Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-06-08
6. FREN0NF. NDUSkF OHIO, Jun 1855.

of all that was good and manly; / mustre-
member him as the dying maniac, shrek
ing in his agony, and fighting with all a
madman's fury with legions Of devils =
Remember him with glaring and bloodshot
eyes, with foaming mouth, uttering cnrses
and groans and deafening cries f.'.,.-4,
= must remember him as the murderer
Of our boy; for it was his hand that in a
frenzied moment, dealt the blow that pre-
cipitated him down The long flight Of stairs,
which fall you know ended his life, --sL
""Spare me, Emily, oh spare me- | hear
you cry: why have you told me this 2
Why, if my brother is gone will you blight
bis memory thus? In pity let me Iemem,
Der him as the good and the noble, Have
you thought Of the agony that this recital
viii give his grey haired rlotber,, Of the
Rangs that will grieye his fathers soul, Of
bis young brothers, and sisters Just burst@
ing into womanhood Could you not have
spared US this recital, and thrown tbe. ;asn-
!le Of charity over the err IrOrSof dead hu9-;
- Gladly would / have spared you, OH my
sister, my mother, my father. and my broth
ers, Gladly would | have hid his sins in
my own heart, and locked them in the cas-
ket of. love,as strong as woman's heart e'er
knew. But a stern duty said no. ,g His
father still orders the wine to be placed he
fore the guest: with bis own hand, he fills
the tempting glass for bis sons His moth
er smiles complacently and makes no effort,
and Amy, my sister Amy, and her lover
sip the dainty nectar cey!y, fcom the same
glass, Amy and her lever, he pure and
good and strong now but no purer aud
stronger than William in days agone, :.
Amy said 10 him, "drink, il viii do you
good; never mind, Emily, she belongs to
the fanatics, who preach that every man
who wants glass now and then for exbiI-'
aration, must become dfunkard. because,
lorsooth,; some low, vulgar, wretch has fallen
into aIot-house. Never. let a woman rule
you, WillseS Dost remember it, Amy?
Oh. by that .disfgured corpse beneath
yon winding sheet BY the agony of the
fearless wife, mo tears have soothed me
since, he died. by the tears, of orphaned
children who. must now depepd on charity
for bread, let me implore yoH, Amy totake
your stand against the destroyer. Save
your younger brothers from the fearful
doom: save your lover, if il be not too late;
save your father. u sa.Sfa s4,'''s ga
pa twas for this and This only, T have pen
ned these fines i; Tor this only I have laid
open The deep and .incurable wounds Of my
heart, in their hideous defornity.t 70 NOR
row they viii lay him by his son 10 The.
poor house church yard There I shall
soon follow him, for poverty, shame and
abuses have done their. woik. did not
drink the dark waters Of deatb-but he
who was dearer to me than my own life
drank them. and they have Killed me..
If our father cares for the. children, oh,
say to him, my sister, that / had rather
nv. babes, my dating BOYS, should be
brought up in. the poor House, aud run their
risks among Strangers. than, 10 live in his
lordly halls, and be tempted day BY day 20
sin, By loving lips aud hands. BIZ - -
! shall never write TO you again. but let
me plead as one from the. grare with You;
give your aid TO The work Of reform. Stand
90 more with the idle. you can do much,
for you have Wealth ,talen: and beauty
Farewell: | can write no more: God
preserve thee,is the dying prayer Of
--@'-i'-t EMILY ----. ----.'-
Thus wrote the dying wife over the
corpse Of her husband. And is there bat
one such case in this goQdly land? Isthere
but one father leading bis children to'ruin
one easy mother, making no effort for her
loved ones; but. one sister Amy. teaching
10 o;scorn those who would save the weak
or yayeripg .from desiruction2 Welknow
there are thousands, and we trust this rec
ord Of truth may reach their hearts, 20
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