New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-08

st the Taste should be revived by some ndiscretion
lie oied not long since IN Possession Of a competence
ano universally respected
In these cases certainly temperance did noble
work in the face Of all the legal as well as
Illegal of the traffic and these cases have their coun-
terpars IN every town and community where The tenn
pererce reformation has taken hold
In demanding the prohibition of the liquor traffic,
many do cot sufficiently estimate this fact, that the
appetite for rum has become disease Of the physical
system, 10 overcome the force Of which the victim
needs help As much & crazy man needs the asylum
Ia fact they will drink II liquor be obtained. We
have in our eye at this moment two gentlemen in high
social position on whom this appetite comes PERIOD
cay, and they both declare that they cannot resist
indulgence if the means at hand To let tempte-
ton loOee on such il to insure their ruin
very striking case Of this sort Of intemperance
related to US by gentleman acquainted with the
facts. wealthy. intelligent man, who did not drink
in society, nor habitualy at home, had room in his
mansion in which, az often as three or four times
wear, he would gorge himself with liquor. When he
found his craving for rum coming on, he would lock
himself up in that until the sole finished.
The appearance of this room q. the close of OF
these sprees was dsgustingly filthy. friend who
knew his habits remonstrated with him. but was told
that reform was impossible, 80 irresistible was his
craving for rum at certain times. His friend begged
him to try. His two sons, fifteen and seventeen years
of age, earnestly pressed the appeal At last the
consented to try and drawing from his pocket key
said to his older Here is the key to the liquor
"closeti will you take it and promise me on no
" condition, and for no violence with which | NAV
" threaten you, to give it up when demand it r The
boy knowing how furious his father on these occa
soDs declined the trust The father then asked the
younger son boy OF uncommon nerve, the same
question, and he promptly replied " will" For
few weeks things went on smoothly but day the
father came home at an unusual hour. His manner
betokened that his appetite wee gnawing and
craving. He called his younger son and
demanded the key to the liquor closet, but
was refused firmly. The refusal maddened him, and
Selling weapon he sprang at his son. For mo-
ment he stood over him with glazing eyes and insane
with rage, but the young hero never qualed. Fixing
his firm but fearful eyes on his father he said Father
9" promised you that ! would not give you that
key, no matter what violence you might threaten,
aud now you may kill me, but will never give you
that key I" Instantly the weapon dropped from the
mans hand, and al he himself expressed it, the ap-
petite for lqnor seemed to abandon me before the
" noble fir1nness Of my SON. He reclaimed and
never fell His cure was radical and thorough. And
there is many man with as strong an appetite for
this man but who is not fortunate to have
the Maine Law DO summary and firmly administered
at the right time. Could this outside help only have
been at hand many thousands Of drunkards once ap
parenty reformed would not be filling dishonored
graves.