Word: rum
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...very prettily-gotten up copy of "Jack, the Fisherman," Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps' new story. Although it is a tale with a moral, it is one of the most powerful and interesting stories ever written. It is the life of a Gloucester fisherman who, inheriting a taste for rum, rapidly follows the downward course, and ends by killing his wife and himself, leaving a little child to face the world alone. No story could be more sad and pathetic. In it are clearly shown the influence of a good woman and the susceptibility of even hardened...
...think with a great degree of probability; for I am sure it will be impossible for us to remain here during the winter. For you can not look a man in the face without a dollar, board four dollars a week, candles one-half pr. lb., wine and rum which we have quite done with, the one 14s, the other 10s. pr. bottle, and everything in propotion, and continually rising; to what height I can't tell, but I hope they will have a Confounded Fall by and by." This to his "Honour'd Mamma...
...love with Trig Trig); Trig Trig, (a favorite of the Mathematikado); Latisha and Bot Ah Nee, ladies whom Ayty Ayt has paid court to, but of whom he has become tired; three little Ayty Nyns, admirers of Trig Trig; and a chorus of villagers of the town of Rum...
...rule. In almost every case the use of alcohol has been joined with the use of tobacco in bringing on this trouble. Tobacco strikes at the nervous system, and as one of the secondary results no doubt the stomach may be affected. Among the stronger alcoholic fluids, are Brandy, Rum, Gin and Whiskey. They vary greatly in strength, but the average may be put at 50 per cent. Brandy is made from wine, Whiskey from grain, wheat and rye; Rum is made from molasses. Dyspepsia is one of the most common accompaniments by the use of alcohol, due in part...
...warmly welcomed but it is doubtful if their assistance was very valuable. Wearied with their labors in fighting the flames, they were accustomed to leave behind them their engine which was generally sent out to Cambridge soon afterwards by the authorities in Boston. The favorite beverage at tires was rum and molasses, called blackstrap, which is often referred to in the college papers of that...