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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1876-09-10

con las cuales, 10 confesamos, no estamos d
acuerdo. En- 81 sc hacen apreciacionel
sobre edacacion social moral en- que
mesclandose academies dramaticos, Sc apli.
can las ciencias morales y fisicas & los
problemas de la vida bajo el criterio del
autor. Pero ESQ no impide que El Nun.
do Se'ssgfco deje de ser una obra origina-
ksima. Sc venden 4 peso en- casa de
Gonzalez.
Nonsbransiemtos.-Ha sido nombrado
lcalde-delegado de Ciales Don Lorenzo
Padr6 y secretario q D. Joaquin Martinez.
Diccionario DomEstico.-Este magnlfico
libro en- que por 6rden alfabetico Sc ensena
todo cuanto puede interesar las amas
de casa, q los labradores, los cocineros,
a los horticultores, foricultores etc., y que
tante hemos recomendado su adquisicion
al p6blco por ser una de las obras mas
populares interesantes que ha publicado
la acreditada casa de Bailly-Bailiere, SO
vende 4 z pesos encuadernado la espa-
nola en- casa del Sr. Sanc6rrit.
Rectyfcacion.-En las frmas que auto
rizan la exposition de los vecinos de Cabo
rojo que publicamos el viernes, han salido
equivocados los siguientes nombres Gus.
tavo St. Lhaurent, Luis G. Megnier, Ra-
mon de J. Ceda, Ramon Muniz, Juan E.
Ramirez y Jose Vict. del Toro.
Carne.-Los dias 10, II, IL y 13 del
corriente mes, Sc expendera en- este
mercado q 20 cuartos espanoles la
libra de carne de res vacuna.
Solicitad Candida Vidal, vecina de
esta capital, calle de San Francisco mum.
IS, solicita su hija Rufna Revella, CO.
mo de nueve amos, casi negra. Esta mu-
chachita naci6 esclava de Don Gregorio
Revella, Aguadilla, y ALA hacia el ano
20 pas6 al Pepino casa de Don Vicente
Riera. Rogamos nuestros colegas re-
produzcan estas hneas.
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Y este 10 frma en- una exposition
dirigida al Oongreso el gremio taba-
quero de la isla, compuesto de perso-
mas tan autOrlzadas como las que he
citado.
va he dicho como Sc hace la adqui-
siciOn del tabacO en- Espana, y como
Sc cobran los derechos de regalia.
Vamos q yer ahora, Sres. Diputados,
como SO fabrica.
Hace amos tuve OCCASION de hablar
en- esta misma Camara, y recuerdo
que el Sr. Ruiz Gomez, era ent6nces,
como le decia, el primer fabricante
del mundo; fabricaba por valor de
mil millones y pico de productos, en-
tire los cuales SO encOntraba el tabaco.
Hablamos algunas veces sobre esa
question, cuando tan valientemente
defendla el estanco del tabaco, Y en-
t6nces me lamentaba 70 protunda.
mente de que, habi6ndose construido
por Fernando vi Y acabado por Car
los III la primera fabrica de tabacos
del mundO, pOr c0nsejO de los frailes,
pOrque eran muy dadOs al cucarache-
TO y en- ninguna parte SO hacla mejor
que en- esa fabrica, en- cuya construc-
cion Sc gastaron 66 millones de reales,
tuvi6ramos la peor fabrication del
mundo, teniendo la mejor fabrica. Me
llaman la atencion acerca de que nc
he dicho el nombre de la fabrica; me
refero a la de Sevilla. Despues de
haber pasado con los frailes, como he
dicho, la moda del cucarachero de
rape, vinimos al tabaco de cigarrillos
que SO picaba en- cuadrado en- Espana
Pues bien Sres. Diputados; estamo.
on el dltimo tercio del siglo XIX y s,
| sigue picando en- cuadrado, cuand.
no hay ninguna tnacion de Europa
en- donde SO pique va de ese modo
Hasta el aIlo 60 no SO ha puesto /,
primera maquina, porque antes q
lpicaba mano con ouchilla 3 en- Qua
dradoi = hoy eusado Las inaquina
-AsaaA .aa
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~I
tabaquera del mundo, Y la tercera J
la cuarta en- calidad Y cantidad. NJ
he dicho la segunda, porque ell Brasi
Sc nos ha antepuesto. Cuba, el Bra
sill y despues Filipinas y Puerto-Rieo,
nos dan los grandes tabacOs one SOL
la delicia de los fumadores. Filipi.
mas con su Isabella, SUI Oayagan, su
Igorrotes, su Romero Y su Darulu,
podian inundar a la Europa con su ta-
baco. De este puede hablar ell Sr.
Azcarraga, que es en- mi concepto la
persona mas conOcedora que hay en-
nuestrO pals de estOs asuntos. Pues
bien; con todos estos tabacos, con
todas esas ventajas, adquirimos el ta-
bacO peOr que ninguna naciOn, este
peor no Sc refere la calidad, que ESQ
va 10 sablamos, sino & la manera de
surtir q las fabricas. Yo he tenido ell
honor de ser intendente de la isla de
Cuba, y tambien ell de ser presidente
del JuradO de tabacos en- las exposicio-
nes universities, y Sc 10 que pasa en-
estas y como Sc jazga q Espana res
pecto de este punto. Todas las ma
clones tienen en- la isla de Cuba una
comision, presidida por ell consul, en-
cargada de adquirir tabacos. El ia
baco que en- aquella isla Sc produce
Sc llama de primera, segunda, tercera,
cuarta, quinta, sexta, s6tima clase y.
capa-dura. Pues bien; a Espana no
viene mas que capa dura, y somos los
duenos del tabaco, Y tenemos ALI Or
ganizada la Administrator, sin que a
nadie le haya ocurrido decirla que
cOmpre tabaco; el tabaco SO adquiere
pOr contrata. Est0 por 10 que hace
relaciOn la adquisicion. Vamos aho-
"a a otro punto. Ell tabaco que Sc
elabora en- la isla de Cuba y entra en-
Espana, paga los que SO llaman dere-
chos de regalla.
He dicho antes que no citarla NOM
bres, nj sitios, nj personas determine
das; que hablaba en- general, sin
concretar NADIA; pero ahora no pue-
do m6nos de leer algunos datos, por-
que de otro modo podia quedar duda
en- el amino de los senOres diputados
respecto de 10 que voy decir. Guam
do 20 olga que en- dos amos sc han
pagado eli las aduanas de Espana 11O
millones m6nos por derechos sobre ell
tabacO de 10 que debia haberse recau-
dadO, Sc explicara ese clamoreo de los
contingencies. Necesito, pues, leer
algunos datos, porque de otro modo
quiza no faltaria quien dijera que no
estaba en- 10 cierto al hacer afirmacio-
nes de este g6nero.
Old, Sres. Diputados; old un docu-
mentO que teneis dentro de vuestro
Archivo, tirmado por las autorizadfsi
mas personals que vereis. En- una
exposition dirigida al Oongreso por
los Sres. D. Francisco Arrigunaga,
d. Julian Alvarez, d. Jose Gener,
ID. Juan Bautista Romero y d. jose
de Partagas, cinco de los primeros
fabricantes de tabacos de Cuba, Sc
dice 10 siguiente:
"Durante el ejercicio de 1862 Y seis
primeros meses de 1868, 6poca en- que
SO cambi6 ell allo natural por el econ6
mico, de 10 de julio de un ano & 80
de JUNO de otro, SO exportaron, de
solo el puerto de la Habana, con des-
tino q la Peninsula, 2.9S9, 1897 libras
en- tabacos torcidos y picaduras, que
a razOn de "a reales vellon los prime
ros y % reales la segunda, debieron
producer. ir......-...$ 3.323,154 70
Y el tesoro solo recaud6 336,O18 45
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1876-09-10
Ramon Tornado q HasqMes.
Sr. Director del BoLET1N MERCANTIL.

