WHY PEOPLE DRINK.
Mr A. drinks because he is going on a journey. Mr B. because his doctor ordered him not, and he hates quackery. Mr C. takes a drop because lie’s wet. Mr D. because lie’s dry. Mr E. because he finds something rising in his stomach. Mr F. because he feels a kind of sinking in Ids stomach. Mr G. because he’s going to sec a friend off to Scotland. Mr H. because lie’s got a friend come home from California. Mr I. because he’s so hot. Mr K. because he’s so cold. Mr L. because he’s got a pain in his head, Mr ,M. because lie’s got a pain n his side, Mr N because he’s got a pain in his back. Mr O. because he’s got a pain in his chest. Mr P. because lie’s got a pain all over him. Mr Q. because he feels light and happy. Mr R. because he fools heavy and miserable. Mr S. because he’s married. Mr T. because lie isn’t. Mr V. because he likes to sec his friends around him. Mr W. because he’s got no friends,-and enjoys a glass by himself. Mr X. because his uncle loft him alegacy. Mr Y. because his undo cut him off with a shilling. Mr E. (we should be happy to itnform our readers what Mr Z.’s reasons are for drinking, but on putting the question to Idm, bo .was found to bo too tipsy to answer).
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Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 65, 24 November 1875, Page 3
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