The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-23
4 TEMPERANCE LECTURE.
Look Net Upon the nSaee.PIe when II
IL Red.

Look Net Tpen the nS0ee'Pie when IL
IL Red.
OH City Derrick.
Ny friends, there is anOtheYrock wish
all to guard against. 1t is hidden by the
still summer sea, but upon it many
human bark has split. refer 70 the
mince-pie. Yes, my hearers, the rnince-
pie is a rock that has brought thousands
to watery graves-or, not to watery
graves, exactly, but-you understand
what 1 mean. The mince>pie is the
curse OF the land. 1t is alluring your
youth from the psth of virtue and
sobriety, and leading them down to ruin.
1t begets an appetite for strong drink
that sweeps everything before it. Look
not upon the accursed thing. Shun it as
you would a viper. Sit on it; trample
it under your feet, as it were. once
knew brilliant young man, loved and
courted by all who knew him. His is
the story of thousands. isyoung msn
used to visit his aunt in the fall, that
fatal time OF the year when the mince-
pie stalks up and down through the
earth, seeking where it may devour
somebody. This young mans aunt
could make a mince-pie till you couldn't
rest, and her art lured him to destruc-
ton, That Unsuitable monster! At first
he ate lightly of the damning food; then,
IS his appetite grew by what it fed upon,
he ate deeper and deeper, until after
every meal be would sink into a heavy
sleep, only to awake with head on him
bigger than Daniel Webster's. He
would chew cloves and cardamOn seeds
for hours, and yet you could smell his
breath across the biggest county IN the
state. He saw that be was becoming a
slave to the accursed pie. His atbanced
bride, who to him was the one fair woman
beneath the sun, said she would never
marry a man that smelled like a distil-
lery that employed three hundred hands,
and vas in full blast all the time, and
unless he reformed she would be nothing
to him but sister. The young man
had all the sisters he wanted, and, fall.
ing at her feet, he registered a solemn
oath, and had it copyrighted next day.
that n,ince-pie should never pass his
lips again as long as he lived. But alas
he was already slave to strong pie, and
in less than twenty-fOur hours he tore
himself away from his sweetheart, who
made frantic grab at his coat-tails, and
fed to his aunts in the city, and said he
hoped she would have some of her excel
lent mince- pies for dinner.
The good aunt, ignorant of the fact
that she was putting an enemy in nj;
mouth to steal away his brain, set 'em
Up, 50 to speak, and in less than two
hours the young man was rip roarin"
stsvinr drunk, az usual. All, my friends
the story is a chastity one, and needs nc
embellishment. While in this condition
the Young man, the pride Of his parents
and the hope of q woman's heart, was
arrested tor drunkenness and dis0rderly
conduct. On the way to the mayor
Office be shot the officer dead IN ii
tracks, blew out his own brains with
another barrel of the pistol, and ther
went back and killed his aunt and dos
that be had paid three dollars for.
My friends and fellow sufferers, from
the mince pie to the tomb is but a step
If mince pies must be made, l demand
in the name of the youth OF our country
that people who manufacture them b
compelled to take out license. Ii they
must be eaten, l beg, for your soGPs sal
walton, do not eat them straight. I
serpent turks in every oneof them. Tel
thousand devils lie beneath every crust
be it baked ever so nicely. Every cur
rant hides demon with fOrked tongu'
of fame and seven-prOnged pitchtork
The suet, the citron and the chopped
meat are the broth ofbell, and the who'll
business from stem to stern is mock
erv, and strong drink is raging.
In conclusion, my beloved hearers
touch not, taste not, handle nOt--ente
not into temptation; or, in other words
look not upon the mince pie when 1t
red, when it giveth its color in the cup
board.