The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1886-04-10
EDrrTD by SARAH p. McPHrRsoN
Coughs Tribute TO C,ld Water.

lliNiN - wv B'aS't ~ lh NhlN
no iicndish spirit dwells beneath
those crystal drops to lure You and
me and all Of us to rain ; n spec
tral shadows play upon its wave
less surface ; no widows groans
no orphans tears to raise t" God
from those placid fountains; misery
crimc, wrctchedness, Voc, want
and rags co;He not within the hal
lowed precincts where cold water
reigns supreme. Pure now as
wien it left its native heaven,
giving vipor TO our youth, strength
to our manhood and solacc TO our
old age. Cold water il beautiful,
and bright and pure everywhere.
In the moonlight fountains and the
snowy rills i'll the warbling brook
and the giant river in the deep,
tangled wildwood aUd tic cat
arac'5 spray; in the hand Of beauty
or on the lips of manho m-cold
water is beautiful everywhere
Now follows the %cXccrdtion on
rum ; Run There is apoison
in that cup. There is a serpant in
that cup whose sting is madness
and whose embrace is death.
There dNtlls beneath that smiling
surface Il flemish spirit which for
centuries has b:pn wan lciing over
the earth. carrying on IL war at
deSulat.ion and destruction against
mankind, blIg5ting AMI IN lowing
the nobIest affections ii the heart
and %corrlpting with its foul breath
the j lu AN iitu and chang
ing tnn glad green earth into Il
lazar house. 6azc on ii but
shnd ler us you glIc! TloSe
sparkling drops ar murder in dis
guiSe :" 4 net nav, yet widows,
groans and orphans tears aud
iGaniacS' wells are in that Gu.
Peace and hope and love and
truth dwell not within the frey
circle whrr- dWellS that ,ieSulating
MONSTER Which men call rum.
Corrupt now as when it left its nn
tive hell, giving fire to the eve.
ml!nesS t. the brain AMI ram to
the soul. Rum is vile and deadly
and ~accurSed everywhere. The
p 'ct would likrn it in its fe Y
glow to the tllmcS that flicker
around the ab0d4 OF the damned.
The theol"gian wa Ili point you to
the drunkark's doom, while til
historian would unfold the Glrk
record Of the past and point YOU
to the fate vi empires and king
doms lured to ram by the siren
song OF the trmpter, and sleeping
now in cold o~Uscurity the wrecks
OF what once were great grand and
glorious. Yes, rum is CORRUPT
and VILE and deadly AMI accufSel
everywhere. Fit type and sem.
blance of all earthly corruption.
Base art thou vet rs whe the
wise man warned us of thy power
and babe us flee thy rnchantmrnt.
Vile art thou yet rs when thou
first went forth on tiny unholy ms.
sion-flling earth with dissolution
and madness, woe and any liSl.
Deadly art thou yet rs when thy
envcHomed tooth first took fast
hold on human carts. and thy
Serl ent tongue first drank ~ the
warm life blood of imm ntal s.lls.
Accused arr thou vet as when th &.
bones ot thy first victim rott Il in
the grave. and it's shrek echoed
along the gloomy caye.ns Of h, !.
Yes, thou Internal spirit of rum
through all past time th,u h 81
~hnnnLas tLrnuI all -runing tim,
th7u shalt be, ac.u;sel ever
where.
lin the fiery founta ms ct the
still in the srethiug bubbles o.
the cauldron in the kinsIy pa acc
and the drnnk' rd's howell (, in the
rich mans cellar and the ,oor