Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-05-29


exaggcrato the picture even had we room or
inclination.
Mrs. S. was a heroine, though not of ro-
mancn. She loved her worthless husband
aud had borne his neglect, the tears of her
children, the grippe Of famine and the railing
of the drunltard, without repining.
Never had her e~xertions sl~ackened, never
had a harsh word passed her lips.
At night, when she put her children to
sleep, she wept and watched for his coming;
and when he did come, drunk as usual. she
undressed and assisted him to bed without a
yeproach. At length, her courage well nigh
exhausted, she resolved on the last and most
desperate effort.
At night, having disposed of her three ell
dest children, she took the two youngest by
the band, and then bent her steps to the pot
house her husband was accustomed TO fire.
quent.
She looked in at the window, and there he
sat in the midst of boon companions, with
his pipe in his mou'L and his glass in his
hand. He was evidently excited though not
drunk. Great was the excitement of that
bad company, and normou Mr.. Smeslalo's
dismay and confusion, when his wife, pale
as marble, and leading wo tattered and bare
foot babies, called for three glasses of bran
dy and water, and then sat down by his side.
what in the world brings you here, Ma
ry?' said he morosely.
1T is very lonesome at home, and your
business seldom allows you to be there re-
piled the meek wife. 'Ihere Is no company
like yours, and as you cannot come to me, |
must come to you. / have a right to share
your pleasures as well as your sorrcws.'
But to come to such a place "a this eX-
postulated Tom.
No place can be improper where my hu5-
band is said poor Mary. Whom God hath
put together, let no man put asunder.' She
took up the glass of spirits.
Sure you are not ag0ing to drink that 7
asked Tom in fall adjustment.
'NFhy not (! You say you drink to forget
sorrow, and if brandy has that effect, | am
sure no living creature has SO good an excuse
for drinking as |. Besides, | have not eaten
a mouthtul to-day, and [ really need some
thing to support my strongth.'
"Womln, woman, yon are not going to
give the children such stuff as thatl 2 cried
Tom, as she handed each of the children a
glass Of liquor.
why not? Can children have a better
example than their fathers Is not what is
good for him good for them also! 1t will
put them to slocp, and they will forget that
they ane cold and hungry. Drink, my chill.
dren; this is fire, and bed, and clothing
Drink, you can see how much good it does
your father"
With seeming reluctance, Mary suffered
her husband to lead her home, and that nigh.
he prayed long and fervently, which he hdC
not done for years. The next evening as he
returned homeward with steady step, he saw
his oldest boy run into the house, and heard
him e~Xclaim, 20 mother, here comes father
and he is not drank Tears came down tn
|, parents cheek, aud from that hour he has no
tasted drink. He had never been vicious 0
unleeling, and as soon as his emancipation
/, from the thraldom Of a debasing appetite be
came known, friends, employment, and pros
perity, returned to him. AS for Mrs. s., shI
l is one of the h~appiest of women, and neve
, thinks without joy and gratitude, of her frs
r and last visit to the pot house.