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s- i f i 7 r St " " THE FRIEND OF TEMPERANCE, THE FRIEND OF TEMPERANCE (T? XS FUBUSHED EVERY FBIDAY, 1 iu LI r u U ApVpnTISiNvO BATES: A liniivod fiHmbcr of ,adTrhaemenUrrill b inserted at th& folio win? ratesr a 4 t V Otic snmrii nn fnul!n I ! A4 For each subsequent insertion,. ........ vli - . . 2 - MMMMBMMirMaMMlMMMMMMMMJMMfl Wi mm n ' ' . . U P I j;i . 2 a i i A 5-) i H M .') '3" " III f,c j i -KH,rH 0FFICIAB ORGAN OF THE ORDER OFTIlfeFRIENBS OF TEMPERAN0E.r 1 H ni Kh! lirimp,). Jj.b. T? 150 par tAgnt uney or le8a'coaatitntofqw.A ' i , . .... n i fi ! . ) i J i i - i 3 ' rneUled by a conrlct in one of the books - W 'I toouo or l?p1iff&Ib; injuniquv 0 l'r wmndcred Ur My, tootberf Tarfrftdt::y Larry kofn:?y 'V In other chraM to Toaro; fi .Andmeinte Ibca hasfroUcd hi yejxrp, ' Ahfl marknd thorn on mvbrovr;, . p-,,, thinking 9f the nowj u iHuaw fev tby gentle 1df;WbcfV ' rj tl ri Wu'wichl,ni4atKningyoutlJ, f ; And kfd roe in jour prtdpt mother, , , With thoughU ofnUire jovr; ; . . ' w ThUA yoa bright garlands wove,'f mother; Vi J To deck yout dariiBg bov.fl m uh J'mthiakinjr on the day, motW, r.......Wr-wiUieUrfixbMscar. 1, You tifU?d up jour lwurt to Heaven s',,:'' Tonr U&pVyoTir truMtwa ther, u . . Fnl mcwQry faring tha yrtiug, , glance.. r yilnt tear roll down my cheek; - "-TiiiVl Iftu loVlnjf look told rare " $ j Tattfver wonU can yv, , "Tnlonely uml foriaken. mrttber, p : No friendjs near mm now, . .1- ;.' ' ' To uothVra with a tender word,' -'i ' "! Tocool;tny !umin? brow: ' ' ' 5- !-' , ib dearert Vuw' affection, wove - : f; , Xr H u0' t,,ra frni me; - . ' The-Tlrft ine wben Yny'fronbie Cirae, ' ' '' J-.'Tnr did not lore like thee. t. i;, , I would not have thee knov, mother, f I i " ' 1 low brightest hopes UeCAy ' , ' The te'nipter. wiib his baneful tup,' ! " ' .Am daahedttbem altairayw -s : And ahame haa left it T?nom Rng,: - - 7 To rack.wltkajsuvdud1,l ' Tr atill wpuld not liaye, t bee,-If now 1 V' The orr'ow or thy child, 7 " iknowjon would not chjjio. methe.r, ' , Yon woufd lint (rive me'blame. ' Jlqt Hoothe'me with aleiWler rord,; I'm lonly aud fovaatan Wwti i-...-: i:npitld and imblat.'1 Yet aiUU would not -have thee know,- fc-I'TH wandernd far away, raolher, i ;. J Since I -deserted thee, : . And left thy trusting heart ,o break, ,,r - Berond thedep blue mm; v Tet.Vnother. priU 1 love thee well, m . I lone Ui hear you speak. - ' ' - ' C . A 1 !?ain that balmy-breaih ; . ' t'pon my careworn cheeki 7 ButJah. there is a IhnuprHt, mother, Pervade my beatinir breaat. - That thy flxei spirit may lmve flown To ita eternal ve.t . i And."a"l wipe the, tear away, ' , ! Thwe whispers in ruy ear r . . A'Toicie tht speaks of heaven, mother, Avl bids me nek thee tliere. ,t . THE DOUIiLi; BLESSING. Deacon Gray bad a babih,.. and be carried it tbroiiRb life with bim, of making the wants and sufferings of others in some sort I113 own. The habits or whatever . elso it might be called, certainly "increased with his years and his worth-help-meet, da ring the long period of their wedded life, through tUB infinencd bf aSsimilit tion, and above all, the heavenly frnits of a sanctified sorrow, had grown to le nioddled very nearly after the same pattern. So when the deacon sat down, 'one wild, stormy feYening.'paper and spoo- iaclcs in. baud .and related the news' jwhich was in everybody, s motftb, as ihgy seated themselves around chder- ful tea tables and blazing fires,' or gathered in -social knots nt the village . tore -Mrs. Ciray ceasea to rooli back nd forthu her arm-ohair cushioned nth hen 8 feathers,-and dropped her nitting-work, quite regardless of the Jittle white and black kitten at her ide, whioh iustantly put" the ball to he use a feline fancy suggested. 