, 1877-03-31
The SclEN1urtiercr.
THOUGHTS on DRUNKENNESS WORDS
of CAUTION BY A PAULIsT FATHER.

lhhc lHt lIo~E hINHN, ni'ltuuS HnV re- |
pulsive thing in creation compare ID
with the dunkar), and it gains by the .
comparison, Look at drunkard at
home, OF in public, and you will blush /
for our common humanity, he was
made by God, II little less than angels
psalm viii, 81, but he has degraded /
himself lower than the brute. He was
orewnrh in glory and honor (ibiD, but |,
be has sank into ignominy and disgrace
The tavern is bis temple, his prayers are
hlayph mics, his God is his belly, Philip
ill.,, l0). In the midst Of his infcrnDl
argirs he hnrks, hc shouts, he rOars, he
screams, he bellows, he stamps, he hicks,
he strikes. he gnaws, he tears, he sneres,
he grunts, he yawns, he hiccoughs, he
vomits. Vcngcnce, hatred, bhtphemy,
anil bestml obSccnity are on his serpent
like tongue; his eyes are frey and blood
shot; his ears stunned his carhunclrd
nose is dripping distillation of nusti'.
ness, which mingIes with his foul eructa.
tions dropping into and savoring hs
poisonous cup, His hair is II bundle OF
Kissing serpents, his teeth chatter and
rattle like ivory in dice. box his hands
are palsied II cess pool is,a pure fount-
ain comparcdto his mephitic stomuch
his knees tOtter aud his legs refuse to
support his bloated carcasc. The drunk
ard tramples on all the laws, of nature,
as well as all the preccpts of God. He
rohs, he steals, he cheats, he breaks his
word, he violates his promise, he betrays
the secret which was confded TO him.
He has no honor no principle, no spirit
Of independence, no regard for trutlL no
respect for modcsty Theft and saer-
lcge, adultery and murder, he commits
without remorsc. He is y wicked hus.
band, an ungrntetul child, cruel father,
false friend; troublesome Deighbor IL
social pest
At home he is roaring lion when
he appears in public he is.a midday devil,
vomiting fire and flame. He is always in
excitement, his nerves are on the rack, his
thoughts are scattered, his memory is
weak, his will is vacillating, his judg.
aent is obscarcd, his understanding is
impaired. The drhnkard 10 exposed to
a thousand dangers, from which the
sober man is secured. Every, time he
drinks to excess his life is in peril, as
also his property, his liberty and his
reputation. He may be seen 10y hund-
reds, and to be seen Is to 10 despised
He may commit many crimes for which
no is amenable to justice. He becomes
an easy prey toTAE RoBBER, THE VII
LAIN, AND THE CHEAT; he makes a ruin
Gus purchase his pockets are rihc,l, his
yaluables are stolen he is sometimes
even stripped OF his clothes. Perhaps
lie falls from his horse and breaks his
neck, or fractures his skull; ne tumblrs
into river and is drowned he tails
into u dixie and is suifoCaled. His eyes
swim, the earth reels, surrounding objects
are in motion he staggers from one
side to the other he describes all man
ner of geometrical figures on the high.
way, he creeps like n serpent, and grasps
the earth for support he advances like
crab, and continues,to walk backward
whilst he is making the most violent
efforts to go forward. No Arabesque is
more intricate, no Creton labyrinth more
'ortous than his zigzag path. He falls
upon bis skull, and his brains are dashed
out, or upon his face and he is smothered
or upon his side. and he perishes from
Tile inclemency of the, weather. If he
escapes death, after wooiug him in so
many forms, wha can describe the agony
ol his returning consciousness or the
trembling fits Of his delirium
hldeous spectators surround him,
iHghtiul apparation, appall him, terrific
and mysterious whispers curdle his
o'ood the demon of intempnrence, to
"Aom he has aold his body and soul,
eAu''s over his despairing victim, and
all the imps of hell are, "a il were sum-
mohed to his bedside to laugh at his
Instruction, 70 mock. his agony, and to