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TTT A. f i - a Awi -" y"i ( 1- J I A' 7 v THE FEIEND OF TEMPERANCE IS rUIJUSHED EVERT FT.IDAY, At Xo. 1. Fayettr villi- St., K- C.,' fj"" -: -7. n i :i: ;t 'j (n THE FRIEND OF TEMPERANC 7-1 BY. ? v xaux 434 tas. ,t II.! II. WIIITAKKUEdUorf A limited number of advrUi)ciiunU will L- inserted at IheXolIowinr rate: w t HOffc ore i C Wort-Store; 7 One snuaiT. ow insertion. . T .- I fc .... la: For each subsequepUWftita,!, v.. I Piajlr t'JJf v v.-.. . u; t. - i:h in ilvinrii.i t i '. . i r r r- !' ! V 1 U M i to irALEIGIIr:GKPIUDAY Ubml ftrrinpenJcnta will berad wilS psO tfe wifefimjf lo, advertise by Uxrnibti orywcfZ "v.'. 2000 ff4 1 y III r 7 Ej - ! ? ir, i I 1U. l.LLi I. J: i I I I LI U I'l n ! I" II II I I III I I J-LIM IJLIII I I kJ - 1 1 life IFMfflBlffij I 7- & mm i- 7 - ! ! i . ; 1 . :; V 4f in V A SOXQ EUQMi. TUB SUPS. 'Qiieen of myjUib. X,nirrUy Ainjr. fe , i , ;t lulo the white roanr rje iiq; t Anil'rturililr iTMW.1tn tinvjitfld wrinff; :1 -And faKteatbe'tlMfce rff ! ? j 'nn'ont in'tbe free trrsli air they jing, ! i: Under the uunny ky,3 -;.t j:-,ft.J; f'l wish r'ould )rasTi "ffomf diir 1icart3 aitd . )nl . And let water arid air by ijUeir raagip najta,, OiiMelvei a imre as they; t - 7 f " Then n the "earth there"! would be indeed A glorious wiafthlng day 1 ' ' r- 1 ; V!on Uie path of a u.-'Xiil ife, , ' Will heart eaw ever, bloom;.", . , T'.ie busy 'mind bas no time to think ' " , v ()f narrows or care, or'gloom: ' - Ami nnxiou? thouarhts ni iy be swept away L As wo buily wield a broom. r ; -l am prlad a task to my w given. To labor day by iay; - ; For it brings me ' health, and strength,4 and And I cheerily learn to say ; ' .4Head. you lnxy think. Heart you 'm feel; J'ut Hand, you shall work alwav P ' -. : - L. M. A!aiL JACK'S HESCUE. BY DK. J. H. II.VNAFOBDw .. What are you doing here?' asked Amelia Howardas she arid her youn ger sister were passing through the -House of Correction" on": errands of merry. , Nothing, only sittiti' On the stops, wait in',' said the boy,, rather sullenly at. first, as he did npb.nildii'rstaDdihe object of the inquiry. 4 ' l..,. Yes, I see, that yon are i sitting on the steps Amelia 'replied, in hhild 1 ope that seeintoartcst hi fttteft- tion-bntwhydoyousittaiehrlooking. so lor io i n t 'Only 'cause they won't let me sit ! ' Tin vwhere else," only here - and in my ' l!;, ,.i(17,.: . ; ;i 'What is your n am e, my boy ?' 'Here,' the boy answered, .'tbey ..call me Jiick AVest, but my mother called me -'Johnnie AVeston,' hooking Up as if be had . found a friend at last. " 'But, John nie,' asked Amelia, as she approached bim, 'why are. you in tliis teiriblo place?' 'I don't exactly know -he replied. ' only know that 'the polios officer brought me here about four years ago and that I ftiii now here.' . 'But why did he bring you here ?' Amelia asked in; tones that assured ,'liiiiV tliat she did not v wish 1 to injure him. ' AVell, I will tell you, but nobody olsehe answered,'" raiting his band carneatlr. Tdy father drinks, you see, j or did when I used to be at home, and he used to send me after rum or .him. ncn ne couiun t gee, any ujouey, ut j used to whip me and make me 7 go 'round the market and steal something and sell it to buy liquor for him.. He whipped me awful hard one day, 'cause I didu't want to steal, ' and I Ven,t aid stole some onions '.to sell " V.at Malouy for rum. "The man saw ne and ran after me, and then called the police and lie brought me here and I don't know what has become of any of them. I used to go to school yien I could and sometimes to the Sunday-school,' when father would let ine. But I dan't go now. I aui dirty and ragged, don't know anything .and j . can't be anybodj. I want to work and j go to school aqd be like qther boys. ? But J can't get off without running i away, as Bob Ililey did last week and ,h,atY iqo meaq far me. Please, Miss, worv't you try to jet m,e oit of , this place ? If -you will, I will work for you ! ever so long,' ... . , . 