Muy senior milo de toda mi considera-
cion y aprecio: habiendose dirigido al
Excmo. Sr. Gobernador General una carta
en- que SO ha faisi6cado mi frma r6brica
6ngi6ndose tambien Ia letra de mi escri-
biente D. Jose E. Henry, con 81 fin mani
festo de desprest,giar al dignisimo Alcalde-
delegado de Gabo-rojo d. Federico
Delgado, dicha superior Autoridad Sc ha
dlgnado enviarme Ia expresada cuta
consignando su creencia de que es falsa,
por mi parte Ia he presentado al Jusgado
de primera instancia de San German, para
que proceda con arreglo derecho esclare-
ciendO ia verdsd y averiguando quien be
sido 81 autor de tai deLto. Y deseando
que 81 p6blico conozca el documento falsO
referido para que nadie ose sorprenderlo
con injustos ataqnes al digno Alcalde-
delegado de Cabo .rojo, Sr. Delgado, J
para que no vuelva repetirse un hecho
tan indigno y escandaloso, como la mem
cionada talsihcacion, acompanO usted una
eopla exacta de la carta falsa rogandole "a
slrva Ordenar SO inserte con las presentes
lineas por tres veces consecutivas en- 81
periodico de su digna direccion.-El
documento falso dice asl :-Mayagisz z
de agosto de 1876.-Excmo. Sr. -. Sc.
gundo de Ia Portil!a. Rico.
mi apreciado General: Nos hemoA
"squivocado CON 81 Aicalde de Cabo rojo:
"es un brlbon: puedo asegnrarlo usted
de una manera mny POSITIVE; biea
lnformado no me queda duda de 10 razon
"que asistla al pueblo mostrandose tan
"d,sgustado. Els necesarlo camDiarlo, y
ava. que Cd sienpre tan bueno J justiclaro
10 probara una ven mas, hac.aado jasti-
"cia Cabo rojo. 8
"Se posltivamsnse que .es el agente de
"La Ma'sana, peri6d,co que % vd. tan
contrario.
"Con Ia mayor consideraciony aprecio
80 reptile su atectlslmo amigo J S.s
@. B.S.M.
Carlos M. de FWadO.
ST Ia verdad Sc esclarece . se averlgua
quien ha sido el falsifeador, Ia opinion
pdblica sabra reprobar su cenducta mere
| cidamente. s
Tributanio'e las gracias, Sr. Director,
quedo 4 sus 6rdenes afectlsime ). ). M
Q. B. s. NJ
Gdrlos n. d Fgavd0.
se u sss "
| ssa asFp'', = ,,slsssis Y 1875.
| -
II ss.s.ss--. - - -
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1876-09-10
Ct GACETILLAS.

