WORM KILL ERS , EYE OPENERS, WHIPS, ETC.
The question of diminishing the consumption of spirits in Belgium is being seriously discussed. A newspaper published in a poor part of Flanders states that the daily consumption of a working man — not a drunkard — there include^ at 5.30 a.m. a " worm. killer," at 8 a.m. an " eye-opener," at 11 a.m. a " \vlrip,"at2p.m. a ''digester,'' at 5 p.m. a " soldier," and at 7.30 p. m. a "finisher." His regular yearly expenditure for drams, without counting extra libations on festive occasions!,' amounts to 219 f.— a ra.tih.6r important 'itenvin a family budget of from 800 f. to 1,200 f. a year.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 318, 21 November 1888, Page 4
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107WORM KILLERS, EYE OPENERS, WHIPS, ETC. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 318, 21 November 1888, Page 4
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