Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-03-07
Temperance.
The Horse Which Carries IL Halter Is soon
Caugh.

The Horse Which Carries Il Halter Is soon
Caugh.
With II few oats in II sieve the nag IS
tempted, and the groom soon Gu, ches him
II he has his halter on; bnt the olher
horse, who has no rope dangling from his
head, gives NJ ,st'r B B,b sight Of his
heels, aud away h. scampeis. To my
mind, man WHO drinks II glass or two,
and goes now and then to the tap room,
is II horse with his bride on, and stands q
fair chance of being locked up in Sir John
Barley corn S stables, and made to carry
Dame drink and her hapt. There's
nothing like coming out fair and sqnare,
and Standing Tree ns The air. Plenty will
saddle you if they cant catch you; don't
give them the ghost ci n chance. A bird
has not got away as long rs there is even
IL thread tied to is )'g
1--WE taken the pledxe and will not falter:
I'm out in the field and carry no halter;
Pm a lively nag that likes plenty OF room;
So I'm not going down to the horse and groom"
In other concerns it is much the same;
you can't get out Of bad way without
leaving it altogether bag and baggage.
Half way will never pay. One thing or
the other; be an cut and outer, or else
keep in altogether. Shut up the shop and
quit The trade if it is IL bad one: TO close
the front shutters and serve customers mt
the back door is Il silly attempt to cheat
the devil, and it will never answer Such
hide and seek behavior shows that YOUR
conscience has just enough light ior you
to read your own condemnation by il.
Mind what you are at; don't dodge like Il
rat.
I o,n al afraid Of b, fail ,c
habit. A man who is always in debt will
never be cured till lie has paid the last
sixpence. When Il clock says "lick"
once, it will tick again unless it is quite
stopped. Harry Higgins says he only
owes for one week ut the grocers, and
am as sure as quarler-day that he will be
over head aud ears in debt before long.
tell him 10 clean off the 0ld score and
have done with it altogether. He says
the trades people like 10 have him on
their books, but am qnic sure no man
in his senses disllkes ready money. |
want him TO give up the credit system,
for if he does not he will need to outrun
the constable.
Bad companions are TO be left at once.
There's no use in shilly -shallying; they
must be told that we would sooner have
their room than their company, and if
they cali again we must start them off
with II flea in their ear. So chow l can't
get young fellows to come right out from
the black lot; thy think they can play
with fire and not be burned. Scripture
says, "Ye fools, when will We be wlse?"
April the first stands mark'd by customs rules,
day for being, and for making foois
But pray, what custom, what rule, supplies
day for making, or for being wisc?"
Nobody wants to keep II little measles
or slight degree Of fever. We all want
10 be quite quit Of disease; and so let us
try to be rid OF every evil habit What
wrong would it be right for us to stick to?
Don LEI US tempt the devil to tempt Us.
If we give Satan an inch, he will lake Il
mile AS long us we carry his halter he
counts Us among his nlgs. OFF with the
halter May The grace Of God set US
wholly free. Does not scripture say come
out from among them, and be ye separate,
and touch not The unclcan thing? ?'-Sel.