Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-11-01
Fro,'i tie Netr Hampshire Telegraph.
a 'E'erY:7sae lesson.

Tine evening some WeeAS since there
cams into our Office. q man OF some thirty
1--WE years Of age III j state Of almost
helpless Drunkenness Scaling himself
npon q stool. he threw back his cap, which
in the etl'lrt fell upon the floor. and ..stri.s-
ing an att.tule.'' u We say Or the players.
sometimes. he ashed if We had ever seen
him before After an examination, We
told him that we did not remember ever
having that honor H then said the last
sane W. mct, was at Baltimore. al the
t:.cat Wing Convention in 1874. We
remembered him al once. He was then
citing q leading whig paper in this State.
with marked success, and was an honored
delegate to that Convention. though he had
seen strange sicisstules in hi, day, and
had been much addicted to intern perance
lie ow stood before Us iii state of
l2at!isonle drunkenness. a:4d asked the
privilege Of sleeping upon The Office floor.
" tu.I hitn that We could not DO that
-thHt IN spite Of his condition. we could
not b. contanted to give TO a fellow crafts
nan, whora We had known in better DAYS
81 poor accommodations as that, but he
uti ny refused 10 accept any thing else.
4; vas fJ3 drunk. he said, for any thing
e!<r. = finally spread down q large lot
- 9ur oid exchanges. and fixed him up
as comfort 'b.e as could, and left him
TOR i.!" might In thc morning we found
h.n sober and rational. and we embraced
t1r opportunity 10 talk 10 him Of his habits.
Though SO had small hope Of good from it.
nct".;a~'nu.!ing his most solemn promises
II wanted = borrow five dollars We
la 10 money to lend 10 such as he. bui
W gave him freely Il small sum of money
more than was for his good we appre-
hcnd"d and he LIT us with the most
h"grtf It thanks for our kind deeds. and
!..ni words. We heard no more from
ni:a uatil last week. when we came across
an .t7n stating that a man named Thomp-
son was found drowned in Lawrence.
Ihougil we had no knowledge Of his
"hercab MS, we thought instantly that il
vas he. The trutA realized our anticipa-
lions. |, was Henry c. Thompson. a
nam connected wi1n some Of the best
families in this Statc-of decided talent
aud genius. who but for the terrible habit
II lEfeinperancc might have filed il pro
tnnenf place in society.
Tn lesson should hot be lost To our
readers he was unknown, but there is
nardi.- one Of them who does not know of
- > IS ti>li-t!, PEI
anl not 80 shockingly fatal. We can
nam" on by scores. men possessing
every natural qualification 10 ad,rn society.
yut ,eAo instead Of ornaments. have be-
come is pests. That man who goes reel
ng home T. his family, night after night.
vas one. its ornament and is pride The
'np@t.ta Tor strong diiuk was int!uignd in.
lnd how instead Of the intrNi. Il and
ranrlrnanl< citizen. he is at times Little
better th2n 4 dwelling idiot; these things
come from very small bcginnin- 5. The
Young lnen who indulge in even an oc-
easloilal glass Of wine, on festive occa-
sion, may escape this end, possi6iy-they
hink they shall escape it-so did poor
Thompson SO id every man, VINO now
lis drunkard's grave. or is rceling to-
yards il. Bat they should know that
here !, no SAFETY but in abstinence. The
appetite grows with what it feeds on
.uI there is not one Of them. who may
.nt come II as sad an end as his who call
d tortn this article Let the Young men
+ this community think Of these things.
nh bc warned