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The ciddy thoagbf on laLscUlef bentT The mklnight hou in riot epent; 3 ' -All thene within tiis jug appear, " V And Jact the bangni n in the rear. -.: ' : . : MY LOVE AND I. We never ppoke a word of love, t i We never named its name. y 'And through the leafy wood and down ' rThw shadowed path we came: And yet andyet -1 almost think, Although X'Un'fc tell why, Ills love is mine, and i!ine Ls his: We're bttrs triy loVe and I. llere :lt!t bid Sit anil lite ill thought ... Thoric blissfill' hours again, And erj t hoant them in my heart Their up and BweCtnefs drain, "bo blueoellt hung their fair young hads Heneath the bluer ky: We talked of trival common things We talked-hiy love and I. j -And oncehow well I know Ihe ppot ; We stopped !eide Dm brook, And saw the g urgliug'W.atfrs, as Their sunlit way .they took: , Mv eyes met his. the soul of love . In th t brief glance did lie, ly eyelids . drooped- we' watched-..the , ; 1 A I ream - ' - : . flow' past my lJve and L :; And now. fvenothing rilort1 lo pAv; ' My heart won't let me tell -Thesileut talk our spirits had, . The .charm that o Vr im fell. ' lam not snre, but still I think, . 'Although I can't tell Why, i i I Hit love U mine andanine is bis; . . , We'ivours m v love and 1. i . -- "THE OLD MAN'S STORY. A -Tfl:EII.LIXG SEETCHi - t neVcr slmll forget the commence ment of tlie tcmperahce reformation. was a cliild, at the titno, of some ten years of age.' Our home had every comfort, and my kind parents idolized me their child. Wiuq was often on the tiible, and both my father and mo-the-t frequently gave it to me iu the bottom of the morning glass. I. ' ' One Sunday at ch urch a startling announcement was made tooitr peo ple I knew nothing of its purport, but there was much whispering among the men. ,The .pastor said that on the next evening there would be a meet ing an jl an address upon the evils of intemperance in the, use of alcoholic drinks. He expressed himself ignor ftnt of the object of the meeting, and could hot say what course it would be best to pursue iu the matter. . The subject' of the meeting came up at our table after the . service,, and I questioned my father about - it with all the curious eagerness of a child. The whispers and words wbich had been dropped in my hearing, clothed the whole affair with a great mystery to me, ard I was all eagerneiss to learn the strange thin. ; My father merely said it was some scheme to unit e church a.d state. x . ; i The night came, and groups of peo ple gathered on the tavern- steps, and I heard the jest and the laugh, vand saw drunken men coine reeling out of the bar-room". I -urged my father to let me go, but he at first refused. 'Finally ihinkxng that it would be an innocent gratification of my curiosity, ' he put on his' hat.j and we passed across the green to the church. I well , remember how the people appeared as they came in seeming to wonder what sort ox an. exmuitioa. was. to. came In the eoroer wts the tavern - heep - er, and; around mm a numuer or nis V'. Y I 1i:..-a A . -I m friends. Jfor an hour the people of the olabe continued to come iu, till there was a iair house iuii. au were curiously watching the door, and ap parently wondering what would ap pear. The pastor stole in, and ,took his seat behind a pillar under the gal lery,' as if doubtful of the propriety of Jjeingjln the chnrcU at all.' Two ! men finally came in and went forward to the altar and took their seats. All eves were fixed upon them and a ' general stillness prevailed throughout iht honse. . ' .The men trere unlike in appearance Dne being short, thick set in nis build, and the other t all and well , formed. The 3'oungcr had the . nianner and dress of a clergyman, a full round face and a qniefj good nat tired Took, as he leisurely looked around over the au dience. ; Btit my childish interest was iu the old man. ' His broad, deep ! chest and strode slowly up the a!s!e. His iiuii was white, his brow deeply ? scanned with furrows, and around his hand some mputh, lines of calm and touch ing sadness. His eye was ; black and restless, and kindled as the tavern keeper uttered a low jest aloudi His lips were compressed, and a crimson flush went and came ever his pale cheek. One arm was off above the el bow, and there was a wide scar over the right eye. r i The younger finally arose and stated the objects of the meeting, and ask ed if there was a'-clergyman present to open in praven Our pastor kept his sea t5 and the speaker himself made a short prayer, and then made u short address; at the conclusion,-calling up on any one present to make remarks. The pastor arose, . attacked the posi tions of the speaker, 'usiug the argu ments which I luive often heard since and concluding. by denouncing those engaged in the new movement as med dlesome fanatics, who wished to break up the time-honored usaGi - of good society, and injure the basiuess of re spectable people i At the conclusion of