Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-07-17

sion, i nave Scch 'hooo ioi'"'h9 'ciiHcu
again and again. Awful and heart
rending have been the scenes, produced
bv ardent spirits, which have been cal
led to witness. Often have been COM
PEELED to cxclaim, while rejecting on the
miserics produced by intoxicating drinks
Earth never saw greater woe,
Since Adam in the garden fell;
Man never had greater Toe,
Since devils came on earth to dwell.
The weeping winds, the raging seas,
The smoon's hot infections air,
The poson'd breath of upas' trees,
Cannot with ALCOHOL compare.
A few years since, (but if j. had been
an age, it could not have faded from my
memory,) | was called in haste one Sab
bath morning, TO visit man who was
said to be dying, made as much haste
rs possible, and in the course Of an hour,
arrived at his house-housc! did | say?
.No-cottagc' No-hut? it deserved no
better name. | have often seen bet
ter hog-housc. Every thing on the OK
terror and interior, as | soon found, indi-
Gated extreme poverty, and showed the
murderous effects of Rum! ] entered
the hut, and what did behold? On n
kind of bed, little raised above the
floor, lay human bcing-a husband
a father, suffering the most cXcrniialing
pains of n tctanic opisthotonos. lie wns
severely crampcd-the head and heels
drawn backwards towards each other
A hOrrid grin was on his countcnancc,
and the jaws firmly fxcd--the eyes
swcllcd, protrudcd and glaring, and his
cries pierced my very soul-lhey SCUM
ded ia my ears like the departing groans
of the spirit of despair. On inquiry, l
found that this wrctchcd man had just
returned from n midnight dcbauch, and
the fumes OF Rum which issued from his
mouth at every expiration, sufficiently
informed me Of the cause Of all. He
had spent the past night at tavern, in
drinking and carousing from which he
returned about midnight to his house,
and threw himself upon the bed, in state
o! high intoyicntion. That bed he never
! left, till hc was removed to be dressed in
the linen of death. | knew the case
was desperate, (and what disease pro-
duccd by lntcmpcrancc, is notO and
made use of all those means which arc
/ recommended IN such cases. The symp-
toms were mitigatcd after a while; but
soon returned with rcdoublcd violence
and the tragical scene was soon ended.
The curtain droppcd-and the aflrightcd
soul was iloatcd into eternity, on an
ocean of RUM Behold the effects OF
Rum! this man had once been respected,
but he commenced drinking Rum, and he
was no longer soho had once been a
happy husband, but he began to drink
ardent spirits, and his happiness was de-
! stroycd-he was once prosperous me-
/ chanic; but he took to drinking poison
Gus Rum, and his property forsook him
And what become of his unhappy wife
and orphan children? Anl
who paid the doctor? that debt my friend
still remains uncanccllod, s. ifyou, rca
der! feel any compassion for one whom
Rum has wrongcd, in this way, out o
many dollar, you can have the pleas
uro Of discharging it. And if you fec
any compassion for suffering widow
and helpless orphans, take the field i'm
mediately against this destroying dovi
!, Rum,) which has already been th
cause of such unparalleled misery. En-
list yourself under the banners of TEN
pcrancc, and cry the sword of the Lor
and Of Temperance. AS Physician
l must say that ardent spirits possess n
quality, congenial to the health of tn
, human system, and no power to ward Of
8 disease. "Tho old oaken bucket, Tn
r iron bound bucket, the moss coverc
bucket" as it rises from the well, con
, tains a far more pure and hcalthful fluid
than the worm Of the still can ever pro
, duce. A PHYSICIAN.