The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-12-07
From the Organ.
A WARNING TO YOUNG FEMALES

Many years ago, an aged clergyman related
to the writer the following dreadful story of Il
young lady, member of his church. She
was very prepossessing in her manner, and had
many admirers. Among them was one who
won her affections but before she gave her
heart irrevocaby she thought she would con-
suit her pastor.
She asked him his opinion about it, and he
answered her by asking this question
Docs he not drink too muchP
She answered, 'he might have done so, for
merly, but he had reformed
How reformedP
'He drinks very little if any,
| The old man could see further than she, and
said, Il advise you not to marry him, because
he will very likely become drunkard this
habit will increase upon him, and before you
are aware Of it, he will be a sot'
Love proved more powerful than the old
pastors faithful warning. She married. She
trusted her influence would draw him away
from his evil habits, whatever they might be
But hope told fiattering tale She found 10
her sorrow that love had little power to win
him from his cups. After a while they mov-
ed from his neighborhood, and he lost sight of
them for !many years. In the course of a
journey, he passed day or two in the neigh
borhood of their distant residence. He there
learned his course of life, and the end
He continued TO drink until he would often
have the dclrium tremens, and require three
or four neighbors to watch him to prevent his
destroying himself. During the fits, which
lasted three or four days, the moment he slept
the fit would leave him and he would slowly
recover.
But the appetite was so strong that neither
the horrors of the disease, nor the love, if he
had any, remaining for his wife and children,
nor even life itself, which he must have been
aware would be the final sacrifice if he did not
quit, could prevent his return 70 his miserable
course of in:emperance. AT last God seemed
to give him up. Just before the visit spoken
of above, he had another terrible attack of de-
| lirum tremens. Four men were watching
him. He was lying down in the kitchen, his
little boy in the room. About midnight he
feigned himself asleep, and the men supposing
that, as usual, his fit would now leave him,
went home. In few minutes after they had
gone, he arose from his bed, and his little son
knowing there was danger, slipped out at
other door and ran as fast as he could 10 call
the neighbors, who were a quarter of a mile
distant. They returned as fast as they could,
and as they came near the house, saw that all
was dark. As they entered the kitchen they
heard something fall, as if in puddle of wa
ter on the floor. Whom they procured light
they saw that this was the last motion of life
in the poor inebriate, as his leg had risen and
fallen in the stiffness of death in his own
biood-for he had cut his throat-and on the
same floor was found the poor worn out wife,
hacked to pieces with an axe.
Comment is needless. Such story preach
es more ehectually than the most labored ar
gument. Let the young be warned. Let our
warm hearted female friends beware how they
yield their hearts to any other than consls-
tent teetotaler.
RHODE IsLAND.--The Suffrage Convention
adjourned on Thursday, after having made
Few alterations in their constitution, and order
ed it to be submitted 20 the people on the 9th.
2sth and 10Th of December. The coaven-
ton adjourned 10 meet in January next, 10
count the votes and concert the proper meas
ures for carrying into effect the new govern.
ment. The Providence Journal says that this
convention is entirely voluntary, and has no le-
gal authority 10 make constitution. The Oh
ject says the Journal. " is to effect revolution
in the government of Rhode Island, and its as
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