Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-03-22
BAT0N ROUGR LOUIsIANA MARCH a. 1879 zsEzz.s.as
A TBnPERAHoB LEoTU1B.'

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LOOK NOT UPON THE MlNCE-RIE WHEN 4
= ~ IT is RED.
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My friends, there is another rock !
wish all to guarfagainst. It is hidden !
by the atil1i' I dnlnsf 81, but upon it
many ale4pan bark has split. ! raafer
to tho ssisee-pie. Yes, my hearers,
the mince-pie ID q rock that has
brought thousands l TO watery graves
:-7-or, not 70 ~ aatery graves, ex-
actly, but understand what Il
mean, The mince-pie is the curse Of /
the land. 1T is aalllulriDg yopr youth
from the, path Of virtue and sobriety,' |
and leading them down TO ruin. It I
begets an, appetite for strong drink |
that sweeps everything before it,
Look not upon the accursed thing.
shun it as you would g viper, Sit on
it; trample it under your feet, as it
were. once knew brilliant young
man, loved; and courted By al who
u 4 n a. Y
knew him, His is the story Of Of thou II
sands. The. young man 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 q
mince-pie till you couldn't rest, and
her art lured him to destruction.
That Unsuitable monster! At first he
ate lightly Of the damning food; then,
as his appetite grew by what il fed
upon, he ate deeper and deeper, until
after every meal he would sink into .,
heavy sleep, only to awake with q
head on him bigger than Daniel Web
ster'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 he was becoming q slave to the
accursed pie. His, affianced bride,
who to him was the one fair woman
beneath the sun, said she would never
marry a man that smelled like o dis
tillery that employed three hundred
hands, and was 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, falling at her feet, he
registered a solemn oath, and had il
copyrighted next day, that mince-
pie should never pass his lips again
as long as he lived. But, alas, he
was already slave to strong pie, and
t in less than. twenty -four hours he tore
himself away from his sweetheart
E who made frantic grab at his cont
+ tails, and fled to his aunt's in the city
and said he hoped she would have
l some of her excellent mince-pies TO-
dinner. ~ tg
The good aunt, ignorant of the fac
s that she was putting an enemy in hi
. mouth to steal away his brain, set Zen
u up, 80 to speak, and in less than tw'
hours the young man was rip roaring
> staving drunk, as usual. All, m.
J friends, the story is 2 CHASTITY one
and needs no establishment. Will
Is in this condition the young man, tn
! pride of his parents and the hope Of
II woman'sheart, wasarrested for drank
II enness and disorderly conduct, 0
the way to the mayors Office he she
: the officer dead in his tracks, ble7
out his own brains with another ban
y rel Of the pistol, and then went bac
g and killed his aunt and dog that h
:" he had paid three dollars for.
Us My friends and fellow sufferer
le from the mince- pie to the tomb is b.
n a step. If mince-pies must be mad
~ / demand in the name Of the youth
our country, that people who mani
facture them be compelled to tai
out a license. If they must
a eaten, beg, for your souls sa
walton, do not eat them straigl
- A serpent turks in every one
" them. Ten thousand devils lie b
meath every crust, be it baked ever
~, ~ nicely. Every current hides a dem'
n.y. with a forked tongue Of fame and
!. -pronged pitchfork. The SUI
~ the citron and the chopped meat
,,o the broth of hell, and the whole bu
~ ness from stem to stern is q mockel
~. and strong drink is raging.
-, In conclusion, my beloved heare
Nv touch not, taste not, handle not-7 9
~ -, ter not into temptation; or, in oil
~. words, look not upon the mince
~ when it is red, when it giveth
color in the cupboard.