lNTEMPERANCE.
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Speaking of cure eforintemperance, reminds
us Of the following pleasant anecdote of Lord
Pembroke |:


OF all the Mede and Persian laws establish
ed in his house, the most peremptory was, that
any servant who once got drunk should be in
stantly discharged-no pardon granted, no ex-
cuse listened to. Yeta old footman, who had
lived with him for many years, would some
times indulge in a pot of ale extraordinary,
trusting to the wIful blindness which he saw
assumed when convenient One fatal day, even
this could not avail As my lord crossed the hal,
John sappeared in full view; not rather tipsy,
or little disguised, but dead drunk, and unable
to stand. Lord Pembroke went up to him:


"My poor fellow, what ails you 2 you seem
dreadfully ill; let me feel your pulse. God
bless US! he is in raging fever get him to
bed directly, and send for the apo,hecary "
The apo,hecary came, not to be consulted, for
his lordshp was physician general in his own
family, but to obey orders: TO bleed the patient
copiously, clap huge blister on his back, and
give him powerful dose Of physc. After a
few days Of this treatment, when the fellow
emerged weak and wan as the severest illness
could have left him: "Hah, honest John, am
truly glad to see you'alive; you have had won
derful escape, though, one ought to be thank
ful-very thankful, indeed Why, man, if
had not passed by and spied the plight you
were in, you would have been dead before
now. But john" lifting up his finger, "No
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