Excerpt from Temperance Anecdotes: Original and SelectedThe drunkard is often a jolly fellow, and has a good share of mother wit, and that makes him a magnet of attraction in the bar-room. Gough used to sing a song well, and tell a good story, and he was one of the most popular drinkers of his day. Liquor-vendors could well afford to furnish such customers with free drinks. They are the landlord's pets; they draw full houses, and give an air of jollity and happiness to the traffic.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.