Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-10-02
& RERTFEVILLE, TENN THURSDAY, OCTOBER z, 1886 +.
A True and Touching Incident.

| A True and Touching lncldent.
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Fredericksburg (Va.) Christian Ban
ner: 9 =
] A young man and his wife were
preparing to attenda Christmas party
at the house Of a friend some miles
| distant. W r
"Henry, my dear husband, dom
drink too much at the party, to-day
you will promise ME, gon'tyou?" said
she putting her band on his arm, and
raising her eyes to his face, with a
pleading glance. bse l-,11 - sae
"No. NIillie, Twill not; you may
trust me. ;" y, ie Il
And wrapped his infant boy il
a soft blanket, and they descended.
+ The horses were soon prancing
tover the turf and pleasant Gonversa-
Etion beguiled the way.
| Snow don't forget your promise,
whispered the young wife, as she
passed up the steps. -
Poor thing! she was the wife of a
man who. loved to look upon the wine
when red. But his love for his wife
and their babe whom they both Idol
lied, kept him back, aud it was not
often that he joined in Bacchanalian
revelries. AE.. s.ascl
The party passed off pleasantly,
the time Of departing drew near, and
the wife descended from the upper
chamber to join her husband. A pang
shot through the trusting heart.as she
met him, for he was intoxicated-he
had broken his promise. re aas
Silently they rode homeward, save
when the drunken man broke into
snatches of songs or unmeanipg laugh
ter. But the wife rode on, her babe
pressed closely to her grieyed heart.
"Give me the baby, Mile, | can't
trust you with him." said he as they
approached a dark and somewhat
swollen stream.
After some hesitation, she resigned
her frst-born, her darling babe close
ly wrapped in the great blanket to
his arms. Over the dark waters the
noble steeds safely bore them, and
when they reached. the bank, the
mother asked for the child.
With much care and tenderness be
placed the bundle in her arms; when she
clasped it to her bosom, no babe was
there! 1t had slipped from the blan-
ket, and the drunken father knew it
not. -
A. wild shrek aroused him, and
he turned just in time to see the
little rosy face rise one nom ent
above the dark waves then sink for
ever.
What a spectacle! the idol of bis
heart gone forever, and that by his
own intemperance. The anguish Of
the mother, the remorse of the father,
are better imagined than described.
|. This is no fiction, but the plain
truth. The parties were known by
the friends Of the writer, and it should
be a warning to those who may in
dulge in intoxicating drinks, and
resist the pleading of loving wives
A REPUBLICAN, CHuRCH.--The Bel.
fast (Maine) Free Press notes a few
examples of the most shameful big
otry and persecution which ever dis
graced any age or any nation. 1t
seems there is an express pledge
against slavery in the articles or
covenant of the Free-will Baptist
Church. Under this covenant, three
men in the town of Maine were actu-
ally expelled from the Church, for no
other cause than voting the Demo.
cratic ticketl-.under the pretence
that by so doing, they have broken
the covenant against slavery. One
Elder Clark, a prominent member
of the Church, was severely censured
for voting the Democratic ticket, but
| in consideration of his services and
yiety, was allowed to renew covenant
and fellowship with the Church.
Mr.. N. w. Towne, Of Worcester,
was married to Miss Sarah G. Morrill,
Of Manchester, N H., by Rev. 7. w
Higginson, on the 29th ult. A par,
of the service was protest claiming
that the present marriage laws in al
"Christian countries" are founded OF
principles Of injustice and inequality
i And yet bow eagerly did this coupl,