Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-05-17

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happy
The next thing was to determine what was to
he done. My mind was blun,ed-character gone |
was bloated, and | was getting old but men
who had sighted me came to my help again and
took me by the hand, held me up, encouraged and
comforted me. III never slight drunkard as
long as live; he needs sympathy and is worthy
OF II, poor aud miserable as he is he did not de-
sign to become Il drunkard and people have too |
long told him he cannot reform it is no use he !
must die drunkard. But assure him
he can reform and need not live or die so and we
show ourselves 1000 in one year, rs evidence of
the fact. The poor wretch here is cratntned into
the poor-house or prison, and when he comes out
he meets temptation at every step-he begs you
to succor him; but he is led by appetite and neg
lect straight to the grog-shop Drunkard! come
Iup here, you can reform-take the pledge in this
Cradle of Liberty, and be ever free Delay not.
| met u gentleman this morning, who reformed
four weeks ago, rejoicing in his reformation. He
brought a man with him who took the pledge and
this man has already brought Two others. This is
the way we do the business up in Baltimore we
reformed drunkards are Committee Of the tohoie
on the State Of The Union are all missionaries
don't slight the drunkard, but love him. No we
nurse him as the mother does her infant learning
to walk. We 60 right up to them and say, how
do you do, and be remembers our kindness / tell
you he kind to him and hell never forget you.-
lie has peculiar feelings when the boys run after
er forget it,. He has better feelings than the mod
crate drinker; don't lay stumbling block in his
way. One man-poor, miserable, wretched, rag
ged--a real 0harf-rat-Q expect you have such
here, we had plenty of them in Baltimore, but
much lessened now.) he was buster; about year
ago, his clothes not fit for paper rags, his family
had nothing to eat, no fuel, not clothes,-Id
give you his name, but won't trouble you, as he
and his were not worth "fp ny-bu ;"-wel, he
told his brother he was going to quit and wanted
him 10 go his security for horse and cart, but he
would not. Our members went to his brother,
and he was persuaded. He has paid for his horse
and cart, his family and himself are well clothed,
cellar full of wood barrel of -four, and he has
become gentleman and christian. And all this
i'll one short year.
Just let me tell you about one of our reformed
men. We all of us changed great deal in our
appearance-some grew thin-some hule-but a
dark complexoned man grew yellow, and the
grog-seller, noticing the change in Others, and see
ing his old customer not becoming whiie, said he
did not believe he had quit it altogether. The
man heard Of it, and prepared himself for an in
terview-so happened in his way.
These tayernors are apt TO complain, say we TO
them an injury because we shared our money for
the support of our families-que villainous to be
sure And so they charge us with drinking lit
tie; but tell you that keep close witch OF
each other, we are very loving and we take care
to get along side the mouth and know pretty well
AS / was going to tell you the tavcrner said to
the member sit appears 10 me you don't alter
quite SO much as some of the rest" "Don't H.
said he, well, why don't o. "Why, you don
GGb PALE YOU grow yS" .. 81 E grow yaar you
out handful of gold pieces from his pantaoons
pocket "lhese look yallar too, but you don't get
amy more of them, they belong here" returning
them to his pocket 1t" and my wife will have them
that is the trouble with you.
These grog sellers know how to fix the drunk
ards they unde rsand their business-they keep
a big platter of salt fish cheese, herring and
crackers to fix the appetite-all frec--don't ask
anything of course, for them but when they sec
II man take hold and eat little, they think they
have him, he'll want 10 wash it down--he'll gel
started and he'll do we'll enough yet" Well, the
stuff is very apt TO stick in the throat il was
washed down-and then the breath must be chan
ged, and little more fish cheese is taken, and
that must be washed out of the throat, and so II
goes. But if man eats and don't drink, he i:
petty sure to be told that that will not do.
This drinking has killed more men, women anc
, children than war, peslence, and all other evil
together. You cannot bring upon man so awful
curse rs alcholo il caEaot oe done; no ma
chinery or invention of death car work like it,
Is there moderate drnker who says he can use
"a Iiule," or "mucb," and quit when he pleases p
tell him from experience he can't do it,. Wei
he can If he tcii, but HE WON'T WILL that is I'll,
, difficulty and there is the fatal mistake. Does h,
want to know whether he eau? ask him 10 e
without his accustomed morning bitters or hi
eleven o'clock, Tomorrow, and he will find how
+ he loves it! We have come up out of the quite
10 tell him he loves II, and how he can escape.
r is the moderate use-the little, the pretty drink
the genlee and fashionable, tina, does the nschie
D the moderate drinker is training to take tn
place of the drunEard.
Go to Baltimore and see now o,lr happy wive
/ and families. Only look at our procession on TN
9th of April, when we celebrated our alnversa
ry. Six thousand men, nearly half OF ihem re
3 formed within year, followed by 900 boys u
all ages to give assurance to the world that I'll
next generation shall all he sober. But wher
/. were our wives that occasion at home, shu
8 up with hungry children in rags as year ago
! M, No but III carriages, riding round the street
q TO see their husbands.
e My family were in n hack and carried apples
| &c. to them, and wife said show happy all look,
why husband there is - all dressed up - am
/ only think, old - in the procession II
happy and smart rs Vny Of them and so she wen
v on telling me who she had seen. And where d'
o you think the gpog sellers wives were ? wer
4 they out? Not they i! Some of them peepe
a out from behind their curtains! We cut dow
the rum tree that d0y in Baltimore, under ground
: not on the top of the ground leaving stump, bu
4 under ground roots and all
h We have not seen six drunkards staggering i
r the streets since we have been in Boston, and "
. have been all round, even in Ann street. The
Y must hide themselves. IL they are pu, into .h
' House of Correction, don't wonder they hide
s | said when talked to them on the Sabbath, owe
i there, that wished had distiller at my RICH
hand, and n rum-seer at my left, and let them all
Il swer the question, what brought all these here
- and would have had the answer RUM. This ma
king the drunkard by II thousand temptations an
4 inducements, and then shutting him up in prs
4 on is a cruel and horrible business. You max
the drunkard, and then let him come INTO you
, house and YOU turn him out let him come TO tn
: church and you turn him out; friends cast hin
4 OFF; the og-seller turns him out when his mo
! ney is gone, or midnight comes When he serve
his time out in the prison, he is turned out will