Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-01-14


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ard team Of fkeir sur>ring families. acted upon bv
scms nee end slrsrss impul-e. laid esil. the Gun q
Q nfusion ed anreJ th-u>.ises upon the AIDE OF ten
psr,nce. Thus. by sirady and rapad .oressions. ,hs
ss'siy grew ise srsns,h .nd importance. aud .
'h's iisne. n~~bes over two hundred member.
On Friday evening Last. ,h~ss men hold a nublc e.
psuea~s meeting Va ~. JvAs's CAsrrh. No,,h L,ier.
street. The boas- ~ss crowded with srs,l6os ,.-.
tstou. 1hc nests.~ b. ., .ho,,, "a
sppsopns,s sddrr.. fru A., - r..s.
Of the men b~o a. IN. ~-."-~~- "s
ef de siis Of Sru.leoo.-.. -
We wsss o.,4,~.i.l, -
presids,t - - S.
eesscd u ; m.s,,oc - .-,ai .
They 49, '""'
ard q. M -tC-~S " ".aerenaeoee.
onor-E,1so a. 80 -. 800 s 'eee:
ell been ~a.,.S p.nee.,~1 ar s~ "
" man. Ooo drnnkI, ma, a. 80
.no,hcr, IT, "a J.a.,. - ,'o'u NOT trus'
,hev uau,t Co.,. - 49, y - e"nvire'
sobsr mar IT,. ,L.. u nose
,ooi,v Oh M
boz, ..n, go e., "a. .s " I.' w o. me Jrry
r,f,.cS I. ,,,.i ....- 1' a"" even De
and puruo.., 60 IT, MI rn'en"
ooint. IA .n,;,h.r. =, .---. ao'ohded IN
.uch ,,,. in--..~ - 'otee s"s"of
tskinx 49,. -S..- "s once n"e
ofo,, Gr.-,.r '"s'A 'ha''o
ranks. .y,rv an. k,,v. 40 n. - o,aaNans
r. 4, -" S."he on me yer:
La. 1900. rh-'-" a'"s ahu cs5
VA, i've In 80, $3.50 ~ secretary
bonSs.. \, 49, a. 81 W az i'o"
from rI,icL n. h.d v.;nix .os".a.N "e year. sna
10 bre,k ot.n \. ..;i - A"o 's.n
sis,. !, A.. ,l,.s.,,.s e.. 49,, """e TOO m'ss
Of d,i,k,n. 80. 60, r. 49, !" '"e euac"
IN. I;.hi If h-~~-. r.S"s """se'a"sy i'"n
10 mec, . f,,.,a G. "As ssn'med
soms ,,o.,,.. 49, a.. ouso aus '"a'h-
ham. vb,, n. .,.,.a 10 ,t--..S, 9p-e" core
ne haI d1uandcfrd his earning, s,J UssJ.n,ss risn.
huafu.aa ,uf,l xa,, .,..~I l.
who had known him for yeap. far 4. y.. ;o ,.hI;.
business and wss we'll known, could I'm: hi, $500
ing. with pleasure, his change and healthy anr..-,s.
ON last FRIDAY night lie was erienalIv and ;n,.,n.i.
Q new man. A uembcr uf the s>c;.,, ~h...,
near. remarked that he Che secr,,orvI IA h.".~
I'll ged tn have his ~clotiss all cred. ard b,v = mr. r.,
in q few weeks ancr he oui, drinking n.~.u., -
and bloaied he had been fron The louo,, M.cx
touching sllusi"ns we're mad. BY several of IN. No.
be ~ to the changed rendition of ,hsir f,u,I;.,
few months sga. one man n, smoke. .,;d ,h., \. -
over Une hundred dJllars il debi. M, wifi. ,nd -
drsn in suffering. want and disgrace. and EVEN Nj. o.
brothers ashamed TO speak To him in tho strs., n.
was persuaded TO joan the new temperance s,e;,,v.
and finally yielded 10 the persuation. So soon n . no
became perfectly ssbcr, nv began 20 feel ,n.x "a
painful concern for his family, bat he hid mn .m,ioy.
msnt snd knew mol where 70 find any. FINALLY n man
who wss q drinking mar. offered TO sell to him a
horse on a few months cr.dit. is he wonId give him
security. Hs offered a friend who was. n sr;nl;ng
man. but the owner Of the h,,r.e w,uld nor ,ok. 80,
man for security who drank. sl,houg he drank himself
| Al last the maj. Obtained the sccurity and "a, Inc NOR,
and now. said he. from working with M, bo,,c anil
cart, l have 60, RS family comfortable clo,heJ h,v.
a barrel Of flour in my honse. good bed 10 sleep IN
q good IRE To cit by, and nearly out of
We were f,rcibly struck with the remark of mem.
her in reference te that awful disease, iilirism frrnsn.l
from which he had suffered. I had rather. he said. lie'
in Baltimore county jail for twenty wears. than haya
ndnia a pofu for FIVE minuIes. Another. who had
been a drunk lrd for fifteen years. said that one need
not wait until he died 10 experience the tor.acnls of
hell, Let him become a drunklrl and get ihesaInia
a p IT, and he viii prove lie worst horrors This mar
We were told On hat evening hy one who heard hun
relate II on q previous occasion. once, nfter having
drank q qua tof brandy, felt syIn,oms OF tho approach
oil his terrible disease. l will never suffer from IL a.
gain. he ssid. shuddcring at the recolicctions OF The
dsundard's madness; and going 10 his drawer, 10 look
out n pisioi. loaded u. and offer having deliberately
Bred q percussion cap. placed the weapon 10 his car.
and with desperate determination. pulled the trig-
ger! The cap did not explode. and hr, pistol dropped
from his hand 20 tho h'O-. lie was sobcred al once.
On The neIt day he took hrs pistol, unioaded IL, and
'hen tired every psrcussiou cap in his Tor. There
was not me that did not explode OH the first uial,-
other. and many interesting statements were made, by
me memher'' oi pers nal sfierscnc.. There was ono
man VINO was laying nr 'F a crippled and he'll less
~dirgh'er' 'ssuiafly. sums about eIIai To- wha he g..
Of something Ike two hundred dollars. We could not