Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-05-25

We anew woman who for several wears
past, his sna 3tained herself family and drunk
en- hus:ahd, xeeping boarding house and nc.
tually .osng the greater part of the work her
self. Iie poar loaler, would get up in the
morning. beg 3borrow, or steal dime from
his wife OF sor;,e of the. boarders, and 90 to the
dram shop foi. his morning draught. Here
I he would renlsin all day with no other care on
his mind 8Iian to get whiskey to drown his
senses ard stnpify his brains. When even
ing came he would 90 home staggering drunk.
| The virtues OF his wife, the carresses of his
children, wer4 lost upon him; their charms
had ce&sed-4hiskey was the all absorbing
passion:of his aeart. In former days, he had
been better f1an /; and the wife mindful OF
her early love determined to make an effort
to restore Some Of the b'hoys round the can
al Marlst. bettar known as the Raging Trads'
were appealed 20. They promised, TO use the
phrase q she speaker to put him gently thro''
The next slime ae got drunk the b'hoys BACKED
his face, tied fne silk around his fingers, arms
and ANGLES TO give feeling of pain and cramp
TO these parts. j They tickIed his nose to wake
him up: Whip he opened his eyes he looked
upon get of hng drawn solemn countenan-
ces, with anxiety depicted thereon. One of
PRONOUNCED it ; real case of Asiatic Spsmod-
were NOPE OF tie clearest, Just al this moment
opened 3lis eyes wide ar the announcement.
~ OF cont mean me, do you - he gasped
with fe;sr.
Yes, you, Ind nothing but the most ener-
getic meahs can save you; Don't YOU feel
cramped Ia your extremities - said the Doc
'"' Lord save ,t,e do feel eramped all over
Doctor cure mi, and III do any thing in the
world for gou.', whispered the Ioafer.
at issa slardkase but I'll try. If you were
not drinking IAN, the cure would be easy"
replied the othsr.
''Oh Damn tye whskey I'll never drink
any more, If yea will cure me this Time"
''Look fere,t said the Doctor, thrusing
glass before HRS, ''you already purple in
Il Sc, il, s,l, it, ohDootor, I'm crnmp
ed all over, feel it all over IN my fingers,
my arms, and EGGS. now it's in my BELLY
Doctor sure me- for Gods sake
Aud the poof devil rolled over the floor in
excrutia:ing agony. The Doctor with the
sistance SOC the h'hoys. now commenced adj
ministerang the.remedies. They rubbed him
down, relied h!n over, gave him some awful
doses NIT. known in the Pharmacopeia.-I
If he had not been sick, they soon made him
He WIS .takeA home, weak and feeble groan-
ing tromthe kicks and cuffs and rubbing down.
The wife saw ff1d could scarcely refrain from
tears; tnt she,had staked all on the result
and determined not to interfere. He was put
to bed. ;The Physician remained, not daring
to leave such a=critical case. He assured his
patient al imn2ediate danger was past. but
called ht ears with I horrid stoies Of IF burnt
lungs and ruinti stoinachs, from drinking
The poor devil -nentalIy vowed if he could get
through this scfape, he'd never touch another
drop again. Is the solitude of the night, his
thoughts ever reverted TO his wife, her patient
endurance, hernndying attachment to him
self, andfat. ltE4e children, and resolved here
after to be- 4 fagaer and husband. In short
time, he.rscovesed. His wife willingly con-
sented to- move y a distant part of the country,
far from the scenes of his former dissipation
and the fast We heard OF him, he had become
temperate, a .sgiser, and better man.-Cin.
Mercury.