Memoria de los Observation-Disclosures
recibido un sjemplar del iibro que con este
tltulo modesto ha pubiicado en- la Habana
ell captain ID. LUIS Otsro Plmentei, Official
lo de la secclon de Archivo de ia Capita
MIA General. Consta esta obra de 223
paginas en- 4c primorosamente impresas
en- ia Propaganda Llteraria, ORellly "a,
donde Sc vende 2 pesos orc el ejempIar.
En- este libro Sc hace una sucinta y Cara
historic de la organization y serviclos que
prestaron nuestros companeros de armas
de Cuba. El Coryeo Militar ha hecho
eiogios muy justos de esta obra. Aeon
sejamos su adquisicion a los Cue deseen
conocer de cerca q los her6lces defensores
de Cuba espanola,
El Mundo Sensgfco.-Tambien hemos
sido fayorecidos, por su aator DON Jose
Ramon Leai, con un ejemplar dc esta obra
de la cnai tanto 50 ha ocupado la prensa
de Ia HaDana Escrita con galano estilo,,
desarrollA ante el lector bajo una fccion
ta0rlas f.osaaea4 stfss.das ! iatsrsasnses,
= ssNawsesr-s4zzes
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1876-09-10

Resultando defraudados
por el contrabardo. 2.9S7,13 %
Durante elafiO econ6mi.
co 1862 q 1864 Sc OK.
portaron 2 51O,749 Ii
bras, que debieron pa
gar: 2.7s1,S92 80
Recaudando el tesoro
tan s6lo.-.......... 2s3,s49 80
Siendo 10 defraudado.. 2.557,9S3 90
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TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

!eral satuEday morning a Ealrmont. w. va
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LaMIsR aIker,s Manifesto.

