The bottle has done its work- it has destroyed the infant and the mother, it has brought the son and daughter to vice and to the streets and has left the father a hopeless maniac.

Cold misery and want destroy their youngest child: They console themselves with the bottle.

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The bottle is brought out for the first time. The husband induces his wife just to take a drop.

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Fearful quarrels, and brutal violence, are the natural consequences of the frequent use of the bottle.

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The Husband, in a State of Furious Drunkenness, Kills His Wife with the Instrument of All Their Misery.

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The Drunkard's Son is Sentenced to Transportation for Life; the Daughter, Implicated in the Robbery, to Imprisonment -- The Brother and Sister Part for Ever in this World

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Unable to obtain employment, they are driven by poverty into the streets to beg and by this means they still supply the bottle.

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Early Dissipation has Destroyed the Neglected Boy -- The Wretched Convict Droops and Dies

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An execution sweeps off the greater part of their furniture: They comfort themselves with the bottle.

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He is discharged from his employment for drunkeness: They pawn their clothes to supply the bottle.

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The Destruction of the Children of Niobe

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The Blue Bottle

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Neglected by their Parents, Educated only in the Streets, and Falling into the Hands of Wretches who Live upon the Vices of Others, They are led to the Gin Shop to Drink at that Fountain which Nourishes Every Species of Crime

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