THE KALEIDOSCOPE.

HARD TIMES.
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And hard the, g 'uS uue
But drunkards, Co o'oe0
They're harder M mno.,
The drunkard's tax is z imposed
Like every other sirfN.
The taxes altogether cost


Not half SO much as gin
The State compels no man to drink,
Compels no man TO game;
'Tis gin and gambling sinks him down


To rags, and want, and shame.
The kindest husband changed by gin,


Is for tyrant known;
The tender heart that nature made,
Becomes heart of stone.
In many house the harmless babes,


Are poorly clothed and fed,
Because the craving gin-shop takes,


The chidren's daily bread.
Look through the PRISONS iron bars,


Look through that dismal CRATE;
And learn what dire misfortune brought,


So terrible fate


The debtor and the felon too,


Though differing much in sin,
Too oft you'll find were thither brought,


BY all destroying gin
This dark picture of the times, several yea
ago, is yet true to some extent, and we mu
keep it before the people until the evil is p
away from among us, or "hard times" will st
oppress US.