'What cau you do, Johnnie Z asked Ameha's sister, : : 'Oh, I can do almost anything" and ; I will try . awful , ban to please yon and will come Teal early in the mor nincr. Please ask them to let me Can von drive a horse, Johnnie !l asked Hattie, the sister. 4 . harDess one, toOi,4ii earr f SiDitL'scqaj-cart jiad wprk ip jbh.sjta btco Iii?iJicwuiilli abpijfe, horses, Miss And can jjon tke;uQi ?C flqer gardfcn, ,too?' abe tsUed. .i il --'I caniefiru be said,K-I' -twill try.axr- fnl lfard to tlo fast as wish a good boy at onr klibuse-jast sncb' a boy as yon seem to be," snM Htittiet takidgftifn by thV 1 Hani and ,. 'Ob don't toncu nic,' he said, Tm so dirty and ragged. It will dirty your fine' clothes-Miss. But if I can 4 work and ' get better ones and be where l ean keep clean, I shall , be so glad, and w ill do anything for you 1 The young ladies left, promising him that they would call again in a few daya.. Their father becume inter estcd in the deteciiption of the boy and soon made arrangements for bis re lease. He ascertained that - Johnnie's mother had died about one year be and that his father had left the I citv for. California and had. not been heard from. They decided that John hie should become a member of their family, and lhat they would do well by bimVif he proved worthy of encourage ment. ' 7 - ! - i - ' One beanliftil moming, not long af ter these 'angels of mercy Jef t ' Jack ,.Vest,' lookiug amazcd . ami as much pleas-: d aud excited, thay returned and found hiiH in, the samplace, for he "eSpcctod ihem arid wished to be where Iheyjconlu casu.find ijiim,, As . thf IprQacUidj'.l.Qokingencoacagipgly-j ward him, he nrose tno;destty,)"th 6ngh land extended her hand, but he shrank from toueb'ng it, lest his might soil hers. She took ., bis ; band, however, and said, ' Johnnie, you ure to go with us and lire with us as" long as yon please. We will give you good, clean clothes, and do all for you that we did for' our. brother," -who-died last winter His nhme1 was Johnnie, too, and we shall be glad tc help you. VTe ' have brought some of bis clothes with us, i j - ... and the keeper will let you go into bis room and' wash yourself 1 .1 . i. -4 and put on something better, You can leave evervtbing behind.' Job nnie ai rlyj j u m ped for j j oy , an d ' danced around in fine . glee, i till he thought that it wai not polite ''before such' ladies whom ho had learned al most to venerate. . The story of JfjhpnieV progress and success is soon told, and is inst - what we might natvjraliy expoot. He prov ! pil tiMistv. industrious and anxious to j make a man. He was sent to .school, loftrnej rapialT, excelled his associ- ates, in parti because hp ; Tvisheib to show, his gratitude tq his benefactors, and in part becauso ho v isbed to wipe out the stain, aflal, disgrace of r havjDg been in prison, laud hfiC did it.t Hero ally took the place t of : the departed Johnnie Ho warl and wa i worthy 1 f o take the place of suelr a good bby: He was beloved and respected KMiia associates and l.eacherc,7 and nally became a good scholar;, and ., more, a ood man. He bever tasted that ter rible drink that had ruined his family and'enme 'so. hear proving his destruc tion. He soon I formed a Band of Hope, took the charge of it and made himself very nserul. He went to the Sabbathschool as soon as possible, became a sohbla first, then a teacher and at last, the superintendent. . .. My yourig friends may like to know what became of f Jack West Well, as yon pass Weston Street, in the city of -r-, 'jiut West; please 'notice a large sign at the corner of the street, 1 looking something like the following: f Jonx Weston, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. ; Perhaaps they would also like to know who mends Johnnie's clothes, etc., who is the mistress of , that fine house and who cheers ' arid encoura- 'Yes, and ges bim. reniinuinjj of tue progress, lie lias made! Well, ope 46F3lK fii aru'H dngQter8 went" "West nt ow- the same time, onj named Hattie, and her -f 'If tV."rn name now is 3ir. eston. 