Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1882-06-29
philadelphia Times
A Temperance Lecture.
NOT IN THE USUAL vEIN-THoUGHTs or 4
MAN or THE WORLD.

Howard" in the Philadelphia Times,
says Men are not prone to heed lessons,
are they If we were. there wouldn't be so
many fellows trying to drink themselves in
to eternity. found in the death notices
day before yesterday the names Of three
men, each of whom was dear to me- One
of them used to live in Boston. then in
Washington, Of late in New York. He
died IN a lunstie asylum.
WHY?
sRum.
BY rum ! mean strong drink We use
rum as a generic term for all liquors. This
friend was ! when he died. He was an in
veutor. pusher, a driving, energetic man
of business. and he had two inventions.
each Of which would have made him a yery
rich man. went to his hotel one day
about six months ago 70 look at one of his
schemes. won't tell you what. because
you'd recognize the man. was in his
room, with two others. perhaps two hours.
In that time he ordered two small bottles, y
five brandy and sodas, one ginger ale and a
Nermouth cocktail In addition he had :,
private bottle Of whJskey from which he
now and then took a drink We all had an
occasional pull, but the above list was his
portion. | remarked Il and asked HIM #
he wasn't afraid il would give him head
ache for this was early IN the day, from | |
TO l. lie laughed and said he never had q
headache in his life. Down at Coney Is
land when others drank beer he had cham
payne. Tie Vas never drunk, hardly ever
fuddled, but all Of a sudden. about two
months ago. something gave way, crack
bang, and his neyer-aching head was gone,
He vas crazy as loon. With difficulty he
was taken to an asylum, where he degener-
a,ed into a hopeless idiot, sank quickly, and
was buried yesterday.
Exceptional case
Well, yes, in that he had a superb con
stItut,on. bright, quick Wit, and head
that never ached Also. in that he died a
lunatlc. But il is not exceptional IN the
habit Of continuous drink Very lev people
stop to think Of Il. Go into a popular res
,aurant. Its "llalIo whnt'u YOU take p
all the time. For the fun Of the thing,
stood in the Astor house rotundA at noon 10.
day and counted the number Of time, was
asked 20 drink in less than half an hour
Among ms wouid-be hosts we're several
newspaper men. two state senator's, q FIRST
rate actor, an alderman, aud two proprietor,
and the manager Of the house, an insurance
agent, my brother and a couple Of boys from
the post office. Dad | accept | guess not
Furtuuate!, ! have head that aches-fre
qurnty. Experience has taught me that a
violation Of nature. law ensures a speed,
punishment. Ache Wei, FROM the back
Of my head % th. crown Of my skull and
e
W.th perfect aching. | ran stand a mo,leT.
ate quAntUm Of dissipation. but long agt
came % the conclusion that va, ordained
% virtue and temperance. No, dldn',
accept but 1t struck MY thoughtful bump yer,
hard looked a. the multitude Of Young
ami m,ddlr-lgrd men throngng in to lunch
NrIr, every one had a drink. many haL
TWO, md number had several. There va,
no confusion, NO rudeucss, no drunkenness
nothing To strike the exc of the caS4a
looAer-un, but tell YOU the way the fer,
stuff wa> surgled down va, a caution TO the
copper hottomed stomAchs which had t,
take u and digest il. Please don't regard
me a, d moralI.t- Its none Of ms funeral
Every fellow ha, q right 10 DO What be
please, with hl- own stomach. | can't drink
because It makes IN, head ache. Ny friend
could drink because his head never ached
He died IN lunatic asy lum and am tell
iug about i. That's where come in-see
Nov, sou know these drinkers are not the
fellow, who beat their wives or star,e their
children. They arr the respectable chaps
the workers Of their day and generation
All right, Go it. Count on me for an
obituary.