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BY SILVIA.
- " And now, Richard, drunk with
mother' win,; bag taken life, and lies,
himself, wounded almost unto death.
Alas ! where will all this end f
" Spare; me, Laura! ' ' -
" Wherefore ? You have not spared
us! The same temptation goes on to
drag the others down those noble
boys and girls .vho sit together in yon
der room,' wrapt in the silence of the
horror which has f.dlen upon hs. '
Ah, my young - brothers nnd sisters,
would God I could remove the temp-
CHAPTER IV.
flic sun had set, and twilight's gray
i, lows were creeping over the -low-ng,
-wintry sky, and the rising .wind
...via fitful gusts among the leafless
!,;:):' -lies of the- trees, which rose, like
aiia sentinels abo;it the door of ..Mr.
WiiU.urttr home.
Laura stood at the-window, her sad,
l:..'icles.sfaice 'pressed against the pane,
l..,l;iitg upon tho -cM, eheerless.uess
without so much in unison with the
,vl-.-.uy v.-A-t-' of her young life.
A rae V;v.ed upon the hearth,
1 i i p iri.'t, dancing beams upon
f.,t. w:iU, ifjviiig an air of cheerfulness
,r if.; mvu hrilitnsss and warmth.
'.i' s. Williams, lay 'upon the bed, but
h i wide open eyes roamed restlessly
hi'-iiit'fTif I'tiiini, and .-there was -grief
it::-l v.t:1,. paiuftii to see, in her with'er
. ! face. An I- the silence was pro-f-iiKi.b
and dreary, and there was
jiaii;;lit beyond the blight, cheerful
lil i. ',- 'iich spoke not of the sad' re
ality of grief. . .
; " Laura?"
The accents bore a vreired, mourn
fu'l cadence, as they broke upon the
.stillness. With a sigh, the echo of a
ihx-ary heart-ache, Laura dropped, the
curtain and came and stood at' her
i . .. :
siue. - ,
for murder!
"Tell rue, my child, 'what' fatality
;;as brought this cursa upon raj' home?
1 was ever an indulgent mother, and
;t:t my children are breaking my heart. '
Richard knew'my pride, my hope, my
lre centered on him. I was eo nm
wtluus for hi future,and yet lie has
If ho lives, he will be tried
Why is it "that I aui call-
el to suffer so much, through my cliil
un n the innocent babes whom I have
Ufistled iu my bosom."
,; It, is your wine, which has done
1 ho deed. Do not blame your child.
Alas, my brother, my brother 1" , She
dropped her young, faded ' face upon
her.mother's pillow, and her slender,,
willowy form shook with emotion;
"No, no, girl ! .It can not be. A
little wine is harmlesp. It is not that,
but base ingratitude."
Laura raised her head, shook back
her disordered curls from her face,
and bent "her large, black, tearless
ryes in mournful earnestness upon her
Mother. . !
"Oh, mother, mother you cling to
your wine' with sinful pertinacity!
1) o you not know, it lead Jauies : on,
"u in his thirst for drink, till . he bad
o self coat rol. And father's stera
aAded to -your reproaches your
'"'pieaehes, you who ought to have
W,i't over the ruin your own example
"ad preempt had wrought di-qyo him
far, far away. Now he is dead. 'Did
you never think your wine sent your
first born to his'caiiy grave !"
"Laura!"; .
"When we were young and joyous
-children, did it never occur to you,
fiat you were putting, into our inno
cent hands, a fatal poison, which, would
bring you to grief, and us to ruin ?
vli, if we have made our lives a- bar
leii wasto in the days of our youth, it
:s our mother who gave the example,
tuul put the temptation in our hands I
If you. suffer, it is because Ood has
sulci, 'lic who soeth to tlio winds,
suull reap Ihe whirlwind. ,r
"Laura!"
" throe years ago I went from my
father's, house a young and happy
bride my husband all my heart could
'U'.sii e. Happy in his love, and sur
louuied by new scenes, I had hoped
to conquer the thirst for wine, learned
ui iay own early-home. I was happy,
And bad learned security in my . suc
rs, but in an ' evil hour my mother
w nt me some of her choice wine. I
tasted and "fell. Of- the sad days,
weeks -and months which followed, I
can-not speak. I live here amidst the
inlliieiices of my childhood's home.
1 lie husband of my love gone, f in his
pride and anger, a wanderer and, exile
ai'uong foreign lands And a widow,
ti'iod uioyo sad and dreary than that
'f 'io grayo, lies, like a p'all of dark
. ''s, upon my heart, hutting out
tach gleam of hope from my blighted
life." '
"MvcMldr
tat ion afar from you !" '
" I ;an not beir this, Laura I" She
sprang from her bed, and threw a
shawl about her. Her eye was wild
with the new born purpose which
nerved her heart.
