Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-01-31
Edgeheld Court House, s. csss, january 81, As45


when lAcame home flushed with drink, tIlt
demon I1srny eyes, and curses OH my lips, how
oiten dlf lind her on her knees praying fol
slrenglitSto support aud patience to bear. hel
! load OF fyalsery And though treated her will
less -kaganese than the ravenous wolf woulc
!, treat hlsmate, yet her love 10 me was un
changed: and as fervcnt as the day on which
first clasped her to my bosom, and suore TO love
and cherish her-and only seemed TO gather
strength ifom the very opposition it enroun
tered. oh, woman, woman! Could but man
Know ti,e.tall value of that great gift of heaven
how would he loye.it! How would he ohe:isli
1t! He would shield it from the storm and sun
from pain and from so.row. Instead of the
slave, size should be his Observation-Disclosures
heart of;Gis heart; for oil tina, the gods have
giyeneartbs ofloveliness and excellence blends
in the composition, and is told in lle magic
word, gWoman!"
b irem1ied fur from the scene Of MY degra.
dation. But still the lasl, of adversely fell uu.
neededFon my back. Daily did / spend the
lew cents earned in dram.shop. while my
wife andcaldren had scarcea crumb to gnaw,
or covering TO hide their naked.less.
One evening my friends persuaded me to
accompany them to the public hall-there to
listen toZa TemptranceLecture which was 10
be delivered that evening Dreading to hear
the ru,h.I plead the WANT of coat as an ex.
cnse. ibis was obviated by one of them offer.
ing TO letid mo one. Thus aruyed IN borrowed
p!umes. T. accompanied them to the lecture
room, firmly determined not To be convinced
The hall;was crowded, and such was tic burn
ing eloqaehce of the speaker that there was no,
a slngle individual in ttut house whose eyes
was not Omitted with tears.
In SC. vivid ligh, did he pain, my Eorrid
slualioit.ihal for the first time saw the fright.
fu prectpicc OH which stood, aud the yawni,ls
hell below which threatened TO ensuIph ME.
lwept like child. When he called for sig
naturesI was the fist TO rise and when wrote
my name in tha, book of life, the shout of ap
.plauseJHat greeted me, made lne trouble in
eyeryifGb. Ihare head the shou, of anguish,
the ct&ota despair, the piercing shrek of wuni,
Of ofapEF,ai7 (
There TTstJod. silently aud fervently praying
to the gIver oI Lille, TO keep ME s.eudfast in my
resolution. And have kept it. =
Ifa, any tune after this Iwavered. that slon,
which never ceased finsing in MY ears checred
inc onward and served me rs Jude 10 poinl
out the path Of duty. | was reformed man,
and from lnat moment | prospered. soon
gained character as an industrious man-char
acter gained me credit, credit capital, and cap
i,al wealth."
Oh says Mrs. O'Planagan, r craktcr is
wealth, sure Mr.. O'Flanagan ongh, to be rich,
rLe has such nice cr,els,er, and my ugly
ueigilbor MIR b., bad luck 10 him, poor, for lie
has no cracker at all, at ALL
L is raised u laugh oh shame ct the expense
Of the lady.
Your story has Interested me- said our lean
friend, j too, though never Il drunkard. have
been sufferer from, the use of ardeut spirits
but hope with the help OF God, like you 10 re.
Iorm ere it is too late
few minutes afier We drove into Hamburg.
Yours. &c. !.
Edgefeld, January I545.