Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-03-09

fifteen to pay. He threw himself incog. into a
steamer for Pltsburg, spending ten dollars on his
passage, so that when he arrived there he had but
five dollars He soon drank it all and wandered
in the streets of Pittsburgh, with no money, no
friends, no home. In this emergency he went to
la jeweler and sold his watch for fifty dollars; bur
alcohol was his master, and it soon robbed him of
$25. Waking up to some sense of his debase-
ment and wretchedness, and unwilling to be seen
by the eye of any one who ever knew him BEFORE
he resol,ed to find his way to New York, and
throw himself beyond the seas. When he reach
ed Philadelphia, he was reduced to his last dollar,
and twenty-five cents of that he spent for drink.
How should he get to New York? The lowest
fare was three dollars He started on foot and
when he reached Jersey City, he had not cent in
his pocket. The wide river laid between him and
the object he had in view. Once more he was re-
duced to the deepest humiliation. He asked the
toIl-man what he could do to pay his terriage.
"Step, "said he, 'nto the yard and shovel coal
five minutes, and you may go over" He did So
man OF public education and reputable family
He entered the city penniless homeless, trendlesS;
and had he had friend here, would he have cal
led on him? No. He wandered through the
streets Of the streets of this great city, without
place to sit down, and in his wanderngs passed by
the Good Samaritan Benevolent Temperance So
ciety. The name struck him forcibly. It SEEM
ed to speak to him. 1t invited him to enter. 1t
promised TO meet his wants. But he telt ne
should he disgraced by entering A vacant seat near
the door alIured him. He took it. A reformed
man was telling his history how from the depths
ofdegredation he had risen, by signing the pledge,
to comfort and responsibility. If that man, said
he, could be reformed and saved why cannot be
also? l'lI sign the pledge. He did so, and when
asked to put down the place Of his residence, he
was sorely tempted to tasty, and had he done it,
it might have proved his ruin but he was enabled
to speak the truth, and say he had no residence.
This excited curiosity, and he was called on to tell
his story; he did so, and was cheered by the Wash
} lngonans and taken by the hand ,and in theirsym-
! pathy and generosity, they made for him a colIec-
J ton OF $l60. This was Washngtonian benevo-
, lence. day or two after, he went to a Mic
: at White Stone, where he was called upon the
I stand to relate his experience. The relation af
teced the heart Of venerable member of society
5 OF Friends, in that place, Samuel Leggct WHIT
took him to his home and generously offered tt
, go with him to his fathers house, distance o
, 800 miles, and restore the long lost son. Whci
t they arrived at Troy, they found that the fathe
had removed to New York, where he was engag
, ed in the Lumber business They Immediately re
= turned to the city, and "that friend" said Mr.
Green, " had the happiness of restoring me, tina
long lost prodgal son, to the arms of an an aflec
f tionatc and forgiying ather.''
Mr. Green's narrative was listened to with th
deepest interest In conclusion, he urged ever
| young man to sign the pledge; for," said he, 81
. was moderate drinking, yea, the first glass, tina
, proved my ruin'' J.A.T.U.