" Where are you going, mother ?"
"Can you ask, you, who have shown
mo my sin, and spared iiie not in my
agony? To the wine-casts to pour
the sinful, sparkling wine upon the
around. Never more shall it come to
our home, Laura." She lighted a
candle, and glided, with a quick, eager
step f roin the room. Laura followed,
in a slow, heavy tread, as one walking
blindly, her head drooping, and hands
pressed upon her heart. . '
Tho.curkJfts. children stood about
these sorrow-bowed women, and won
dered to see the rare display of energy
from their ailing mother, and more to
see the treasured wine running in lit
tle rivulets about the frozen ground.
It was done and Mrs.'-Williams clasp
ed her hands in thankfulness, that she
had taken her nrst step towards re
form. Laura drew her little brothers
and sisters after her to the fire, sitting
down, kissed them one after another,
the hot, scalding tears raining down
her cheekst
"Thank Gbd, you are savod, my
precious ones! , .
" AVhy did you do it, mother?" ask
ed babe Hubert, in his lisping voice,
as lie climbed upon his mother's knee,
and nestled-his head in her bosom.
"Because I love my children. . God
ka3 shown ma my sin the sin which
has brought its curse. .Richard, my
son, my son!" She bowed her face
upon her babe's sunny hair, and tears
of sorrow fell from hor eyes. Laura
came and stood behind her, and pass
ed her hand back and forth over her
silvery hair, in a caress which told the
sympathy she felt in the sorrow com
mon to all of them.
" Something speaks to my heart a
hope that the future will bring joy and
" He- is getting vrelL
tressed for him.
" la he a murderer ?" :
"It was the wine, that did it."
" And I loved him so !'
"It was the deed of a moment, deep
ly repented of now. Alas, poor Rich
ard !"
"And I loved him so!"
Grace sat beside her, and taking her
small, thin fingers in her own, began
to sing, in low, sweet strains, tune af
ter tune, till the weary eyelids were
closed, and the troubled heart at peace
in sweet sleep.. Then she knelt be
side the bed, and her lips moved in
voiceless prayer to Him " who doth
not afHict willingly, nor grieve the
children of men." 1
On hearing of the critical situation
of Richard, and the Christmas trage
dy proceeding, Grace burst into tears,
and flew to Louvicy for sympathy and
consolation, both of wiich was freely
and tenderly meeted out by the gentle
and loving girl. Days and weeks gli
ded noiselessly along, and Grace,
wrapt in her own griefs, did nyt no
tice the paling cheek and drooping
form of her always nuiet friend. Once
she was startled to hear an observ
ing teacher enquiring of Louvicy if
she was well, and why her eyes wore a
fever glare, the answer, so quietly and
gravely given, disarmed all apprehen
sion. And, one morning, when she
rose and found Louvicy tossing in the
delirium of .fever, she awoke to a full
realization of the suffering of the gen
tle and uncomplaining girl in the
weeks past.
When Mr. Whitfield came, she told
him the whole sad- story of Louvicy 's
betrothal to Richard, and wa3 filled
with awe to see the strong man trem
ble with emotion, and weep like a lit
tie child.
But the disease had its sway, and
Louvicy was slowly- recovering, but
her spirits did not rally, and her fath
er determined to take her home so
Don't be dis- no fears of the grim reality of the spir
it world."
"Alas, Lravicy, all this care , and
trouble cornea of mother' wine! Not
only we suffer, who nestled in her bo
som, but others, who have not learned
to love wine, are made to suffer with
us."
Her voice was broken with sob:, and
fast faihu? tears chased each othar
down her cheek.
" Wo will not murmur at the chas
tisements given U3 by Oae, whose lore
for us is a.a enduring &a all time. If
we part here, it will be to meet where
there are no more sorrowful partings."
She stooped and kissed the quivering
mouth of Grace, her own face as calm
and peaceful as a cloudless sky.
eatobjoVt of my heart's lovo. And
this is the fruit b rne of mother's
wine the wine which b .'-ought into
existence a demon ''thirst,' which in
turn, led me to grief and woe !"