4 xoumusc guess the test. t:J tl m' M Hi i i THE MWISTEICS 8T0RY tJi Ltv jji ET FANNY OALA' "V: :tbr !?fxi 'When 'I was about'fifteeii years old.1 a mini&tenbegan ovisit onr town,iand to hold frequent meetings; and in this ray became ajequainted with our fam- ily, and often, with his wife visited us. He was a zealous advocate j for temperance, - and I have- frequently heard him with tears in, hif ey? f, warn the young men against thov habits of social driuking.- Said lie, "Look not upon the wins when it is red, for at last it biteth like a serpent, andating eth like a"n adder." One day he told us his history. Oh, how the tears rolled over the calm and placid face of his, wife, as "ber husband related his story. He had married at the age of twenty-two, a Christian girl of res pectable connections'; Hand tjieir par ents being in. what is, considered good circumtuuees, they gave the young people something to start in the world with. . He had a nice farm, and it had a good house ou it; and they, raad9, .a very good show in the .world.. , ; His wife knew nothing of the fatal habit in which ' he indulged, whenever -he went w here the social win e-cn j ap peared. , But not longcQulshe $p kept . in-ignorance; for., so rapid was his downward course, that in less than a year he. would come .home drunk wheri be went wberQ liquor was kept. xiis, young ana amiaoiewiieneverinei him with reproach, but always -with genlle kiudiiess, which stung ,him as no harsh words could have done.- Twas at the Mercy seat that bhe found her .strength. : ,Slve prayed for (her husband as none but a , heart broken wife can pray. Once he had promis ed to leave oft" drinking; but in.;a: few months an oKl associate asked him to drtnk again, and he conaglied; and from that time he was worse . than ever. But the devoted wife , did not give bim iip; sbe prayed more earnest ly than ever. When her husband would go where she knews there, was , danger, she would retire to her closet and commend him to God: and-sever-al times- through9utthe jday wpd find her on herknecs supprlioatb!ig;her covenant-keeping. God. ,o0ne eveiing, when he had been absent all day, the spread her snowy cloth on the ta,ble, and prepared ., hev j supper with oare, and then retired:fpr another season of communion with GpchjwShei.r,m,ust have felt as Jacob did ween . wrestling with God, and would not let sliin go without lesiiDg.:j Suddenly, hqr doubts and fears '-vanished, and with the .eye of faith, .she sayer husband. clothed and in.nis right mind. From that 'ipoinent praise was in her heart "and on her .torigue: and when, she - -' - V:--T -...:.. -till. .; . arose from her knees, and went out to the door, her husband was just coin i ng in sight . When he, stopped bis horse " and , opened : the gate, he said ; . .... t n "xVsenith, you have saved me; your prayers are heard," , " 'Tis God, Daniel, that has done it; .let r,s; thank him together ftthis niglit, Ho told her after , they wentinto the house, that he felt as. if e must sign the pledge. Something seemed to tell him that he never would it he didn't then. "Now Asenith," he said, ''I'm afraid to promise too much, for you won't believe it; but your God shall be my God.. I huve tried .to leave olf drinking in my own