The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-27

an twas a fine sight. Tn soJer was firm tn County Kerry an had tnrip hn' Doherty Is tn champeen catch-as catch-can rassler iv Camp Twinty- eight He had little tn worst iv it. rr he cud ony get neck holt. tn warryor havin' no slack to his pants, but he landed him at last. IWas -<r-reat to see thim doin' cart-wneei down tn sthreet" askeu hir. hennessy.
 "Ye mght say he was,' said MT. DOG ley That is, ye might say so 1T ye didn't know that tn dhrinkin' habits W tn army have been rayIormeo. Didn't ye know they were? They ar-re. Yes Sir. Tn motto iy our brave fei- lows now. Away. away, tn bowl. ITS Wine rr tn thremblin' debauchee, but water. pure water fir me- 'Tis Father, dear father. come home with me now An who did itf Who is 1t that ir,rrt.ves men an r"aFes tn'm more ladylike an thin quits thim but tn latest lnIs nere rap iefni "ds Car : ried out be tn Young Ladies Christyan Timprance Union. no less. Ye see 'twas this way. FIT nanny years it's been tn theery that dhrink an fightin' w1nt ern,-tr-arnn If ve Shrnpk " fn""ht: if ye fought ye dhrank to fight again. As Hogan says, Mars, wno was III gawd W war. was no good onless ne t--ac the gawd of dhrink. About tn time Mars WAS r-reaay to aus an go hJme ,o ro n, cr-sr o --fs--.'-,' paclrie hsrfad him a digger iv kerosene an says: That fellow over there is leerin' at ye. Ar-re ye goin to stand tnatf an Mars bustled in. Tn barkeeper or tn bank CT ar-re behind ivry war.
 well, in former times tn Govern mint kept a saloon fir tn sojerss up at Fort Shurdan they had a sfnnib where tn warrycrs cud go an besot thimsilyes with bottled beer an dem inces. It was a tur-able sight to see thim grim heroes. survivors iv thou sand marches through tn damp streets on Decoration Day. settin' in these temrIes iv hell an swillin' down tn hated cochinee1 that has made Mil swaukee what 1t is. To this place iv vice tn inthrepid defiDder iv his Ma tion's honor hastened whin he had completed tn arjoos round iv his joo- ties, afther he had pressed tn Loo tinant's clothes. curried tn Captain's horse, rnended tn roof iv tn Majors house, watered tn geeranyums fr tn Coionefs wife, an written his daily letter to tn paper complainin' about tn food. There he sat an dhrank. an fought over his old battles with tn cook an recalled tn name that he
 
 to think who 1t was he marrid in Fort Leavenworth ontn tn bugle summoned him to tn awful carnage called supper.
 "weii. Sir, twas dhreadful. We opposed 1t az much as we cud. As a di1lyeate ito tn Binivolent Assocyation fv Saloon Keepers iv America I've helped to pass nanny resolutions to save our brave boys in yellow firm fNH h1 V what inteliicts they show be goin' in- 10 tn army. Our organization petit tiofied Congress time an time again to take tn GovernHni out iv this vile poorsoot that was sappin' tn very vi- tais iv our sojery Why. we asked shud Uncle Sam engage in this here thraffic in tn souls iv men without payin' f'r 6 license whin dacint cit- izens were putin up their good money Q block away an niver soul comin' down firm tn fort to be thraffiicked in. Did Congress pay amy attintion to us? It did not.
 [ But wan day q comity iv ladies firm XIrinn wins sout to tn. fort. Thev'd seen tn Colonel at tn last p'rade an thevd decided that twas high time thev dis 'thrihuted copies iv Death in tn Bottle; or. Tn Booze- Fighters Finish among our fearless sojery. Whin they got
 
 gallant fellows makin' a dash fir an outlyin' building. an says wan iv thim What can they be in such a hurry fri That must be tn chapel. Let us go in' An in they wint. Hinnissy, the sight that met their young an unaccustomed eyes was enough to shock even a lady loolxin' Fr trouble. Tn air was gray an blue with tn fumes iv that heejous weed that has made mankind happy though single f'r four hundred years an that next to alcohol Is tn greatest curse iv tn sons iv Adam. Some iv tn deginrate wretches were playin cards, properly called tn Divvle's bible; oth- CTS were indulgin' in music that lure iv tn Evil Wan fir idleness, while still others were intint on tn furyous game iv dominoes, whose feet take hold on hell. But worse. still worse, they saw through their girlish spectacles dim med with unbidden tears. F'r in front iv each iv these war battered vethrans sthud bottle, in some cases har'ly half filled, with brownish-yellow flood with bubbles on top iv 1t. What was it, says ye? Hardened IS am to dhrink iv ivry kind. hesitate to men, tion tn wurrud. But concealment is useless. Twas beer. These brave men, employed be tn taxpayer iv America to defind tn hearths iv tn tax-dodger iv America, supposed be all iv us to have consicrated their lives to uphold in tn flag, were at heart votaries, as Hogan says, iv Aloes, gawd iv beer
 'F"r a moment tn ladies sthud dumb founded. But they did not remain lcng in this unladylike atti- chood Tn Chairwoman iv tn dillygation recovered her voice an ad- vancin' to'rd a Sergeant who was thry- in' to skin a pair iv fours down so that it wud look like a jack full to his tneebryated opponent, she said: Me brave man. dye ralize that that bottle ts full iv tn Seed iv Desthruction? she says I think ye'er wrong, mum says he. Its Pilsner,' he says. Soon or late she says. tn demon rum will desthroy ye,' she says. Not me- says th' vethran iv thousand enIistments. T don't care f'r rum. A pleasant com panyon, but gossip. It tells on ye. Tn demon rum with a Title iv tn de- mon hot water an tn demon sugar Is very enticin, but it has perfume to 1t that is dangerous to a marrid man like mesilf. Rum, madam, is an informer. Don't niver take it. I agree with ye that it's demon.' says he. Why says she, do ye dhrink this dhreadfuI n0isonP aavS gha eRacausa, sa,u .h,