The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-04-12
THE REFORMED TIPPLER.

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Brandon, W., .ipri 1s, 1870.
THE REFORMED TIPPLER.
t7h,me treated BY ,sqae.f)
BY $. B. ROCKWELL.
Come listen my neighbor to me awhilr.
Please hearken to what | may say,
Let your sports and your zest.
Share moment of rest
As troll you n bachanal lay:
And portray,
How q tlppler robbed death OF his pray
Fairly robbed death of his pray.
An honest good fellow was he. be sure.
And with beauty uncommonly hlest,
Ere from brandy and gin.
He began to wax thin,
And declined like Victim opprrs>ed
He transgressed,
Rules of living, considered the best,
Truly. considered the best.
one morning he wended his way To thr Inn
To the tavern went early one morn.
And there, without blinking,
Continued hard drinking,
The extract of Barley and corn.
Horn after" horn"
Till he looked a poor object forlorn.
An object forlorn.
At length ne fell into snoo1e and slept
Far Into the watches of night:
And the reason was plain,
Too much juice of the grain,
Had made him exceedingly "tlght;"
In this plight,
He was, sure. deplorable sight.
deplorable sight
He continued his horrible sleep IN mon
Twas a terrible slumber he took.
For when he awakes,
He raves about snakes,
And wears an unearthly look
And he shook,
As If pierced by the point OF n hooL.
BY the point of a hook.
The doctor was called 10 offer relief,
10 offer relief to the sot,
Though apparently dead.
He was physicked and bled.
And bolstered up In his cot:
Why not?
Though his life was worth scarce sroal,
Worth scarce grost.
In spite Of the doctor, his physic ami sk u
The tippler grew worse. day and night:
Afflicted by tremens,
And haunted by demons.
Ihe victim oil horrible fright.
Twas right.
Judgment for getting :" light.
For getting SO tight"
He rapidly sank-he seemingly died,
Neither pulse. nor breathing in sight:
In the papers We read,
That tho tippler was dead
That his soul had taken It's hlghl.
Last night.
lie sank from effects OF hi, fright.
From effects of his fright
But mercy or physic at length inierpp-cc,
The tippler awoke from his Fix"
In spite of the witches,
Old Charon and wretches,
rhat had ferried him over the "siyN."
Oh the tricks,
That come OF bolting down fiips.
Ofbolting down fiips.
The tippler now swore he'd never again
His silver In cocktails" invest.
And for seven full years,
$50 ths record appears,)
He's been good temperance guest:
Thus blest
lie pronounces this practice the best
This practice the best.
You've heard of the snake the travel,
found,
And warmed into life on his breast.
How he stung. In the end
His benevolent friend
And proved an ungenerous guest,
Ahi the pest,
Left his friend severcl, distressed,
severely distressed.
The tippler alas. puts the viper insidr.
And feeds and nurses him there.
TIL his snakeship al length,
From his increasing strength,
claims more than murderer's share.
| declare,
of snakeships lis well Ia beware,
'Tis well to beware.
There's several species vipcrs. YOU know
Very few of Il harmless elias,
This maxim is clear
The snake most TO fear
Is the one that turks In the glass.
Alas
lis the snake that coils in the glass.
That coils In the glass
And Ii your are part ial 10 snakes my lrlcnt
This counsel you'd better abide.
Don't put them within.
And nurse them on gin,
Hut rather locate them outside
Better decide
That communion with snakes be denlei,
All communion with snakes be denied
Claims both body aud soul
March 20th. 1870.