"I am thankful that you have re
pented the mis-spent past. Let u
speak no m rc of that. The future is
sprea 1 out before us, and hope i.s pres
ent, to buov us no to -.higher excel
lence. We will remember the past as
a sad dream, and reach out our hands
to gathei the dowers still blooming on
our way."-
1 " The brightest and best hopes of
my youth and early manhood, lie bu
ried in Louvicy's grave, and no flow
ers bloom for me, save the rose of Sha
ron. Life is not a blank to me, while
give it up and adopt some more hon
orable nixie of obtaining -a support.
The day -will surely come when you
will be forced to think of these things
and I beg yon to heed the many war
nings that you now hear before it is
too hii'. "Therefore also now saith
the Lord, turn ye even to me with all
all. llero. is one of Uiolr tvs.lut:..:s : ;
" Rtfsh-td, That we will pro.nise t
marry no young man who vs ia the 1
habit of tippling, for, we are nswr-l
that his wife will co:ne to w.t.'it a.i.i
his children go barefoot." T:u- iv.v.i';: i
.of this combination was the .beginning '
of the trreat proscrir-tiye :.iovi un i t I
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: i'.iiii l r i'..i.:t;rs
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vour heart, turn unto the IjOiU vour wlncu Has " torn t:ie ti-fer m;:.i ti.e
God for he is gracious and merciful faLii hug of h all the Union. 'Miv
slow to iincrer and of reat kindness." (save the other bilf at so. O.
o o i - ' . .
jxav vou see tne error oi your wav oi me rxuun, esiH-tianv vou oi the lit;-
" -r- i - -
repent and be forgiven.
! ' e (
o i '-s ;
7 ' '
OmiiL.
FOa TUE FRIEND.
A Tale of Iluiu.
J. W., a successful merchant in
1.1 ."..I I X' ..1 I . L'. L I t I " I
utu uui jiiu oi-.iie, go ana uo iikt
wise. JL lie power is voars an. I v. h-.
wul ve let that nowcr lie m a ootiu iut
state? Arouse tl.a'. i o.ver tj it i hiirh-; -t
I pitch and help us on with the nubi
reformation of the cause oi t j:r.pera;.v e.
! ' 1 ' M
lemaie iiiuuence was eonet'; :i a ia
:u mi
s gra:
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CHAPTER VI.
The bright, October . evening -was
fading from the west, and beams of ro-
peace. Let ua hope and pray, dear
mother, that we may yet attain the
peace and resignation known only to
the christian heart This alone will
bo one sure comfort and help, in the
future.". .
CHAPTER V.
Grace Williams sat beside a table
on which a lamp was burning dimly.
Her elbow rested upon the table, and
her cheek in ller , hand, while her
grave,-troubled eyes were looking into
the grate, in which were a few dying
coals. There was no joyous dimple in
her rounded cheek, and no smile up
on her healthful lips, but upon her
white, smooth brow were lines of un
wonted care, which gave a matnre cx
pression to her girlish beauty.
"Grade?" ,
The tones of the voice which broke
the stillness, were feeble and touching
in their moumf illness. Grace walked
away to the bed, on which lay the at
-tenuated form of hor earliest play
mateher dear Lonvicy and stooped
above her, and kissed the pale, sunk
en cheek.
" What is it, dear "Louvicy ?"
"Why am I here, and so feeble?"
" You have been quite sick. Thank
God you will soon bo well again."
"Have I been dreaming, or is father
here?" . ...
M He ia here, but wa8 worn out with
watching besido ybu, and, as you were
much better, ho consented to lcavo
you in my care, while he could anatch
a few hours of rost and aleep, I Atfill
call him if you wish,"
' Oh ! no, let him rest. Have I been
sick long?"
" Only three wwks,''
" That ia a long time, and yet it is
to me a troubled dream, which I try
ia vain to recall. What came before?
" Do not try to think now. Drink
this and sleep."
She slipped her hand beneath the
head of the helpless girl, and put the
cup to her lips. And when the por
tion had been taken, she laid her
back very tenderly upon her pillow.
" Thank you," said the . feeble lips,
and the blue eyes looked gratefully in
the face looking upon her. With dif
ficulty, Grace restrained her tears, and
she fondly kissed the colorless lips,
and, having replenished her coals, re
sumed her seat. She knew not how
long she. sat, lost in the troubled
thought, which stern reality had giv
en to her youth, when a low, sobbing
sigh called her to Louvicy's side.
" What is it, Louvicy ?"
"Richard ?"
sy hght came into an open window
and fell, as a halo of the spirit land,
upon the pure, wax-like brow of Lou
vicy, as she reclined, propped by pil
lows, upon her couch. Her large; blue
ejres shone with a luminous brightness,
and gazed far out upon the changing
beauties of the dying day. Thera was
a calm, happy peacef illness in her
white face the peace of the angels.
