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ELEMENTS OF A RUM SHoP.-Bro. Bonner,
of the Cataract, does lay it on the rumsellers
sometimes, in the real style. He is something
of chemist, too; hear how he resolves that
abode of wretchedness-a rum shop-into its
original elements"


Were many taverns reduced to the origi-
nal elements from whence they sprung, what
think you would appear in their stead Why,
hundreds Of ruined houses, once the abode of
neatness, peace, and comfort thousands Of
stoves pots, kettles, pans, dishes, plates, tables,
chairs, hats, coats, shoes, and various other
articles too numerous to mention. Thus we
see that prosperous liquor dealer is actually
made up of the odds and ends of other men S
miseries. Every dollar of his funds may rep
resent disease-every shilling crime-every
cent headache, and every mill curse. o!
for pen omniferous, to write upon the 'plas.
ter Of the wall OF every drunkery, in charac-
tiers Of awakening light, the history Of all the
calamities Of the grog shop 'omnium gather
um Of wretches who are now undone-the
blessedness Of whom is extinguished in the
| 'blackness of darkness forever"