The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1852-02-19
Origin Of the Maine Law.

large Temp rance Mass Meeting, which
was addressed by the celebrated Hawkins
Of Baltimore. He gave the occasion or
cause of the Maine law. H. said at a
Washingtopian meeting in Portland, ther
was q confirmed d unkard, who was i'm
povelish and bowed to the dust by drink
lug, came up TO sign the pledge, followed
oy his miserable wife. So soon as he sign.
ed it, she burst into tears, and followed
him back to her seat. After this the
d unkard Sweet was his name) went to
work and picked up piece of furniture
here, and another there, and supplied his
house with nccassaries and comforts-then
h. bought him a little cottage, and lived
for seven years happily with his little fam
lily. Aft'r so long q time, he entered a
splendid d mixing saloon in the city. and
they prevailed on him to drink until he
was mad, drunk, dead drunk. 1t was
given out that he was dead. They laid
him on tuck and took him home. His
wifi, came to the door to receive his corpse,
but so soon as she saw he was drunk sh.
screamed in agony. He was carried into
IL chamber and put on Il BID, and she sat
bv his side until he came to his senses
She then ask Il him VIII ire he got his liz
uor. He refused to tell She locked tn E
,ioor, and threw the key out thy window
t, her little boy, and directed him not to
unlock the door until she told him to.
She then told her husband he shouldn't
ave the chamber, neithe would she leave
it, unit. he tol her where he got his liq
nor For a long line he refused, but
finally told ar sh, would always have h'r
way, and said he got it at Coles. Cole
kept a splendid soloon, and he got poor
!Smet in and got him drunk. She then
, de ed the door open, and put on h'r
bonnet. "Wherc are you going" said
!; Sweet. "I am going to Coles" "Don't
20 tn ,re," said he, "you will but disgrac
Yourself" Il shall not disgrace myself
/. ), much as you have disgraced me-" ant
IF ,he W Mt to Coils. She found soml
tounr n N in this splendid rum hole. Sht
{ tol Cole who she was, and commenced
, , g ing him not to sell her husband liquor
md told her melting story He curSec
her. and told her to leave. She refused
! md f,ll upon her knees and begged in th
D most pitful terms. He began to talk OBJ
'c nelly 10 her, and aroused her indigna
ton She then led him 10y ths collar
md h Id him with on. hand as in a vice
With the other han | >h. slapped bis face
back and forth, until he was most severely
ch,stized, and then LIFT for home
The young mon who were present, then
tod the rum-s.llcr he well deserved his
logging. 1t was an iufni'e shame to in
suit woman he had 81 wronged, when
he came to plead with him in such mat
| TER.
Well, the next day Sweet came home
Trunk again, and 50 the next day, and the
rext, when sh, found he got lis liquor at
Giles again. She Immediately started 70
Coles and found about $50 m surround
iny an auction or whn was crying off goods
before the doc Of Co e's saloon. Her for
ner visit 10 Coles was known over tho
.i'y, an had caused very general talk
md s'le had become generally known
She d d red into the saloon; and the pso
rle at the auction, seeing her go in, pushct
in after her, aud lift the auctioneer alone
t They sail, there goes Mrs. Sweet-an
t ,the, bite ~" AS sh en- ere she saw he1
/ "usban in tho act Of raising the cup II
his lips. II. d opned his cup and escaped
through the hack door. She then bcgar
10 talk to Cole as before and he talked tc
$ her as before. When he commenced hi
bsrenity, sh went inside the bar and seiz
G d Cole by the collar with her lift hand
e and run her cllnch d fist into his face will
her right hand until it was well pounded
. and thin showed him out head first, ant
D kicked him as he fell into the street Sh'
tn n elt'red the bar and surveyed th'
, 50 'end.l bottles and furniture. In her in
diguation she at once b okc all the bottles
] AMI set the cocks of the barrels Of iquo
all running. Then she saw show box o
= toys and sugar things, and said "look there
: a trap for our children to draw them here
: and make th'm drunkards." She founc
, an old ju with so ne liquor in it and einpti
, ei its conten all over the toys and rui &c