Tearful friends stood about her, await
ing the coming of Death's gloomy mes
senger. Saving the low sobbing of the
grieving mother, silence reigned.; At
each step upon the pavement without,
or rustling of the opening door, the dy
ing girl would turn her eyes, and a
yearning, expectant expression wTould
flit over her face.
I'reseatly a quics, light step came
over the threshold, and Louis entered,
and tsok her thin hand in his own
"He is come, darling sister."
" Let me see him."
He went out and returned with
Richard, who came with a white, hag
gard face and knelt beside the bed.
He buried his face in her pillow, and
soon as she should be able to bear the sobbed like a' grieved child; She pass
journey. For he hoped that mother's ej he,, thin ' fingers . slowly, f ebly
tender care, and the renewal of the through and through his raven hair,
early association of that dear home, and compassion lit her face with a
would do much towards restoring her beauty not of this world. ,
lost strength and animation, uut " GLieve not, Richard. It i3 better
when he looked upon the pure trans- sa"
parency of her complexion, and the it i3 not best that I'lose you."
unnatural bloom of her cheek, his We will trust Hiin who does not
heart sank with apprehension. err."
At last the attending physician gave I do trust Him, darling, but it is
hia consent for her departure, and hav- hard to part thus." His voice was
ing completed every necessary ar- husky with the grief he tried in vain!
rangement, Grace came and knelt at to suppress while her tones, low and
Louvicy's feet, and laid her head upon feeble, from a. fast failing strength,
her lap. And the thin hands fell ca- was as serene and placid as her own
ressingly upon her upturned brow, and white face
began to gently stroke her cheek, . We will meet in the land beyond,
" I will miss you sadly, Louvicy." Richard, where your hands, washed in
" Only for a little while, and we will the blood of our doar Rsedeemer, will
meet in the dear old home. I will re- be cleansed of the blood stains of your
joice when you come." dead comrade. And where tho re-
" You have made me what I am; I membrance of the dark hours of your"
thank God daily that He gave me your prison-life will have passed away for-
friendship to sustain me in my hours even Ah, in that blessed land, where
of danger. Let me finish please," she the wicked cease froin "troubling," and
said, in answer to a jesturc of the ca- the weary are at rest, we will meet to
ressing hands, " I have so longed to part no more ! I have prayed to look
tell you this. Success has crowned up0n your face onco more, now I am
my every effort here, and I have made ready when He wills."
for myself a good name, I owe it to Her lips ceased their utterance, and
your influence, for I have ever loved her now fading eyes looked upon him
you, with a true affection which won in deep affection. He tookdier hands
me to be like you as much as I could." in his own, and a glad smile flitted
v" You over-estimate my influence, over her face.
and give too little credit to your own And so she died, as sweetly as an
innate worth." infant falling to sleep in its mother's
- a uo not, sweec jjouvicy. xou arms3. And when the last beams of
taught me to resist the subtle influen- jay had faded from the west, she slept
tees of mothers icine that enslaver of nw wlnVb Vn wVinr
..... . . . " " --"-."o
so much that is noble and good in hfe. .
mis wona. Ana more man an, you Lat the next evening, Richard
showed me by your pure, consistent stood above a newly made grave, his
life, the beauties of Christianity beau- 11 form erecf and arms clasped
ties, which have become a blessed re ftcros8 his breast ; but his face, death-
ality to me now." hfc0 m its whiteness, bore the marks
" Don't Grade, darling J If I have 0f agony. Long he stood in silence
influenced you for good, I am thank- looking upon the little mound, where
ful, and the thought will be one ray of a while before was an opaa grave,
brightness to cheer the sad hours of waiting the coffined form of one so
my blighted life." dear--once his betrothed bride, now
"Call it not a blighted life, sweet the bride of Heaven. And then he
friend. The shadows of the present kncit upon the ground and seat up a
hour will scatter before the brightness voiceless prayer to Him whoso ear is
of future happy days. never closed to any who call upon
"It will be "over the river" then, His namo in sincerity of heart. And
dear Grade. Flowers have ceased to the calm of a holy place rested Upon
bloom for me, till they bloom above him, with a promise of consolation for
my grave." . the years to come.
"No, no, it can not be. Richard As he entered tho now silent street,
will never drink again. His repon ho met Louis coming to meet him, and
Unceis deep and lasting. His im- ho put out his hand with a grateful
prison men t will be long and tedious, smiie,
but his acquittal ''is sure. Hj loves i was anxious for you, Richard." -
you."
