The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-05-08
AIr. Thomag Molo5F5o 8 Of opinion anal

1.-THE late Major Morris expresses the
same questionable creed in the following
harmonious lines: Il
".0ld Horace, when he dipped his pen,
Twas wine he had resort TO;
Heohose for use Felcrnia Juice,
As choose old 0poFtO;
At every boat an ode came out:
Vet BAechus kept him tWinkllng;
As well aware more fire Was there,
Which wanted but the sprinklipg.
"-AnacFeon's harp was harsh and sharp,
Till wine had tuned his finger;
AeEnS, till he'd got his oil,
Fond all his genius llnger;
Old EnnIus, too, could nothing do,
Till bumpers mAde him ThymY
And when1 sing, It's not the thing
Unless the bOTtle's BY me-
"The too long association OF the bottle
and the book Is also maintained in poem
on the virtue of sack, entitled "A Prepare
tive Study (l641). Sir William Temple
used to say, The first glass for myself, the
second for my friends, the third for good
humor, and the fourth for my enemies
Medwin, writing Of Lord Byron, says:
He has starved himselfinto an unnatural
thinness; and in order to keep up the
stamina that he requires, he INDUCES
somewhat too freely in VINE, and in his
iaYorite Hollands, of which he now
drinks a pint almost every night. He as
sured me that gin and water was the true
Hippocrene, andthe source Of all his in
spiratiOn.' At Newstead Abbey Byron
had a drinking cup formed Of q skull,
trimmed with silver, on the outside Of
which were inscribed some verses, OF bis
beginning, Start not, nor deem my spirit
fed Many blamed him for converting
human skull to such purpose, but in
this he was not singular Vaudeville
speaks Of a tribe OF people who converted
their parents skulls into cups, from which
they drank with great devotion. Massin.
ger, the dramatist also mentions. such
skull goblets. In Middleton's play Of
The WITCH duke takes bowl of this
sort from acupboard, upon which one Of
his attendants exclaims: a skull, my
lordp which enrages the duke, who re.
plies, Call it soldiers cup! Our OUCH
ess, / know, will drink from it, though the
cup was once her fathers head, which rs
q trophy we will keep till DEATH
"Charles Lamb delighted I'M draught
of porter out Of tile pewter pot, and he
would press his friends, even great men
and bashful ladies, 10 Taste the genuine
article, fresh drawn at the bar Of his favor
tie inn at Edmonton, Coleridge observes
that some men are like musical glasses:
to produce their finest tones You must
keep them wet AddiSon's recourse 10
the bottle as cure for his taciturnity
finally induced those incorporate habits
which ELECTED DR.. JohnsOn's memorable |
remarks: In the bottle discomfort seek
for comfort, cOwardice for courage, and
bashfulness for confidence. It Is not un-
likely that Addison was flrst seduced 10
excess by the manumissiOn which he oh.
tanned from the servilc timidity Of his
sober hours. He that feels oppression
from the presence Of those to whom he
knows himself superior, will desire To let
loose his powers Of conversation; and
who that ever asked succor from Bacchus
was able to preserve himself from being
entlaved by his auxiliary
"a celebrated modern poet being IN.
vited to dinner by lady, requested her
to provide for him some peppermint cor
dial aud black puddlngs. Goldsmith's
usual beverage in 17g4 was slight decoc-
ton of saSsairas, which had at that time
fashionable reputation as purifier Of the
blood; and his supper was uniformly q
dish Of beiled milk. DR.. Shaw, tho
naturalist, drank largely OF green tea, till,
having lost the use OF one arm, he says
he discontinued It, and recovered the use
Of the limb, Hayley was Of temperate
habits, drinking no other stimulant than
coffee; his example induced DR.. Warner
to abstain from wine and tobacco, though
Hayley warned him against making so
sudden a change, and expressed his
opinion that the wine and tobacco had
contributed 10 produce the doctors excel.
lent health and florid appearance, War
ner persisted in the experiment, and very
soon induced debility andGlow, obstinate
fever, which were not subdued till he re. !
turned to London and resumed the gen.
erohs style Of living which habit had rem,
dered necessary, or which was originally
suited TO his constitution.
"Alilton used to take a pipe OF tobacco
and aglass Of water before going to bei.'
lie recommends:
"'The rule OF mot too much, "by temperance
taught,
In what thou earss and drink'st, seeking from
thence 20
Due nOurlShment, not gluttonons delight
"Sir Walter Scott, from whose works
very complete code tor health and con.
duct might be selected, used to say that
Greatness Of any kind has no greater Toe
than habit of drinking This striking
and just remark Is, however, only an
abridgment of one, by Swilt, who pro.
nOunces temperance to be "a necessary
virtue for great men, since 1t Is the parent
Of that case and liberty which are neces.
sAry for the improvement of the mind,
and which philosphy allows TO be the