The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-04-24
TEMPERANCE
A LIFETIME TOO cara

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ihais allowed I'm enc mau hote to la
Ant V ! uan DO Hni Huui uuW
lwil w fumnihnH entirely nov,
Wcl toro 10 the ,ery uoslnu'ns
Wow know / was InnuHrnt thnhs
Nv mnthuf died when WHa uunR. a'r
And father be- married agaIn
And ! Tell ifuW pN Nupflpupr. airHnEUF
Thefoa no earthly ppWWf thar onn save
A lrlluW from mort 0i less duWnfalls
Whose own mothef lies IN her HtHvo
Ny father VIVA fond ~ good living
Ana liked good glass " Old Winei
Anh sometimes, whcu hllng his Rlaasful,
Ito q lust color The water ~ mine,
In that way the appetite sinftoi,
And many a time tstalld 40 s.ss.
Aud take q civ slip without sAirt
Wheh | thought tho odd man wouldn't
know
You SEQ IN those iayA, total abstinence
wan thought of, except with Hnlloi
Most lnrn took their hliors quite regular,
And rYpry one once In awhile.
We'll, hy and by I went 10 CullpRo,
careless, Wilt reckless young man,
III nothing like principle IN me,
Aud that where my Wild outs began
l WIS si,toon that fall and II oyor
There q time WHEN fellow between
The good nnd the bad Lord aud devil.
That times when lie rrachos sixteen;
His principles then are not founded
No matter how well be- brought mp.
lie thinks that he almost a man then,
And temptation presents pleasures cup.
In my room kept oil kinds of liquor
uf courao twas forbidden YOU know,
hui when man hhhkcfH for whisky
Truth doesn't stand muOh Of u show,
had plenty OF triouds, always smiling,
And mnny aud many u tlmu
Eve seen thom slt there nt nv table,
And drink "a my heath IN my vine.
We ali sworo most eternal or friendship
They wore all Wild young follows like mo,
And twas nlwnys IN my room they gathered
When they wanted u bii OF a spree.
| But oil tho time trouble waH brewing
The faculty pulled me NJ last,
The boys TO savo themselves, "sqiioalod' on
Aud my days In college were past
Twas about that tlmo father went under;
lie failed aud lost all that he had,
| Aud was alone In the world, air
DO you wonder went 10 tho bud1
| couldn't go into Village
| Hut tho nrat sign I'd 500 was "snloOnI"
| always found there wHrtn welcome,
Aud glass followed only too soon.
And many n time have sat there.
Half drunk, and I've wished that might,
| Just for once have good, cordial welcome
! In soinobodys homo there thnl night.
| For you Hee. sir. fellow gets lonesome
| with no home except hotel,
And that Ia Just where the saloons aro
| The devils side doors Into holl.
II Ia useless 10 tell al the struggles.
Tho upA and tho downs I've been through
Hut whrn a man falls h. falls further
! Than ever be thought he could Ro.
| Sometimes III Keep sober nnd steady
For months. but always would fnlli
| Aud now have got tu tho bottpm-
I'm rockoned tho lowest Of ALL
You see, Government licenses dealers
! IN sell uA the lluuOr. and thnn
| Thoy shut ~ up here IN the prison.
] n II makes rs moro demons than mon.
They say they are Rlina 10 prohibit
Tho keeping saloons In this state,
| We'll. there's thousands 20 come that II will
! save,
hut for me lt's lifetime too late.
10. Y H." iDes Mainfa, a.. ia Chlodgo Nv.
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