THE EFFECT OF WHISKEY.
A St, Louis preacher, never having tasted whiskey, bought half a gallon of it to study its effects, in order to better describe them in the temperance sermon he was preparing. To avoid publicity and accidents he locked himself in Iris study, throwing the key out the window. In less than an hour he was singing and dancing instead ,of writing ; about four o’clock in the afternoon he climbed out of the window and slid down the lightning rod, fell into a barrel of swill, kissed a woman in the street, got licked by two men, stole a dog, sassed a policeman, and got run in. The judge dropped upon him soveroty—thirty days, hut his church forgave him and took him back on his solemnly promising that ho would hereafter discuss the temperance question from a purely theoretical standpoint.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 3022, 4 December 1882, Page 3
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143THE EFFECT OF WHISKEY. South Canterbury Times, Issue 3022, 4 December 1882, Page 3
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