Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1846-10-06
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4 Il tsdv e ,f9aAoFAeT. ianiau rs aei,
/ asrSandusky Bay and the western pasto
lake Erie are sgemined with Islands,
Here was won that brilliant victory which
ga We if1msrtalityt to the2nan1e Persy,aad
the American. pulse beats. proudly, asshe
glides aiong,son one eofI0ur noble lake
steamers, over the sceIe of his country's
| Triumph, and recalls Thousand interest
/ ing "Reminiscences ofdndanlife, ainidthe
gfeenjisles of our American larohepeiligo.
! On one ofthose islands an event occurred
not many years since, that throws adark
| shade over that brighbscehe; from acause
| which has shrouded our world in lgloomj
( Al man Contemporaries habits built a hunl-
bie.cabin upon an island,about half aslea.
| que from the main land. Here he hadhved
about three years, supporting hin1selfand
family by ishing, hunting and furnishing
white rs were at best seasons of suffering,
land in this bleak home, amid theineleh1t,
ency of severe and piercing winter, the
wife and child ofthis miserable manwerel
doomed to perish. atnsgo7qni III yl1geDp9s
/ The weather had for weeks been exI
tremely severe;1 hurricanes swept the
frozen surface of the lake;th snow mo-
we'd, in clouds, and driftedin binding fury;
combining man to his hearth, and beasts
their shelter. Underlsuc circumstan.
ces the sad alternative was presented to
the tenant of the island, of perishing BY
hunger or Drawing the perils of a journey.
to, the main land in, pursuit of provisions,
The latter was resolved upon, and he set
out with the faithful promise. of Q speedy
| return. He reached the shore, and for
| got, alas! the misery of his home in, the
eompanionship of vice. The tempterl
| seized him, and with an appetite sharpen
ed by fabstenance, he, sunk deep in the
fatal stupor of aunconscious, inebriation.
Thus, passed the first day, and the night
fearfIlly wild and cold. Morning brought
a thirst for rum, but mo memory OF home,
LOT, wife and child. Three days were.
thus spent in. the horrid delirium of in-l
toxication. Fortunately, in. one of these
kdeliriousI dreams, the miserable victim
unconsciously revealed the, cireumstan,.
;ces. Of his, home and family, Three or
four. men Immediately set out to convey
relief. to that deserted wife. and child. As
they approached !, tho. cabin, no, sign Of
life appeared, the. silence was ominous Of
al, they had too painfully anticipated.
The snow had drited high against, the.
door, through which they made their
way; 1t had drified through the crevices, OF
the logs. and covered the floor, and be-
meath this cold shroud was found the wife
and child ofthat wretched man; the sad
remains ofall that had made this miserable
cabin a home! The mother had persisted,
apparently seeking. to preserve the life of
her embarrassing it to her BOSOM; and
the child, after those fountainsfrom which
| it had drawn thefmeans of life, were. cold
land rigid as marble, had nestled there,and
died; the tear, that, hunger had started.
! stood upon its cheek an ice-drop! With
what shall we compare vice that visits
upon the world such woes as thisl It.
stands alone--it first sinks its. victims be-
meath the notice ofthe common eye, and
then with ,merciess satisfaction, EFFORTS
| by protracted torture, the remains oFhope
and life. How many such scenes haye
occurred of which thu world has ia
ken no note. How many an eye has watch
led through the gathering gloom night.
and the drifting SHOWS of winter, to catch
toe form ofone whose approach wal. ter
,ror, and whose presence was despair;--
whose foot-fall brought paleness to the,
check, and an agony to the heart, more.
fearful Than the widest sound in the war
elements What is hoas when invaded
by this fell destroyer. Home--around
which cluster the graces of Heaven, the
innocence ofpresent enloyme t,the prom.
ises ofSthe future and the delightful memo-
ries of the pasts the asy lum of virtue, the
sanctuary of love- 4 he tempter enters
with the fury of a ,fiepd, the malace OF an
assassin and the envy of a demon; TO en-
bitter with passion every Cup of ioy;s To-
pierce the heart with, poisoned dagger
and blight every hope ola better world IN
thecheerless .desola.ien ofthis. rAlasi the
cheerful melody of the tongue IS siient, and
The happy circle ofthe hearth reyiyes no
more. ''Oh! blodiest picture in the book
of time, %. ,sAoqas abu5s sss.a linda
The hurricane. sweeps over amountatns
and valley, leaving fields, iha.nletsl and
villases,a scene of sdesolatien. sGBntilea
few revolving seasons reneW4the ruins;i
the forest grows up and fourishes ia the
path ofrthe Observation-Disclosures coz er the
/ fields--cottages and village smile again
in theirwehted beauty, But whatTchangei
of seasons cantrenew sthesdfelds,d restore
the happy cottage and chez rfnllgyillag
where the sceurge of ipiemperaneeI has
been; hiighting where it rests, and iIIark:
ing itsbur,ling path with tears, and bloodb
The evening may srsluse isa gentle dew,1
the cloud with hold the genial shower,
until the heavens are as brass and the