The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-07-04
TEMPERANCE
The Wicked, Cruel Spider.

kno" ulnRy corner, Nnerea ~peAe1 SP'.A"N
clings:
Where he spins his web round bottles, glasses,
jugs, and other things;
And listened In the shadow as one day
passed along,
AND heard the wicked spider, as he sung
his cruel song: .,
"Will you take little ciderl VIII you call
while passing bya"
Said the witked, crafty spider, to the bury
little fly:
"Will you take little lageri Surely you
will not decline
Just to take drink for friendship; say, just
sip little wine" ~
"He is'coming for his cider!" said the wicked,
cruel spider;
HE is coming for his wine, and my cords
shall round him twine; o..
While he sits and sips his lager, will wet
=, my little dagger,
And when he has drank his wine he will hnd
that he is mine r: $50
Ha! the little fool is coming; can hear him
buzzing, humming. -,
He who comes to visit me vainly struggles to
be free.
"You are welcome to my parlor, I am glad
to see you come,
Do not stay outside the entrance, please to
make yourself at home;
Will you take q drop Of wines then you
surely shall L. mine;
will bind you, will grind you, though you
struggle, weep and pray.
I will tie your hands behind you, you shall
never get away;
will fight you. 1 will smite you, Will stab
you, Twill bite you,
I will make you poor and needy, I will make
Il ~S~1
I will make YOU bleared and bloated, and
with rags and tatters coated,
And your hat will look so shocking, that the
boys will all be mocking.
I will haunt you. till you die, then I'll hang
you up to dry"
Oh, my hoy, beware Of cider, and Of lager
and Of wine,
Then the wicked, cruel spider ne'er shall get
child Of mine. -.
Let us storm his ugly castle, let us tear his
Let us drive away this spider; heaven in
mercy speed the dayl
Testimony Of the Doctors
Not long ago the Toledo Blade interviewed
ten of the principal physicians Of that no:
toriously beer guzzling city. This is some Of
DR.. S. Il. Bergen, of thirty-fve years
practice, said: 1T kills quicker than any
other liquor. Pneumonia, pleurisy, fever,
ETC., have a first mortgage on the beer
drinker."
DR.. 8. s. Thorne: "In regard to surgical
operations every physician breads to have
ANYTHING to do with beer drinkers. 1t is
dangerous for beer drinker to even cut his
finger"
Dr.. NJ. b. Parmalee: "Beer is worse than
whisky, the hops contained in the beer pro.
~ fba Irc, nd
kindred diseases Hs5itual beer drinkers
seem to have no constitutional power to re-
sist disease"
DR.. w. T. Ridenour: "Beer drinkers are
very liable to die of pneumonia, and when a
confirmed beer drinker takes pneumonia he
diean
Dr. S. s. Lungren: every part Of the
body of a confirmed beer drinker becomes
loaded down with morbid and poisonous mat
DR.. J. 1. Woods: "Lager beer, if used at
all, should be used as medicine, as ipecac,
ouinine, rhubarb and strychnine."
DR.. G. A. Kirkley: There is no more
faithful source of Bright's disease than beer
drinking. The evil effects are not confined
to the consumers of the beverage, but are
DR.. C. W. Chapman: II regard beer as
harmful as ardent spirits, brandy and
whisky, as it produces fatty degeneration of
the heart, liver and kidneys"
DR.. @. A. Cullamore: Beer drinking pro
duces morbid effect upon the heart, lungs,
brain, stomach, liver and kidneys. The brain
is kept in a hyperemic condition, which pre-
vents normal cerebration or the accurate use
of the mental faculties"
Ia chat sol If these physicians tell the
truth. such facts are worth remembering
If not true, what interest have these medical
gentlemen in trying to deceive the public
Their interests would lead them to favor beer
drinking if it makes beer drinkers sick.
That's 80.