his remarks, the tavern-keeper and his lriends got up a cheer, and the cur rent of feeling was evidently against the strangers and their plan. -.! Vhile the pastor was speaking, the old man had fixed his dark blue eye upon him, and leaned forward as if to catch every word. ij As tue pastor look his sct,ttl:p old man arose, nis tan torin-s!iisa4i its ftvmnietrv find' fiiss i? -ssi-r?!. he inhaled, his breath through his f thin, dilated lioitri!?. To me, at that ; time, there was something awc-icsni- i ring and grand iu the appearance of - the old man, as he stood, with his full eye upon the audience, his teeth shut 1 hard, and a silence like that of death throughout the church. ' -. ' He bent his gaze unon- the tavern keeper, and that peculiar eye linger ed and kindled for half a ' moment. : Tlie scar grew red upon his forehead, and beneath the heavy .'brows his eyes glittered and glowed like a serpent's. The tavern keeper iaiied beneath that searching glance, and I felt a re lief when the old mar withdrew his gaze. . For a moment more he seemed hvst in thought, and then in low and tremulous tone?, commenced. There was depth in that voice, a .thrilliup sweetness and pathos, which riveted every heart in the church before the first period had been rounded: .My father's attention - had - become fixed lipOn the 'eye of the speaker with an interest I lrad never before seen him exhibit. I can but briefly remember the substance of what the old man said, though the scene is as vivid be- fore mo as any that I ever witness ed. .-- ''' " -r"-:"'"- . : ; ! "3Iy friends! I am a i stranger in voitr village, and trust I may call you friends. A net star has arisen, and there is hope in the dark night which hangs, like a pall of gloom-, over our country." v A, 1 -V-- ;r v ; -- f - With a thrilling depth i of voice, the J speaker continued, "Ul (jod, thoii who lookest with compassion upon ihe most erring of earth's frail chil dren, I thank thee that a brazen ser pent has been lifted up on which the drunkard can look and be healed. That a beacon has burst out upon the darkness that surrounds him, which shall guide back to honor and heav en the bruised . and weary wander er' ", -. 1 , . ; . - It is strange what power there is in1 some voiees. The speaker's wa3 low and measured., but a tear trembled in every tone, and, before I knew whT, a tear dropped, u ban my haiui, follo-w- ed by others ike rain-drops. The eld man brushed one from his eve, and ! eon tinned; . ' j -Men and Uhristians you have just heard that I am a vagrant and a fa natic. I am not. As God knows my own sad heart, I came here to do good. Hear me and be just. ' "I am an old man, standing alone at the end of life's journey. There is deep sorrow in my heart and tears in my eyes. I have journeyed' over a clark, beaconless ocean, and all lifVi: bright hopes' have been wrecked. I am without friends, home or kindred on earth, and look with" longing to the rest of the night of . death. Without friends, kindred or home 1 It was not oncesoi'V . ' : No' on e could withstand the touch ing pathos of the old niah. I noticed a tear trembling on the lid of my fa- iner eye, and l no . more felt asha men oi my own-. 'I once had a r . - mother; i ""With her old heart crushed wil'i KiirroWs ftho went uown to ;iAb. I once .had a wife fL fnir finer iL(ritA Kio(nVn fe . as ever smiled & n arin' horned Her eye was as mild as aiurhmer sky, -...ii.... t. . . . 1 . ''i .... auu uvr nearr. as iaitniui ana true as ever guarded and cherished . a hus band's love. Her blue eye grew dim as the floods of sorrow washed away jts brightness, and the living heart l wrung till every lber wa s broken: 'I once had a noblej "a brave and beauti ful boy; but he was driven out from the ruins of ,his homeland my heart yearns to kuow if he yet lives. I once had a babe, a sweet, tender blossom ; but these hands destroyed it, and it lives with one" who joveth chil dren; f ' : ;!;. ; Bo not bo startled fr;ends t am not aiiiurderei, in the coijimon. accep tation of the term! Yet tkere is light in my evening. A spirit 1 mother re joices over the return of her prodigal son. The wife smiles upon . him , who again turns back to virtue1 and honor. .The child-angel visits' me at night-f.ill, and I feci the hallowing touch of a tinv nilm unon mv My brave boy, if he yet lives,", would' forgive the sorrowing old man for the treatment which drove him into the world, and the blow that maimed him for life. God forgive me for the rum which ! have brons?h me and Ho again wined a tear from, his eye. My. father watched him with a strange - iu tensity, and a countenance unusual ly pale and excited by' some strong emotion. 4I was once a fanatic, l and madly sacrificed my wife, children, happi ness and home, to the aecursing de mon of the bbwh I once adored the gentle being whom I injured so deep ly. I was a drunkard. ; From re spectability and aifl-.ieueo I plunged into degrada ijii and poverty. I drag ged my family down with me. 