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Mr.. Editor: Were you ever drunk2 Die
you never take LITTLE drop too much, JUS
enough to make you feel funny2 Have you
never experienced the sensations of incipien
drunkenness-reveled in the world ideal
built castles in the air--imagined yourself some
body, and puzzled your brain to find out the
distance between here and yonder2 Have you
never gone to bed in a blissful state Of uncer
tainty as to your own identity, and awaked in
doubt whether the hump between your should
ers was your own proper brain-container, or 9
hornets nest Did you never wish that your
proboscis was a pump-nozzle, and your left
arm the handle thereof, that you might dis
charge into your heated stomach the cooling
liquid, and bathe your feverish brow and throb-
biDg temples in the invigorating element -
Many's the poor fellow who has wished and
fancied all these things, and many more still
more absurd. M a3sa


& Much as the drunkard despises cold water,
there are moments in which he would give the
price OF dozen glasses of brandy for one sip
OF cool vivifying waterway, he would give,
could he not otherwise obtain it, drop for drop,
of his blood. But the Almighty, in the pleni-
tude Of his kindness, has placed within the
reach OF all mankind, an exuberant supply Of
$3.50 PoaS tSiSihCu', ~ liCCCSSdty W tic cklSt-
ence of his creatures.


The drunkard adopts the principle that that
which is so plentiful, so simple, and so cheap,
is not so good as that for which he is taxed.
Strange lnfatuaton! For every other neces-
sary OF life he is compelled to pay---rH1s, the
most necessary and the most plentiful, is de-
splsed because Of the abundance, which should
rather call forth songs Of praise and thanksgiv-
ing to Him who is the giver Of every good and
perfect gift. H5e


This element IS perfect gift. 1t is perfec-
tons SELF Who can provide substitute
Can any one add an iota to its excellence? 1t
is PURE. In its transparent surface the hea
vens are reflected. The blazing sun--the clear,
pale moon--the star-spangled armament, are
all faithfully reflected in this universal looking
glass great NATURES mirror, ,'and lose nothing
oil their beauty or their briliancy. .l.sa 4.


..#..Y II s.a RE VERA.


We never was in such condition, but pre-
sumo many have been.-ED.


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