Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-03-11


expected torture. told her 90 leave the chamber and
She went down crying and said TO her mother father
/ Is angry with me- Wife came up again, and asked
mo 60 take some coffee, told her did not want any
thing Of her and covered myself In the bed | soon
heard some one enter the ROOM and peepcd out and
saw 10 was my daughter. | then thought of my past
/ hic my degradation; misery OF my friends, and felt
bad enough So / called her and said, Hannah, am
not angry with you, and shall not drink any more -
She cried, and so did l. got up and went 10 10 the
cupboard and looked at the enemy, my whskey bottle,
and thought is it possible ! can be restored and then
turned my back upon 49, Several times, while dress
ing looked al the bottle but thought should be lost
h yielded. Poor druukard there IS hope for you.
You cannot be worse of than was. not more degrad
ed, or more Of a slave TO appetite. You can reform
i you viii TtyH-iry II. felt badly, I tell you.
There some here tonight, who know how | felt.
know you feel bad enough have talked with some
OF you. Some say we feel bad. Some, feel bcHcr,
and some say we feel FIRST Well, Monday night
went TO the Society Of Drunkards and there found
all my old bottle companions. | did not tell any body
was going, not even my wife. had got out OF diff
Guilty, but did not know how long | should keep out
/ The six Founders Of society there. We had fish
ed together; got drunk together. Nou could not break
us up when drunk. We stuck Lire brothers, and
we do now we are sober. One said, here is Hawkins,
the regulator, the old bTtSer ); and they clapped and
laughed, you do now. But there was no laugh or
clap in me. was too sober and solemn for that The
pledge was read for my accommodation They did
not say so, and yet knew. They all looked over my
shoulder 10 see me write my name. ! never had such
feelings before. 1t was great battle. once fought
in the battle North Point. and helped TO run away
too, but now there is no running away. | found the
Society had large pitcher Of waer-drank toasts and
told experiences. There laid my plan; did not in
tend to be drone. Alcohol promised me everything,
but found him great deceiver and now / mean to
do him all the harm can.
>tt eleven ! went home. Because, when stad out
late, always went home drunk Wife had given
up again, and thought would be home drunk again,
and she began TO think about breaking up and going
home TO mothers. My yard is covered with brick, and
as ! went the brick wife listened she told me,
to determine whether the gaiedoor opened, drunk
sober for she could tell and it opened sober and shut
sober and when entered, my wife standing III
the middle OF the room TO as | came in. She
was astonshed, but | smiled and she smiled, |
caught her keen black eye. told her quick could
not keep it back. ! have put my TO the tenn
perance pledge TO drink as long as | live 1t
happy time. cried and she cried could
not hush it, and our crying walked up our daughter,
and she cried too tell you this that you may know
how happy the reformation of drunkard makes his
family. slept none that night my thoughts were bet
ter than sleep. Next morning went TO see my moth
err, old as ! was. ] must 90 her and tell her Of
our joy. She had been praying twenty years for her
drunken Now she said, 1t is enough, am ready
| to die 1t made all my connexions happy.
The next thing 10 determine what was to be
| done. My mind blunted-character gone--was
! bloated and | getting old: but men who had
sighted to my help again and took me by the
hand, held me up, encouraged and comorted me. I'll
never slight drunkard long as live he needs
sympathy and is worthy of ii, poor and miserable he
! is he did not design to become drunkard aud peo-
pie have too long told hin. that he cannot reform; II IS
| no use he must die drunkard. But now we assure
him he can reform and need not live die so, and we
show ourselves 1000 in year, evidence of the
| fact The poor wretch here IS Crammed into the poor
! house or prison, and when he comes out he meets
temptation at every sep-he begs you to succOr him;
| but he Is led by appetite and neglect straight to the
| Crog -shop Drunkard, come up here, you can re-
urntake the pledge in this Cradle OF Liberty, and be
| ever free Delay not. met gentleman this morn
| iruV wi q roto ed
formation. 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;
VIC reformed drunkards are COMMITTEE Of ne trh0te
on The state Of the Union all msslondIIes-don nj
slight the druukard, but love him. No nurse him
As the mother does her infant learning 10 walk. We
GO right TO them aud say how do you do and he re-
members kindness. tell you be kind 70 him and
he'll never forget YOU lie has peculiar feelings when
the BOYS after him and boot at him take ms part
and he'll never forget il. lie has better feelings than
the moderate dunker don't lay stumbling block IN
his way. One man-poor, miserable, Wreched, rag
acda real rharf rgf-tl expect YOU have such here,
we had plenty of them m baltimore, but much lessen
ed ulw) he was buster, about year ago, his clothes
not 10 for paper rags his family had nothing 70 eat no
fuel not even Clotues,-Id give YOU hls name, but
won't trouble YOU, he aud his were not worth up
Hy-lt; well. be told his brother be was going 10 quit
and wanted him 60 his security for horse and cart,
but he would not. Our members then went 10 his
brother and he was persuaded lie has paid for his
horse and cart his family and himself are well cloth
cd, cellar fu OF wood barre! of flour; and he has
. become a gentleman and christian. And all this 10
one short year.
Jus, let me tell you about one Of our reformed men.
We all of changed great deal m our appearance
/ some grew thn-some hale-hui dark cOmp.eXoned
man grew yellow, and the og-seller noticing the
change u others, and seeing bis old customer not be-
coming ulite said he did believe he had quit al
together. The heard Of H. and prepared himself
i1r an Interview happened IN his way.
These tayeruers apt 10 complain, say we DO
Them INJURY because we shared our money for the
support Of our iamues-quiie yaln0ls 20 be sure -
And they charge with drinking little but tell
Won that keep close watch Of each other, we are
very loving and we take care % get along side the
) then.
n As going to tell you The averner SAID 20 the
! member 20 appears 70 you d0nt alter quite s.
. much as some OF the rest Don't l., said he, we.
s. why don't % Why you don't look pale, YOU grow
j. yalgr' Il grow yaAar YOU think ~ Yes We