'And what will. become of Jerry ?' JFiftv; other people that day had R9keu the same question; but coming iwm good Mrs. Gray 8 honest, mo'th- rly beart, the 4 very words sounded !iffexently like the same tune played in dissimilar keys. TbOjDeacQA's eye.as it sought the open papery fell on the shipping list; ' but it, ytZA quickly withdrawn, as if the ; glance pained him; -His answering remark:,, lnpst pevsoua would have ; .thought a very decidecl digression xrom inc subicct. iy;iiice we lie&rd-onrojr.sold drown- j oJ F0:Kerel expectinlhimhonxeifrom ; tjiat.long foyage; pndddiput on your bst silk dresa that lie bonght-fdr.yoii in antoni and set the ; leasable k with ...... . ..j , . ... the china setj ' - ' - .l.-ji f Mr& . Gray a eye3 sought ' tho ;t burn icg emberj?, ivhichfiashedirand- flick ered, and glowetVas they did on that never ioo farUcriinigbtJind puss, mad0 another tangle in tbeyarfi.- f .j ArpainJ . shavp, H bitter, ! choking stranded. - het J. reply. - WUliam . tas their only':; son, the- pride of their hearts, a bright eyedj merry' iboy.-i But he was born within sight of 1 the sea; and from his earliest childhood", When he built? mimic- shtrjs that , made wppderfnl voyages over mimic dce'ansi all his thoughts and desires centered on:the. blue heaving , waves, with a strange fascination which his parents,' much as they loved'him, couldnot re :So William went to sea. It almost broke his mother's heart, but when he came home from his'fii st voyage,' look ing s6 handsonle and manly, with Uhe rich healthful color flushing his bronz ed cheek it throbbed with such pride and joy as only : mother hearts know." ;Hc Itad a story to tell... Fni 'away from home, but with all its 'sweet J in- i ' . ... flueuccsi hovering yarouhd "his vrjath like so many;guafcijan angels, " pa cilig the deck in the starry i'trdpical night wntehes, God hadniet him'; not ' in the flamx?, not in the earthquake,-1 nor ib'' tb'erwbirhvind."- but iii Hhe ! ' still srnall'Voice' o'f love; Tlie ayersof Deacon Gray and- 'his :' wife ": were an swered, and! William 'tvent Laok to his earth, an opetthdndeifpen:lienrtexl Chris! ian sailor. t- - J Then crime the shock. It traced broad furrows on t ho good Deaaon's kindly face, bowed his tall, ' straight form; ; and silvered his wife's brown hair; but we draw a veil .over that fearful. night, so fresh- in the memo ries of both. Theirs was a sacred sor row, and yielded the 1 peaceable fruits of righteousness. - ; - 1 ' ! 'Do yon think any of our William's clothes' that 1 you keep in! the red trunk, would do for Jerry, with' a lit tie fixingr ? ' inquired the DeacOn, clear ing his voice, which had grown husky. "We will not transcribe gentle ' Mrs.' Gray's reply, nor relate the long con versation which followed, extending into the wee small hours' of the night. Suffice it to say that on the morrow1;1 the Deacon's horse and wacroa took , a journey to the hovel where Jerry liv ed. . ' ' The poor boy was crouching on a straw pallet, in one; corner, resisting all iendeavors, stern or kindly to in duce him to'.qtiit?hi8 wretched-, 'home;' tjiat was home no longer; 'His father had deserted hint when an infant; his motbef in hei thirst or liquolV forgot all hor maternal instinets. ' and 'died cjne stormy night, from the effects of auT. " Jerry must go to the poor house, the neighbors said ; but Jerry' 'had another mind about the matter, and 9 half frightened at the crowd of btrange faces, looked' about hiui with pinch ed; hungry face, and eyes' like those of a wild animal at bay. They' pitied him and disliked to employ force ; but while delibcratihfr what method to pursue, Deacon Gray entered the hut. and made his way through the cro wd htraight to Jerry. ' ' ' , " ' ' . ' Mv noor bov, I am sorry, for you. If you don't want to go to the poor- house perhaps you will like to "go home with' mc ' I have no little ' boy, and I want one. Ton shall have some nioe clothes to wear, if you will come.' - The Deacon waited for