Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-02-19
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liquors, that ninety-nine chances to one
YOU will be forming habit that Will
vex your mind, affiicl your person, rob
your body of necessary raiment, rob you
of many pleasures in society, reduce you
to beggary and want, and will make
you anything but gentleman, and the
worst OF all it will make you nothing. =
There is not a rational man living
who will not admit that its excessive
use incapacitates and units any human
being to occupy any responsible posi-
ton or any place OF trust, public or pri
yate, even units them to attend to their
own individual and domestic concerns.
The awful disappointments and Ca
lamities that will betall some moderate
(and not so moderate but regular)
drinkers of our town and community,
will be shocking in the extreme, not
only to them but their dear families,
their little children, too young now to
realize the very sad misfortunes of their
fathers; but in their maturer years they
shall feel its woe, when they shall have
arrived at reason, for the iniquities of
the fathers shall be visited upon their
children, this awful calamity must inev-
itably befall these men especially, only
little time and they must sucoumb to
old mortality where their corruption
seems to be fast drifting them; however
stout, robust and healthy they may now
appear, is as naught, for as sure as they
continue overpowering their mental and
physical powers it will too truly disable
them financially, mentally and physical
ly. Oh, how sad ought it be to them,
to think, soon every earthly possession
and pursuit will fail to please, and of
necessity be as vanity, not even the
slighte st. interest in their own families
will be manifest; life will be burden
to their poor bankrupt souls and bodies.
Oh it is too mournful for contemplation,
10 think that then they cannot even
come within the scope of anticipation
of any earthly or heavenly blessings
Their careworn countenances will soon
tell the remorse they feel because of
their hardness of heart in determining
upon their self-destruction and the ruin
and degradation of their families.
Dear reader-all that have written,
and expect TO write, is and will be in
tenderness and affection for you who
have cultivated, and those who are now
cultivating taste for strong drink.
With you, my dear fellow creatures, /
can sympathize. l know your feelings,
l know your thoughts, and your inten-
tons Especially the young man in his
mad career.) | know you feel like tax.
ing few drinks or half pint orso, be-
fore you call upon ladies or friends, or
before you go to meals, or before YOU
attempt to make a speech, (although |
never made a speech in my lite) or be-
fore reading composition, or before
you can assume character in your So
ciable plays or entertainments. Often
times the young man takes few drinks
before he can have courage to tell his
sweet heart that he really believes he
loves her. But my friends, that will
never do, and is not necessary, especi-
ally in these latter days, this centennial,
this leap year; there is no need now for
such counterfeit terrifying, and surely
there is no pleasure derived from its
use that you will not have to pay five
hundred per cent upon, in your maturer
years.
OH we too we'll know that we have
numerous young men in and near our
town, many Of whom use ardent spirits.
Let me tell those of you who do not use
it, that You are now enjoying probably
the happiest period of your earthly ca
reer; continue your future young man
without it, and your life will be never
ending source of happiness that shall in
crease forever and forever.
Dear Parents and friends-somo of
you no doubt have seen the eye that
should have flashed with pleasure, be-
come languid from dissipation, now be-
hold your fair sons and daughters in
the development of their character as
fair and beautiful as they now seem TO
you, almost as pure as morning light,
almost exempt from guilt, let me ask
you ii they can stand the test of time
out of the church, out of Christ. With
out the grace of God they must fall vic
Tins of intemperance, lusts and disease;
grace gives frmness and stability neces-
sary TO prevent all calamitous diSsipa
ton.
Again young men, let me persuade
you to abstain from the use of this aw
full evil, this liquid hell; for what is life
and what are its pleasures, if we are all
shipwrecked, all used up, if there is no
health to enjoy or heart to relish them.
In manhood we must expect msfor-
tunes; in old age we must anticipate
disease and death, but in youth let US
implore God to preserve US from the
dreadful disease and death so often
caused by the excessive use of spirit
uons liquors.
We too well know that the majority
of parents do not keep their children
under wholesome restraint, nor teach
them that their indulgence in unlawful
passions is the death blow to their fu-
lure happiness. Oh, then teach your
children from infancy that passion for
strong drink banishes all happiness in
life and at last "biteth like serpent and
stingeth like an adder
ARGUS.
~ Mr.. Faulkner, has recently in