Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-11-04
day night; tea coffee lemonade; wine ?

! And why not mammal said the young
ladies-.'the people are beginning to have
lit-they had wine at Mrs. As, and Mrs
MS
well. your papa thinks it won't do
the boys are members of the temperance
society, and don't think, girls, it will do
myself"
There are a good many persons by the by
who always view moral questions In this
style or phraseology--not what is right,
! but what will '-do."
I The girls made an appropriate reply to
this view of the subject by showing that
/ Mrs A and Mrs B. had done the thing
and nobody seemed to make talk
The boys who thus far In the conversa-
tion had been thoughtfully rapping their
bonts with their canes. now interposed
and said that they would rather not have
wine if it wouldn't look shabby
But it will look shabby said Miss
Fanny Lemons you know are scarce to
be got at any price, and as for lemonade
Of syrup, it's positively vulgar and detes-
table. Il tastes just ike cream of tarter
and spirits of turpentine"
For my part,n said Emma, II never
did see the harm of wine even when peo-
pie were making the most fuss about it
to be sure rum and brandy and all that
are bad but wine"
And so convenient to get" said Fanny
''and no decent young man ever gets
drunk at parties. so it can't do harm be
sides one must have something and as [
said before, it viii look shabby not to have
it"
Now there is no imputation that young
men are 50 much afraid of. especially from
the lips of young ladies'. as that Of shah
biness. and as it happened in this case as
most others that the young ladies were
the most efficient takers the question was
finally carried on their side.
Mrs G. was a motherly woman. Just
the one fitted to inspire young men with
a confidence and that home feeling which
all men desire to find somewhere Her
house was free and easy ground social
for most of her acquaintances. and Harry
was favorite domesticated visitor
Daring the temperance reform. fathers
aud brothers had given it their open and
decided support, and Mrs g. always en-
listed for any good movement. sympa thiz
ed warmly in their endeavors The great
fault was that too often incident In the
I gentleuess of woman. a want of self-reli-
ant principle Her virtue was too much
! the result Of mere sympathy, too little in
her own conviction Hence when those
she loved grew cold towards a good cause.
they fouGd no sustaining power In her.
ana those who were relying on her judg
ment aud opinions instantly controlled
them Notwithstanding she was woman
that always acquired a great influence ov-
er young men, and Harry had loved and
revered her with something of the same
sentiment that he cherished toward his
mother
It was the most brilliant party of the
season
Everything was got up with faultless
taste, and Mrs @ was in the very spirit
Of it The girls were looking beautifully.
the rooms were splendid, there was enough
ard not too much of light and warmth and
every body was doing their best to please
and to be cheerful Harry was more bril-
liant than usual and in fact outdid him
self wit and mind were the spirit of the
hour
just take this tokay," said one of the
sisters to him, 1T has just been sent to
US from Europe, and it is said to be gen
uiue article"
You know I'm not in that line" said
Harry. laughing and coloring.
Why not ~ said another young lady.
taking a glass.
"Oh the temperance pledge you know
Il am one Of the pillars of the order, a
very apostle. it will never do for me
"Pshaw those temperance pledges are
like the proverb something musty,'' said
a gay girl
We'll but you said you had head
: ache the beginning of the evening, and
j you really look pale you certainly need
it as medicine" said Fanny. iii leave
it to mamma" and she turned to Mrs q
who stood gaily entertaining a group of
: young people.
Nothing more likely" replied she gal
; ly. Il think Harry you look pale, glass
of wine viii DO you good
: Had Mrs @ known of all Harry's past
history and temptations and had she not
; been in Just the inconsiderate state that
very good ladies sometimes get into at a
= party she would sooner have sacrificed her
right hand than to have thrown this OBJ
servatiou into the scales but she did. and
they turned the balance for him on
2 shall be my doctor" he said as laughing
and coloring he drank the glass and where
was the harm2 One glass OF wine killed
! nobody. and yet if d man falls and knows
2 that in that glass he sacrifices principles
7 and conscience. every drop may be poison
= TO the soul and body.
f Harry felt at the time that great In
! terhal barrier had given away. nor was
t that glass the only one that evening. an
: other aud another followed. his spirit rose
with the wild and feverish gaiety incident
to his excitable temperament, and what
S had been begun in the society of ladle'
r was completed at night in the gentleman
: saloon
Nobody ever knew that one party had
e undone this young man. and yet 50 It was
From that night his struggle of moral re
isistence was fatally impaired not that ht
Yielded at once and without desperate e.
; forts and struggles. bat gradually each
: struggle grew weaker, each reform short