"And I love him, but the blood of
his dead comrade separates us forever.
We will never speak of him again.
Jiere is suffering to relieve,- and hearts at the time of his death was well to do, the fall of man it is right an 1- prup. -who
have not accepted CTnrist as their having gathered a handsome estate. that female iower should be eve! 1
This hfc left to his widow' and two for the recovery.
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sons. j.ne willow uu nox- long sur- num uiuuii ei iiie wona woum
vive and the property fell to the sons, combine together for its moral ivn-jva-
oaviour. Alter preparing mvseu lor
my chosen mission, and making some
amends for lost hours of study, I shall
ri-i iv!im-f ilm ni-io-r.l fu'e fif niv Tionvi-
cv seems over to beckon me, amidst
the care-worn and weary of earth,
bearing the precious truths and prom
ises of God's Holy Word. I have no
ambition for honors and fame. G ith-
The older of these soon became the tion, they would achieve the victorv
manager of his own funds
This young for they have the, power to do
it.
Wars
man had been raised amid luxury, his would cease the church would come
education had not been neglected and up from the wilderness -c-rder and
his start in the course of life was to peace would be restored and the mil
all apoearauce promising, and had not lennium wou'd commence. Where
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money, and this was the misfoiluue of
the youth in question. His com pan-1
ions were not favorable to industry nor
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Lawful ljut uot lixin'tliynt.
Not long sinco at tho house of a
virtue, and soon in riotous living his I friend a company sat dowii to a sump-
thousands were spent, and friendless tuoua dinner. That company com
be wandered a vagabond in the very prised three ladies, three clergymen,
streets of his childhood bogging for two lawyers and a merchant. Wine
bread. He came one day to the man- was circulated and quite freely drank
sion in which he was raised, along and of that company of nine persons
whose halls his boyish laugh so mer- only two declined to drink wine and
rily rang, but he did not venture its one of them a minister, leaving two of
main eiitranci; through the gate he the ministers and the ladies one of
sought the kitchen and at the hand of whom was a minister's wife an I the
a menial he asked relief from hunger, other company to be wiue drinkers.
Pride of birth had departed, he no Ion- I grant that it was lav. ful for these
ger knew shame and ventured to reveal ministers to drink, but was it expedi-
his former history to that uncaring ser- ent i W hat poor fellow struggling to
vant who might mock and laugh his be free from the appetite for strong
misery in disgust. "My father built drink might not be foiled in his at
this house; my childhood and youth tempts by such an influence and en-
were spent amid its palors, chambers sconce himself in the lee of the
and halls; I was once rich though you sons' example.
see mo now begging for bread." But To plead, " the preacher "drinks" is a
ii.ui iniw i.sLiuk 1111 t.11 1 1 3 i ujiiia man i . t uuuu. w&wb niLii in; in. u . . -.
were entire strangers to the inhabi- L-ld him drink or aill. he naid for They stop not where the mLw
tants of the town, and soon the it he (lrank it and this wa3 repeated stops. The clergyman does not drink
at" I 3 11. t,.ri Un trilnl-unnnnai !... .1 .. Ill I
I ami LilO V. U.it VU UUUI uat w uiuuiivuhcdiIi WU UUUh iiii'.l Lll(- I .
tacks of yickness. I . ,,,, t.ii i. .r,,.!,! nn inn imv I Ammnln of rim 1.:,. ! 1,1
I nuiD'u bill av wui if J I - ..w 111H.1A itue ijiii; ; ,
The sympathies of the kind-hearted 1 - , wretch is forced to bee a Heeuse to drink, Tho amount I Z".
people were at ones arousod and some &nd whJ. tell but at time8 hc do,B evil that a wiue drinking preacher may
of them visited her and uid what tney worgQ thaa thig maay & dmnki entail can uevcr be Elea8UmI
could to alleviate her :suffew ; and done ,. If drinking wilie make my brothcr
though they often remarked how wnA fiia ,., t Bhm.Wfl T w;n i-r ,.
strangely she act3d, not oae of them has wronght . wouId make tho hardest I live." Paul's law is a good and-safe
suspected the true cause. The kind heRrt ty feeL law. Moreover this wme drinking
physician would not expose her, eo ah tb Book f God g peaks among ministex-s puts tcmncranoe men
of man, saying " Ha heapoth up riches and the temporanco cause much to a
and knoweth not who Bhall gather disadvantage. Of all men tho preach-
v :irr.i.-. iiis g- e
. i
ana ii'ivivr
slmri-.-n iiia's
suals! S ) e-.n
rledge our.i.1
iiv-rv:in pia:ai.
