The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-10-14
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;n4 aSs2 iho.Vnasssr., over -tha. bottle, and
have come to a sort of drunken conclu-
sion to get married. When you get
sober YOU will both repent OF 1t Proba-
~->-ss-v' t'@-
nNo. sir. We arernot very drunk now;
drunk but'what weAcan think, Snd
we don't think we are doing right-we
are not doing as we were brought up TO
do bnour pi0us parents. We have been
.S,padid about the good things you have
done for Just such poor outcasts as we
are, and wewant you to Try and dcsCne-
thing for nana1 yor 8NirabI saN
80 f'Rsad Can yUnFeadA qDO you qTead
The .Bibleps III. ~ bas 7o,o11 .
aWell, not much lately but we read
The newspapers, and sometimes we read
something good IN them. How can we
Rad fhe BIble when we are drunk p'q .
ssadDo you think getting married will
keep you from getting drunkyna VS.
mis- HYesy for we are going tOrlake the
pledge, Toe, ,,andEe shall keep bdePspd
upon that wad va t.gab II bga
aSuppose you YOU take the pledge and try
that first, and If you can keep il till you
can wash some OF the dirt away, and
get some clothes on, then l will marry
ayou.m l5' 20 81 'ta 9ls s3H.,h ~
1HNos that won't do. 1 will getbto
thinking what q poor dirty, miserable
wretch am, and how am living with
this woman, who is not bad woman BY
nature, and then | will drink, and1hen
she will drink-oh, cursed rum land
what is 10 prevent us! But if we were
married, my wife, yes, Mr.. Pease, my
wife would say, Thomas, ,'---she would
not say, tTom,---you dirty brute, don't
be tempted;' and who knows but what
we may be somebody yet--somebody
that our own mothers would nor be
ashamed O" .....,..a. 49,.
Here the woman, who had been silent
and rather moody, burst into a violent
food Of tears, crying, "Mother mother
4 know not whether she is alive or not
and dare not enquiries but If we were
married and reformed, | would make be-
pEy once more
fslcould no longer withstand the ap
peal,D said MIR. P, "and determined, Il
give them trial. I have married 9
good many poor, wretched-looking cou
pIes, but none that looked quite 30 much
as this. The man was hatless and shoe
less, without coat or vest, with long hai
and beard gfimed with dirt. He was BY
trade bricklayer, one OF the best in the
city. She were the last remains Of {
silk bonnet, and something that nigh
pass for shoes, and an old, very ole
dress, once q rich merino, apparently
without any under garments"
' "And your name is Thomas s-fhoma'
whatw ha- t"] ..t--st sia'
s.. setting, SIR Thomas Eling, a good
truscman that is, shall be if you1wil
marry us.p al n.e h3..Bq hga 9ldet
5aa@Welb well. ! am going to mar!
aArsG yous TSsre, Mag, I told 70
10 t'Donr call me Mag. If | am goin
to be married, will be by my rigt
name; the one my mother gave rne.Oa
''Not Magl Well, InsVeT knew that
.i.f lNV~1 AuVAueSJ hOlu yOuI tOHSu0J w
talk TOO much. What is your name -
~ "Matilda. Must ! tell the Other
Yes, will, and | never will disgrace
/ don't think | should ever have been
bad If I had kept it. That bad woma
who first tempted me to ruin, made n
take,a false name 1t lisa bad thing
a giEIatO give up her name, unless
that of a good husband. Matilda Fl
llsy.9 Nobody knows me by that mar
inithis bad city, 4mi H.H0i 5G
I9e5'Very well; Matilda and Thoml
take each other by the right hand, a
look at me, for ! am going to unite y
in the holy bonds Of marriage by Go
ordinance. Do you think you are sli
7lciendy sober to comprehend its sole
Tnttv,Dliy9L ,3'usrb ,u5i0u5ii'f -R'''
SYes,sir " ,insitfq baa aly.
-25l ttMzHidgs being one Of Gods holy
dinancssy cannot be kept in sin, mise
filth and drunkenness. Thomas, v
you take MatildaIto beyeur lawful 1tr
only welded wife Y'Il az ,es9arsbiu
dyes, sir" cnid ,sta ,.,s 8rad
0You promise that you will live V