no answer tie saw the quick; eager look of the boy's face, the yielding, tristful clasp Of his little hand, and drove away with him. . Mrs. Grav met them . at . the , : . - - '! ,door of the pleasant farm house. Take tbese dirtv duds of the rst: ibmgi? sid lierhusUabdi" ' and ogife! Mm bis supper, iind then' hell do 11 Mrs. Gry was not slow in obeyiag thedTteeaa Her heart traced toibe tioorifdrsakenTby, ashi3 eyei 'rested on her face with a shy, " timid gaze, hungry for? new-draughts of'hat love; that had never becii his before. i;J -rpewbold really ' be pretty "she said to,her husband,' after thefeshing imdilrjassing,:operatior ; vere over, f slipping into Jthe pantry, she filled the chma bowl that William hadjiked to, eat from sd well, jmd jset. it, before ; And so, warmed, and fed as, he .had never been m his life;l?eforehe , went, to'sleepltatnhU bedroom, with sriQwy curtains, n$p& such soft white piltows, on J which ;.to rest bis weareaahatfno c wonder One or, two years ,jset by,lS and neither the JeapQ jQr'-ftispgre j.-, ted the .step,. Jerry'a ,fwarr4ij guhing love, healed, the sore and ichingrspots in each lieart, and though .heir: own lost. boy's pjiace was sjjli vacant. 4ind; ever would be, they gave the orphan, all the, pateruabcare and affection that had once "been hls.( ,v j:.)nr, o : Mrs. Gray, groppsed to name theii: L adopted son William, blither husband objected, '"fi tir. boy isnoiL dead. 5 -but sleepeth,' he answered. ' We don not wanVtw6rWlllinWIaefamily,? 'and his wife said no. more. r , , .. , 'u " , , One night as Jerry was bringing -in wood, through the back dofir ij,i,strutir) ger opened the gate and walked hip jto car'eiacT worke(i-t5--df him.;v p' ls Deacon Gray at home ?' .!inqnir ed the stranger, li --- 1 Jerry answered ( in the" i affirm at 1 re, and ushered him into the great ' kitch en, where the Deacon was busied with' his inevitable companion, the newspa- per,"vvhile his wife was engaged5 in lreparing the? evening meil.' ? 0 Both turned. A: deadly paleness overspread Mrs. Gray's - cheeks, and she would have fallen to the floor, but for the supporting arms oj? the stran ger clasped tenderly around her. ' Father; "mother P Words and voice 'were i - r enough. '4j It was indeed their lost WilHaha 1 My son !' " Hath the sea 'iv en' up its dead?' asked the -old Deacon; in a? huskv: tremulous1 voices ' J - 3 And William told his wtdrv.'1" Tiv a fearful stqrm which hadr burst 'over'' i i their vessel in the' South Seas;2 he had fallen Overboard and all tlie'crwlsup posed him drowried, but he was pick ed up by some natives ivi a boat while clinging to a broken spar,-ahd Carried to h neighboring island, f The Natives' were kind; but as vessels very ' rarely approached the shore, itf was : two ; '0r threb-years 'before-' he' 'succeeded ' in signaling a ship! j ' ,f ! r. ' i WTho shall paint the Scene? They gathered arolind lhe! tea-table, the re united, too happy to do anything but look into one another's faces! Jerry's eyes filled with rapturous 1 delight at the returii of the new otihd v brotherV whose affectionate greeting dispelled all fears tliat he would regard him! as an intruder. And Mrs. Gray . looked from one to the other of her children, feeling that surely God had rewarded her for the hour when, with hot tears filling her Vyes; shVhad altered Wil liam's" garments for her adopted son. ouly thinking of him as lying dead at the bottom of. the . ocean. Was . she not doubly blessed, and was not now her cup of joy ' pressed down, shaken together, and running over V With what etnotions did she guze upon her son so miraculously restored 1 - ; - And so it came to pass that the de clining years of Deacon, Gray and his wife were gilded with a double 'glory and blessing till , like shocks 'of corn fully ripe for the harvest, leaning; up on a double prop in-the weakness and infirmities of iige, . they 1 entered into the joy of their Iiord.' i - - II J. DAXiEL BRYAirSL OATH. La 4 iftiKt!'"