strength be fore; now I want yon to teach me 1 the way of life' That night Daniel -Ball knelt beside his wife, and prayed . for pardon as he never had prayed be fore. And ere long he found, that peace, which passeth all understanding and which tadcth not away. He now began to see the tdvztzes time had made op his once blooming wife. Her iiair hau snrereVnd hersiep ad grown SI9W and often fdteringi" Eer dry congb sounded to hw eats tike an avenging demon. But he grew fiap- VJ, afe lenStn i an no inqtber ever cxtolS KtikhtirU tender and ltiHiEgri& hef; firettor n,?4thnil 'Drfnii- Ball ' wits tihiwiiievermojre t Mes, we Bay afiection$Hreairceoteiinneach.oth x:nWm Men Heard ?nowH6 ayi U liere would I have been to-cldy, "butiforiyon:,-- - ; W-.hau Jihudw . 'Iu God's hands, Daniel; remembei- that' slie'replies. 1 7 H;n .iJtlTA i.:- .:tu- 7i : x ttiau iuuu yum iuitu, XSemiU, sometimes he wotild say. rT ' i V j- 'Twill all come in good time," she answers. t,;. t , ilt n : ? 7 -:1 May,(od bless them in living or. rin dmg; forever since that tiihe their lives have been one continual i effort to do good: Twenty-five years have passed since Irheard him tell this sto ry, and they, are iu st the same "appa rently, to-day as they, ever were, then. uooa lempiar. AN HONEST LIQUOR DEALERS ADDRESS TQ II IS 'FA TR0NS. t Friends and . neighbors! ' Hav ing :.ijtn.t-;. ;dpened ? - a- cotnmbdious -shop for. the sale of "Liquid FireM embrace-the early opportunity of in forming yonithat on Saturday I shall commence the business: of makinsr 1 drunkards, paupers, and beggars; for tue sober,: iudjustrious, and respectable to support. vU- .j --.41 Mt 1 -it iiii i.t'i .Ml. shall deal in 7 familiar'! spirits' y 1 i whieh: shall excito men : to deeds of riot, and robbery, and sblood; and by so doing idiminish the comforts, Mag meat the expense, and en'datfgerthe welfare of th Commnriity jf.3 " Veff : ; I will ; undertake at I short notice, for a small sum, and with great ex pedition, to prepare inmates for the asylum, the poor-houso, the- prison, and the galleys. . . t .4 v I will furnish an article wbich shall increase the amount of fatal accidents, multiply -the number of distressing diseases, and i render those haimless incurable. ' 7 I will furnish a drug which shall deprive some of life, many of reason, most of property, all of ..peace; thich shall cause fathers to be fiends; wives, widows; children,, orphans'; and all mendicants, i ' !' - I will cause tho rising generation to; grow up in ignorance,' and '"pcrove a burden and nuisance to tbe-nation. ' I will causFmlisTjLo forget their suckfng inf lints; virgins to forget their priceless innocence. j I will, corrupt the ministers offel ionobstruot the progress ot thejgbs pel, defile the purity' of ' the church, -and cause tenpbralwpititqaYaieter - rfal deathj-and if any' be "so1 ItaPHi- t 'hi : J- nent as tb inquire why I had the an- dacity to bring such' accumniafednis-i ery upon- a com para tively happy 'lan'd, my honest reply1 is Money f ' e The spirit Cradc-is' tne most 'Undra , ti ve undi Professing tChristia'ns give it their cheerful -i countenance, JjiMfi H hayr a license froui the conrtj and if I'do not bring these evils' uporryou somebody else will, aill ml Ute inia lndof liberty I nM tul havopurchased4he right tQ7 de molish the character, destroy aiitbe health, shorten the lives, and ruin the s juls of those choose to" honor tine with their custom. ; . 