Temperance counsel and a cider pledge tale from amid a reform mood
In a domestic scene Willie Nelson debates temperance with his mother and vows to sign a pledge after a tale about Old Smith and a drunken display. The discussion references stove blacking, social decline, and calls for strong backing of temperance measures amid a Scientific American critique of beer.
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