Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-07-07

Did he go heaven, too, mother!
No, my child. The Bible says no
drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of
God.
o, what hateful stuff whisky is; amt
il, motheri won't like it. and won't
like any body that drinks il, nor any
body that sells it; will you, mother!
| hope, my child, you will always let it
alone. Never go where it is sold, and
never associate with boys who do use
lit.
Frequent conversations OF this chat.
acter predjudiced Joseph's mind, ut
very early age, against the use OF in
toxicating drinks. And his opposition
seemed to grow with his growth and
strengthen with his strength. He grew
up to be very intelligent and virtuors
young man. and, possessing no small
share ofready wit, seemed fond of cul-
tiyatingit by hectoring rumsellers. Jo-
seph was present at the meeting of the
board, listened with great interest to
Scribner's speech, had many hearty
laugh over Donaldson's s retorts and quaint
renarks, and rejoiced to see old Doty
writhe under the power Of truth and force
of public sentiment. As soon as the
board determined not to grant licenses,
Joseph left the room, and winked to
Ezekiel Moody to follow him. For
years there had been growing intimacy
between them, on account OF their sim
ilarity Of feeling on this subject. When
they had walked few steps from the
door, Joseph said, in low voice, Zeke,
where did you get that poetry!
al cut il out OF newspaper. tell
you, Joe, go prepared for such things.
| cut il out, and learned it, and caculuted
il 1t ever came right, and could make
old Doty hold still long enough, | would
readit or sing it to him. How did you
like ii, Joel
1t was capital-frst rate. Ittouched
the spot exactly. Old Doty turned all
sorts Of colors while you were singing
IL.
Joe, didn't you thinkof your poor faith
er when | sung the line,--
Licensed to lay strong man iow'a"
guess | did. When you sung the
lines,-
licensed wife's fond heart to break,
And .ause her chlldrcn's tears 10 now,'--
thought of poor Mrs. Jones when
Doty took their house and lot and turn
ed her out OF doors. The poor wom-
ans heart seemed ready TO break, and
the cries Of her children | can never for
Get. And now. Zeks, will tell you
what have been thinking of. The idea
came into my mind while you were sing
ing. Let US draw up writing purporting
to be n license TO Doty to sell rum, sign
Satan's name to IL, and in some way
without his knowledge get il into his
house.
Agreed, Joe; that Is grand thought.
Where shall we go to write il!
guess the surest way to conceal the
matter from others will be TO 60 down
to mothers. She has gone to spend the
night with aunt Rachel, anu has taken
Susan with her; so, you see, we can be
alone, and no one know IL.
They went down, entered the house,
liz the lamp, and Joseph sat down to his
desk, with Zeke at his elbow to make
suggestions. After two or three hours
had been spent in writing, erasing, and
interlining, they succeeded in reducing
10 form What they considered a license
to sell rum.
Joe, said Ezekiel, after the composition
was finished, wouldn't il look more mys-
terious to him if II was written on pareh-
menti
Indeed it would, said Joseph; aud l
think | have piece up chamber large
enough.
A piece OF old dingy parchment was
found, and, to make il as unearth.y as
possible, they thoroughly smoked it over
slow ire OF sulphur.
o Joe. said Zeke, If we only had some
blood to write it with
That would fix it out. Let me see;
believe Susan has some carmine ink; that
will do it exactly, il ! can only find it,
said Joe.
The carmne was found and the license
was crrefully transcribed in deep red
ink upon the parchment. 1t was then
folded up and written upon in large char
acters,--
'.DOTY'S LICENSE TO SELL
RUM"
The question now came up how they
could get it into the house, where Doty
would be sure to find it. Zeke proposed
that they set long ladder, and one oil
them carefully climb up and drop it in
the chimney. To this Joseph objected
that II might lodge or get burned. They
thought OF dropping il by the door; but
the wind might blow 1t uwsy,or some one
might discover it early In the morning
and destroy il; so that would not an
swer.
"Zeke, said Joseph, I'll tell you what
we can do. Wecan shove il under the
door,-the bar room door, mean,--and
the first thing he will see in the morn
ing, when he let's. in his old customers,
will be this mysterious document"
So II will, said Zeke; that will just
do IL.
They went Immediately and perform
cd tho task by placing II at the bottom
OF the door, and giving IL snap with the
finger, which sent IL halt way across the
floor.
Next morning, little earlier than
usual, oil account OF the excitement the
evening before, Phil. Saxbury, Sam
Laraby, Nose Whipple, and Job Ross
regular customers Of Doty, raped al
the bar room door for their bitters. Do,
ty, as was his custom, came and unbut.
toned the door and let them IN. AS soon
as the gray light entered the room, the
parchment was discovered by Mos,
Whpple, who remarked, as he picked Il
up and walked towards tho bar, Mr.
Doty, guess have found one Of YOU
bonds or mortgages, or IL may be YOU
will.
One ofmy bonds or mortgages sal,
Doty, as he took tho mysterious parch
ment into his hands.