Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-10-20

ed family, where, with peaceful heart, ouie.
conscience, and wearied limbs be gave him.
Iselt to the embrace of natures sweet restorer
Ills division was some miles distant
his brethren, however, had heard of the
u hoods that were lifted up against him. seek.
liag to overHhelm him. and fortbv;tb collad
meetig Tney is Haes a. nne tots1 WIN caeo
'abanded together to arm themselves 80
Ito go to the field of action in body, and
work their way through!
| 1t was night and the moon shane calmly
land brightly upon the scene. Our heroic
Sons sailed forth. and armiug themselves
with cradles, hooks, and rakes, they moved
IN ar unbroken column towards the silent
held: AT every step, the bounding heart
hlied with glee and joy, all joined in singing
their favorite chorus
Pledge, brothers, pledge, hould eer affection crave,
Wen hy to succOr and to save
On, on they went, and soon arrived at
the unreaped field. Here it lay in silent lone
Illness, with slight impression made on ois
border by the lone Son. They stealtbily
slipped into the enclosure, stole march nm
on the unsuspecting hour, and one after
another led of-slaying each broad swath.
followed by rakers and binders. The action
thus begun was cheerily kept up until there
was not astanding spire of grain itstbe f;eld
lne next duty was to gather up the well
banded sheayes and arrange them in nearly
. tHsIF fsgps5Vs Aqe hsy, u sAeh aac8
their successful scythes, sickles, and rakes,
and be found in bed before the sacred Sab
bath should arrive.
But for the trickish thought of the signal
and bloodless victory that had been so silent
ly won-the great surprise of the lone Sou.
when he should awake and find alg his grafh
IN shocks-the chagrin, shame aud morti6-
cation of those whiskey-loving neighbors,
who should witness the triumph of virtue and
principle over them 10 spite of whiskey, jeers,
or SCOTS; but for these busy thoug ghts. we
say, our noble boys would have fallen into a
refreshing sleep after their nightly toll
But the inspiring energies of Love to the
brethren, Purity of purpose, and Fsdel-
lty' to the cause of its votaries, had filed
their hearts to the overhowing. Over such
feast the heart must tarry aud regale it.
self to the full 1t is truly a luxury to re-
lieve oppressed virtue, and administer to-
the protection and support of the man Of
principle and integrity. On these dainties
the Sons of Temperance feast upon hidden
mamma.
The night passed of in quietenes and the
light of the Sabbath morn had again made
visible the unsurpassed beauties of those.
prairies and woodlands, now in state of
cultivation, along the borders of the beauti-
full Wabash. Never did the sun look down
upon richer fields of glain than adorn this
Egypt of the West. The man of toll and
of principle arose from his couch with the
cherished anticipation of a sweet day of rest
rest to the Uearied limbs aud anxious but
unbending mind He walked forth upon
the portico to catch the morning breeze and
cast his eye DER focks and fields, as no was
wont to do, to see if all was right. His eye
lit upon his reaped field He started, as if
toouer- r-iaefu-' DuC no; rnaC s nty Jtetd cer-
tainly' But those shocks-what how
can this be? Amusement overcame him
he paused. Wife, he cried, come here /;
do you see that field, reaped, bound and
shocked-the whole Of it! Do you see, nv
children !! Tell me who harvested this grain
so neatly-who, wife Children, who came
4" the night and cut my grain and put it up
SO handsomely for me into shocksp All
stood in speeches. wonder for moment,
when he exclaimed - The SoNs,-THE
SONS OF TEMPERANCE have done it {
God bless the Sons of Temperance, he ex-
claimed. Each heartresponded, God bless
them, while tears of gratitude, stood in the
eye OF every member of the family circle.