The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-11-12

large: u rhari. nne II he noss shane.
lees ard abandoned drnuksrds shst ever
took tie MEASURE Of a Bnmade grave ii
Z Gotham gutter. lie VAS not wesned
from Ii degrading prapspsily By rheI
Temperance. % lie Tract. a. any other
socissy. Their logic mas labor last On
Tim. who would hare uncarkrd lie bit
i!e amongst lie qnaking and lbunders 81
Moual Sinai. and drained il BY The era
ler q exploding Vesnsi4s. II was 20.
mass love ihsi cured him. and al NO.
men may gel just idea Of ihsir own i'm
pnElance In society from Ibis story.
Though lie had vile and five beauii-
lful children. Tim seemed 10 BE- uneon.
scinns or lie fart. lie neeleried his
nnfk. sqnanderfd HE earnings. which
! daily grew smaller and Smaller. and spent
his time II The pot house. iii he nigh
Prns,IalIan d I'll his faculties. or The dis.
graceful words No trust herr!'' sarnsd
him 10 seek lie shrlles u his siie's care
and protection. Ills children could moi
20 70 school, because learning MAS dear
! and rom was cheap. The landlord dnnned
fnr his rent. and Mrs. TrnesdsIl was
obliged 10 keep lie hnuse. because che
had no dress fl 10 appear abroad IN. hav.
! ing pawned The last 10 pay lie lasl fine
! imposed on her spouse BY The Polre
Court. Misery. utter desiituiion and a.
mine. stared The unhappy family IN lie
face. ID is impossible 10 exaggersie The
! picture even had we room and inclination.
Mrs. 4. was heroine. though noi d
! romance. She loved her worthless hus.
} band. aud had borne hi neglect. The tcsss
, of her children, lie gripe Of famine. and
; tie rail ii The arunkard. without repin.
. ing. Never had her exerlions slsrkened
> never had harsh word passed her lips
: Al night when size put her children 4
5 sleep. size wepi and y airhsd for lis com
. ing. and when he did conc, drunk. Al
b usual, she addressed and assisted him 4
5 he'd without murmnr OF reproach. A
: lasi, her courage well nigh exhausted
she resolved upon one lasi desperate Fl
fort.
4. Az night. having disposed Of her thre,
] oldest children, she took her iwn young
!. est by The hand and bent her steps 10 lh
G grocery her husband was accustomed I
: frequent. She looked into the window
4 and there he sat. in the mi,lsi Of his boo
9 companions. with his pipe in his mnnl
!. aud lis glass in his hand. lie was Ell
I deniiy exri,ed. though mol YET drunk
Z Great was lie. sslonishmeni nf thai b.
!: company. and enormous MIR. frnesjall'
c tIismay and confusion, when his wife
!. pale rs marble, and leading two taltere
i and bare.ino,ed babes. stepped up 10 ih
]. bar. called for three glasses Of brand
o ,uddy. ard then set down By his side.
u What brings you here, Mtyf sal
j. he mornsrly.
=. 81, IL very lonesome al home. an
.. your business seldom allows you 10 b
.. there" replied tie meek wife. d" Ther
is no company like yours. and as yo
/. canine, rouc Ia me ! mus, came To yo'
e have a righ, to share your pleasures
IN well as your sorrows.
,e :" But to cnme To such arl ce as This!
ID ex?n.,ulated Tim.
/ 4" No place can be Improper where N
re husband is" said poor Mary. Who
il God hath iniaed together lei no man p
n. a.nn.lct!" She tack up the glass oil
y cullul.
to Surely ron arc NOT goirg 10 t'rlr
III thst!" ssheA Tin IN huge as,onishmenl
WHY not! You say tia, yoa drr
II 10 forget sorrow, and II brandy has III
e effect, | am sure no living creature hi
es 50 good an excuse for drinking rs
&c Besides | have not ea!rn m"uthlnl I
u. dav. and really need something TO gu
y. part nv strength" :.
lis /" Women! woman!! you are not goIt
IL to give the children such stuff as that.
es cried Tim, as she hardcd each oil u
re children d glass ii iiquor.
if Why not! Can children have " o'
u ter example than their fathers! Is n
}, VIVA, is good Tor him good for them ais
az |, will pu, them to sleep, and they W
II forge, tha, they are cold and hung'
re Drunk, my children; this is fire. and be
and fond, and clothing. Drink--you CT
CT see how much good il does your ia'nfr
le. With seeming reluctance, Mary s"iie'
at her husband to conduct her home. a.
in tha, nigh, he prayed long and ietven'l
cd which he had no, done before for maj
Of years.
Us The next evening az, o miracle!
zen returned with steady step. he saw
NV oldes, boy run into the house. and hea
is him excIsim, "Oh. mother! here CON
of father. and he is not drunk! lie;
,ep coursed down the peni'en''s cheek al
ere from that hour. he has not tasted suo
ere drink. lie hid never been vicious
ire. unlecling. and. as soon as bis emape'
zen lion from The ,hraliam Of debas'"s
,as- pe,nc became known. friends, empl'
the men, and prosperity returned 10 hun.
men far Mrs. Truestlal, she is the happIes
d. women. and never thinks without PR
uf her .irs. and last vlsi, 10 lie dram sh
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