::u-i'U-c our
we aim-.:
;i .Nan 1 iy
fri,:,K
e would furtaer .sMle, tu.it your
I' mors li.i vo be n pi icod on tne, free
i.-il" for .-.pecial iaors if you will call,
.lid that you wlli bo served (notwith
standing tli(i t'i'jifairv of 21 r. . Hender
son ) With bioeii.vie. liquor, wlncu we
(.. i ;
1 )
i-'ar1
e as r.iiiiU
p tae h.aek tloor. open
- ..i .i
.ji ear vrv imncuiar
' I'OK THE FiUEXD.
Skeleton in the House.
v Eveiy house, it is said, has it.i skel
eton. Whether the ndagc proves true
ill every instance; I do not say, but it
is certain that many hou "e have their
skeletons and keep them so wed con
cealed that the world knows not of
their existence.
In the house of which I write the
loathsome skeleton is Intemperance
Reader, this is a tru picture, not one
conjured by the imagination ; but one
drawii from real life.
A family composed of hmband, wife
and several children, moved to the
pleasant little town of . They
par
jet by tho " nigni train."
We, tho iwl.'fj
' blockade i na iei
lie leal "daa!
vliieh.is warrant:
13. A.
D. W.
S. M. .
;j;ijd, distillers and
i" .niaruuaouii-ers, of "
.hot," o:k- glass of
1 t d -1 !ii:ii rea.4 m .
ui'I prepare i' r t Ij. 1 co.a nissiou of any
rime, :: to ead ir.se al"; lit it i-i st it I
in tli-j .-.bave
who have le.
re ena..:e
an 1
a'.i:'.'.
led i
t o t-.
our
i t r
IM.le,
1 iel.l,
and
to i'li )s -.
by whie.h
tat, fee l
laugh at
and clothe' our f.irnili;
the rags, iuo.aaee, an l dogradation
of those who make u of oar poison il
. I'-
J. C,
J. W.( a-i-1 other;?,
Distillers, &c'
-S9-&-t. t-
cc oraiu
has-a p
others remainod in iguoranco of the
secret.
But, finally, the skeleton could be
no longer concealed and began to show
itself in her actions on the street and
at the neighbors' houses, and the sor
rowful fact became known that she the
.wife the woVr, was often intoxicated.
She. had an interesting little girl, a
quiet little creature, whom she would
send; to the bar-rovm after the liquor.
Tho I child, as if comprehending the
diserace which had fallen on her moth-
er. would hid j t'a bottle nader her
er ought to exert the greatest influence
and if his influence bo against go jl,
alas ! for a good cause and tho effort
of men in that cause. " The preacher
drinks !" what a terrible speech !
OORKESPOXDEKT.
Norfolk, Feby. 1872.
them."
CoaazsPoxDEXT.
Norfolk, Feby. 1872.
FOB THE FRIEND.
Winstox, N. C, Feby. 26th, 1872.
Dzs. Sir : In your paper you fre
quently state that you would be glad
to hear from the different Councils in
the State. I have written a short ar
tide which if you tind worthy to be in
serted in your paper you can act ac
cordingly.
Dear Mr. Editor, the subject upon
which I shall attempt to write i.i the in- ueaue 01 Aumgucy oo, mere nas i .m
1 (i l .. -ai. " e . - i t
tlw, areatett aid to the caute of Tempe-u w"u Sh ' wuereoy nas oeou
' J - - -i e . , i ,
rawi. This is a theme which has been "veu irom us our estjemeu uroih
discussed bv many wiser and more Able er ARK "We ;
FOR THE rniEXD.
Tribute of Respect.
minds than mine. It
when the question was once debated,
whnf.hfir wiir. wine, or woman exercised a eooa
tht strongest
I influence and control tha moral iwtions
of one man ; the isolation or singleness
" And I am grateful for your kind
ness, Louis. Even your mother gives
me her silent, tender pity me, whose
ungovernable passions bereft her home
The-past is as a sealed book, and the Gf its fairest and purest gam
leaves must not be turned, even by jjj mother i3 a christian, and
your hands, Grace. See my thin hand, wbile her heart is wrung with sorrow
ote my feeble pulse ! It will never for the loss of her child,, she does not
be other than it is, for the grave , is weep without hope. She feels the
drawing very near. So thinks my deepest sympathy for you, and seems
kind physician I read it in his grave, intuitively understand your S3lf-np-tboughtful
face. So fears my father braidings and remorse for an act of
I see it in the sad fondness of his eye, tbrunken passion.'
and the deep tenderness of his tone. This hand which sont a genero us
Weep not, Gracie! God knows best and brave, though cniug companion
He is taking me in my youth to the to n untimely death, has not the less
endless joys of 13 presence, X have dug yonder grave, where lies the dear-
shawl and cairy it home knowing that
its contents Would make that mother
drunk and deepen her disgrace.
