Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-05-26

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who ore sent ihthcr expressly TO keep the
idol ~. So you SEQ, that rci.ilning the
cgis ature such % i, now IL, 10 abolish The L
traffic Of run. il IKE re'lliuniug the priests
Of Baal 10 pull down their false god. Bat
YOU lock pal, and sad: as any new trou
BILE come upon you, M do ynu find tho old
one more previous To bear ?-"Ah. SIR"
said thi, man or many woes, 1--WE have had
trouble cneuah old Gud new, since You
were here last. Inttmperauc0 must b. n
snlish vicc, am sure. Ad0Ht fortnight
ago, my wife con'rlvcd whI" wns gone to
the city to procure o few bars of ron, to
| sell our old COW 10 drovor and thls WOO
man once 50 KIND hearted aud Thoughtful ni
! her children, would sec them e'arvc rather
than deprive herself Of the means OF in,oXi |
ca, ion. She has been IN liquor every day ,
SiUcc. But all this is nothing compared |
with our other late trial. Last Monday ,
night, was obliged to be- from home I'll
very late hour. had q promise fruma neigh !
Dor to sit up at nv house I'LL my return, TO
look after tho children and prevent the |
! house from hcing set on fire, But lhe !
! promise was forgotten. When | returned |
about eleven o'clock oil was quiet. !
struck light and finding my wife was in
bed and sound asleep locked round for the
chi.drCn. The four older children lrcadlly !
I found but little Peter our infant nb1Ot .hir
teen months old could fnd NO where Al.
ter careful search, | shook my wife by
| he shoulder 70 wake her up, that | might
! learn ifpossiblc, what had bcCom" of the
child. AFTER sometime, though evidently IN
der HE Influence Of liquor, awakened this
, wrctchCd woman, nnl made her understand
me. She ben maGr sign that it was in
tho bed. l proceeded 10 examine, and
found the poor suffering babe beneath her
Shn had pressed the l'a out OF its little
body-it was quite dead. II was but yes
terday, that pot it in the ground. lfyou
can credit it, this NJ iScrsble mother was so
intoxicated thot she could not follow It to
The grave. What can poor man do with
such burlhen ns ihl-' The owner ofthe
li.,lo tenement, IN which have lived. la,
given me notice 10 quit, because ho saya,
and reasonably rnouTh loo that the chance
o: my wi;c's setting the house on fire l.
growing greater every day. However, |
iccl that within ne that promises release
before long, from all this lnsu!!ctable E,s>
cry. BIZ; what vail become Of my poor
children Johnny sat down upon bench
! and burst into tears. - HIS visitor as We
have sad, WAS kind hearted man, -"sup-
! pose should get some discreet person 10
| talk with your wife" said he johnny
raised his eyes md his hands, al the sam"
moment. Talk with her! !" he replied.
you may as well talk with whrlwnd
the abuse, which she poured on me- this
morning, for proposing 20 bring cur good
minister t. talk with her would have made |
| your hair stand on end. No an broken, |
and undonr, Tor tins world. have no |
| hope save in n better, through tho uercies |
! of God ."--The visitor took the poor man
by the hand and silently departed. lie ut
| tered not q word; no was satisfied that !
noit,inr copd he said ia nbote tho domestic
misery of nn.r Johnny Uaaces in the nr,s, !
ont world md there vas sometime IN III.
| last word. nnd The lone in which inv were
uttered, which assured the visitor. that !
Jnhnuv's unsb,kcn c,n,it,rc, IA tho nto,n. /
| ISIS OF God would not be lisaD,0,n,cd in /
on,,!,n,
How entirely inaIcon,tc i the mos, fin.
, ishfl d,.lincot,in IN sat C,,b. IN ,ruo ~. /
lief Tho oc,unl sum to,,l Of such m,sory
ns ms, u,,y mn. cnrcen,,on bovn nj ,
those n.intpd malc and fap,,I, hn,torn,ps
and u,o,bs y,hn slro,In sl,rc orr nnhIc
wniks Of n sunny mo,ninr nf flnlro, awnv
,hc,, Gvcs in or n .h,oTohlo snlonos -
how G,IIe cnnrrn,inn hovc ihry Of tho ro,l
DroS,nre or such uracrlcnl wt,,ci,,,lnc.s rs
this, To The ln,rrrona,orv Of pnor Johnny
Uodrc.. .can no,hTnr he pn,E to mn,
an end n ,hr evils nr,n,emnorancc vho,
! answer hero md h,aroftrr do those in.
l,viduols rrono.c to off,, who ma, only
I y,,hhol1 ,tni, uoroe from rho ,omDerancn
nlct,c but who. hrlit ma ,hcir castles and
cali toro,bcr RI. r,dJv md the INV ol
bn,h scyrs md d,yn,o one anarmrnt oil
n,i,.o. -, ,i,. ,,os.ot coud,,on at ruhNc