Holly Springs gazette., 1844-04-27

I Rum had callOUsed his affections, and home
and wife had 20 attractions for him. lie
merely went to his house for his meals and
I lodging, and cared not for the sorrows and
I fsulferings he had brought upon them
/ Once it was not so. He was the best ol
/ husbands aud fathers. He loved his home
and exerted himselfto promote the happiness
and welfare of his family. But within q
! few months how changed ! The spirit oi
! love and kindness had given place to Indif-
/ ference and neglect
The next day Sarah appeared more I'M
well. 81 am very sorry" said she, 'taiher
did not buy the medicine for ms "and seeing
I her mother shedding tears, she said, "but
can get a long without it-I hope | shall
/ be better soon, and then | can assist you"
"Itrust YOU viii, my child. Ii you were
I only y well, might some times go QUITO work,
and could earn enough to support US well,
even your father persisted IN his present
course"
"And I could 10 a great deal myself
I know could earn something"
\ In day or two Mrs Johnson was able
\ 10 purchase the medicine for her child, but
I l. seemed 10 produce but little effect. Sarah
was slill feeble, could eat bat a triae, and
/ her Strength was exhausted. Some days
/ she would not rise from her bed, while at
I other times she appeared quite smart. She
4 had been complaining some months, and
! doubtless grew weaker day by day.
Mr.. Johnson persisted ID bis incorporate
7 course. lie earned but lIuIe, and this he
expended f0olishly, without assisting IN the
/ least his suffering family.
One morning Mrs Johnson saw old San
born passing the house She went to the
door and invited HIM in. Sir" said she,
/ after he was seated. Il have asked you in
TO beg Of you ore favor, that is, not LEI my
husband have any spirit from your
shop"
why, madam" said tie old fellow, "as
to that, | can't refuse gentlemen who call
al my bar / keep shop to accomodate the
people Of the village, and am bound to let
them have what they call for, providing
tkey pay me for It. Your next door neigh
Dor may call me in and request me MOTTO let
her husband have any more coffee or tea,
because she don't like H."
you know the effects Of rum, Mr. San
born, as well as but you know not, and
1 pray you never may, the sorrow It has
brought upon me.--Look at thatchild -
pointing to her sick daughter in bed
| her suHerings have been more than | can
describe, caused by the intemp perance of her
father. She has been deprived Of medicine,
and sometimes of the necessaries of life.
when the money has gone into your pocket,
which should have been expended 4or our
\ family. Can you censure me for feeling as
\ DO, and enirealing you not TO furnish my
husband with the means of intoxication ~
/ "Oh, Sir" said Sarah, looking the old
man n the face, "could you realize how
much ray poor mother suffers, know you
could mol have a heart to sell rum to my
father | am sick and can say but little
but 4 do wish you would be so kind as not
I 70 lei my father have any more rum"
II think you are all foolish, talking as
| YOU do, as If | was to blame because Mr..
Johnson drinks. 'Tisn't my fault; and no
blame should be attached to me-"
Yes, sir you are to bl1me" said the
mother. Suppose you did not keep rum
for sale. there j. no other store in the village
where it can be purchased, and consequent
~, we should have no drunkards in town :"
"If should give up my bar, it would not
be long before somebody else would open a
store and sell spirits, and should lose the
best part ofmy custom"
II do not think any one elsein the place
would sell It But fyou will refuse to let
my husband have spirit, you viii not be the
loser in the end, assure you"
No. can't do it, and what is more,
shant." said old Sanborn, and seizing his
hat in a pet be left the house. munering to
himself all ne had reached the street
What | can do | know no" said Mrs. ].
to Sarah, .1here is no hope that old San
born will give up the sale ofspirit. and as
long as be keeps il, | am afraid your father
will drink"
Mother, we must bear il as well as we
can and perhaps something may yet take
place and we again be happy"
A few days after this conversation, Mrs.
Johnson on looking from the window. oh
served team going by with hogshead
upon it. II struck her at once that It was
new rum for old Sanborn Nor did she
mistake; il wen; directly TO bis shop and
was rolled in. "It is abominable," thought
she; "there is enough spirit there to ruin
the whole village, and something must be
done, or we shall all come to want"
With such feelings she called upon her
nearest neighbor, and told her what she had
seen.
"I appears that Sanbcrn is determined
TO ruin us all" said she, "and il is high
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