-R-) Daniel Bryan had been n Ijiwtpt nf eminence, Jaut had fallen. tbrom:hin- Lwuujuuu. urjau uau marxieu, yis ton. : ;v:: ... . , , ; Ani;:.. t 1 a -t ) .A. I Atrlencrth albhones were mven i nn iay otea,8onnety marked; Jus course. 1 doubt if another such case, .'was known He was-took)y for. convivi- have associated would hot drink with him. .oi lF ...' iu j aiU bui"4" fr y?m?Wil Woer he continued to drink,- -and -even his i??! :".eme4-be .offspring xJE, his jug. "f " " "'f '-. U ' nrln early springiMosris-Feltonhad a call to go t o Ohio. Beforerhet set !out he; raited hiar. sister., die offered ' to take her with hinvbut she would 'hot gO; is i vv i u'HU'r'. - " - - 1 ' But why stay here?' 'urged ''the brother r 6u;arfe a)l fa'ded aWayand disease1 is ipAh lvour iVny should ' Hush, Moses, speak not,' answered the' wife, keeping back Jier' tears. r ' I will not leave him now,1 but he " will oon leave me;'lic cannot live' much r.' At' that moment Daniel' entered the ,i ... ed for'he'could ho spakplainiyf v ;! The visitor h)okeialhim for few ' ri'i?i' Jjtnt'!n' io I'Miiii. .u moments in rtipiipa T hon na ino features assumed a cola, stern expres- Miv-it-; acre t r l---f j wx-w. .H sized, toner r , jLfiuiiei uryan, l nava ueen your best' friend but one. J Mv sister is nV angel, .but .matched with a. demon. I have loved you," Daniel, as I never loved man before.1 You were noble, generous and kind but I 'hate , you now, for you ure a perfect devil incar- -'i.. Jlii-' ' V"'4 'i -"it -' j i i " ' : nate. .Look at that woman. JShe is my sister; shevmight nowr live, with nie in comfort, only she will net . do it while you are alive; yet when you die she will come to me. .-.Thus do I pray that God will soon give her joys to my keeping. Now, Daniel, I do sincerely hope that1 the: first' intelligence "that reaches me from my native , place af: ter I-lave reached my new home, may , ';Stopr,Mosqs, J can; reform.'; .: ) j Cpu t cannot; it is beyond your, ppwer., , ;Ypuhajroj had,; induceinentsi enoughto liae refUrnied half the. sin- nersofj the creation, flndyet i you are npwJqvf er j than, Morels Go j and die,: sir, as , soon; as ypu can, 'Xor.v tne' mo-. ment that sees you' thus Jshali not find me.ampnheimoupers.,H ii-tt j u Bryant eyes, gashed, and he . drewM himself KproudJy irp i t Go,'f he aid witli ii tone oitlie ld iPOwerfuly sar . ' s -rati - - sqi; igp tq unigt ang Ait sena ypu news. Go, sir, and .watch : the Jbst.a Afi'ietj iS1 PU take, . back ; your wprdsjjjf : ?i.i ciil'h nevpr, Iamel Bryiji, nev.ej?!' iiift ' xou snail i x swear itiimtt-fui oi ffvWih t heaeit- words; Daniel , 4 Bryan kurWl,i,jUginW.tUeWe:place, and apartrdent. Jp Ujpieci jiSeij wancjer er' from'the, tonib: he badhis'tiat' on and his jug in his hand. 4 while jeta thousand pieces were 0yjr to f ing over tie floor,, he strode, from the house., Mary? fain ted, on the rjloor.-f-Jijoses borq her to bed, and then hav ing:C,alled in a neighbor,. , helt hurried away, for the stage was, waiting. : ;; For, a, month Duuiel moved over the brink of the grave, but he did not die. ' One gill of brandy will; save you,' said the doctor, who saw that the ab rupt removal of all stimulants front a . . . . , -i . . system that for long years had j Sub sisted on almost nothing else, was! nearlv sure to Drove fatal. You can surely take a giil and' not take more. ' Ay e gasped the p6orman, 'take a gill and break my oath. Moses Fel tbn hall never hear -ttat 1 brandy 'or rum killed me I If the want of it can - Liberal arrangements wHl blAde'It1rtar-v,' ties wlhhig to advertise by tbe-montlrory'. .??- . -;. . ...... . . .A'.