The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-01-29

IL drinks 10 amy man annyN here
There's 40 wan that's as much is a
timpTancc man as 4 man that's been
in nay business Il a ycaF. a give ua
ali tn Fun | get out iv dhrinkiu' man
to escape tn throuble I have fr-m
dhrunkards- Drinks a poison don't
deny IL. III admit I'm mo- bstther thin
an orGhinry doctor. Both is Us glVeH
Ne something that cu.es ~ ~ IN !dcc
that tn pain in Xe'er chest Is pnoo-
mony iv tn lungs. II IL really Is
poonmony ye go of somcW here an lie
down an ayethcr yc cure Sc' crSif Is
pnooDony or til pnoomouN cures Nc iv
ME Dhrink niNer made n man bel.
Their. but il has mace NANNY a man
think j." was betther. \ little is IL
lifts We out Is tn mud ~ here chance
has thrown ye; H4tlc more makes yc
think the stains on ye'cr coat ttr-re cp-
pYlets: a little more dhrops ye hack
into tn mud again. It's frind ta
thim that ar-rc cold 10 ii an an inimy
to those that love it most. 1t welcomes
thin in an thrips Thin as they 20
out. tel yc It's threacherous dhrug
an ii oughtn't 10 he given to ivry
man. To get dhrunk a man ought
FIRST to be examined be his parish
priest 10 sec whether he needs IL an
how it's goin' 10 affect him. F'r wan
man he'd write on tn prescription 'Ad
dhcrs mustard plasther fr mo; f'r
another he'd write: Three times u
day at meals Eut most people ne
wuddun't prescribe it f'r at all
DO | blame tn ladies? Faith. do
not. Yc needn't think I'm proud iv me
business. / ony took To il because |
am too janial To be ii mechanic an
too tcndcr-hcart to b. banker -:
lawyer. No. Sir. | Wu1den't care =
sthraW if all tn dhrnli in tn wurruld
was dumped tomorrah into tn Attain
tic Ocean. although f'r week or TWO
afthcr il was Ia have to get me div
ing suit il | wanted 10 see anything
iv me friends. Booze has always beefi
4 poplar bivrage with mon. but til la-
dies have niver admired Il much. An
/ don't wonder. How often have /
sat with Hogan an yc'er-if an Ifas sed
tn can an see ye'cr vic look nsaa s i
NTH puzzled eyes. We'd begin per-
fccty cam an sinsi5lc, but about tn
third dhiink some wan iV us wud
make remark that Was about as fun
ny as I; coffin plate an we'd burst into
hoWls is laughter beat each other on
til knee, crow an Surgle with tn tear
rln9in' down our checks TIL good
woman knew tn joke was not worth
til eNpnse iV a dhreary smile. an
tt%s,s nCe Us but old King Alconoi that
WAS yeiiin at it, Afthcr tn jolly We
got 10 tE2 DOastful stage. Ic ;1ld noH
yc called lawn l.. sullivan loafcr IN
Il Ecar cighty-eight Hogan admitted
that Win he was eight years old he
school, an | recitcd a few iV me adj
NiEtures be food an field. ford i'll
Yea o'clock Som"Wan mentioned IN
death is Hill Hu@Gius. who passed
away duTin the Mexican War an We
hal good weep. \ little iator / no
tced ye were Droodin' over something.
Y" said nawthin f'r q while an thin ~
Sot up an asst Hogan il he meant Wh2t
he said 10 We while We we've Waitin' to
start on tn PatricK's DAY D-radc two
4,.iI n 3tr1
put down her scWir' VITA an alarmed
face IN Sjnt We Oft 10 bod an IN rari'
vas over. Now what dye suppose
ye'c" Wife thought about drink While
this here game Mas co{n' on1 If Nn
want t. know, i Ne want to know Wis
nearly al ladies' ar-re timprance ray
formers. stay sober yc'ersif some night
Whn yc'cr frinds arc maxim merry
Re hivens. vhin I clos up this c-5ab-
!ishmeEt il 4 Saturdah night althcr
nc boon companions hav" started 70
Grope f'r their varchous homes / feel
like goin dow:2-toWn an askin ~ bc
enrolled in the Young Ladies Tim
p'rance Union. | do 50.
No Sir tn ladies ar-rc not to
blame They've always thrfeG 10 raw
form man. an they haven't YET got
onto III fact that maybe he's not
worth rayfornn'. They don't undhcr-
stan why man shud be allowed to
pizcn himsilf into tn belief tina, hc
amounts 10 something. but thin thcy
don't understand nan. They Httlc
know what bluff he is an how lis
on'y be fortifyin himself with stuff
that they regard az iv no use except
to burn undher . tca-kettle that h
daros to go on Twin at all. He knows
how good dhrinl makes him look %
himself an ne drinks. They see how
il makes him look TO ivrybody else an
they want TO take il away firm him
Whin he's sober his blun is on tn
putsId". Whin he's dhrunk he makes
tn bluff 70 his own neart phrink