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The watchful eye of his little son having observed the act,
he ran out of doors and cried as though his heart would break.
Soon his parents were with him, thinking he had been se–
verely hurt. It was some time before they could ascertain the
cause of his grief. At last he sobbed out,
"Father's been drinking some beer!"
From that moment both parents resolved to drink no more.
Little James got to the ale barrel, turned the tap and ran the
contents onto the floor and he would have smashed every wine
bottle in the house if he could have come at them.
The Knockout
Ya
Gin.
Ya
French Vermouth.
Ya
Absinthe.
The Advisor,
1871.
1
Teaspoonful white mint.
FAIR ENOUGH
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elderly lady, a descendant of Miles Standish, telling
her age, remarked that she was born on the twenty–
second of April.
Her husband who was by, observed, "I always thought you
were born on the first day of ApriV'
"People might well judge so," replied the matron, "in the
choice I made of a husband."
QUERY : Was this worhan the wife of a drunkard'? We will
believe so in the absenee of better testimony.
Temperance Annual,
1842.