Nevada County picayune., 1886-12-08
TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
CONDUCTED Rl REV. r, W. HAYES
The Saloon Keepers Dream"

he SalGOn keeper pfedfi'.
 SCENE FIRST. GThe bar-1ca;er at by ht- bor-r"on' fire, Hi. feet as high us lis head, and higher, Watching the smoke as he puied it out As in spiral columns it curled about, Nciling his face in it- feecy folds, A. lazily up from his lips it rolled; With f arful scent and twilight gloom Were slowly gathering to fill tho room, To their drunken sumbcrs, one by one, Foolish and fuddlcd hi, friend. mad gone, To wake n the morning with drunkard'- pain, A blood shot eve and whrIing brain: Drow>il, came the Watchman's cry "Past two o'clock" and cloudcs- sky: But the bar keeper sat still and shook Hi. head, and Wukcd with knowing look { .'Ho! ho!' said he, in chncking tone "l know the way the work is d"ncs Twice five are ten, and another V, Two ones, two twos, and IA ragged three, Make four and twenty for any well filled ioh' Hn. ha. 'ti- rather good nights job; But the fools have guzzled my brandy and
 wine
 May it do them much good, but the cash l. mine Ho. ho he, he, he, he.
 And be rubbed his hands in chuckIi,g glee, Many fool have in my net have him safe, and I'll fleece him yet. There's Brown, what A jolly fellow is be. He drinks the way that please, me; I'll let him % on for awhile at. this rockies" rate,
 And I'll have his farm a> sure as fate; have mortgage now on Thompson's lot What a foaI he was to become such n sot- But its Business to me, for in T mcuth or so, I'll sell him ont and the dog may go. Bounds. whew, won't there be regular take
 on,
 When his Wife learn. that her house and lot
 are gone;
 Won't she blubber, sob and cry But Busincss is Business. what care F And Gibson has murdered his child, they say, He wns drunk ase fool here yesterday. gave him warning as went to fill His jug-But the BRUTE would have his
 will.
 Men blame me! Why. bless their gzzards, If didn't sell they'd go to Lizards, If men get drunk, go home and turn Their wives out of doors-Its their own
 concern.
 I'll never turn customer away Who is able to bry and ABLE TO PAY; Eve right to engage in a lawful o trade, And risk my chances where CASH is to be
 made Many youngster have in my net, I have him SAFE, and I'll SKIN him vet.
 SCENE SECOND. io, ho, twas and echoed sound That made the a,tonished bar-keeper look
 round This way and that through the smoke peer
 cd he, But nothing but the chair could, the bar
 keeper see. Ho, ho,-Twas gutturnl note, It seemed that it came from an iron throat! When Lo in q corner dark and dim, Stood an uncouth form with aspect grim; And from his snaky head, and through hi,
 grizzly hair Sprnuted of rough hard horns a pair, And from his shaggy horns below, Ltc suphurous flames his eyes did glow. In his hand he hore if hand it vas, Whose fingers were like vulture's claws, A threc-tihed fork--the prongs though dull, Were thrust through the sockets of Il grin
 hing skull, And all the while were his eyes that burned Like ,ulphurous flames on the bar-keeper
 tlrned;
 And how did he feel beneath that looky Why his jaw full down, aud his whole frame
 shook; He qniyerod and quahed in every limb, As an agur it had hold of him.
 TUE DEVIL SPEARS You arc my friend the devil said, And he nodded the horns on his snaky head ! You are au ally of mine and love you well, ] In that warm country that men call hell, There hold my court and am proud to say That you are the most faithful tiend have in .
 pay;
 thank you, dear sir, for your work of evil, Perhaps you don't know me, Pm called the
 devil
 Like q galvanized corpse so pale and so wan,