-r.l' H j.y;.! kill me, then let me die! ' Bat5 die; Ill.live till Moses. . Feltotf shall eathis-ords.1 " SfVi'n Ho did live! . . An iron will conqefer ed the ipessenger that death Daniel Bryan, lived-, For one i' month fg) ouldnot walk wiUioul " he had.help.pyful, . playful ulieljwi-v fAVKrAA I; .nitat J. zH , i.. ........... . 4 . . S.I.itO .11 tercd the Court-house at Burlington. f Had pahicVBryuvwctf cl; '. r ' v pleading fot a young man -'who hsd ben, ' indicted for; " forger? started with surprise. . NeTer1 before naa sucn torrents oi eloquence pour ed from his lips. uThe charge - was given to the jury, and the.youpwa nrqnittftil Tha snfrrftflgful , ronnagi turned fxqnx tho:court .froomp ftttihe met:M6sea FltbrifJiby lo :brl sdi no TheyJfil40ot?ihands,ibh lldtd c3 6peakfbtWiien t4hey reached 4 -a! spot where none others (Could hear: UxeCt, Bryan stqpped.rft -h liioaoi odt ba . iMosea,' he said. 'd you remember i&e words ypu.;epokb .to' me?axliyeax ago.?" ..." ' ! .ijjjib -d ni v.Hi' -iI.dQ. JJaniel.',. l-i.nu'ikim uol , ..'Will jqu take thein rbac unsay them , noXF and iorevec' Vt ; i i ? ; i 'Yes, ! wi th all myfheart. htuiit'iilri ,;fThen I am infpartjrepaid.UH out a 'And what must ;be thai. Teiiiaindcr of the payment J' ."nv-. n. ein o4w 'Xtunst die 'ant.bon est, 7ttn perjured man. The oath that has bound me thus far was madq for life.' xnai but Moses coula leaa in, Dotn tne countenance of.hx band tbe deep gratitucle they dict bpt And Daniel Bryan lived one of .the, most honored men of Vermont riTQ times he. sat in the State Legislature; thrice in! the Senate, and once in the Halls of the National Congress rS Sir FER1USSI0N FliOSf i ITJIEn OFEICH C An amusing mcident, too good to be lost,'occnrred at; the .Nicollet isome time feince. A.:erdant:; couple from the yieinity of Winona,' who had .nef-ii.; er traveled outside of the .limita oi their native little town,, fell . in..-love; were.: married, and oitiri4aJour yisited Mineapolis. J Aj-nvjnon tjie, eveniti 'tram, the turtle Jdbestodk rooms nt the Nicollet4 Fef of r making1 his toilet the next mornings the young husband's 4eye rested uppntbeio4 rales: and regulations' tackejipqn te door,. and for the purpose of. dstin'him-' in ?thc requirements of " hotel life. self he proceeded to read thertiv Utihn' v, Judge -df ihia anrprisejwben,- aftert careful study, bejearne$ tha' waslil' mission is obtained at . the , otnee 1 mission is obtained at , tne. , omce t - The y dung inan looked about ' him!-7 IJpon the 'opposite fsid of fihl room wese iwshbowl pitcher otowela, nid allhe jii;qmms usual ablu tions, but , before f his, face aild eys was truleobibiUog washing in the rooms I Wbat was to! he done? Bridc and. room-wiere? lat: aj iossto. knowr clTfcey gertainly ficbld not t.QiwlMjte1 out a washing, and it waa, rather iii-. con- v'eriient ffgp toFttfe meromi1 purpose, if Xs he teflectedj upbttha- awkwardness of the sitdation hac Jbe'l' ISSCTSSSS:; - the iustice of tbe peace Twhbin for tESJ trifling sum, of seventy-five cents, titii- ted them in the holy bano.fatri-r mony ,the day prexiouserndternjiu- edrto ric.up iu his stxeagt and Tep?n resent tfre. casern prprrntertns . Jfcf the office. did so.;j :ApprpaUijtigt, the.desLv te' beckoned to; the dexk ' Look a' here aida lie, f tot f 'ere kaird tliat's stuckj5nio.the xloor says that nobodv can'ttwagh into tbejropnv 'less you letW Kow, couWtpuu let ine and Jane . Ann. wash our faces and hands there thkrriomin ? There's1 wash- thinjrs and towels Tight 4 in tire 1 , ! room, Jmd I wish yoUiWooldlet ua usei 'emlu rd lje rnucU pbiigea tQyQa.tij ypb would ; : o. ,utrt The clerk kindlvgave Tus consent, and the uhsophisticated ' conplej4werQ made happy. - - - ' A year passed, away, , and? Icsti dfetd to Tef monT ie evening , xuary xjryan t was among the happiest)! tlie Caripy? Iso allusion was made, mr Worda to that strange scene of one, year before; .!! If! '? T..I tfitW f Lil3 ill ..Ir'f n!i.K f- t .HIT f .rtHfI .11 Tfl"!ffT 4 J
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