Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1852-07-14

Do you suppose we nave cultivated our
minds and improved the brigh, end gIori-
Gus gift of intellect, to the best of our ca
paciiy, TO minister only TO your physical
wants Not bit of it! When that's over
we want something rational. Do you ever
think Of that, you selfih wretch? when you
sit, with your feet on the manllepiece, read
ing The newspaper all TO yourself, or sit
from tea time till ten o'clock, staring The
ashes in the CRATE out of counienance
Lord Harry If had such block of
husband, I'D scare up the ghos, of "a lover,
somewhere, il there's any wit in woman!
WHAT CAUSED THE MAINE LIQUOR
LAW.
| A short time since, we attended large
Temperance Mass Meeting, which was ad-
dressed by the celebrated Hawkins, of Bal
tImore. He gave the occasion, or the cause,
of the Maine Law. He said, that at Wash
ingtonian meeting in Portland, confirmed
drunkard, who was impoverished and bow
ed to the dust by drinking, came up to sign
the pledge, followed by his miserable wife.
AS soon as he 81 gned it, she burst into tears,
and followed him back TO her seat. After
this. the drunkard (Swee., was his name)
went to work picked up piece of furniture
here, end another there, and supplied the
house with necessaries and comforts then
he bought him little cottage, and lived for
seven years happily with his liltle family.
After so long time, he entered splendid
drinking saloon in the city, and they prevail
ed on him to drink, and he was made dead
drunk. 1t was given out that he was dead.
They laid him on truck and took him
home. His wife came 10 the door to receive
his corpse, but as soon as she saw he was
drunk she screamed in agony. He was car
ried into chamber and put on bed, and
she sat by his side until he came to his sem
ses She then asked him where he got
bis liquor. He refused to tell She lock-
ed the door, and threw the key out of the
window to her lille boy, and directed him
no, to unlock the door until she told him to-.
She then told her husband he should not
leave the chamber, neither would she leave
it, until he told her where he got his liquor.
For long time he refused to tell, but final
ly said that he got it at Coles. Cole kept
a splendid saloon, and he eniced poor Sweel
in, and made him drunk. She then ordered
the door open, and put on her bonnet.
"Where are you going :" said her hus-
band.
"rm going to Coles" she responded.
"Don'. 60 THERE" said he, "you'll disgrace
yourself"
81 shall not disgrace myself so much as
you have disgraced me-" and off she went TO
Coles.
She found some young men in this splen-
did rum-hole. She told Cole who she was,
and commenced begging him not to sell her
husband liquor, and told her melting story.
He cursed her, and told her to leave. She
refused, and fell upon her knees, and begged
in the mos. piiful terms. He began to talk
obsceneIy to her, and aroused her indigna-
ton. She then seized him by the collar,
and held him with one hand, as in vice.
With the other hand she slapped his face,
back and forth, until he was most severely
chaslsed, and then left for home.
The young men who were present, told
the rumseler he we'll deserved his hoggng.
1t was an infinite shame 10 insult a woman
he had so wronged, when she came to plead
with him ih such a manner
Well, the next day Sweet came home
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she found he bought liquor e. Coles again.
She Immediately started for Coles, and
found about $50 men surrounding an auc-
lioneer, who was crying off goods before
the door of Coles saloon. Her former visit
to Coles was known over the city, and had
caused general talk. She dodged into the
saloon and the people at the auction. see
ing her go in, pushed in after her, and left
the auc,ioneer alone. They said, "There
goes Mrs Swee,-anoher batlery!"
As she entered, she saw her husband in
the act of raising the cup 10 his lips. He
dropped his cup and escaped through the
back door. She then began to talk to Cole
as before; and he talked TO her as before.
When he commenced bis obscenly, she
went inside the bar and seized Cole by the
collar, with her left hand ,Iand run her clench-
ed fist in his face with her right hand, until
it was we'll pounded, and then showed him
out head first, so that he fell headlong into
the street. She then entered the bar and
surveyed the splendid bottles and furniture.
In her indignation she q, once broke all the
bottles, and sci the cocks of barrels of liquor
all running. Then she saw showcase of
toys and sugar things, and said, "Look,
there's trap for our children, to draw them
here and make them druukards." She found
an old jug of liquor and emp'ied lis contents
all over the toys, and ruined them.
About this time another rumseller rushed
in and addressed the audience, ,-"Why will
YOU all stand here and see SO much proper
ty destroyed ," The woman then rushed
a. him, saying, "And you are another scoun-
drel" Having destroyed every thing. she
went into the street toward home, and meet
! ing the mayor and two or three policemen,