Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-07-12
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I'M. GNGSAocubs ~ SateA n = hnDTASat StDut man.
With agopd hpmpFed conpteAaneeand a horid
SOniplekiou. rising sfheslase speaker took bis
seat I hsye been, a tayerp7keeper,', ,,n,.
Atthis announcement there was move
meat through the wh6leroorn. and an express
sion Of Increased intefesksiss essIi iaHa 4
Yess Mta President be went on, a have.
been tavern-keeper, and many glass have
sold A Fou, and the Secretary there, and to.
dozens Of Others that j see here" glancing
around upon the company a9a s7ssaac9 $50
ssnThat's a fact broke ia tie President ma
nY gin soddy and brandy punch have tia.
ken az your bar. But times are changed MOVE
and we have begun . carry the war int the
eAendy. camp. And our war has not been al
together unsuccessful forw have taken pris-
euer one Of the rdmseller's bravest tieneralsl
But 81 cp. friend M, LEI ps have your expe-.
efee-Raa n yiAa ii t5ssa is ,2s31 esessds gvssd
sAs to my experience, Mr. President the.
ex-taveruskeeper resumed, in rum selling and
run drinking I have done a good dead of
both n my tima-A that would be rather too
long TO tell 70 night-an one that would
much rather forget than relate, 1tmakes me
lrembleb and sick a. heart whenever Hook
back Upon the evil have done therefore
usually look ahead with che hope Of doing
some good 70 my fellow men. 49,
But there Il one incident II viii relate For
Che last iive years, a hard working mechanic,
with 4 wife and seven small children, came
te6aarlgg almost every nighsto my tavern,
and spent1the sveningiu my barsroon. He
cane toldrink. Of scourseeand many aadellar
q his hard ea5nings went into my till AT last
he became perfect sot-working scarcely
one hsf of the time, and spending all he earn.
ed for liquor His poor wife had to take in
washing 10 support herself and children, while
Die spent bis time and The. little be could make
III my bar. B But bis. appetite for liquor was
81 strong that his week s earnings Rere susu-
ally gone By Tuesday or "Wednesday, and
thef had % chalk up score against him
q be paid OF when Saturday night came
This score gradually increased until il
amounted 30 three or four dollars over bis Sat
izrday hiRhssspay, wRsuI refused 10 sell, him
mnY more liquor untillt was settledae On the
day afterI had thus refused him, he came in
Mish neat mourning breast pin. Enclosing
some hair no doubt. ] thought Of deceased
Eelatires This he proffsrsd in payment of
Nf1athsB6 owed lIsaceepted t. for the pin i al
once saw was worth double the amount Of my
IN ibid not think, nor indeed care about
the question: whether be was heowner or
not; 4 wanted my own. and in my selfish ea-
rerness toeqefit Il hesitatedo60f sa1Eaake liz
fle more than my own Iaidiahe breast-pin
AWAY. and and all things went on smoothly for
awhile. But be gradually got behind hand
AGAIN. aud I again cut of his supply of liquor.
This time be brought me pair OF brass and
ifodss and q pair Of brass candlesticks, and I
took them and wiped of tbe score against him
As last be brought me large family Bible,
and took that TOO thinking, no doubt, Il
could sellit for something
On the Sunday afterwards. having nothing
70 do. for fused % shus nv bas On Sundays,
thinkihg itHas NOT respectable to sell liquor,
Iopened this poor druhkard' s family Bible,
scarcely thinking Of what was doing. The
frst place turned 70 was The family record
There Il stated 4hat, upon q certain day, be
9lad been married to Emily 49,. Ihad
kpoWn n haily when i was a young man very
well. and had once thought seriously Of offer
ing myselfao her in marriage I Remembered
Der happy young face, and seemed suddenly
@ hear tone Of Der merry Laughter. sg,.sF
s. never bad such strange feelings as now
came over mo i felt that ! had no business
viii this book but tried to stife my feelings
and turned over several leaves quickly, As /
suffered my eyes TO rest upon an open page,
these words arrested my attention g 9
~ Wine IS . uocker strong drink is raging !;
whose IS deceived thereby IS not wise.s 80
81 This vas iusktheE subject that under the
feelings then had I most wished to avoid,
and 90 ! referred to another place There I
read 4 5 ss abs ,.'55 5.zi 81 s55g.l.ssl
Who hath NO? Who hath sorrow ? Who
hath @oundsg Who hath babbling? Who hath
rsdness Of eyes They that tafry long al the
vine Az lastit biteth like a;serpentii IL sting
eth ike an adder 4
II falt Ike throwing he book from me; but
once more I turned the leaves, and my eyes
rested upon these words - - ~ .s's'c /
Woe unto him that giveth bis neighbor
drink; that puttest the bottle to him and max
est him dunk siz natss5 sa.st- i
g Iclossd the book suddenly and threw i.
down, Then. for half an hour. / paced the
room backwards and forwards in a.state Of
mind ! never before experienced had be-
come painfully conscious Of the direful evils
resulting from intemperenee, and still more
painfully conscious that bad been willing
-uo@AUnIlt III VIC bpFcdu 1Ot tuCoc Cfltes =
cannot tell you how much Suffered that night
nor describe the fearful conflict that took place
IN my mind, between asel6sh love of the gains
Of my calling. and the plain dictates Of truth
and humanity Il was about nine O'Clock, I
think on The same evening, that Iopened the
DEunkard's Bible again. witksak kind of des-
pairing hope that should there meet with
something to direct me. I opened at the
Psalms and read two or three chapters. As
Tread on, without finding anything directly to
my case. / felt an Increasing desire to aban-
don my calling. because Il was injurious to
my fellow men. .a4sg aaias3 i
AfteT Y had read the Bible Iretired 70 bed
bns could not Sleep am sure that during
that night 4 thought Of every drunken man
10 whom I had sold liquor, and Of all their beg
cared families. Ia the brief sleep that OBJ
tanned. I dreamed / saw a long line sf toter-
ipgSdFuukaFds.Wit theiro wives and children
IN rags And loud voice said;l iEso
Vhc hath done this 2
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