The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-10-04

hfnAfh tiM ~ ethnk VEINS nN*tt 1taN
the last shiliing from he drankard'6
hand never more qurnch he Gre %
the esitsge hearth. o. srnd lhs pale.
oEer-woFked artisans chiIdrsA % =
ssppehsss b<as nsssr mvrr blister the
lips 81 ~smaa. es poison uAe bod
Of ehilahsoa never agsin infect The
sasansisy's headache which in1sced
the psaseriess Sunday. Aw.v. away!
would that I had the power 10 set a.
DRIFT sii Che so perverted preface Of
the malt. the barley, and the grape az
the worldr As nv excitement sHbsi-
ded. | felt still more resolved and the
more calned dawn. the hrmer ! be-
came. MAS asa paralytic recovering
the use Of his limits; a. blind man
restored TO sight. The regrets and
doubts that had SO often disturbed my
mind gathered themselves intea nigh
" powef, not TO be sabdaed By earthly
/ nsutives ar earthly reasoning. felt
the dignity of mission would be
, Temperance Missionary Co the end Of
my DAYS. Twsnld seek out the worst
amongst tlDse WIN had frequented the
Grapes. and pour counsel and advice
. -tie earnest Counsel aud the earnest
: advice Of purely disinterested man
into ears SO long deaf to the saice Of
/. the charmer. | was a free man. NO
/; longer filing NV purse with the pur-
| chase-money of sorrow. sin. and death.
: owed the sinners. confirmed to lead
{ the old life of sin in nv house, ow-
! ed them az nemenf. But what did I
) not long to do Cor that poor Emma ?
{ When | thought Of her-ot her once
' cheerfulness, her once innocence, her
I once beauty could have cursed N.Y.
) self Suddenly my sister shook the
door. She entreated me to come
4 firth, for sane one had torn down
!. our sign, and flung il in the ken
: mel. When l showed her the drip
! ping taps and broken BOTTLES, she call
, cal me, and believed me, mad she ne
!. YER understood me. but less than ever
I then. had, of course, more than one
Q scene with her; and when I told her
o that, instead Of ale. should sell coffee,
: and substitute tea for brandy, she, like
j. too many others, attaching an idea OF
n ifeebleness and duplieity and want Of
G Responsibility To Temperance, resolved
{ to lind anorher home. We passed a
E stormy hour together, and amongst ma
q ny other things. she claimed the Drunk.
ards Bible but that would not part
!, with.
: 81 lost no time in finding the dwell
: ing Of Peter Croft. Poor Emma! RI
n had met her in the broad sunshine of a
june ,lay. should not have known
! her; il had heard her speak, | should
shave recognized her voice Among a
v thousand. Misery for her had done
E its worst. She upbfai,led me as de-
: served. You, she said, and such as
j you, content with your own safety. ne
| yer think Of the safety Of others. You
' take care to avoid the tarnish and
u wretchedness of drunkenness YOUR
= selves, while you entice others TO sin.
: Moderation is your safeguard; burt
: when did yor think it a virtue in your
b customers =
o al tod her what had ,func that
! in future mine would be strictly Ten.
G prrance house ; that would By every
I means in my power undo the evil |
{ had dune.
l Will that sire answered in low
y deep tones Of anguish. will that re-
] store what have losti-.-will il restore
: my husbands charactcri-witl il save
: him. even il converted, from sclfre
r proaeh ?AA.wil it op'r the grave, aud
- give me back the child, my fir,t-born,
e who, delicate from its cradle, could
i not endure the want of heat andIood
u which the others have still 10 bear p
Il will it give US back the means sq,ran-
: icred In Your house !--will it efface
n the memory of the drunkar,l's songs
e and the impuriiy of the drunkard',
. acts. O Mathew that you should
thrive aud live, and grow rich and re
Il spectacle, by what debased and de-
u bauched your fellow creatures. Look !
: she added, and her words pierced my
y heart look had | my Young DAYS
Il over again. would rather-supposinq
5. that love had nothing to do with my
e chnice-l would rather appear with
W my poor degraded husband, bad as he
Is has been. and Is, at the bar Of God
il than kneel there as your wife! You
> cool headed and moderate bv nature
a knowing right from wrong, well edu
II Gated, yet tempting others to the lie
J. struction which gave YOU food and pie
n nishing-your fine gin palace! your
It comfortable roolas! you: intoxio atins
e drinks. the pleasant company. all, all
e wiling the iradesman from his home
: from his wife, from his children, and
+, sending him back when the stars are
i. fading IN the daylight. Oh! to what a
e home Oh /! IN what state