COM M U MIC TIoN

: Comningling streams from pure tee.total Springs

For the Washingtonan.
G-SHOP BEAU TIES.
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1t is somewhat strange how liquor affects
different individuals. Some, who are natural
y taciturn and phlegmatc, become suddenly
lively and excited; others again become mo-
rose and extremely pugnacious, scarcely dis.
tinguishing friends from foes. From the many
phases it assumes, it has been tritely remarked,
that the dispositions are brought out free from
the control of the individual himself The
cause for such difference may be left to the in
vestigation Of the moralist, for y ave often re.
marked it, without being able to assign any
reason for it.
With these predatory remarks, mean to in
troduce to your view character, on whom
liquor had no other bodily effect than merely
to intoxcate for while. He was a dusty
miller, who paid his respects to the "Horse-
head" at least twice in the week; man of
infinite jest and good humor-the soul of the
society he kept, over whom he had complete
control, and no leader ever had more willing
subjects to govern. He would arrive at the
village at full gallop, whooping and huzzaing
to announce his arrival to those who usually
looked for his coming. The host would soon
assemble-the blacksmith dropped his ham,
mer-the cobbler would throw his shoe aside
and the tailor, with spectacles on nose, and
unbuttoned vest, would throw aside his coat
all, all would come to the gathering, and, like
well drilled soldiers, soon fired off their glasses
Instantly the rude gibes and coarse language
of the miller re-echoed through the village,
and "the landlords laugh was ready chorus !"
Thus the song and the dram alternated till the
going down Of the sun. He had one good
quality, which most drunkards little possess;