The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-10-02

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THE Jta-JAMs--t 00oD TEMPERANCE
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Z1lA's story OF Assommoir recalls
a chat | ones had with one who inighI
be termed professional druuksrd. Ii,
had suffered terribly from excessive,
drinking be knee It's evils far better
than any one could tell him. and be
realized his position thoroughly, yet
be chung TO the h,bit and Avowed him,
self drunkArd Said he pve gone
too far aud too long Oh this road. Ny
stomach has been made over aud adapt
ed TO rum. The organ cant be revo
lutionized again. It's too old 10 leave
of whiskey To change it's food would
kill me ia fortnight. II isn't 40 good
stomach as the natural one was. bat
IL stands pint or more Of brandy pei
day. I've trained il 70 that during
these many years. aud you cant teach
an old stomach new tricks Delirium
tremeus snskes ? Jimjamsl Yes,
I've had touches Of them. You want
to know how il feels ! I'll tell you,
although | never did much more than
just pass the jlm-jams frontier. You
have drank maybe week, maybe
more. You have kept extra full during
that period At last liquor ceases TO
excite. brace up, or trauaullize. You
drink hall pint Of brandy and it has
no more effect than so much water.
Then you are close on the horrors.
Food won't help you. Your stomach
rejects il.
Now your punishment commences.
You can't sleep. You are weary. oh,
so weary, but there ID 10 rest. You
are tired Of thinking. yet the tired
brain will think. You lie down, drop
into doze for moment, aud wake up
with a shock as il touched with an
electric wire. You are covered with
perspiration. You get up and walk
the room, walk the streets--walk walk,
walk, aud then aiug yourself down,
for ever so few minutes sleep.
All this for days with people about
you. and through nights. whose long,
silent, dreary hours drag, drag, drag,
while thus you lie down and get up,
aud merely to kill time you dress aud
undress. while people wonder what I'M
easy mortal is lussing in the next room
aud forever going up and down stairs.
To stay the lIve-long night in that lone
room ia horrible you are slifed, buried
10 it To get out into the street is only
to change the horror. Your exhausted
body pleads for rest. But no Chinese
torturer employed in keeping some
criminal awake till he dies
was ever more full Of relentless vigi-
lance than your abused nerves, They
are mad. They have mutinied. They
have borne aud borne the loads OF al
cohol you have imposed upon tlem
until irenzied with the strain. they
have taken the biz between their teeth
and run away with your body and
brain. You realize this You heel
yourself borne on from horror TO horror
by this unseen power within you.
breads indescribable seize upon you
Your hands have a sensation OF being
Of an enormous size They do not look
IL; they feel it Your head 10 like
manner feels as il enormously pufied
ont. Then your breath comes spas
bot hushes strike al the
region OF the heart. all the blood seems
At times to rush ia that direction, aud
you fight aimlessiy for life and expect
10 fall de.d his is the commence.
ment of the horrors Now you are
Fixed for seeing rails. aud euakes and
vermin.
How many attacks can man standI
How many? I've known men who
weren't wholly free from the jun jams
for months. They Jaw the things con.
Iinually. Didn't mind them al all. Got
used 10 them. One hight
heard . lot u felIers under my window
plotting to rob aud Lill me ! thought
10 myself. II that's your game III take
> hand 10 il myself SO ! got up. took
my knife aud six-shooier aud put out
When J got 0gt of doors they seemed
10 me about 100 yards ahead 10 the
darkness and 100 yards ahead they kept
Tor two miles. nor could / get any
bearer to them. 80 ] travelled, and
hey travelled. on. Of the camp all that
distance, until all al once they seemed
10 make straight scooi Of the road,
Ind | beard EN- merit talking on Grave. |
yard hill. Then saw IL I'll, aud says /
]. Snakes. By aud ] turned about
md came home. AZ doc i
-of once ssid, who was IN ike oondi-
.ioa Salt eAasot save me. know
ny case thoroughly. and the quicker