The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-03

event, though etuDbofnly true, ths
Bro. Briggs, upon one occasion, 0
inviting the party to ice cream, mad
the very unaccountable mistake ,
naming that delectabie bsversg'
champagne, ~ the treat, instead {
the cream. EXCURSION.
IloDHRATn 0R1NxINd.
Here is q very good description Z
| it, which we and III the Texas Ba,
ner
Moderation describes neither qua
ity nor strength. The system o
moderate drinking is as unfathomabl
~ the abyss, aud uncertain as tn
wind. II il the great dsceiyer 0
nations, promising health and lonl
life, yet destroying more than war
famine and the plague. It is th,
sweet morsel in the mouth, but grav
el in the belly. It is the A b G o
drinking; the picture book, leading
the young and thoughtless to thl
worst lessons Of intempetance. II il
. regular qusck medicine, tnakinl
splendid promises, but performing NJ
curos, but demanding snormoas pay
It is the starting point to the work
house, the prison, the gazette, and
the gallows. Is is . light fingered
gentleman, who feels every corner o1
the drawer, and the very bottom ol
the purse. It is the frst step to an
inclined plane f rapid descent,
smooth as marble, and slippery as
glass, ending in an abyss Of rhin.-
1t is beautiful serpent, whose fangs
and deadly venom are concealed BY
tho dazzling Of it's coils. 1t ID
hypocrisy persohi6ed, ah affected
outside sobriety, while sll is agitation
and uncleanliness within. 1t is the
landlords bird line by which he SO.
cures his victims, and fastens them
in his cage. 1t is the entrance to a
delightful avenue, lined with deceit.
full flowers, charmed with bewitching
sounds, but ending in the caverns Of
the dead. 1t is an ignus fatuus,
tempting its fatal followers over
trembling bogs and tumbling them
down q fearful precipice. It is the
whirlpool of ruin, in which thousands
have sunk to rise no more. II ap.
pears de- an angel OF light assuming a
smiling contenance, but is in reality,
q demon Of the bottomless pit. 1t is
like perpetual dropping, ipjuring
mans constitution far more than oc-
casional drunkenness. ftis the birth.
day and birthplace of al the drunk.
enness we have in the land. It pro-
vides an army Of reserve to recruit
the ranks Of the sixty thousand slain
annually by strong drink. II is the
bond of union betwixt the publican
the drunken politician, the little drop
ministers, and all enemies to the cause
of teetotalism.
Here follows the fate of one who
had been q moderate dIinker. Thous-
ands have met similar fate, every
one of whom began IS q moderate
drinker. Every moderate drinker is
marching toward such . fate:
DRUNKARD's FATE.
Says Mr.. Cough:
"a graduate OF one of the univer-
sites Of Great Britain came to me
shaking and trembling. He said he
had come to me AZ he would 20 to q
physician
| said, 'you m,ist stop drinking
Il cannot
you will die
4 am afraid ! shall if / give it up
l cannot
my wife and two gentlemen were
present. said, What good does
drink do you?'
No good
why do you drink p
Il must have it.
Thinking that being an educated
man, he might give some ideas, I
asked him, Will you tell me how you
feel before you begin to drink, and
afterwards p
Il shall never forget. He stood up
and said,
All l can say is, must have it.
'Why7'
Il feel as if there were insects in
my veinsi Obi it is horrible hori-
BILE |! l touch my hands, and jump
Oh! l shall 60 mad-mad-mad II
l could not get it without having q
a sound tooth out Of my jaw, bring
the instrument and wrench it out, /
must have tho drink, you see; so
got it. And when stand still, that
l may feel its effect. That's what
want; want relief, and feel it,
Quick-quick--hot--it sends the
blood through my veins; the insects
are gone, and began to perspirc,
Yes am better, better, better! It's
what l want,-it's coming, it's com
ing, it has come to me,-relief, re.
lief-like a flash ofsummer lightning
and it Is gone, and get another
Then l said, you will de-
i am afraid l shall. Can you save
me p
Not unless you stop drinking"
"sl cannot die; l have not offered
q prayer to God for sixteen years.
You must give it up
Il cannot
4 said, God will help you
mo ho won't.
4 will, said l my wife and l will
take caro- Of you for four days, il
you will. | have just four days te
spare with YOU
we took him, though we could
get no promise from him. w,
nursed him night and day. Th,
third afternoon he sat with me, biz
hand in mine, and spoke to him o
God ard Christ and eternity
He said. am man of some com
mon sense, | believe; and am very
well aware that can never be hap
py in an other world
| He then went out and cut hi
throat from ear to ear. o m,
friends, shall We try TO save our fol
low mon from such a fatc?'
l -
| J. Wilkinson proposes in the Mary
land Farmer, a plan for what he cali
"symmetrizing rack and manger,
which consists simply in placing th