Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1842-02-04

The WAsHlNoT0NlANs have taken Shawnee.
town and have good success in Equality. Thi,
is good news. The Sbawnetown paper Of the
9th says
The Temperance meeting, last Saturday
evening was we'll attended. More than fifty
persons took the pledge. A few Of these (our.
self amongst the numbesr had been the hard.
est kind Of cases. Much good has already
been effected. Two Groceries have turned
their bottles up side down during the pressa,
| week-one of them the principal Grocery in
the town. Let the members Of the Society bu,
persevere in their holy enterprise, and it will
| moi be long until every grog shop in the town
will die Of pure starvation. Suffer no intenl'
perate zeal to carry you away. Treat those
who differ from you Observation-Disclosures
pecially the drunkard, and him who makes
drunkaEds. Unmixed with any thing like re.
sentiment, show the dealer in ardent spirits bis
true character and position 10 society. Let the
horrible truth be constantly kept before his
eyes, that if he is not in fact he is at least ia
effect the greatest enemy of mankind-tbal he
is daily in the habit of dealing out that, which
every man of good common lsense knows is
the fruitful source of nearly all the vice, mise.
ry, and crime in the land-that he is apprO.
priating to his use money that rightfnlly be-
longs to destitute famiiies--giving nothing 10
acknowledging. Why that would be riches
compared with what they dogive. Willingly
would the heart broken wife, bear the utmost
extreme of poverty if she could only be permI'
ted to enjov the domestic Preside, in peace,
quiet and love. A day or two after the late
meeting we fell in with lady Zone of the ve'
ry best too. on tha face Of the earth) whose
husband had long been addicted to the bottle.
She had borne all for years and like a true
christian and wife would have. borne still Ion
ger in the hope Of seeing her husband eveNAO-
ally reform. The conversation of course turn
ed upon Temperance and her husbands JOIN.
ing the society. Her language, manners, DC
on this occasion l shall never forget. She
seemed new woman and as though all Tie
bnoynacy and elasticity of her early days bad
again returned. The ardor of youth although
chastened by time and trouble was 1t up anew
| tlouht to myself how small sacrifice is this
10 give SO much happiness and joy. And what
sort Of sacrifice is il all 1t is nothing more
nor less than sacrificing grocery keepers io'
the benefit Of ones self and family, to the tune
of probably $500, or 800 annually. It's sac
rifcing perpetual bad health and low spirits
for good health and high spirits, vice for VIZ
tue, disgrace for honor, and domestic d'scofd
and wretchedness for domestic peace and hap
piness. And who would not make the sacrr /
flee and what man unreclaimed, who has seen f
the cheerful and smiling countenance Of the b,
mother rejoicing over her " son that was lost"
will not make so small sacrifice to the com |
fort and happiness, Of the declining years o
her. who has tenderly watched over, nurturfd
and protected him from helpless infancy 70
manhool--who never gives up her child
whilst the bra.h is in him, and who is more
10th than others, to part with him when Inc
breath is gons!
The greatest obstacle in the way OF !"
Temperance reformation here is the character
Of the opposition 20 the association .-lhos
who drink much are generally men Of SOM nf
sense and generous feelings. There is noof
ficulsy with this class. They will listen
reason. The moderate drinkers howeveA
those gentlemen who drink and lei 1t alols
whenever they please, are pretty consider
able thorn in our side. But these men ha's
some little excuse. fhey must CRAFTY bass
appetite. By the way it appears 10 us very
strange that a man will continue prac''S
which he admits to be bad and dangerous u
its tendency and one that he can leave Oft
any time, which does him no good as he say
and CONSUMES his money for no useful p''
pose whatever.
RUSSIAN BANKkuPr LAw.-The CONNER
clal difficulty at present felt in this countTyaho