The Semi-Occasional Advertiser (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Monday, December 15, 1884 Page: 3 of 4
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The LlpsthatTouoh
Liquor Must Never
Touch Aline.
«f £ '•
You are coming to wo9 mc, but not as
of yore. • -
When I hastened to welcome your
knock at the door;
For I trusted that he wiio stood wait-
ing me then,
Was the brightest, the truest, the no-
blest of men.
Your lips on mybwu when ihey print-
ed •'Farewell," f
Had never been soiled by "the bever-
• age of hell;"
But they come to.mn now with the
bacchanal sign.
And the lips that touch liquor must
never touch mice."
L think of that night on the steps all
alone,
When in whispers you told me your
heart was my owo,
That four love in the futnro should
faithfully be
L" as ha rod by another, kept only for me.
Ob, sweet to my soul is the memory
.still,
Of the lips which met mine, when they
murmered "I will;"
Bat now to their pressure no more they
inclino. . ,
For the lips that touch liquor must
never touch mine.
Oh, Jim how it crustied me, when first
in your face
The pen of the '*Rum Fiend" bad writ-
ten "disgrace";
And turned me in silence and tears in
fiorn that breath
AH poisoned and foul from the chalice
of death.
It scatered the hope I h«id treairred to
last;
It darkened tho future and clouded the
pa*t;
It shattered the idol and ruined the
shrine,
For the lips that toush liquor must nev-
er touch miue.
I loved you—oh, dearer than language
can tell,
And you saw it, you proved it, you
knew it t<>o well!
But the man of my love was far other
than he
Who now from the "tap-roem" corn's
reeling to me;
lu manhood and honor so noble and fo
right-
lib heart was so true and bis genioua
so bright*—
And his soul was unstained, unpointed
by wiae;
But the lips that toush liquor must nev-
er touch mine.
You promised reftrm, bat I trusted in
vain;
YcJur pledge was made bat to be broke*
again;
And the lover so false to bis promise
now,
Will not as a husband, be trn£ to bis
VQW.
The worii must be ppoken that bids you
depart-
Though the effort to speak it sboald
shatter my heart—
Thong h in silence, with blighted affec-
tion I pine.
Yet tho lips that' tonch liqnor must
never touch mine. "
If one .-•park, in your bosom, of virtue
remftiu
Go fan it with player till it kindle
•fcein: ' Tho IWTfflijfs is drawing uear
Resolved, with God helping, in fu' re and witb them comes Qiuuy a
tqbe -• Wfd|tf ei*raf . Parents are
Fron wine and his follies u&sh&c'tficti casting about to see where they
and free! - can purchase that whiQh is to be
And when you have co'iquored this fi>e • bought for themselves ancl their
ofyonrsoul* families. The little folks are
In manhood and honor beyond his con-
trol— * • |"i
This heart will again beat responsive
to thine,
Anu the Hps free from liquor bj web
Come id mine!
The above poem recited br
Miss Made Blair, at a meeting of
the Woman's Chistian Temper-
ance Union recently held in the
Baptist church in this citj, whs
not only appropriate to that oc-
casion, but shold- be a gentle
warning to all youcg men not to
indulge in the use of intoxica-
ting beverages.
Written in memory of little
Bertie Hook who died on
Wednesday JVov-
10th 1884,
At Corsicana Texas-
WrittM f« the ABFEKT1SEB.
Thy tweet angelic soul has flown
To a happier clime than ours,
The reaper death in thee has mown
The rarest of our flowers.
Not beauty bright nor witching grace
Endeared thee to these hearts of ours
The charm that shone from out thy face,
A zepher was in summer bowers,
That gently fans tho parched brow
And calms the troubled spirit there
And this thou wert-but thou art now
An angel gone-and earth is bire.
Thj small but helpful hacd wa« lens
Full oft to offices of lov«?,
And mothers brow of care unbent
At smiicof tLine, sweet dove.
Of future days thou joyedst to speak
When grown to maiden-hcods
estate
Thy willing hand should anxious seek
To lighten.Motbers care so great.
