Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-02-07
whisky that shuts him out Of

Then lead thee to despair
Touch it not, ever though
BY fair ones offered thee.
There's poison lurking in the bowl,
Twill sure thy ruin-be,
Cold water is best fer thes.s~--
There is no agent of vice 30 de-
structive to happiness and prosper
lty as Intemperance and since wo-
man is the innocent sufferer there
by, it IS her imperative duty to her.
self, her children and her country,
to make every possible exertlon to
drive it from the land. 1t IS true,
she is not clothed with the power to
make laws prohibiting its distillery,
she can not take the drunkard from
the ditch and tell him he shall not
drink again, but she can persuade
him gently mot to look upon the
wine when it is red" she can ask
him to abstain from a single drop,
and when kind entreaties fail, she
caL and should avoid his society as
she would tina. of felon. Some OF
my sex have thought that the way
to reform a drunkard was to marry
him. What hazardous undertak-
ing! What fatal mistake What
presumption on woman's part to en-
tertain the thought for a single mo-
ment. Iwould rather be toad and
feed on the vapors of a dungeon,
than undertake such a Herculean
task.
o that every girl in our Abstinence Band
Would be careful of giving her heart or her
hand.
Bnt say, when you are wooed, "Pm foe to
wine"
And "the lips that touch liquor shall never
touch mine"
But if man has not self pride
sufficient to keep sober, then woman
should WELD her influence, and, il
possible, prevent him filling drunk
ards grave. Would that she had
the power to reform every drunkard
in this broad land.
Aside from the debauchery incl
ylvnt -ru inreIHpGranCe, the practical
| thought of laying by something for
old age suggests itself, when We
plainly sec that plans of economy,
necessary for a sure support, must
be broken when the tipping glass Is
turned up daily. All over our land,
little chillren are looking up into
the wan faces of miserable mothers,
and asking for bread, when there is
no bread to give. No bread in this
land of broad fields, covered with
golden grain, do I hear you say
All, yes, there is bread enough and
to spare, but the last five cents in the
fathers purse was spent for whisky
it was cheap-oLly five cents 8
glass, and the drunkard's child cries
for bread.
give cents gIassw Does any one thinl
That that is really the price of drink?
"Five cents glass;" hear you say,
"Why that isn't very much to pay"
All, no, indeed tits very small sum
You are passing over 'twixt finger am
thumb,
And If that were all that you gave away,
1t wouldn't be verf much to pay.
The price of drink Let him decide
Who has lost his courage and lost his prid
And lies grovelling heap of clay,
Not far removed from the beast, to-day.
The price of drink Let that one tell
Who sleeps tonight in murderer's cell,
And feels within him the fires Of hell.
Honor and virtue, love and truth,
All the glory and pride Of youth,
Hopes of manhood, tie wreath e fame,
high endeavor and noble aim,
These are the treasures thrown away
i AS the price Of drink, from day TO day.
ssFive cents gl Fl sats1 leeghe
A. over ire bar 10 gonng man quafed
he beAdei liquor for the demon knew
Tie terrible work that drink would do;
And before morning the victim lay
With his life-blood swiftly ebbing away
Aud that was the price he paid, alasl
For the pleasure of taking social glass.
The price Of drink II you want to kno
: What some are willing to pay for it, go
Through that wretchod tenement over ther
With dingy windows and broken stair.
Where foul disease, ike vampire, crav
With outstretched wings DER the moul'
walls.
: !. Therepoverty dwells with her hungry bro
Wild-eyed as demons for lack of food
There shame in corner crouches low;
: There violence deals its cruel blow;
And innocent ones are thus accursed
= To pay the price of another's thirst.
aFive cents a glassIp Oh, ifthat were all
The sacrifice wouId, indeed, be smalll
7 Bat the moneys worth is the least amcu
: We pay !; and whoever will keen account
!. : Will learn the terriblelwaste and blight
: That follows the rhinous appetite.
Z "Five cents aiglass 20 Does any one thiuf
That tha. isreslly the price Of drink I
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+ Jackson's staff, is in New Orleans
: the Exposition with the Genera
IS war horse, now thirty years Old.