Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-06-30
WHOLE NUMBER llN


In the year "a. was in company with a |
gentleman who had Just returned fr1m the cry
Of L., in New England lie sa.d he pa
up at a hotel and for a time took bis scat in The
bar room The door opened snileuly, aud
female stepped in She was the very picture
OF fagony-her hair disheveIed, her dress neyl.
gent, her eye unsteady. and her movements
eccentric. She seemed TO hesitate at trs;. but
At length, gathering courage, she moved up 10
the bar, and said
Landlord. don't sell my poor husband any
more rum. You have ruined us You know
that before be began to come 10 your bar he
was a sober maa. lie was respected 10 socle.
/ tv. He was as kind husband as any woman
ever had We had good home a good farm
and every comfort. But you sold him liquor
until he had no more money to pay. Unknown
10 me, you got a mortgage on his farm you
sold it. and turned me aud nv helpless children
on; Of doors My husband lost his health, bis
ieharacter and his reputation. lie became cross
and abusive to me, whom he once loved. lie
turns me out Of our wretched hovel into the
cold and storml lie comes hOme from your
tavern infurated Ike demon. lie beats ne
and nv children cruelty, and threatens 10 muF-
der US. Oh! don't give him any more liquor,
and the tears gushed ou. Of her eyes, while
the landlord stood speechless. :,
In the midst of these entreates, which should
have broken the heart Of an adamant. man
! stepped into the bar room, and, with the va
cant stare of an inebriate, moved toward th'
I bal. Instantly the pleading wife threw hersel
: between the man and the bar, and. with on
: hand arans. his breast, and the other stretch
e ed out imploringly to the landlord, she SAID
e "Oh. don't my dear, don't drink! You'll brea
+ nv heart 4" And bursting with agony. sh
turned to the landlord, and said, ',Oh, don
c let him have it! don't don'tl" And while th
scene was passing heartrending and awful b
St vond the power OF description, the landlor
/ walked deliberately out from behind The couI
}, ter, and. taking The woman rudely bg the arm
e said. This is no place for women. and VIC
i lenty tore her from her husband, and pushIn
n her out, shut The door against her. lie the
/ went behind the counter, and placed bottle
e liquor upon it. The wretched inebriate stag
i rered up and took dram, placed piece 0
it money upon the counter, the landlord wiped
S of complacently into the drawer, AMI the drum
e Ikard passed out, maddened with the draught
d to renew his braLa attacks upon his delenceles
1t wife and children
J Nobody defends such barbarous cruelty
,, this. No one apologies for it. All agree
1t pronounce the landlord brute. But ther
d was one fact deserving especial attention. Th
5. whole transaction was under the sactlon oflav
For the sale of every glass Of that ruinous
quor, which reduced an honest man and goo
citizen to the lowest degree of suffering an
4 infamy, he could show license from the of
"a GERS Of Justice under authority solemnly ceI
>. veyed by grave Senators and Assemblyme
:. signed by the Governor, and boaring tho oe
h of the Statel
i There was no redress in law for this suffe
- inc lady. She had been robbed OF her hom
Ia of her comfort, of her husband, and the bllgl
i of despair had ben thrown over her who
N N family but the law protected the destroye
"a ~ and left her to endure her anguish without tt
m hope of relief !,
N The people of that State have changed IL Il
law on that subject since; so that the rum sell
ho cannot take away the home the helpless an
:. ruin man with impunity Hare they done r'gI