Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1835-09-10

least, the pretty maidens did lin the mir.
ror which IL made On Sabbath dare
whenever babe was TO be baptized, the
sexton filled his basin here, and placed il
on the communion table OF the humble
meeting house, which partly covered the
site of yonder stately brick one. Thus,
one generation after another was conse.
Grated TO heaven by its waters, and east
their waxing and waning shadows into its
CLASSY bosom. s. vanished from the earth,
as il morts life we're but fitting image
in fountain. Finally, tire fountain van
ished also. Cellars were dug on all sides !;
and cart loads Of gravel were flung upon
its source, whence oozed turbid stream,
/ forming mud puddle at the corner Of two
streets. In the hot months, when ITS re
! ireshment was most needed. the dust flew
in clouds over The forgotten birth place Of
1 the waters. now their grave. But, in the
course Of time, Town. Pump was sunk
into the source Of the ancient spring; and
when the first decayed. another took its
place-and then another, and still another
till here stand, gentlemen and ladies,
TO serve you with my iron goblet. Drink,
and be refreshed the water is as pure
and cold as that which slaked the thirst Of
the red sycamore, be meath the aged
boughs, though now the gem oil the Wild
erness is treasured under these hot stones.
where no shadow falls but from the brick
buildings. And be it the moral Of my
story. that, as this wasted and long lost
fountain is NOW known and priced again.
so again. shall the virtues Of cold water,
too little valued since our fathers days, be
In In oil
Your pardon. good people must in
terrupt my stream of eloquence. and spout
forth stream Of water to replenlsh the
trough for this teams,er and his two yoke
of oxen, who have come from Topsfiel,i,
or somewhere along that way. No part
of my business is pleasanter Than watering
cattle, Look. how rapidly falls the water
mark on the sides of the trough. till their
capacious stomachs are moistened with a
gallon or two piece. and they can afford
tire to breathe in it, with signs Of calm
enjoyment. Now they roll their quie!
eyes around the brim of their monstrous
drinking vessel An OK is your true topper,
But perceive, my dear auditors. that
you are impatient for the rest of my dis
course, lmpute it, beseech you, to no
defect Of modesty, if insist d little longer
on so fruitful topic as my own multiiari
Gus merits. II is altogether for your good
The better you think of me. the better
men and women will you find yourselves.
shall say nothing Of my all important aid
on washing days; though, on that account
alone, might call myself the household
god of hundred families. Far be il from
me, also, 10 hint, my respectable friends,
al the show OF dirty faces you would pre-.
sent, without my pains to keep you clean
Nor will remind you how often. when the
midnight bells made you tremble for your
comnus,ibe town, you have fed TO the
Town pump, and found me always at my
/ post, firm, amid the confusion, and ready
| Ia drain my vital current IN your behalf
| Neither is it worth while 10 lay much stress
on my claims TO a medical diploma, as the
! physician, whose simple rule OF practice
! is preferable TO all the nauseous lore, which
| has found men sick or left them so, since
the days of Hyppocrates. Let us take
broader view Of my beneficial influence on
mankind.
No; these are triflss, compared with
the merits which wise men concede TO me
| ii not II in my single self yet as the rep
| resentative of "A class-oi being the grand
rcformer ofthe age. From my spout and
such spouts AS mine, must flow the stream
that shall cleanse our earth Of a vast por
lion Of lis CRIME and anguish. which has
gnshed from the fiery fountains of the still.
| Ia this mighty enterprise the CO" shall he
nv great confederate. Milk and water
The Town pump and Cow. Such is the
! glorious co partnership that shall tear down
| The distlleries & brew houses. Oproot the
| VINEYARDS, shatter the cider presses. RUN
the tea and coffee trade. and finally mono
polize the whole business of qnenchlng
thirst Blessed contamination Then pc
verify shall pass away from the land, find
ing no howell so wretcbed, where her squal-
id form may shelter itself. Then disease,
for lack of other victims, shall gnaw its
own hea 1t and die. Then sin II she do not
die shall loose half her strength Until
now the phrenzy Of hereditary lever has
ragged in the human blood, Transmitted
from sire TO son, and rekiodled, 10 every
generation. by fresh draughts OF living
flame. When that inward fire shall be
extingushed. the heat OF passion cannot
bu, cool, and war-the drunkenness OF ma
tions-perhaps win cease. At least. there
will te no war OF households. The hus.
band and wife. drinking deep OF peaceful
ioy-a calm bliss Of temperate affections,
Shall pass hand in hand through lie, and
lie down. not reluctantly al its proiraeted
close. 10 them The past will be no tur
MOL Of mad dreams, nor the future eterni
ty of such moments as follow the delrinm
of the drunkard. Their dead faces shall
express what their spirits were, and are to
be, by lingering smile of memory and
hope. a.,
Ahem! Dry work this speechliylng; es'
pecially 10 an uupractised orator. nev'
er conceived, ill now what toll the tenn
perance lecturers undergo for my sake
. Hereafter, they shall have the business 10
II. Lind cAIIAllAQ.