. Speeches, poems, and miscellaneous writings on subjects connected with temperance and the liquor traffic . same distillers make thevile crathur that pits strangulation down the necks of paplemore dacent and honest nor themselves? Didnt my owncousin Tim Taggerty — rest his sowl! — drink the liquor till itmade him crazy entirely; and then put a rope on his neck,and hang up in the barn; and wasnt that strangulation 7Didnt Betty Cragin, whin she was drunk, roll her baste of acarcass on her own swate baby, that wasnt more nor saxweeks old, and smother the life out of it? What was it butstrangulat
. Speeches, poems, and miscellaneous writings on subjects connected with temperance and the liquor traffic . same distillers make thevile crathur that pits strangulation down the necks of paplemore dacent and honest nor themselves? Didnt my owncousin Tim Taggerty — rest his sowl! — drink the liquor till itmade him crazy entirely; and then put a rope on his neck,and hang up in the barn; and wasnt that strangulation 7Didnt Betty Cragin, whin she was drunk, roll her baste of acarcass on her own swate baby, that wasnt more nor saxweeks old, and smother the life out of it? What was it butstrangulation ? And now, jist because the distiller of allthis divilment got a small taste of his own midicin, they pit itin the papers, and make such a hellaballoo Dr. Hold, Jemmy ! I have no time to hear more of Mis-tress McGowans lecture on strangulation ; but, as you seem tobe quite interested in the matter, suppose you put the facts inyour patent rhyme-grinder, and turn out something for theJournal. Jem. Faix! Ill do it. FUGITIVE PIECES IN VERSE. 149 [He brings out the machine, and commences operations.]. Ill sing you a song that is rare and queer, Of a nager that fell in a vat of beer, Which was rendered so fine, as he slowly decayed, That the liquor was praised, Its price was much raised,The business increased, and a fortune was made. Br. Jim, you make strange work. You were going togrind out a song from facts that occurred in this westernworld, and your very first verse is about an old affair thathappened twenty years ago, on the other side of the Atlantic. Jem. Never mind, doctor, jewel. Ill come to it directly. [He turns again.] One Haman, the Scriptures relate, Got mad at the Jew Mordecai, And built for him, outside the gate, A gallows some fifty feet ! ha ! said his wife, they will yet learn to fear us — These stiff-necked obstinate Jews :Now go to the party with Ahasuerus, Be cheerful, and banish the blues ;Come, hurry, my honey,Drink wine, and be went
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