And now 0 God! to think so soon
Thy gentle, saintly spirit's flown
And I am left bereft, undone,
To walk the way so Bad and lone,
To hear no more the busy feet
In cbildish ronnd of care
ifl swift to follow mil* they beat
The echo clear from ball and stair.
No mora tu kaar the dear laved tone
Spent comfort to ay mini's distress
Thee, these are left to me aloae,
A memory-end this saaaj trea
Dear lord we caaaot learn
The mysteries of thy providence
Oh, teach a* 'ecu dimly to discern
Thy mercy kind through tears and
penitence.
R. R. C.
building many atr-casties,looking
forward to the coming Holidays
6ith that child like faith, believ-
ing that father aui mother will
present them with something val-
uable. Now il y..«a would.<>uy
gdod «ud valuable goods', the)
will n-ii only please (he children,
bat be a real benefit to them and
you. If you desire thus to do,
just go to the new store of Theo.
H. Auerbaeh—where you will
find the most complete stock of
Dry Good* ever kept in this city
—examine his goods, get Ins
prices, theb buy better goods for
less money th&n you ever bought
in this marker. Your wife and
daughter can buy the best of mil-
linery goods at lower prices than
they have ever Itought. He
will gire your wife or child as
good a bargain as you could get
in person. We speak from ex-
i perierce, and ask you to go and
| see for your self.
W. F. Shook tfc Co. greets his
numerous customers and the
public**generally with a Merry
Chi inmost and a Happy New
Year. His selection of drugs,
medicines, paints, oils, etc. etc.,
are fuil aud.complete and pure
in e cry particular. His stock
of goods for holUday presents
uro extromelv beautiful and will
mo.e than pay to go and *ee
them. Go early t*nd g t fiist pick.
Uegd advertisement on fourth
Millinery can now be bought
«t vonr own price, a large stock
is on hnnd at Theo. H. Auer-
bach's new store, which most
and will be sold.
F. S- Brooks <fc Co., solicits
a share of public patronage.—
They have all the necessary ma-
chinery for .he despatch of all
work in their line* Go and see
them. They are clever geutle-
men and deserve public favor.
i:ead their ad in this issue.
For the nicest, freshest and
best, beef, pork and sausages to
be found in the market, go to 8.
S. Arthur & Co's.
T. A. II4HRIB.
A. II. LEE
HARRIS & LEE
'Is
ATTOHSTSTT'S AT T.AW
And Real Estate Agents Corsicana,
Texas.
Will give, vrc'/Kyi attention to any czicznecc entrusted
to our card.
O^iee over Ace l,Czill:ei3 cicre on Collin Street.
I will rent my farm 1 1-2 miles east of Corsica mi very low ,
for cash in advance. 00 acres in cultivation, 30 acres good j
upland and SO acres rich bottom land eminently suited
to growing vegetables, with good, dwelling and more than
average out buildings
I can be seen at C L. Fewcll's Hardware store, Corsicana,
Texas• -V. J- Mills.
3. W M TanNOlV,
Capt. R II. Cubley, oar worthy and
efficient Constable to busy in the dis-
ooarge ot his duties The Capt is a
worthy gentleman aad a good officer. In
the discharge of bis duty to all with
whom be comes in contact, bis manner
is affable and courteous. Unlike maay,
ha does not pw. Tie upon iLe little brief
authority ;s clothed with. The day
ri'-l come wben he will go up higher.
It
fROOTS
MAK1IR.
ALL STYLES OF BOOTH SHOES AND GAITERS M\DE
TO OBDEH ON 8HOKT NOTICE.
Nothing but the very b French 1 ather used- Neat fitij and
artistic workmanship guaranteed, liadrond and Fashionable trade
SPECIALLY OLICITED.
F. S. Brooks k Co., Engineer?, Ma-
chinists, and Plumbers, advertfes in
this issue. They are good machinists j ,,, .
and deaerve the suDport of the people Shop with W olfsGrocery reof« 'Jotlsn street, C >r-KC*a v Texas,
eof Navarro county. Go and see them.
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The Semi-Occasional Advertiser (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Monday, December 15, 1884, newspaper, December 15, 1884; Corsicana, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth235695/m1/3/: accessed May 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.