The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-03-27
swEAFIEG OFF
bob EEurdcIte'- Good Advice suitable
for this Time OF the Year.

for this Time Of the Year.
Ny boy. this is about the time Of the yesr
when you swear OF" It is an auuusl
custom. Usually It lasts about rs long as
the oath you take Now I want you 20 lis
ten 10 me.
Don't swear of. In heavens name. don't
swear of.
just ouif. Ny7i,.rrt oath. re=llution OF
promise Simply quit. nyou have Young
mans weakness for wine. beer OF vhiskey.
as the railroad man says. shut hcr 81
Simply quit stop it. Leave il oG-
There is no trouble about it.. I-ct me
tell YOU. there is no harm in whisl-cv. Ib
does not and il cannot hurt you II you
don't drink il. That's all you have 10 do.
Don't be g fanatic Don't De a resa-mer.
Don't be a Prohibitiouist uuatic lust
simply don't drink. and all the whisky in
America can Z make y0u drunk 10 Won dUu'b
drink any of It Whisky never hurt s man
who didn't drink IL.
Do You know, my boy, there never vvss a
man IN America who drank val-xv be-
cause he liked it, ] Cont believe there
ever was such nan He drinks for good
fellowship for good company because
SDms other man drinks with llfu $40 man
ever drinks alone. AT least yOu never do,
Don't YOU remember the old Scotch story.
where The dominic talks 20 his par l.uers
sfAl+'A F-AAlNlh Z 100 -
81 the GOO. She goes doom 20 the lruke,
drinks the water she wants. and drinks no
more
Ay, yes" said Sandy, that's because
shes alone; We juist let soon ither coo
COON don on the ither side % the hruke
and say, Here's 70 We, Meg she'd stand
thaire and drink until morning H
It isn't the love uf IL: IT the s1cilhility
Of il. Governor st John and Cough and
all the ref1rllers may talk sll they will.
and they cannot reform yOu. unless v0u re-
form yourself. by the easiest movement in
the world It's no trouble, my boy. d re-
guires no effort
sat one morning In the gray light Of
dawn by the bedside Of a friend Hr had
whit Is technically called q head upon
him. ordered mp for him a quart bottle
OF ApOlliuariS water and q whisky C0C'-'s sil,
pretty stiff He drank the entire bottle %
Apollinsris He refused the cocktail I
said, Why mott"
Because" " he said SO 7 viii never drink
another drop Of liquor as long as ] live"
] went 10 the wIshStand, soaked the
towel in ice water. and bound % around his
head, and said
Nv dear boy. 90 would be an easy thing
to reform this old world II we could only
keep il Ia chronic headache ''
And IL Is 81. my boy We ara pcuitent
when our head aches We sorrow over our
sins when anguish brings nausea 10 our
stomachs, and beaded perspirBtiDn stands
out on our bTOrs. Peter went ont snd
wept-when' Only when the sorrowing
face on his master turned itself upon his
cowaTdiCe NCu and I repent our weak
ness. nv boy. only when some Vurc man
stands before us, and casts upon Us the re-
buke %. his siuless CcunteusuCe. And yet
you and ] could. Il sve would, be 3s pure as
him, my boy
So he honest with yourself. be rrr= 70
yourself and as the new year opens 80 AZ
your good resolutions quietly. softly only
between Yourself and the Cod who -ruyvs
and hears you. Pc honest with 'he world,
and the deaT. wicked t-s7IT T4ted loving old
world win be true 90 v0u