The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-28

ilthe rasItes Of alcoholism, br
tne only lning til will ever extirpate them
s,tnon ros',nence @ ron alcohol ald teetotal alb
oil tInse, 20 wnieh would before God swcar
"h .nese young tnen and old.
america Is a fruitful country. and ,va
rase large crops Of wheat and corn anI
oats, out the largest crop we raise i'm this
country - the crop OF drunkards. With
sickle made out OF the sharp edges OF the
Or. orVASh sIass OF bottle and demjohn they are
CUT down. and there are whole swathes of
them, whole windrows Of them, and il tnkas
an tue hospitals ana penitentiaries and
RraNeyards and cemeteries 10 hold thia hnr-
| vest ol nell. Some of you are going down
under this evil, and the never diving worm
OF alcoholism has wound around YOU one of
@ @hs @col.s' ana ny next New Years Day II will
nave hho1her coll around you, and IL will M
Ter awhile put coil around your tongue
unu coll around your brain, and coil
hfouhu your lung, and coil around vour
loot, and coil around your heart. ana SOM,
day this never dying worm viii, with ON,
ssPrihH, usnten all the coils NJ once. and In
the last twist OF that awful conyolution yo,,
Will cry out. "Oh. my Godl' and be ,Sna
Ine greatest OF dramatists in the traceiv of
rue tempest sends staggering across IN.
stage Stephano, the drunken butI.r. hu,
across the stage OF human life strong drlnk
SENDS kingly and queenly and prlncely ma
,uIss staggering forward against the foot
RtHVUnFInas
back into failure TIL tho world IA imnationt
ior their disappearance and human and di.
aoolic voices join In Kissing them of the
stage. va 'uo
Others fail in the drama 'of life through
demonstrated selilshness They make allt
rivers empty into their sea. all the roads of
emoiument end at their door. and they
gather all the plumes Of honor for their
prov TheY help no one, encourage on one
rescue no one. How big u pile OF money
can getH' and "How much OF the world
can absorD!' are the chief questions. They
ieei ABOUT the common people as the Turks |
M ien towaru the Asapi, or common soldiers, |
considering them OF no use except 10 an up |
tne bitches with their dead bodies while Tho |
other troops walked over them TO take the |
Tort. After awhile this prince OF worldly sue.
cess Is sick. The only interest society has In
MS Illness Is the effect that his possible de
.ease may nave ON the money markets. Al
!ef awhlle he dies. Great newspaper capi-
tais announce how he started with nothing
ana ended with everything. Although for
sake OF appearance some people put hand.
herchleIs 10 the eye there is not one genuine
tear shed. The heirs sit up all night when
nc u Hes In state, discussing what the old fell
iow nus proDaoly done with his money. II
takes ali the livery stables within fwo
miles TO furnish funeral equipages, and NH
the mourning stores are kept busy in selling,
weeds OF grief. The stone cutters send In
proposals Tor a monument. The minister at
me obsequies reads of the resurrection.
which makes the hearers fear that IL the nm,
'crupulous hnancier does come up In the
general rising he will try 10 get u CORNER
)n tomostones and graveyard fences. All
soou men aie glad that the moral nuisance |
las been removed. The Wall street specu- I
ators are glad because there is more room )
or themselves. The heirs are glad because !
hey get possession OF the long DELAYED in
ieritance. Dropping every feather uf all his
'iumes, every certificate OF ali his stock.
very bond OF all his investments. every dol. ,
ar OF all his fortune, he departs, and all the
ollinS OF Dead March" In saul" and all |.
he pageaniry OF his interment, and all the ,
xquiteness OF sarcophagus, and all the ex- 4
ravagance OF epitaphology, cannot hide the n
act that my text has come again TO tremep. =
ous iulfilment, "Men shall clap their hands -
I him and shall hiss him out OF his place" y y
:, You see the clarping come before the hiss. =,
ne world cheers before 1t damns. So II Is y
AID the dendly asp tickles before its stings. u
foing up, is he3 Hurrah! Stand back ana :,
y his galloping horses dash by, a whirlwint "
! plated harness and tinkling headgear and
rched neck. Drink deep OF bis nader and
ognacs Boast Of how well you know him.
u hats on ns he passes. Bask for days and n
ears In the sunlight OF his prosperity. Go :,
lg down, is he? Pretend 20 be nearsichted q,
that you cannot see him as he walks past. I,