The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-05-22
TEMPERANCE.


newar,, my hoy, of the tcmpters snare,
Beware OF his trodden wav
From the lowest den to the palace fair
Too Oft you will trace his footsteps there,
Where he hdcs Nv sc, ret lair,
On thy precious lie to prey.
Beware, my boy, beware
Beware, my boy. ~ the tempter's snare
Beware ~ his willy ways!
Like silken web for the foolish Nv
He weavcs thee net never venture nigh,
Lest You would wreck IN its meshcs lie
wreck " your youthful days,
Beware, my boy, beware,
Beware my hoy. of the terptcrs snare,
Beware ot the sparkling bowl
From its depths cometh forth bitter re-
frnin
From innocent blood Of its millions slain.
While the fire ~ hell seiks,s heart and brain,
And mocks Ger the ruined soul
Beware my boy, beware
-S. Minerva Boyc,, in Yankee Blade.
NEW YoRKs ANNUAL DRINK BILL.
New Workers succcel in disposing ot A.
Wo,cw gallons OF liquor, beer and wine in a
single year. The average drink is a gill, say
making l,jo4 ,0OO, 900 drinks.
III the big Croton reservoir at Forty second
street were iilled with such beverages New
Workers would empty IL nearly two and one
half times during year.
IL the big Central Park reservoir, having
capacity for no. coo 600 gallons should bo
hlleSl with liquor, beer and wine the consum.
ers in the cities NJ New York nGd Brooklyn
and the State Of New Jersey would empty it
in two years
New Workers spend over 5000 coo every
year for liquor beer and wine There arc in
the city I5N1 places licensel to sell alcoholic
drinks. In order 10 exist the smallest one "
these places must sell at leust $40 worth OF
drinks "a day.
Many OF the host bars take in ti.S On $50
a day. At the Hoffman House, where ono
has to pay fancy prices to hask IN the smiles
OF classic art the receipts are fully $500 q
day.
No bar can pay its way through the rc-
ceipts for beer alone ~ IL tho hard STUFF
that brings in TIM profit While n saloon
would soun 60 to the wall IL 1t depended ON
the sale of b"er alone there are numerous
gardens like the Atlantic, Nolks ThciSs's and
Blanks that thrive almost solely from tho
beer receipts. In the gardens the glasses are
smaller and twenty are sold were one Is
drawn from behind the bar IN saloon.
Averaging Al the bars in town. thcy take
IN about SO day ur t10,Vr OOO year
"N ou can divide the consumption of wine,
liquor and beer said a we'll informed whole
sale dealer to the journal reporter, into the
following proportions: Wine, 81 beer, t2O;
liquor, So
ifN'ihln'IlE lIun lueSN proportions lueTe
are expended hv New Workers at tho
licensed places every year 81, 1000 for
vino; 81, 200 O00 for beer and tjl % for
liquor
Then 20 this continued the Journals
informant, you must aid at least e. 900 OOu
spent in wines, lccr and liquor at the gro
ceries. But for calculation your round figure
Of $40, oOO, 900 is sufficient
The wine consumed hy New Workers. from
cheap clnrcts 10 the best champagnes, will
cost ON an average g. 20 gallon, the beer
eighty cents n gallon, and the liquor g. gal
Ion. SO We consume every year 6SO, 600 gal
Ions Of wine, n, ~, 900 gallons Of beer, and
d, 800 0p gallons Of liquor
Then think OF the millions OF dollars tina.
are expended Ia make the saloons look at
tractive. -Ncw York Journal.