weibburg Herald.
Mr.. Mich sel, Reilly Chairman Of the
Democratic Executive Committee for this
State, has his name signed to a very bOshy
address TO the aDemoctatic and cOnserya-
tiy. voters" which It Is safe to bet the
old gentleman never read until he read
ittn print. Aman ofhis natural hard
sense would never have put his nume to
a paper which speaking OF the elections
in Colorado, Ohio, Indiana and West
Virginia, calls them Splendid political
party. That Is too thin even for the
Wetiel county stomach, let alone the d.
sestion Of people who read The news. We
wonder that men ofsense and self respect
allow themselves to be identified with such
foolishness. S9Eills 'Eaa-'
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Ilclncnbcr 1861.

IwelIsburS lICrall.l --,-.-..,. 5-,--..
We arc not an harmist by any means,
but we remember distinctly how it was n
year or two previous to the beginning Of
the war in 1861, and we were pooh'poohed
and ridiculed then for saying that war
would come, ifmatters continued to drift
in tho course they were drifting. Sure
enough matters continued to DRIFT and
the war did come. They have got into
tho very ssme channel now, aud unless
the country gets a safer pilot at the
wheel than Samuel J. Tilden. before four
years are out, We may have another pre-.
liminary call for $4,000 men to suppress
an instruction. Then will come trouble.
Whether it will pay for the sake Of all
the advantages, there are in mere
change Of political rulers, or the vain
glory Of being on the winning side, 10 run
any such risks, is for men Of property,
standing, sense, memoryor conscience TO
think about when they come to vote on
Tuesday next. There Is no danger with
Hayes and Wheeler but there may be a
good deal with Tilden and Hendricks at
the head Of affairs s
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Hot Shot for Tilden-An Ex.Con-
icdcrate Generals Opinion.

WASHINGTON, November 3.-John S.
Mosby, the noted guerrilla, has written
a letter in which he denies tile stories set
afloat by Tildens bureau TO the effect
that he has been given an office under
General Grants administration. He says
n never have received in any shape the
slightest favor or benefit Of any kind from
General Grants administration. ! am
unable to account for the feroclty with
which have been pursued by the Tilden
organs unless it be that they think that
their candidate has some claim upon me
for my support in consideration Of the
messages oisympathy and cheer which |
received from him during the unhappy
period when was fighting for the over
throw Of the Union. But for the advice
Of such men as Tilden atthe North the
South never would have plunged into the
disastrous war Of secession.a
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90. .,,..sr Va. ~ i'--f 5f.fIs' ~ 81. 'f1"
l-f.318a i-1' .'.alst
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whole stock Of impudence In crying aloud
that Tilden's election Is certain, and they
sell poolsn In their own places, on their
own terms, using money not their own,
to keep up their spirits.
The Dem ocratic Drag about carrying Ohio
is rs sensible as their claim that TildeIn
will carry New York by sixty thousand
It is utter nonsense, as everybody knows
In the meantime the shotgun policy hai
been checked In South Carolina. THAI
Republican State, at least, Is n,;t to DC
carried with the derringer and shotgun
for Tilden and Reform without 2 struggle
In North Carolina the Republicans arc
very confident. In Florida they are quite
hopeful, and Indiana Republicans tell u
to expect good news. from. that state
Connecticut and Oregon are doubtful
California and New Jersey are now
niacesl with confidence in the column o.
certain Republican States. The Chair
Of the Republican National Committee Ii
justified in his remark, in the circular Of
The LIST, that "the systematic. and pre.ar.'
ranged boastings from the Tilden head
quarters, in New York, are only desper'
ate expedients to avert inevitable dc
feat" I.s % = flA ~
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An Appeal 10 Republicans.

