The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-14
A DRUNKARD's vIEWS.
II He Writes . Book, as Ie Promises, WIN
Il BIO Like Hts Present Talks

I. be Like Hts Present Talks
ITO my thinking" said the man. alcohol 10
the most marka BILE drug In the world. Prob
ably all others produce their immediate and
specific ELECTS upon the persons that use them.
Tho case Is entirely different with alcohol.
You may have noticed. for exam pie that when
the men Of household take too much whiskey.
1t Is the womentolk. and not the men. that get
drunk and act In a furious and insane way.
When write certain book. tho com position
Of which havo long conte plated. I shall de-
vote chapter to 'vicnrlous inebriation.' in
which the subject will be considered In all its
aspects and bearings. and in the most exhaus-
two manner"
Good heavonsl Another treatise on also
holl Thought tho subject had been run Into
the ground long ago"
Perhaps So" said tho man. yet still It iss
susceptible Of new treatment When GarRan-
tua was upbraided for drinking too much. aud
was warned that medical men were universal~
ly Of the opinion that excessive lush was pro-
ductive Of early DEATH he replied. as you may
remember. May the devil fly away with my
soul II there are not moro old drunkards than
old Doctors The valuable truth contained
in this observation has never. to my
knowledge. received the phi,osophic alton
ton 1t deserves 1t has never been elabor-
ated. and therefore 1t is hardly correctto say
that the subject OF alcohol has been run
into the ground long ago. And. besides. abb
solutey no one has as yet dealt with vicart-
GUS inebriation. That task has been reserved
for me. and. II ever write my book. I shall
perform 1t to the best Of my ability. which 10
| only another way Of saying that the work will
| be done for all time. The chapter will be such
| as to admit neither OF elaboration nor confuta-
ton. The subject will be closed forever"
THAT sounds we'll. 1t is enough like Tom
Paine to have been written by IngersolL May
ask what is your general schemeT'
You may" said the man. :" and as soon a.
have taken a nip I will explain matters.
| Try little?"
No. thank you. never drink"
EXCELLENT youth" said tho man. IA:
mrabie subject for experImnent here's ain
one man drinks other people get drunk. while
the man himself remains sober. and even be-
more one end Of the balance goes down tho
years the whole world drank. and .conse-
Hnentiy tobrietS was extreme and universal:
during the days Of the pat!iirchs. Recall fh,
resignation and even 10Y With Which tho early
were turned into torches. and 50 spread the
light through Ecros gardens and much Of tho
e sSf asp DC Eeass s9s s6.
tor life Of tho fifteenth century. Ny mouth
waters when her / think Of it Have snifterT
Il look ABROAD road Continued the man. "aud
sd1Tn i the vista Of the past and behold
outcome, or rather its natural concommitant-
universal contertment The King lay in his
knowing that their guardianship was merely
matter OF torm-lay snoo2ihG at his gates-
HSSS Ssfs p a ssef poIfef
forest Pri,r Tuck and Richard Of the Lion Lion
m m nra fnD. fbari In
Sherwood. and We're As brothers. for the drink
HaGeS aSi th. ana man on the same Level It
Fourier and put. LasalIes f.s $ Msn pre-.
AT ny y sssE Where sIons !. 70 Gs oand
dozen times that ! never drinki' '''1 '0u
.va lou . are unfivil my frienl." said the man.
ea ts%9sf y Is s ssds svz" H ans 20 s soS y
hand neIe'sio you ~ 4 hs,I%sy frame OF mind"
o0 an d Try, n y. Look again" 49,
tits, l see? / will. indeed. do SO. though IL
rack me-. thou iop-eered loon. an thon k"epe4s
HSs rssc s' snS th "Ts %s se al"
began to set in against tn. drink. Tiers arose
Rn Snb. Sa who d w SG AID i'd WY
ana ,,a so tfecame well strick.n in waite.
fSyG nr s" WIN w " if wa ar th nI
looked often and looi.d I.ari. These fnri M!
the men s%f sE%c cst III i,"n "%S sn
Of the rest of man Kind made thosa insensates
drunk-very drunk. So that trey murnlurel.
at tire Of S2s Of the later q The earlier
'"t ySt Of thu bo s or rrSm
sier. Or Martin Luther VIII take n brace.
tnTp with hs sna gh .Sl tue rn2e swain
80 f." What in thunder ais yout N,u Don't talk
like your usual sane -ef.
That's 1t. Now &c. ln" said the man. II
knew yon would ny out OF y"ur head nud got
d drmN as 500" a" kn hH1 E" nr Or FIVE
Ss%vsrD 4" tSs ~ s5I5x
,,rot t m,H i was that anger is n short
=" Zal the same thincII,h!, uu.Lblipg and
contrar!n"ss Of yours [ don't Ike. II Is one
II he surest sign, known t lH" harnncopI.A
much TalwIys crons OFT 30, ,qt '1 or iate S.
Eat To- re'urn t. our visa:
ilKnt on, crause i"r sevc, i rc..,ns. First.
because It wa anew! ia its",f. and .secondy.
and All our wp"9 iirs fh.S WAS tie fact,
which nuw IS lai"H' l." the most o,n,eiess or.
Whr nS' n VI ~ a'2'IYY s it," a'nHi anos
n rnan has been drNkns Inv" on his vito
80 tar y no n d"tTiun '.l"Is is 10 take bitl
for rata TIT, km9 his head OF with a
broom Same thing ;;.l - Z? Befor" the re-
o OF nd s n k th"-e oy"r GSNF d near
stead? Few ever hear ~ ul"u Damaging work
an wa.eS Ia 'hoae dljs "h ,l9yef gets
on a stree IF sprie,, Of Whatever tl"v raIi l.,
and i9 III 1h. n,c1 HI l"r @ Sg' wess
that in the glad days Of yoro-.,."
Hold M, $40 y Gah. ,y"r said yors
You forget yourself sure sign you're pretty
far go.c. g., ,o.,, ,,,,,,o., r.,o x.,,-
drank, yHryh,i? lay arphnd sn"ozing. nrd
=" ccdlI9 W, H." sid the man, "Di,n't