Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-12-15

dancing flames over the snug sitting room
when the piping OF the wind tells how close
Inc house is; when Jack Frosi drives the rosy
children 10 wanion about the fathers knee,
or roll half asleep upon the rug; now Is the
,,me when the working man. who has the best
Of earthly gifts, wife, and abundance OF little
olive branches about his table, learns tuily
vim is meant by the happy syllable, HoME.
The rivals Our Home arc many and fear
fol. Among the drest is the drinking-place'
whether known as poiter-houso, grog-shop, or
tavern. The man who spends his evenings
IL, these stygeian fumes soon grovels,and wal
logs away half his civilization. Where ought
IN 10 be, but by his own warm fire side, re-
yy,rding his wife for the solitary labors and
ttxations OF the day. and receiving on his own
part those cheap but invaluable pleasures,
which are so much above the delerium and
ribaldry Of the bar-room, as the light OF day is
above the glimmer of dipped candle. am
uxenemy TO tavern keepers. They are use
faI class of men. Their Offices of kindness TO
the stranger and the traveller ought TO be re-
rendered and repaid, and they ought like
wise to be freed from the horrible enormities
which proceed from their phials of madness
and death. The worst effects of i'll conduct
ID iaverns are felt. not 10y the ay-faring man,
br whose behoofthe inn is instituted but by the
tongs ~ UtAgtls ao lighters, Nii0 naTe
q.rA aayo, hou;p 81 lacii !,
e t3vstf. rb' Nbs YsAs3sf slgs
la "a lhess ifnm love ~ e8ci-uel', and
5egstt spneaie
go mo any town, snd abi3c lor lew days
q orc 0l these m4fts ol alcoholic temptation.
Marx .bo men who tom day 90 day enter lbe
aI-open doors Some arc tlcfa ioI hours,
some at frequent intervals; some are maudlin
by the CRATE or stove, others are hanging a
bout the porch. You have before you the rep
rtsentative of the Incidence, the loquacity, the
unthrih, the mischief making, and the insol-
vency of the place. Is there one of them who
drives handsome BUSINESS Is there one
of them who wears his own earnings on his
back! Not one. Is there one ofthem who is
reputed for philanthropy, public spirit, or sue
cessful talent; in any department. Not one.
Is there one of Them who enjoys the alertness,
the clear spirits, and the rosy Lue of health !
Not one. That increasing plethora and slug
gish growth is not the sign of strength. The
cheek is habby and the hand is soft. That
redness the eye and nose is not the color of
genuine health That shipper and that laugh
are not the gaiety which iriadialed the face
before the tavern became shrine.
All if that bar-room could be adjusted to
testify. il those books, redolent of brandy and
spotted with the marks of many tumbler,
could be put to the question; if, after every
name, you could read the history of the
drunkards who have dropped off one by one,
how would the hideous revelation scare the
very sot from his swinish indulgence The
spell, however, is not broken, because the
true Lethe is ever nigh. The first twinge of
conscience is quoted by brandy and water
Hence it is that the tavern-hunier is so often
hopeless. He drinks till he feels himself hall
ruined; he is wretched; he drinks to drown
his wretchedness; he does drown it, and his
soul along with it. Oh hapless youth before
such be your fate break away, by sudden, an
aNonising effort, or you swell the list of vic
tins.
The brandy house and home are antagonist
powers-deadly foes, irreconcileabe rivals.
II you wish to embtter mans home, and
break his young wife's heart, introduce him to
the bar room. Grant all you please of attrac-
ton at home, the drinking place will have
more. Has he virtuous, sensible, notable
comely, loving wife, and endearing babies
No matter. His leisure hours are not for
them, for he loungers at the bar and porch
lie Will feign business, or anxiety for news,
or the expectation of customer, or any one
OF thousand pretexts, to take him and to keep
him there. There he is, at noon and at night,
and on the Sabbath. Until habit has steeled
him, he sneaks thither. Grown holder, he
becomes fixture of he establishment. Eve
~ drinking place has its retinue of attendants,
known to every passer-by. The tavern sign
is not more familiar than the tavern suffers
Homeless creatures. each of whom in some
bright or humble sphere, might have been en-
joying such innocent delight, around the do
nestle altar, as could make this world type
of Paradise
To young men, beginning life-especially
10 newly married men, the counsel is season
able. REVERENCE THE PRESIDE. Admit nc
rival here. Let your chief joys be shared by
her who has forsaken all other hearts anc
hopes for you--by those who must inheri
homer or disgrace from your course of life
shun the baf-room and purlieus of intoxica
| ton. II is to thousands the avenue to inlamy
Help TO rid those industrious men who pre-
side over public houses, and secumb to tn,
sad necessity of leading sober men into drum
kenness, and drunkards into despair-help t
rid them ofthis unpleasant part of their office
They protest their grief for these results
You cannot but believe them. Help them Il
wash their hands of the horrible stain X
Another Suicide.-This morning little al
| Ter 10 o'clock, French gentleman, name,