ABSINTHE IN PARIS,
Absinthe is used by nearly all tbe moderate drinkers m this capital as an appetiser before dinner, aad its opaine tnt m the tumbler Bet bef'TJ tho Boulevardiera at the " absinthe hour " is pleasant enough to look upon, but its moderate use is productive of untold evil, as the chronicle of the hospital cau vouch for. Its slaves are becoming more and more numerous every day, particularly «mong the poorer cla c &es, who fly to it because it is cheap and toon intoxicates. A man known m the neighborhood of the Military School as Pere Ifrederic, who was once a " primo-tanore " of repute m the province 0 , has jual died from the effects of the noxious decoction, thus adding ono more victim to the lone; list of persons Oilied buveurs d' absinthe. Frederic destroyed h ; s larynx by his favorite drink, but he managed to eke out a miserable existence by eiDgiDg m third cla*e c ife3. He was engaged lately m one of these places, but tbe proprietor of the establishment became bankrupt and paid off his tenor with '* a bottle nf absinthe.' The broken-^own singer, who had no money f r food, west home to bis garret and poured the contents of bis quart bottle down nj« throat. In the morning be was quite dead.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1755, 1 February 1888, Page 3
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221ABSINTHE IN PARIS, Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1755, 1 February 1888, Page 3
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