Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-11-16
How Billy Took His Lager.

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good not TO be read by American boys
and girls. so here it is in English:
Boy Billy" was the adopted son of
one Christian Zende. who was much
shocked one day at seeing the boy in
a lager beer saloon taking a glass OF
beer. He bade the boy go home, but
said nothing till evening. After tea,
Zende seated himself at the table and
placing before him number of queer
things. Billy looked on with curiosity.
Come here Billy" said Christian
Zende why were YOU in the beer
shop to-day? Why did You drink beer,
my boys
30 -O-because it's good" said
Billy, boldly.
NO. Billy, it is not good To the
mouth. | did never see such big faces
rs you made. Billy, you think 1t will
taste good by and by, and it looks
like a man to drink, and so you drink.
Now, Billy, if it is good. have II, will
not hinder you from what is good and
manly, but drink ii at home take
your beer pure. Billy, and let me pay
for it. Come, my boy. You like beer.
Well. open your mouth. | have all
the beer stuff, pure from the shops,
come open your mouth, and will put
it in.
Billy drew near but kept his mouth
close shut. Said Zende, don't you
make me mad, Billy, open your
mouth.
Thus eXhorted, Billy opened his
mouth, and Zende put small bit OF
alum in it. Billy drew up his face. n
bit Of aloes followed This was worse
Billy WINGED. The least morsel Of red
pepper now, from a knife point, made
Billy howl.
What! not like the beery' said
Zende. open your mouth. Aknife
point dipped in oil of turpentine.
made Billy cry. open your mouth;
the beer is not half made yet And
Billv's tongue got the least dusting OF
lime and potash and salaratus. Billy
now cried loudly. Then came grain
of licorice, hop-pollen and saltpeter.
Look, Billy! Here is some arsenic
and strychnine; these belong To beer.
Open your mouth,
Il can't, can't, roared Billy Ar
senic and strychnine are TO kill rats! !
shall die. O-O-O-do you want to
kill me, father Zende.y
Kill him. just by little beer, all
good and pure He tells me he Likes
beer. and it is manly to drink il and
when | give him some he cries i Kill
him. Here is water There is much
water in beer Billy drank the water
eaperlv. Zende went on There Is
much alcohol in beer. Here. open
YOUR mouth. and he dropped four
drops of raw spirit carefully on his
tongue. Billy went dancing about
the room. and then ran for more water.
Come here. the beer Is not done
Billy" and seizing him he put the
cork Of an ammonia bottle 10 his lips,
then drop of honey, n taste OF sugar,
a drop of molasses, drop OF gall.
There. Billy! here is jaiap, copperas,
sulphuric acid, acetic acid and nuX
vomica, open your mouth.
"Oh, no, nor said Bill, "let me go.
| hate beer I'll never drink beer any
more! I'll never 20 in that shop again.
Oh let me 90? | can't eat these things.
NV mouth tastes awful now. Oh, take
them away, father Iende! Take
them awayr'
Take away good beer when have
paid for it! My boy, you drank them
fast to-day
"Oh. they make me sick, said Billy.
"A man drinks all these bad things
mixed up with water He gets red in
the face, he gets big in his body, he
gets shaky in his hands, he gets weak
in his eyes, he gets mean in his man
ners." Billy was satisfied on the beer
question.