Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1853-02-23
POOR INERRIATE

SUUh lNEbhidIE
We would saw Il word to you in kindness,
for we are your friend, aud would save you
from the calling bondage in which you are
enslaved. We know it is the work of the
liquor seller to persuade you he is your best
friend and the Temperance men your per-
sonal enemies. Let US try the two by that
standard erected by immaculate wisdom aud
truth" BY their fruits ye shall know them
Let US first see what are the " fruits" which
the liquor.seller's friendship bestows upon
yourself and family! First, it gives you
rcdness Of eyes, distorted visage, tatercd
garments, disordercd intellect, ruined cou-
stiution, and a oebased character. On your
family it entails misery, want and anguish
unspeakable, ovcrburdening her heart with
grief unulterablc. and settling like pail of
starless night upon her spirit and hopes for
the future 10 your children it ensures ig.
uorance, degradation, ignominy and crime.
Instead Of a life Of usefulness, honor and in,
dependence, the certainty OLA career Of dis
soluteness, shame and pauperism lies before
them, with the fair prospect of termination
in the prison. the penitentiary or at the gal
lows. For your hard earned dimes, these
are the =" fruits which the liquor.sellcr gives.
Let US look at the other side of the pic.
ture:
The Temperance man is your friend from
no interested motive. He seeks not to take
from your scanty living, but to place you i'll
the high road to responsibility, usefulness,
and independence. To your wife, he would
impart cheerful smile to greet you in your
incomings, and to linger like ray ofhappy
sun shine in your outgoings. He would fill
her heart with pleasure and her dairy and
larler with plenty. TO your children he
would give principle, education, and an un-
stained reputation, enabling them to take
rank in society for honor, wealth and inllu-
ence. In word. he would do you good
and not evil, all the days of your life," and
lead you to that fountain for sin and un
cleanliness" where you may be washed
from guilt and pollution and prepared for a
residence in the skies.
What think you, poor misguided, unfortu-
nate fellow mortal, of the two portraits we
have drawn? Ponder well, we beseech you
upon them, aud may God direct you to wise
and happy onclusions.--Spirit of the Age.
Coon HUSBANDS MAKE GOOD WIVES
There is something very lovely in seeing a
woman overcome those little domestic dis
quicts which every mistress of a family has
to contend with, sitting down 10 her break.
fast table in the morning with cheerful
countenance, and endeavorng to promote
innocent and pleasant conversation among
her little circle. But vain will be her amia-
bile efforts at pleasure, unless she lis assisted
by her husband and other members around,
and truly it is an unpleasant sight, to see
family, when collected together, instead OF
enlvening the quiet scene with little good
humored cIrat, sitting like statues, as if each
is unworthy the attention of the other. And
then, when stranger comes in, U dear
such smiles, aid animation, aud lnquacity
An ingenious writer says, if I painter
wished to draw the finest object in the world
it would be the picture Of a wife, with eyes
expressing the serenity Of her mind, and a
countenance bealning With bencvolcnce, ono
hand lulling to rest onsher arm lovely in
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