Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-08-28
FlsElaAEGs DEPARTMENT.


THE .FARs0N POSED.
IN country town femarkable wear,
Going his daily roand Of visitation,
Met q paIishiaFcr The worse f5r liquor
And, as became his sacred avocaiion,
In kindly accents showed the degradafion1
OF such indulgence, and urged moderation.
The poor, half stupid pumpkin, very iinpo-
lite,
Yet very. cunning as such folks are apt 20 be.
Turned sharply round on the good vicar,
and in spite nN9F ca Il
OF being drunk, replied, "I'm moderate
as We; tAe@
Ye takes yer liquor perhaps three times a
-szs day,
I take mine once week, the night gets
my pay 4
The two compared their notes and so the
truth came oui,
srhe sober parson, WIN was everywhere
tO esteemed, r BE- lfCtiH sttaftffl
Took more strong drink than tho poor drum
ken Iout,
This touched the Wears conscience, and he
deemed q .r9r .sea8 fa
That such anomaly should have speedy
end, 'l4t3fl0' ~
And so be set about at once his ways TO
meiFd, f) 3saE adi 10
He signed the temperance pledge early Che
next day,
And soon the news spread up and down the
Iot 90 place;ga1 8G19Y ~ 4 ISL
And never after tsp that At could any drunlSard
drink less than the priest, 50 all my sad
disgrace so 3s4qS
Is this, ''He drinks as suits him many times
lH day., 70 sti3i3t4it- -
II drinks mine all nj once, theinight gets
q my p9yrppA 10 sJlala HiLtoit9
MODERATE DRINKING. de ( +.
Great as are the evils of in
temperance in siour9 country,
friends Of temperance, who urge
the advancement Of the TEMPER
ance cause by tryinglto induce
people 10 join wiihthem intheii
endeavor to- check the eyia5oo
ten meet with grave opposition,
and that too from mensMho are
not dgunkardsa and sometimes
tBot3eyenfgm odorateGEI di'inkeisi
IHfuefheg thh5k, orr professOfo
Rl6nknin ttmpcrah cdl a. grievous
sin, md wish people would ex-
LeFcise q little more control over
theirr appelites.9and not make
fools OF themselves by getting
drunk. But ask them 10 join a
Temperance society where or
ganized3 efforts for The good
cause may accomplish much, oor
10 take pledge of total absti-
nance and they will laugh at
you, tell you theyihare strength
of mind SD fficient TO abstain
from drinkjngdoo much, ordrom
.drinkingi(any, without nlraving-
to join a society or stake an
oaih9 to- chat effect. 1t is Quite
unnecessary for them to pledge
q tetal abstinence. So have
many others thought who have
gone to their graves tlrHnkards.
Even If there was no danger TO
themselves, their influence may
lead others into danger. Every
candid,mind will readily confess
That the example, of8moderate
drinking is'moro pcrnicious in
its effects than all the drinking
on earth. IF one never saw the
effects of liquor drinking except
| in The loathsomeidr unkard, very
| few PERSONS would take ADRIAN.
| II all men who drink their first
| glass finally and inevitably be-
came drunkards, there would be
few moderate drinkers. Mod
crate drinking is The beginning
Iof the course of every digtnkard
on earth. How many young
men, think you, when drinking
their fist glass imagine they
VIII become drunkards? not one.
They drink a little at first,think-
ing a glass can do no harm, then
another, and another, on to
drunkardness. And having been
Intoxicated time after time, with
Inc alarm fer their future, we
hear them bravely say, 81 will
never die drunkard."" Butthe
deamon, intemperance, with ev-
cry. glass Of liquor drank, tight
ems bls, clutch on bis victim, and
his grip is only loosenetg IN
death. True there arc men who
drink daily glass orvtwo of
liquor and do not die drunkards.
Young men first starting onthe
downward path urged to ADAM
don altogetherthe use ofliquors,
point triumphantly to these men
and say, "Why can ] not begin
and enc, just where he did? Nh.
x. has drank his morning dram
for years and it never hur1 him.
Mr., B. drank moderately allfhis
life and was never known to, be
d .Lrruunk Mr. Mr. Il kept his choice
liquors upon his sldeboard for
years, and he and all, his boys
drank three times daily, and
were never known to, be drunk.D
Perhaps all this. may be true.
And it is true also, because this
is true that many tread the
downward road to destruction.