung t" hight,
another dime.
He asks the barkcepcr for credit ,
=" we don't do business in that way
is the ready reply, BY this time, he is I
| + ity dunk all over, stnggcrs ouI, ant !
rnto Some 'ricnd!y dporaa, d
intr the arms of'naturc's sweet
r > o:cr, balmy sleep" II he ~halprn,
escape The i.Oticc Of the vigilant % =
l:ccmal. he an: Lcs ut a late hour oi
tic night, Minus hat n Il shoes, wh,cI :
nrcH iahcD Osscss!pn uii,y SpIGc
way I.rcr, whose ccessities, doubtless
him 20 the t. I~la;lcss aud shoe
he goes 10 hi> lodgings, aud altcrI
= troubled sleep. wakes up with a harm.
ny thirst. He has no money, but mus j.
AVE u drink, and he gets it. In fac
man must manage, by shrcwd eng
to got whishey w!iel - can, ~,
,et anything else. r.
Tho experiments of the previous day a.
70 repeated, and kept up, perhaps for q
week. when the jolly chap lecomes ~
ick, takes medicine, sees the folly of =,
is course, makes marvellous rcsolu by
'ons, and swears no will never touch s
mother drop. Add, generally speak WI
Iy, he Fever 1oes--until the ncytr'
mo. Upon the least rising or sinkingIiI
J the mercury. in the mental tllcrniom a..
ter, hc IS offagain, showing that .air
roniises like ljc crust, are easily lru '"r
en-. =.
there are many yoUrg men q: excel {.
bus.ncss qualifications, WHO will G.
oIDtless recognize their own dacuer Ct;
'pe IN the picture We have drawn. I.,sI
this class WHO ought never to IT, IT. a
... Inn
Your old coaker can take his rcCularI ]
rams with M Immediate perecpuble 10.
iS.t; tut Is tells on him in tina, and, ~.
lie mar with the poker gets after him p,
,oner or later. But the young mani &
no bad acquired a habit VI spreeing. ne,
never drink without getting drunk. 'p,.
,hessby be loses confidence III lis Elm. ron
aver plang's his fanny into the ives
: va, AMI iIi,iy .cclDts an =
- '-i H'in s~oeici, -Dl th. a,,,ritiep ,i
d oIaasf' an va.ahon!a Ali -