Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-05-16

nuuuTSu kAAttS UtUNueIeu.
The readers Of this must certainly ex-
cuse me,
If in it / say anything out of place,
If they will, they ought not 60 behind
my back to abuse me,
As / can be seen, altho lately I've
grown quite thin in the face.
Now my friends, if you only have leis-
ure,
Just work on the great temperance
plan,
After while you'll find out, that in it
there's pleasure,
In saving the sOul OF only one man.
The reader, no doubt, is aware OF me
people move now Ia view,
In our town and community, al i'm
portant work at this time,
And offer my help in the work they
pursue, .
By writing unuarnished the verses OF
rhyme
Also offer my hopes for success to their
work now begun,
And don't wish to ,oOund or offend,
But prove rarnimg to the young, OF
the huzard they heedlessly run,
And hope the warning will not miss
its intended end.
Beware of WHISKY 1t ruins all the
launts of JOY,
1t ravishes- like foreign foe,
1t steals all that gives rapture to your
boy,
1t sendsh him out on cruel tide of UOe.
It's a Geadiy foe with hostile gaze,
And turks where DIssIPATIoNS sweep
In the paths of sport and fashions art
fuI maze,
Lingering there its deadly watch to
keep.
Its the enemy at home, the root Of all
sins,
1t leads TO provoking words, anger,
,euenge,
Haired, quarreliing, then hardness of
heart begins,
And whole families down the road
descend.
Its the enemy of ALMIGHTY Con,
And should condemned forever be,
1t rolls men on to HE'LL dark flood,
Outcasts from Him efernally.
It's bedauch, cursed and compound,
Which barters friendship, love and
truth,
Its diffusive venoms, so plenttully
found,
Cuts many off in the Spring-time of
youth.
It's guest unhaliO,Dcd and profane,
A silly nurse for many souls of sin,
And till the end of time there will reign
MEN and WOMEN, to drink its inside
Gus poisons in.
Its the nocturnal enemy Of time,
And holds the frail debauches of night
From even a taint of purity Divine
But alas their wanderings are sadly
brought to light.
It's foul dishonor and shame,
A lure to uice for the unthinking soul
To brave seducfions ordeal, free from
blame
UscEAsING SINS of it are yet untold.
INrEArERANoE is picture Of laseiUiom
hue,
The riies,, greatest, passion of the day
Where'er you look, you'll meet in open
Temptations j,s reckoning ffail ones on
the downUard way.
It's song with wild, deeeiffulnote,
To make the yielding heart resign;
Its seductive strains set brains afloat,
When fuddledup with drugs and wine.
It's polume intended to catch the eye,
Of the erring youths, and cause them
to explore
Its contents, with laughing, thought
less sigh,
But alas some have turned too far
its polluted pages DER.
PARENTS, hide then this voiun'e forever
from their view,
If not, twill impress fatal n'isehisf in
the heart,
Let every parent, kindred now pursue
TEMPERANCE, and in it take an active
part.
It carries downward the fair ones Of
the age,
The pure, the simple, the refined,
Unsullied az the spotless page,
Perchance to where there is no soiace
in mankind.
IxrEmrRANcE tempts with softest
sounds away,
To sinful places, where all its songs
are sung.
70 lead entranced the heart estray,
And pieroe with Sdtan's poisonous
tongue.
1t drives men mad, it e'euds the mind,
And throws their purify Al aside,
1t makes men fools and 20 unkind,
It places sin where visfue should re-
side.