Oh ! what must that little heart have
suffered.
Whiskey venders, this is the work
you are daily laboring to accomplish.
xou arc robbing Heaven, you are
populating hell ; for your foul drinks
make drunkards and the Bible declares
that no drunkard shall inherit the
kingdom of Hoav ja. II v will it be
with! you when the groat day of reck
oning comes, and all the souls you have
helped to destroy fcholl rise up and
curse you as the cause of their damna
tion ? Of what Fcrvice will your ill-
gotton gains b3 to you then ? Will
they redeem your soul from everlasting
torment?
" To purchase Heaves lias gold the power 1
V. till K" IV'll.l.n flQ .UXfl VCII UUUI
Ah 1 no instead of the clinking of the of the operation will sometimes nou
coinl your ears will be greeted with the traliso the effort and defeat th end.
waihngs of tho lost But I do say that all women can rc
Do you say that you are compelled form and orrect tho evils of all if they
to "'make a living and ii you do not wilLconibino for that purpose,
sell the liquor some body else will?" In a remote sense the present pro
It' a man Avere to offer you a reward to scriptive phaae of the temperance re
stab and kill your neighbor, wotUd vou formation originated in this way. This
! say you would do it because if you did is not now as weli remembered as it
not, some other person would, and you should be. But it is true,
had as much right to obtain th?. rc- .The. "first movement towards the
ward as they? No, you would shud- great' "Maine Law" which has immor-
der at the bare thought of such a wick- talized its author and amazed mau-
ed deed. kind, and which yet promises to re-
But sunuoso another man murders deem the world Irom a thraldom of
hhn aud recieves the pay, Avould you diosipation began in 18 j2 among the
not lhave a clear conscience and prefer 3'oung women of an obscure village of
that to the "price of blood?" that state. , Seeing the dire effects of
Tho sin of the murderer would not strong drink upon the happiness and
rest n'iou vou. health of society and fearing probably
And yet though you could not be for their own destiny, th-y nobly ban
hired to stata man you arc daily selling ded themselves together against . the
poison which is killing not Wlies only, evil and so.em .ily pledged themselves
but
the
Hall of Pise Forest Lodg::, No. 18G.
Dec. 2oth, A. D., 1871. A. L., 5b7l.
Whese.is, In the mysterious Pro.i-
Oi
i of ;t,;sM;.o:j2.--.
i e i ll :i ' p )p-
r.v.u liioiia,
n " i J rr i ii -t it
is said, that iw.no: ven, inw m iua cieata oi ouv
beloved brother, our Lodge have lost
and useful
power amongst men, the Tnds of Temperance a
,-en to woman; I think tho friend tho Churdl oa
l 1 A 1 1 1 .
member, the
zjaious
award was given to woman; I think tho irivuu W1'J wiurca one oi us
Il 1 l. it. .
judgment was correct. ungunwi, omameuw, nua.uio comma-
I :t.. :t l i :ij
Howevei- deficient in some particulars vuo Ui lls uw"fc cmus.
I n i i rri.i . it.' ...it. i
woman may bo when compared with mat in mis euauen auu
tho sterner sex, it is not to be doubted unexpected death of a member of this
that her power and influence either di- L,Q(1ee' we aro odmonished taat d-ata
rocUv or indirectly rule the werld. I no respecter of persons, that no
do not say that one woman can alvn Pion of work ousefalncs: can to
influence and control tha moral octions CU1 cxawpUon from it, and that it be
comes us to be ready for oar departure
whenever it may plcaao our Heavenly
Father to call'Ua hence
lieaolwd, That this Lodgo tender its
sympathy to tha widow and family of
our deceased brother in this trying
hour. .
Betolved, That in memory of our
beloved brother, we will wear the usu
al badge of mourning for thirty days.
Re.olced, That these reso utions be
published in the Friend of T-nnpiraw
and Biblical Recorder, and be entered
in the minutes of the Lodge, and that
a copy be transmitted to the widow of
the deceased.