'For years I saw her cheek pale and step 'grow weary. I left her alone amid the wreck of her home idols, ana rioted at the tavern. She never complained, yet she and ihe children went hungry for bread. , ' ' ; ' , " - 'One New Year's night I returned late to the hut when charity had ien us a roof., She was yet; up, aud shiv eringover the coals. I I demanded food, but she burst into teaifs and told me there was none. I fiercely order her to jet me some. She turned Mier eyes pdiy upon me, the tears ; failing fast ove r her pale cheek. . . 'At this mument the child in .ils cradle awoke and sent up afamis!iing wail startling the despairing ' mother like a serpent's s ing. f ' : . ' 'We have no food, James have had none for two days. T have nothing for the babe. My once kind' husband, must we starve ?' f " - '. "' ' ' ; 1 'That sad, pleading fade, "and those streaming eyes,- and the; feeble-wail- of the child maddened me, and I yes, 1 - -struck her a fierce blow in the face, and she fell forward upon the. hearth. The 'furies of hell boiled in my bosom, and with deeper intensity, as I felt that I had committed a wrong.' I had never struck Mary before, but now some terrible impulse bore meMDii, and I stooped downns well as I could in my my dr unken state, and clinched both hanxls in .her-hair ; , .'God of meixjy, J ames T. exclaimed my wife, as ; she looked up v in my fiendish countenance, you will not kill us; you will not harm, Willie and she sprang to the cradle and gra&pecjl him in her embrace. I ' caught her again bv the hair and dragged her to the door, and, as T lifted the latch, the wind burst in with a cloud of snow. With the yell of a fiend, I still dragged her On and hurled her out into the darkness and the storm. : With a wild thai ha! I closed the door and turned the button, i her pleading moans , mingling with the wail of the blast and sharp cry of her babe." But my work was not complete. I turned to the little bed where lay my older son and snatched him from his slumbers, an dr against his half; awakened struggles, opened the door f.nd threw him out. In the agony of fear, he called to ' me by a name I was no longer fit to bear, and locked his little fingeis into my side pocket. T could not wrench the frenzied' grasp away, and) witn Jhfe coolness of a devli as Ivas shut the toor upon ihearhi and with inV knife severeel it at the wrist V 1 ; I ' The speaker Tcease buried his'face'irihis '" hand's ;'asj if to ghfaf obt some fearful dreamand his d eferr fchft-heaTcttiikBns stormWpt sea. 3Iythert iad , risen ?from his seat ond 1 was1 leaning forward-, his countenance bloodless, and the large drops standing out upon "Tiis bfow. Chills 'crCpfe vback. to tny young heart, atrd 1 wishedI waS at home.;! The H V?i? nverrave since oeiieiciBncn mortal gonypic--tured upon a human face, as there Was It was morning Whetf I awoke, nnd the storm Lad" ceased, but the cold was intense. ;. I rs secured a drink of water, "and theft I looked in" the ac custonied place for -Mary. w As I j miss ed her, for the first time a shadowy scene of some horrible nightmare- - be gan to dawn upon ; my. wandering iniud. I thought that I had dreamed a fearful dream, but involuntarity opened the outside door with a shud dering dread. As the door opened; the snow burst in followed by a fall of something across the threshhold scattering the sno'wiand striking the floor with a sharp, hard sound. Ify blood shot like red-hot arrows through ray veins, and I rubbed my ej es to my ejes shut out the sight. how terrible! it was my own injury ed Mary and her' ba'ie, frozen to ice! The ever true mother had bowed her self over the Child- to shield it, and wrapped all her clothing oh it, leaving her own person stark and bare to the stprm. . She had. placed her hair over the face of the child, and the sleet had frozen it to the ; white cheek. The frost was white in its -half-open eyes and upon its tiny fingers. I j-know not what became of my brave hojJ i -Again the bid man bowed his head and wept, and 'all that" were in the htmse wept with him. - My father sob bed like a child. In tones of low and I raved in delirium. I awoke, was sentenced to prison for ten years; but no tortures could have been like those I have endured, within my own bosom. Oh, Godno ! I am .not a fanatic., I wish to injure no one. But while I live, let me strive to warii othefs riot to enter the path which has beeti so dai:k and fearful none to me. I would seemy angei wife, and children beyond this vale of tears.' V , J T, "Tlie old man sat down, but a spell as deep and strange as that wrought by some wizard's breath rested upon ' the audience. Hearts could have j been heard in' their beating, and tears to fall. The old man then asked, the people to sigh the pledge.' My father leaped from hi seat and snatched , at it eagorlv. I had folio wed -him, and as he hesitated a moment, - with the pen iii the ink, a tear fell from the old man's eye upon' the paper.' k 'Sign it sign it, youiig mau. An gels would sign it. ' I would write my name ; t here ten thousand times , in blood if it would bring back loved and ones. r My father wrote 'Mortimer Hudson. ' The old man looked, wiped his j tear ful eyes, and looked again, his counte nance alternately, iiushed rwith red and deathlike paleness. ? t ,f t (f Vj J 5 It Is noi it4 cannot beyet how strange' muttered the old man. ' 'Par don me, sir, but that ris the name of my own brave boy,'.