7 ;' I know thai, the Bible says thou .shaltnQt .kiUU that it pronounces ?a Uvoe upon him who giveth his neigh bor strong; drink: and I also read in the Dv;neTedord that'iiQ 'onkard shall ep, ter th? luiom of hjeaven, and I cannoV expect the . drunkaid maker to share a better fat el Yel tdal can 1 - ) o? si -4. tel. Discoveries of rich depositesolcoal and iron ore have been made in Mon roe" and Green counties, - Indiana.' Tha ooat is the genuine r block-coal, and smdts iron withoat coking -The no iron ore is hematite- CYgrp?f?4r1tiiey ar still living; uad ,nocmg4oihhn The. Oar of Small TOlns; kV sc . .. .T.TT. . fc4-4 .U .W vit3 Dcwiii . it . not , The inihties3 ejnbiiate jtfnimpN&rtantl bejnrjinsj This is the usual law-of . .ftatCfeCH Thi spreading 'forest tr hnrt amid the storms of winter hsv3 seeds.' ,T,The majestic river, a cmptfrc.i yAstfTplnnies of water into UQj pceaDg takes ihr'nse in an nnptrtcT?tITr' mountain spring Tho "A pblj dere gre w 1 from small and cfritj eistrokes of the " chisetXhcre7iS f power in what seems te -trifles . At i even so. in morals au( rellglO. Human character is the htor n(l growth of years. Churches are nol the offspring pf a day, but of centuries. The anti-slavery sentiment vof hi? country was a giowth, not the .ciett lion of a moment V Such too is the temperance sentiment, whose preva lence and rule will yet be rasxrred. Little acts are fine tests bf character, and may become tKaprophets. of grest events:;Iirrther Calvin, rWesleyui yested, each, but the labors ci nq- 'siir glehfd; but widespreldf,andnwell ap pointed religious denominations afe. the result. Let all remember! the im- 7 ' - - portance of small things. Sow good seedrid the outgrowth will meet your grandest Conceptions and most ardent wishes. ' , . rt; . . become ai sort of popular almofttraa- is bold synonymous with enjovmenv. and the dearer the liquor the mora it i V" "u'? 'piJ'i'iiii Jill is prized .andfCQvetcd. Yet cvery.inan - who is not a downrignt .drunkard. 48 1: niiirirxip-j?.u , nio pi -Ja well aware that the pleasures of drink -mg ,f are, j bpyond a .certain.ppinr mocken. a delusion .andsnare, , J, pnt it to any.Qne who has stood half the night in a blub room.xtoajmgino king, and! bandving refkless talk, if the .enjoymeut of suoh An eveumg has been anything likethat, of Aewqmit hpurs spent nt ,home,"with jnbpok ;r newspaper?. The. evil , influence if pleasure on th'ehealth is ! tQO j obvious Wature.otho, selves would, be undeniable, also,; if iolfeu-a'i ,il 'fif d aH' ,r?ft ?P.e frabror aiijgooorrt of a. driuking, bout yet It is a fsiort feverish spasm of. animal , enjoyment, -yhicb leaves. nothing tbut morQsejness, regret, bad temper, self -reproach and headache-. - - . ,v ' Pt TftVfl A Few Words to a Father. Take . - . , vf4' ni 'V you, cpuYuajieuwyiVui jwcio the already oyer . burdened r anxious mother, of. sq, much care. ;afc will grat ify the boy; it j will please themother; it certainly ougt to beleasnra.to you. TOatniother eye avrouWUnoi brighten, when her f child jis itonctb cafedfor? And when ,,his?, eye jkm- PraUles lister d and teithe sjiare hejr ljttlcy boy eUapmess, and is not her love deepened by.her husband's opsidejration sq.i justed yotMoo 1 often so extraordinary Uwlt i will keep hlrh and you out o! plats, society f "and temptation inlohiph j separately JQt fticnto.r give you abundant and vcJawrabie and to develope and strengtnen Arue manhood. It will enable him to see the world, adeoj.ar JA erty whieh may prevent t ha ti Mature licent jqnaness which'of ten rftultetr'dm a sudd0U freedom1 from ldng rc3trtudt -WWifls'S 1: iIevZEiiHarrisoni ihasrj beeii9i: pelIedfrom theoYirgiaia MethodiaS i Confer en cc in wy 1 ini tionalfai th tMtltis JuxTppssible to . .i .At kiCV! .lHiiUr.Ili. , be truly happy unless you drink. by no means exclusively .the lowestrr- rJfTtejvjrj.- JMmiimV- IHilloOtil drinking, is Iho beginning and enoV of every thinir. The Tery7namept hquor opportunities t(Titntaxt instruction, to infuse and cultivate .Aoble principles, 1 H i. ..r.H m T ,. 7, .Qitl&tVih.
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