Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-02-06

and, DOT following his business, his business ha
ceased 10 follow him, and bis Substance W.
become a wreck. And abe, SO late 4 @ faires,
the fair, was now d detected aud broken hearte
mother, hetsslf and her children In rags, a tr,
10 Elsiilnes9 and disease, sitting. IN a misetabi
hovq', striped alike Of furniture and tie necessa
Ties Of life, where the wind and tho laln whistle
and dtifted through tho broken windows. r
her each day the SUI shoue upon fniaofy, Ehii
her ehi!dFen were crying around her FIJI b;eac
and qaafrelIiug with oach other, and she nos
weeping in the uiias. Of them, aud now curgin
the wrescaed man TO wtoia fhey owed their be
ing. Daily did The drulkard reel from bis hann
OF dsbaach ~ Into his den of wretchednesa. I,hsl
iid tho stricken children crouch behind their mis
cradle mother for protection, 90 bis red eye
giaFed upon their furnished cheeks. But she nov
met til, rage with Tie yi!cnt scoal Of heart. br,k
on and cal,oGs defiance, which, tending hot 90 u,
hauie the ihfGriated madman, thes! then buss
forth she moro than fendisfi Glamour Of domes,i,
war! and then was heard upon The stree, the Gill
dren's siifirk-.he screams and The bitter ~leviiing,
OF The iong patien, ~ife--aish fhe efue! ipprcea.
tons and unnatural blaspheniea of the nlons.ef
fbr whom language has no natne!-as 10 rushed
forward, Quitting coaoardice to the blush and
with biz cicuchGd hand struck to the ground
amid4. the children she bore him, the ouce gentle
and beautiful being he had sworn before God to
prdtect!-she whom once he wo1.d not Der.
nit
"fse winds Of h, ayen to visit her. checks too
roughly"
slie who would have thought her life chenp 10
have laid il down in his service, be kicked Gom
him like a di'obediehs dogl These afo The owe.
y day changes Of drinking habituaIIy-,hese
are the transformations Of intenperance.
Tutn We now to the freside of tho happier
helea!-The business Of The day is done, ard her
sober husband returns homework, and he g reef
yea bis fair children eagerly waiting his approach,
delight beams from his eyes, conten,men, plavs
upon his lips, and ho stretches out bis hand 10
we'coma them; while
'Ihe e1pectin' wee things tofdlin' staeher ti,roui.
To meet their dad, wiz HicLterin' noise an glcc.
His wee bit ingie blinkin' bonnily-
Ills clean hear,I,-stanc and tb.ifty vife,s smile.
80 ara "%Siy GdEkh eaEGS DeEtitte.
an'inaks him quite forget his labour and his toll"
And while the younglinss c!imed his knees, ..he
envird hiss TO share" Ire elder bsoihers and sisters
tafonged around him, eager 10 iopes. their daily
and sabbaih school tasks. and obtain, az their re.
ward. the pressure of a fathers hard, and behold
exaIla'ion and affection sparkling fiotn bis eyes.
the happy mother eaa by, plying her nee-
1e and
''Gaarihg aoid eiaes fook afaaist as weel's the
ncw;''
and sazed upon the scene before her with a rap-
lure mono but mothers know. Hero there was |
no crying or wailing for foud-no qaarrelling-
10 biasphemie'; but the cheerful supper done,
he voice Of Psalms was heard in solemn sounds |
= he book Of God was,'openci-the father knels !
md hs ch,ldfea bent thai, knooo around fiias.-I
nd could an angel gaze Upon a more delighifal
'cene, than an infaat iisping linen a. the words
from his fathers lips! Surely, surely, as be |
to register it in heavens pfayer-hea.isg God |
would Fespopd-So let it be.
Again must We view the opposite picture. The
drunkard, deprived of the means of life |
n his native town, wandered with bis famil. 10
Edinburgh. But on him no reformation dawn |
ID. And the vretciied Margaret, hurried onward
" despair, before. the snoolhness of you b had |
ef. The brow Of her sister, was ovcrtaken by age, |
Is wrinkles and infrmities. And all the afIec-
ions all the feelings Of her once gentle na,urs.
scared BY long years Of insult, misery, brG.
Atty, and neglect, she herself flew TO The bottle,
nd became tenfold more the victim Of dspravity
han her fallen aband med husband. She lived
o behold her children break the laws of their
and to be utterly fofsaken by her has
and; and 10 the depth of her misery, che was
cen quarTelIing with a dog upon the street., for
bare bone that had been cas-, out with The
Of tie extent Of her suferings, where TO
I'd her, her sister kGcw .ot; but, in the midst of
severe winter, the once beautiful Margare,
orpse in q miserable cellar.
"I.ast scene of all,
Which ends e.is strange ~eyentfuI history:p
Tpon Helen and Ter husband, age descended
npercapiibly as tho calm twilight. of 8 lovely
seuing, when the stars steal out, and the spn-
cams die away, as a holy stiffness gtdes through
lie ali, like the soft brealhings OF an angel un-
from his celestial wings the siiken cGr.
inns ola summer night; and the c,nscious earth
isssd BY the bainy spiri.,dfeaus aud smiles, ard
Milling dreams itself into the arms of night aud
repose. Fourscore winters passed over them.
heir heads became white with the sssnow Of
But they became old together. They half
the likeness Of the face of their youth; but
i'll the heart of youth, with its imperishabie af-
ctions and esteem, thIobbed in either bosom,
Milling calmly upon time and its ravages: aud
i'll. in the eyes Of the happy old man, his silver
hired partner seemed as young, as fair. ard as
,%aulifuI, as when, in the noon,ide of her lowell
sss, she blushed tofhim her vows. Their chill
EN- have risen around them aud called them
essej; and they have beheM those children tes-
emed and honoEsd in society.
"A fact.
Domestic HapPines5-Ou u safes. ray Of com
n into communiou 9Th m,nLtnd - .hyoprh