If a person drinks any one of them he will be poisoned, more or
less, according to how much he takes. The children are astonished at the
word _poisoned_, but we explain that the very word, _intoxicated_, means
poisoned. So a drunken man is a poisoned man. If enough alcohol, or
alcoholic liquor, is drunk by anyone, he will drop down dead as quickly as
if he were shot by a cannon ball.
When told that alcohol is not a food, but a poison, the class readily
understands what we mean, and we have no difficulty in having the following
statements prepared and memorized:
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FOOD.
That which makes the body grow, and helps to keep it alive.
POISON.
That which hurts the body, and makes it die.
ALCOHOL.
QUALITIES. GOOD USES.
Water-like, _looks like To melt gums.
water_. To make varnishes.
Transparent, _may be seen To burn in lamps.
through clearly_. To make camphene, etc.
Odorous, _has a smell_. To put in thermometer
Pungent, _has a hot, biting tubes.
taste_. To preserve meats, insects,
Liquid, _will flow in etc.
drops_. To make perfumery.
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