The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1829-05-09

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into which she had fallen, and suddenly shrieked as
this was a new spectacle. She had often sat up late
before as now, until o'clock, until the candle had
burnt out, and the embers had died away to dim and
dull cleaning, and had her husband highly excit-
ed but never till now, had he Numbered into the house
in such manner, and fallen PROSTATE like beast be-
fore his appalled, and trembling wife, She was wo-
man of good education, genteel manners, and delicate
sensbility, which latter quality from the well known
influence of body OH mind, had been much increased
by Sickness her sickness itself being probably as much
induced by the sight Of the growing habits of her hs-
band, as by any other cause. The man who now lay
before her, unable to rise once kind and aten-
tive husband, seasonable and bountltul provider
fond lover even jealousy the Joy and ornament OF
the domestic circle but he had compdtOs-and these
men had less elevated ideas of the purity OF virtue, and
the dignity and deicacy of domestic affection. They
acted the part of tempters they first decoyed him by
social glass. There no harm in that, to be sure
None but bigot would say He thought there
was not but having that kind of constitution (and
there are many such) which quickly assmllates itself
to the nature of strong drink, he became much attach
ed to daily glass this, of course, must after while,
be increased sustain the power OF the stimulus In
this way he went on, gradually increasing the quantity
until he could stand rm and in full possession OF his
reason with two thirds of tumber in his head! When
man has arrived at this, he has taken oleraby long
stride towards that vortex, which has enguphed thou
sands man that drink pretty freely, can do al
most any pTolLy ITeey oO IL was WIN
He began to engage in gaming and other vices as I'M
known to the sober period of his life as to the nno-
cent praters who chung around the skirt of his coat,
and layished their little him every morning
| He was less aectonate-not so attentye-negleeted
many little things as husband, in which he Tor
mery particular-asked less frequently after the health
and happiness of her, who, at the bridal hour had en-
trusted to him, on his oath to accept and keep the
charge, her honor her happiness as wife and moth
er her prospects, her deicacy, her love, her all She
saw the progress of this detestable habit, but her gen.
tie reproofs at first parted off with son. don't be so
FOOLISH my DEAR finally replied to with sharp
ness that none can know, but the bosom that has been
gashed with the wound. She had no course but that
of meek submission This thorny path she trod many
a dark and comfortess night but she not reused
to the full horrors of her situation till she saw her once
adored husband stretched in disgrace before her. To
lift him she was too weak for the little strength she
had was already exhausted by watching and weeping
till so late an hour, and she tried to muster courage to
retire to rest alone that he might awake to of
his own disgrace. This she did, and many were the
tears that wet her lonely pillow that night need not
pursue the deneaton of picture so repuslve. Ii is
sufficient to say, that he went from bad to worse,
with accelerated velocity. After the habit was formed,
nothing could diss,lade him. The expostulatons of
sober and temperate fiendsthe sight of bloated and
ruined vctims-he poverty and rags which had SO Of
ten terminated commencement with social glass,
that could hurt nobody'-he horrors of jail--the
fear of desperate crimehe spectacle of the fairest
forms and the most splendid minds parayzed and des
tba of all that