The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27

together at the end of the most promi-
nent table. They dine with the appe-
titles of men who work hard. whetted
by the air, the sunshine and teaberry
jack. When they have eaten they with
draw to the porch yard to drink tea
berry jack and discuss matters of inn
portance. while the guests at the sec
ond table get their dinners. The women
dine last. Most of them prefer to have
their dinner by themselves. so that they
may have their neighborly chats and
gossip without interference.
SUNSHINE AFTER THAT.
BY the time everybody has had din
ner the effects of teaberry jack begin
to appear. 1t is an insidious drink. It
does not make man want to fight.
neither does it stupefy him, but it makes
him able to stand off and look at hiun-
self and think how delightful it il to
be living. and what great man he is.
and how everybody knows it. But with
this it does not make him self-assertive
or quarrelsome. He is willing to admit
that everybody else is also great. and
that they are friends of his as he il Of
them. Official records of the amount OF
teaberry jack that one man can hold
are hard to get, for at the time of the
champion hog killing there is no man
present who is so calculating and cold
FLOODED as to abstain from teaberry
jack himself and to squander the occa-
sion in keeping track of the capacities
of his neighbors.
Teaberry jack affects a man cumula-9
lively. 1t begins with his toes. which.
If he has had eight or ten drinks, begin
to be lively and somewhat intoxicated.
He feels as if the toes belonged to some
other human being, and he is somewhat
surprised at the exhilarated condition
in which he notices they are. The tea
berry jack gives him the mental power
to dissociate himself from his toes and
to be spectator of the way in which
the effects of the tipple start from his
toes to his feet, then up to his knees.
This is the danger signal, and should
not be disregarded. The native Jersey
man is accustomed to the effects of this
drink but to visitor they are fascinat-
ing and insidious. The effect as it
gradually extends upward is cumula-
tive and sudden. The last thing to be
tirely sober after the throat and tongue
have started on a mad career of in
ebriety. The tongue may be running
on at great rate, while the brain, in
sorry sobriety, stands off in mental at
titude by itself, wondering what is the
matter with the tongue that it is carry
ing on and making all kinds of speeches.
The legs may be dancing while the rest
of the body is sober and amused at the
antics of the intoxicated legs.
to affect the head the mans condition
is that of one filled with pleasant
dreams. All the world seems bright.
The birds on the trees are singing their
sweetest songs to him. Every one OF
the hundreds of people around him il
looking at him in the kindlieat and most
affectionate way, while he can look in
their hearts and see them filed with
affection and unselfish regard for him,
with the desire to do everything they
can to make him happy and to make
his way through the world free from
care and his life free from thorns. The
clouds fall away from the sky, and he
looks up and only the clear blue is over
him. with enough of the white fleece
to make the effect serene and caress-
ing. The whole world seems to pro-
claim his eloquence, brilliancy and ca
pacity for good and noble deeds. The
taste of the teaberry jack Is still In
his throat, and its fragrance brings to
him thoughts of green meadows and
orchards all in bloom. This is a great
drink