-?.: i f'ij sm tsHit Mv. father trembled and held rip bis left arhi, from ' wliicli .the hand 7, had been severed They' looked for a , mo ment in. each other s eyes both reeled and gasped ; -i -'tr-Jl r - My -own injured boy 1' ; ' 'My father I' ; ' 1 ' ; They fell upon each other's ;necks till it seemed that their ; souk would grow and minerle intoone. There was weeping in that church, and I turned bewildered upon the streamm around me. v " '" 4 Let me thank 'God for this j great blessing, which has . gladdened my guilt-burdened soul 1 exclaimed the ld man, aud'kneeled down, pouring out his heart in i one of the most melt- ing ijrayers I ever heard. The spell was broken," and all eagerly signed the pledge, slowly going to their homes, as if loth to leave the spot.- . - That old man is dead, but the les sons he taught his grandchild oil the knee, as his evening sun went down without a cloud, will never be forgot- tj- r i- - i i iT j: t ten,- His fanaticism has lost none, of its file in my manhood's heart. The President hiis signed the extra- .'(iition treaty with Italv. 1177.47 lTlYOULDJDO: "Give rafe," says one; "the' money that has been spent in rum, and I will globe. I will clothe every man, wo man and child in an attire that kings: and queens might be proud of. I will btuld a school house upon every hill side and in every valley over the whole earthy I jjwill supply, that schooiliouse with a competent teacher. I will, build an academy in every town, and endow it; 4 college iaftXnrJ3tate, . and filllt with able professors.. I will Crown every hill with a courch conse crated to the gospel of peace, and sup- port in tne j)uipu; an able teacher of righteousness: or that on every Sab bath morning, the chime, on one, hill shall answer to the chime on another around the earth's , broad circumfer ence, and the voice of prayer and the song oi praise suan ascend as one universal offering to heaven.' . This is nj voice of enthusiasm, but a simple utterance . of what is literally true and practicable, as any One can sec who will consult facts and histo- ry- ' . ' . ' Pass it round, then, ye lovers temperance, and let the people see where the money goes to that might feed the hungry, clothe" the hakedand give to all the nations the bread. f life. Pciss it round, and let. all see that intemperance wastes more, by un told millions, than ambition grasps or avarice covers; s and they that find fault with our benevolence, or our so cial organizations, let them learn that the social duiorganization crimes and miseries which intemperance producea area thousandfold jnore extensive and grievous, to be borne. ; RESPONSIBILITY. A yotltig man in Virginia had be come sadly intemperate He was. a mati of great capacity, fascination and power, but he had a passion for bran dy Which nothirig cduld control Of ten in his walks a friend remonstra ted with hira but in vain; as often in turn would hp urge his friend to take the social glass in vain. On one oc casion the latter agreed to -yield to him, and as they walked up to, the bar together the bar-keeper said: "Gentlemen, what wibV you hate?" " " - :- -'f " Wine, sir," Was the reply The glasses were filled, and the friends stood ready to pledge' each other in renewed nd eternal friend ship when he paused and said ' to his intemperate friend: ' , !' : -' "Now if I drink this glass and be come a drunkard, will y on take the re sponsibility ?" . v-s-. The drunkard looked at him with severity and said: "5-'" 5 "Set down that glass?' It was set down, land the two -walked awar with out sayirigawordi 3 - - ? Oh I Ihe tlranlsard knows the' 'awful consequences of the first' glassJ 1 Even iii his own madness for liquor he is riot willing to assume the responsibil ity of another,a becoming a"r drnnk ' ' What if the question Vere r ptit tct every dealer, as lie asks for his' license and pays hisJmoEey; "Are1 you willing to'assnroe' he "responsibility V How 'many would say, if the' love of gain and money did not rule, Take bacfc the license .. Justification by Sanctification is man s , way; to heaven, and,, he, will makeahttle serve, the . tur Jkieti fication by justificatiox is God's,, and he fills tUo soul with his ovm fullness. riumer. " , - - " iGeh. IL K Ix;e has beea tendered 1 "ttd position , of Supervisor "of the T.i Tnsnrance Com- t., - tr 't n( ' nanv for the South, with a salary oi i VtuJ .T;. nu'i J i - ' $10,000 per ann-um. The Bank ' of North Carolina has geme into bankruptcy. iv :
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