A WISE CAPTAIN | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 4, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 40.

A WISE CAPTAIN.

A STEAMBOAT captain was once asked by a passenger on his boat how much ardent spirits he used. He replied:—

"I never drank a teaspoonful of rum, brandy, gin, cider, wine, or beer. I never smoked or took snuff, and I never drank tea or coffee."

"But," said the passenger, "what do you drink with your breakfast?"

"Cold water."

"And for your supper?"

"Cold water."

"Well," said the passenger, "but what do you take when you are sick?"

"I never was sick in my life," was the ready and glad reply.

He was a wise captain. He was accustomed to exposure in all kinds of bad weather, wind, and storm, and never believed in the foolish notion that he must take a drop of spirits to "keep out the cold."—Selected.