Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1852-04-20
Misfcllaneous.
a WORD OF WARMING,
Addressed 10 the Daughters of America.
BY J. b. REGAIN.

DEAR LADY, Daughters of America -
thou art young and beautiful thine eye is
bright, thy features are fair, aud thy form is
iovely,-aud now thy heart doth laugh with
gladncss, and thy face doth brightly beam
with joy. Bright-eyed beautiful one =
wouldst thou preserve the brightness of thine
eye, the lustre of thy beauty, the loneliness
of thine image, and the joy of thine heart
and save thyself from the whirlpool Of misery?
Then beware bow thou rcceivest the visits of
the youthfulloyc Of the tiplers glass,
ware how tlon acceptest the band of the
moderate drinking young man, who ",rW
take glass when be pleases, yea, beware
lest thou bind thyself to dram drinking
young man, the first half drunkard, by the
sacred chain of wedlock Yield not to tho
solicitations, -confde not in the promises
have nothing to do with, q to say to. the rum
drinking young man but cast him from thy
presence turn him away from thy companion
ship, and avoid him as thou wouldst viper
for. be assured. nc youth, who indugeth
in habits of drinking spiituous liquors as a
beverage, is worthy to take the hand of any
young lady. Beware, then, whom thou trust
est. Remember that on thy choice is sus-
pended lifetime of happiness. 1t may all
be turned to wretchedness aud woe.
| True, the customs Of society doth not al
low thee to select partner, bat they will per-
NIT thee to reject the proHers of him, vile
wretch who would deceive thy heart ruin
/ thy hopes destroy thy beauty, aud rob thee Of
bliss; and remember that the woman is lit
tie to be envied who will accept the hand of
II moderate drnker, which she must do vol
unfairly for life,--for in doing that she doth
/ buy her ruin at great cost Nor can the
treasure thus wasted by thine own hand, be
again redeemed to Zurich thy heart aud bless
thy life
The history Of the past confirms these
statements History is a collection of facts
The facts which it presents on the subject are
terrible as an army of spectres. The tell of
disappointed love, Of blghted hopes, of pale
FORMS Of poor, broken hearted. dscorso-
late females whose prospects were once as
bright as are thine; but alas they lost all
By loedding drarkards Instead ofhaS5ands
Here they made the fatal step. Here they
wildly risked all,-here their very hearts
were crushed, and all their beautiful hopes
were blasted for lie. So it may be with
thyselE Here, all may be lost.
o. woman, young, beautiful lovely wo-
man beware how, and to whom thou givest
thy heart and tbyseli, when thou eommittest
thy destiny to another--beware then, lest
thou but throw thyselfaway Trust not the
breath, when promise comes heated with poi
son Of liquid fire BE assured who Thea
trusteth that thou dost hang all Of Thy hope
OF beauty, and OF blessing for lie, over the
boiling gulf of fearful aud inevitable ruin
Beware, then of thyself for thon makest
thy destiny in choosing that which must con
troll it.-Choose not uncertainty, nor yield
thy affections aud thyself into hands that
would mar thy beauty and destroy thy peace,
Thou canst not control all things Some
thou mayest, and others avoid Thy love
can control the heart, aud rule the man but
it cannot restrain the love or lust of vice that
ruleth in bad heart, educated in the habits
Of the evil man Heed this voice Of aiicc
tionate warning Turn from the lovers Of
the bowl Of Bacelrus Save thyself--thy
lile--from the shrine Of ruin Commit thy
self unto Him who judgeth wisely. Seek |
his direction, and acting with his high APP |
probation, thou shalt be lovely still, and
still be happy.