(WaslIngtOD, Pl.I RePorter.)
The canvass is rapidly drawing TO q
close, and We entreat you to suffer word
of cxhortation in view Of the duty shortly
to be required OF you at the polls. The
season for argument is we'll nigh spent,
and the time for action is athand. We
take it Tor granted you are firm in. the
conviction that the party whose creed
you have espoused, and beneath whose
banner you haveproudly marched to vic
tory in the past, Is still true to the right,
still deserves the confidence OF the peo-
pie, and should therefore retain control
Of the government it has saved from de.
struction. In common with the rest OF
your fellow countrymen, then, your duty
Is 10 20 to the polls on Tuesday next, and
by your ballots proclaim anew your faith
in the great cause Of equal rights, equal
laws and equal political privileges for
all men, regardless Of trace, color, or pre-
yious condition OF servitude." For this
cause millions upon millions Of treasure
have been expended, and hundreds oil
thousands of lives have been freely offer
ed up Us n sacrifice, and you will be
shamefully recreant to duty II through
your negligence you suffer it TO go down
now beneath the assaults OF its enemies
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~
DIED.

JOHNSTON. On Thursday, November 2, 1870,
al $50 r. ~, Mrs. MARY JANE JOHNSTON, aged 90
years. ..fr
The funeral win tatc place from The resIdencc Of
her son, W. J. Johnston, No. lt2 South Broadway
1.land, this afternoon at ~ o'clock. Friends Of
The family are invited. 1uterneps at PeninSulai
Cemetery. ..... "1,..
HALL.-on Thursday evening, November "a
1870, Of $40 o'clock, BDfru CRACK, infant daught'
Or Of ! L. .. and Lydia A. Hall, aged 10 month
and 2! days ID tLi r+
Funeral Saturday morning at FaIrmont, W. Va
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r ISr OF LETTERS

Remaining unclaimed in the Post oflce at Wheel.
Ing Ohio county, West Va, Saturday, November 4
1915. To obtain any Of the following, tho appli.
can't must ask for advertised letters giving date d
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Z TIE unusual number OF weddings re-
corded Is given as another strong EVIL.
dence OF better times. = %, NJ ,.ssts
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luton: .Egt 4 n III
Rssolred, That this Convention does. ex-l
plIcltly declare, rs the sense Of the Ameri-
can people, that after four years Of failure
TO restore the Union by tho experiment Of
war-durIng which, under the pretenJe Of
military necessity Of war power higher
than the Constitution, the Constitution
ttsc ( has been dlGregarded In every part,
and public liberty and private right alike
trOlden down, and the material prosperity
Of the country essentially impaited-IuS-
tce, humanity, liberty aud the public wei.
fare demand that Immediate efforts Do
made for cessation Of hoshlities,S With q
view Of an ultimate, convention oil the
that al the earliest practicable moment
peace may be TetOred on the basis Of the
Federal States. -
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For the IutellIgenctr. 81
10 The Electoral Vote.

Give US Indiana and we will give them
Connecticut and New jersey, and still be
ahead. Give us New York and we will
give them Indiana, Connecticut and New
Jersey. In this estimate you will OBJ
serve "Solid South is conceded TO Til
den, with tho exception only Of South
Carolina, which Is sure for Hayes.
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's.. a.gi uEA ATttadtlA
f- ag E-s -f1 80
a.. rasI YAK ISL
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I sstorday's Cincinnati Commercial

Yesterdays Cincinnati Commercial
Governor Tilden's gamblers, who are
capitalists in their way, have organized
fraud in pool selling, and hope by mere
bravadowith their money, and by q sys
tenn OF advertising their betting with each
other, to reinforce themselves from the
floating vote. E, -.-.- .t rrf Z
The facts do not warrant the boastful
ness Of Tilden's partisans. They losl
Colorado and Ohio in the October cleo
ton, aud carried Indiana only by plur
ality, losing several congressman. They
failed In tho earlier elections Of the yea
to make any impression upon the Repub
lican strength in Vermont and Maine.
This is asfar Us the record goes. 1
shows that the Republicans arc not losinl
strength, and that the wild Drag Of Thu
Democrats in July, that they were COM
ing in with tidal wave, was not juSti
fed. a,lssr'- .!a.
As to thestatc Of New York, tho Re,
publicans are full Of confidence that they
will have a very large majority outside
New York City, and that they can keep
the fraud down in that \city.S That tht
fraudulent vote Of New York is cnor,
nous Is notorious, and itriS upon thi,
very vote that the Tilden reformers now
depend to elect their candidate. The
sensitiyeness they show toward United
States Marshals arises from the fact thaj
the Marshals prevent the repeating and
ballot.box stulFing Of the Democratic ex
perts in New York city from prevailing
over the will Of the people at large.
A few weeks ago the Democrats were
claiming Colorado, and providing them
selves with false dispatches. Yesterday
the Republican State officers Of Colorado
were inaugurated. The same persons
who oroWed over Democratic victory in
Colorado, knowing there had been a
Democratic defeat arc eEertirg their
, 1876-11-25

