Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-02-24
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the social cup, offered perhap,
by the hands Of a fair young
lady. No, no those cases arr
exceedingly rare; / doubt if
| there are any such. But n;
long as society sanctions Intem-
perance by allowing men addie-
ted to excessive drinking to en-
Joy all the privileges Of soeie-
ty, so long You will find that
men will drink. But on the
other hand let society look down
upon the man who drinks to ex-
cess, and let him be excluded
from its privileges, and you VIII
soon see a great change. 1t is
natural for men to love strong
drink, and although you may
rot agree with me in this re-
.spect, it appears to me, that the
universally Of the stimulants,
among all the nations and all
the classes of society, such as
whisky, wine, tobacco, opium,
coffee and a great many others,
too numerous to mention, and
the use of which is INDUCED in
by both sexes, goes, in my es-
timation at least, right long
ways towards establishing the
truth of my assertion, 1. e. that
it is natural for men to love
strong drink. But it is the ex-
cessive use, that society ought
to discountenance. Yet while
almost every body apparently
talks against Intemperance,
their actions are little in accor-
dance with their words, for
don't. you know, that men who
are even publicly known to be
of very Incorporate habits, new
erthless move in the best circles
Of society? They are even
elected to fill high and respon-
sible offices. Teach your chill
dren from their very earliest
days up, that Intemperance is Il
disgrace, that the drunkard is
even below the brute animal,
for it does not know of any
such vice. You who are faith
ers and mothers Of children, let
no opportunity pass to show
them the great danger. n
proper education in that respect
at home would do incalculablo
good. But you, who allow
your children to stay up town
over nights, and let them visit
the saloons at pleasure, if they
turn out to be dfunkards, take
all the blame upon yourselves;
your neglectfulness did it all.
Make home attractive for them,
give them higher and better en-
ioyments; and who would not u
thousand times prefer them to
the pleasure of dissipation,
which under 4 deceitful cover,
are only calculated to make our
life one of misery and dispair.
The risk is too great and the
victory to achieve too grand to
lay idle. Withrenewed strength
then let US labor, let US have
the cause of Temperance at
heart, and the satisfaction of
having contributed something
to the welfare and interest of
the human race is perhaps Il
greater reward than would be
in the power Of a king to offer.
For the benefit of our asso-
ciate members especially, l have
cndeayored, in conclusion, TO
collect q few of the terms of
the different stages Of drunken
ness, because their opportunity
Of learning them are not very
very frequent.
A gentleman who INDUCES
TOO much in a social glass is said
to be tipsey, and if you men,
Tor anything about it to him
he next day, he contends that
ne only has been gentLemanly
Trunk. The man, however, who
.akes his drinks at the bar at
first gets Sorter bOeSy or rather
spiritually enthused. In this
state he is full of talk and gen.
,rally very brave. However it
Won't be long before he is about
hree sheets an the lUind and
mighty near half seas over
lie then loves to quarrel and
lourish his pistol and everybody
.ries to get out of his way
Another dram or two will sec
him really tight, although We
nay hardly yet call him to be
fill; still we know, that he is
on a bender, and perhaps appro-
too, he is said to be on
Z "LUSt," because IN this state
ne generally succeeds pretty
we'll in smashing up bottles-and
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