Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1884 — A Temperance Man. [ARTICLE]

A Temperance Man.

A gentleman took the pledge, but somehow his abstinence from the moderate quantity of wine he was accustomed to drink did not agree with him. His doctor was sent for, who recommended a slight alcoholic stimulant. This advice was received with horror. “How can L” said the sick man, “violate my vow ? I have forbidden my servants the beer which they love so well, and lam going to preside at a blue ribbon meeting next week.” “All I can say,” said the doctor, “is that a stimulant is necessary for your health. You had better get a bottle of whisky and hide it away, and when your shaving water comes up just mix yourself a tumbler of whisky and water.” The doctor departed, and, meeting the pa-

tient’s servant a week afterward, he asked him how his master was going on. “Oh, very well as to bodily health,” was the reply; “but, between you and me, sir, I think he has gone wrong in his head—he has taken to shaving himself six times a day!”— Temple Bar.