lion and tallow. Several hundred dol
lars in cash and more Htas than one
could shake a stick at were given away.
The Nit-natt guests from Vancouver
Island got most of the plunder. One
distinguishing trait of these natives is
their correct appreciation of financial
values, and these guileless children Of
nature can, in a trade, see just as far into
Il grindstone as white man. They cul-
tiyatc some Of the social virtues, being
profdse in hospitality when quarter is
in sight. Their aspirations are simple,
the end and aim Of existence being the
acquisition OF dry halibut and blankets.
In their fishing for halibut they 90 far
ont TO sea, starting in early morning and
returning Gf not out all night at the
close Of the day. Some Of them are eX-
pert whalers and have taken several
whales the past summer Always after
successful whaling trip an aroma Of
scorched blubber pervades the camp, the
trying out being done by the women
whose raiment becomes feartully soiled,
but as this work only lasts during the
summer months, they have all the winter
in which to make neater toilet. Soap
is ALWAYS in demand. | think that arti
Gle must in some way be mixed up with
their ideas off future state, for they
seldom mix it with water but place it
religiously away to be banded down to
the unwashcd rising generation. These
nomads of the sea are a hearty, happy
set, mostly descendants Of Esau, though
unlike their wandering progcnitor, could
never have been swindled with mess of
pottagc. Q.
, 1876-11-25

AN ORTHODOX TEAM.-A man travel.
ing in Texas met cart on a country
road, drawn by four oxen and driven by
a genuine Texas Ranger, who, in add.
ton to IL skllful flourish and crack of
the whip, yoCiferously urged the horned
beasts after this fashion: "Haw, Pres
byterian Gee! Baptist Way-whoa.
haw, Episcopalian Gee off there Meth.
odist !" The traveller was struck and al.
so amused at this nomenclature, and
stopping the driver remarked to him
that he had never heard such names ap.
piled to the dumb creation before, and
asked him why he called his oxen such
names. "Well, said the Texan, II call
this one Presbyterian because he is true
blue and never falls, but pulls through
bad places and overcomes all difficulties,
and holds out TO the end besides, he
knows more than the rest. call this
one Baptist because he is always after
water, and seems as though he wouldn't
have enough, and then again he won't
cat with the rest. call that one Epis.
Copalian because he has mighty way of
holding his head up, and ifthc yoke gets
little tight, he tries to kick clear OF all
things. I call this one Methodist be.
cause he puil's and blows, and you'd
think lie was pullin' all creation but
he don't pull an ounce unless | keep pok-
, 1876-11-25
EDOn't Drink Tonight.

left My mother at the door,
My sister by her side;
They claspcd their hands, and loving looks
Forbade their doubts to hide.
left and went with comndct gay
When the moon brought ont her light,
And my loving mother whispered me,
Don't drink, my boy, tonight"
Long years have passed away since then,
My letty curls are grey,
But, oh those words are with me yet,
And will not pass away.
see my mothers loving face,
With goodness radiant light,
And hear her words ring in my ears,
"Don't drink, my boy, tonight"
My mother is now resting sweet
In the graveyard on the hill,
But her kind words come back to me
And haunt my memory still,
Pve Often often passed the cup;
Oh, then my heart was right!
Because I've heard the warning words,
"Don't drink, my boy, tonight"
I've now passed down the road Of life,
And soon my race is run;
Wy mothers warning listened to,
An immortal crown is won.
Oh, mothers with your humble smile,
Look on your boy so bright,
And say, us you alone can say,
Don't drink, my boy, tonight"
Those words will prove warning when,
In tie thorny path Of life,
The boy is in the tempter's wiles
And warning In the strife,
Thy words will stop the morning cup
And revelry at night
BY whispering back mothers voice,
Don't drink, my boy, tonight"