Johx McL. H vaaixoToy,
Neill McLeod,
Akcu'd H. Harringtox,
('tmi nt III: '.
iVj-.v ior.
lirooidyy, St. Lvai-1, (laic ig Bilti-
more, Cincinnati, Boston, Now;- Or-
Ieaur?,;S.va Franrl-), BatTdo a!id A!
lefiianv Cilv, . To lod'a tliis vast
mnltitn.le, 777w.) d.vjllin'g.9 arb re
quire J, and tin p.'?plo consume annu
ally about 4,-13 ),0 K) 'barrels-- of il nc,
i2JJ)dj buil-jck.-:, 2..07."j::)jJ s'lieep, 1),
000 calver-:, 01,25) h ri, and'ouo mar
ket alone rrapphV a.m.i iliy 7,0 J-:i,7.5'J
head of gam-. Tan, t get-:ur with 5,
200,030 sa'.rn m. bjsl.lo. othji. tr-sli an I
ihsli, is w islnd do.va by 75,03 3,000
gallons of ale a:.i 1 p irter, 3,5')0,O00
gallons of spirits, and 110,75 ) pipes of
win..' ; 22,750 cow?, are require.! to sup
ply tho daily cousainptloa f)t milk.
T-ie streohi of th-j u :.;r nj'.iH aroabjat
2,000 iu nuriib?r, a:i i if pui t g-.;t!i-r
would estou 1 nb i.it i,"o mibn.' Ta '7
ire lighted by 0)),i)0) ln.ipi. c la'M.ii- .
ing over'y twi-v.' x-i-rii- h-.?v . '2-2,270,-00
) er.bif. feet of gls. T i 7.lm- kh-
tem ..si'ppaes i ij.'-j, g.iuo:i.j uuy,
while the sever ;ys e.n carries off 1 ,
020,770 c.i'oic feet vi rei'isp' matter.
A fleet of 1,-8 )') r: lis is e.-fipioyed,. irre
spective of railroad , i !eug.ng an
nuaiiy 3,250,00 J I. us ' ;' .!. llt'i
minons coal is exclu ively usod, an 1
the smoko arising from tuij immeus-j
quantity is s.iid to be 20 dense that it
can be seen thirty-live miles from tho
city. To eljtliJ ,-t'uo inu ibitaiits ie-tyxii-i
1,100 tailors, oi.-iOJ boot und
shoemakers, anl nearly 70,000 dresi
makers .jind mllliuurs. Berlin, accor
ding to tho rooaiit e-juiu-i, hm a poj-u-latiou
of 823,013 ; Pari 5, in 18j5.7, ' the
year of t c Ksposition Uiiivcr.jclie, 1,
8SU402, aid G J3sntiuopkr in lesoi,
1,073OOJ. "
also souls, and you are doing it for to each other that no young man
purpose of making money. should have the privilege 01 their so-
I;bescech you stop the murderous ciety, or be permitted to address them
traffic, endeavor to pursuade others tQ 1 who was known to use strong drink at
"I weeded my friends," said an acceu
tric old man, "ly hanging a pieci of
star carpet out of my first floor front
window, with a constat :eV; anaoiii'ice
ment affixed. It bad tlie desired effect.
I soon saw wlio were my bieudj. It
was like firing a gun at a pigeon
housd They forsook the building at
the first report"
W.u:i Voca iliinr. Ta.it v.ia au
escclknt pico-ju ihii Iljimr pati iu
tha month; o Hjjtbr. ia tho sixth IHd,.
when ho retarued from one of hia
iights, and being '.entreated . by Ida
mother t) sacrifice to tho Gjdi, "No,"
Baid ho,. "I d:iil tj sacriiijj i) the
g ids with unwaVaed ;ia:i ; ir: it U
aot decent or iilting ijr a vy-ari-i-j,-' bj
smeare I wic'.i blood an I dirt, i present-
Tils s ipjliatio-is to fl."
Would it not Ij3 woil for s jiuo c'ni.i
tiaus in c'.iae day.i to ii1:? Ii ):ax's
lesion.-? t) th-SJi ;oIve j a:i 1 wi ;'i their
heart i fro. a the dlft- a:?d coafllctoi tho
woil i uofore Ihoy f'-jlei" tiie.r saei'ilie ;s
to the infinite an 'j '-'ty of ; tlie (ireat
(J xl.
"What is the principal b;j.siess cu-
ried ;i 111 tins p:a?-e r...e-i a travc er
i,l a c..:M! ia a Coiincticut viOage.
"Tuo maiiufactiiio of reauy-iii to
c'ochiiig," was tiu rejdy. "xou are a
queer wet to epend your time ia the
manufacture of what is already made,"
said tho traveler.
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