American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-12-30

oaIleu ~ uo mousse OIL Ors ID. one very cOlu
morning. on his way to 1t.
"Sir." said the Doctor, "tbs weather il
very irosty-Will you moi take something
TO drink before you start?
In that esrly daV ardent spirits were
deemcI Indispensable 10 warmth for win
ter, When commencing journey. and Al
every stopping place along the road. the
traveller always used intox icailng drnds
to keep him warm.
"Nc," said Mr.. L.. II never touch any
thing Of the kind, and will tell You the
resson--my wife is the cause it. had
been in the habit OF meeting some Of my
neigl bVrs every evening for the purpose
Of playing cards.! We assembled at each
others shop and liquors were introduced
after awhile. We met not 90 much fol
the drinking, though | used 10 return home
late in the evening m5Te or less intOziea
ted. Ny wife always met me at the door,
afectionately. and when l chided her fpr
sitting up SO late for me. she kindly repli
ed:
81 prefer doing so, for cannot Sleer
when: you are out" ,..
"This always troubled me. l wished
in my heart she would begin to scold me,
for then l cauld have retOrted, and thus
relieved my conscience. But she Away,
met ms with the same loving and gentle
spirit"
Things passed on thus for some time
when at once resolved that would bI
remaining late and relurnining much in
toxicated, provoke her somuch as to eaus,
her TO lecture me, when meantto 10 answer
her with severity, and thus By creating
another issue between US, unburden ml
bosom Of its present trouble.
/ IL returned in. such q plight about 4 o.
clockin the morning. She met me OF lb
door with her usual tenderness, and said
"Come in husband. | havo just been ma
king a warm fire for you, because l knew
you would be cold. Take off your boot
and warm your feet, and here is cup o
hot coffee for .yon." NAV
doctor that was too much. / coul,
endure it no longer, and i resolVe'
from that moment l would never toucl
another drop as long AZ / lived. and
never will. 1t was a heavy trial Of m
wife's patience; but she fairly conquere
me-"
lie hell to his resolution and lived an
died practising total abstinence from a
Intoxicating drinks. in a village where in
temperance has raavaged as much as aD
other in the State.
Tha! man was my father and that VIC
man my mother. The facts above relate
| received from the Doctor himself. Will
on visit to my village. not long since.
Married ut Last.-A Romance OF tho Ian
at of STEADY Habit.
More than three years since, one Olive
Wolcott Of Canton, c., getting tired ol h
wife. sold her for valuable considerable
to mar who liked her better, and coul
live with her more amicable than the fir
husband was able to. The parties beiD
provided with legal document. drawn D
in technical phraseology, aud not tein
deeply read in Blackstone or Cbitty, seel
TO have considered the FIRST marria,
to have been dissolved. and proceeded
act as If the second had been legally CO
: summated. Here the officers Of The la
stepped in, and consigned the SHINING pa
; ties except the greatest Of all, to the Sta
Prison. Mrs. Wolcott was pardoned o
by the Legislature last spring, and N
; Case served his time and came out by Il
expiration OF time this fall. Mrs. w. o
tanned q divorce from Oliver, and the ne:
&C; in the drama is the regular reunion
tho lovers, by regular clergyman, in Il
holy bonds, of matrimony. Considerir
that a child was born Of this union, in o,
Hartford jail, aud that while in the Sta
Prison, both parties were sustained al
comforted by the mutual pledge Of fdcl
to each other, and an unfinching dsterm
nation to be reunited whenever A,e vel
serious obstacles could be removed, '
think the marriage, chronicled above wo
> thy OF note. The course of Lucy's To-
!. ran through State Prison, and aterrib
,, persecution from dissolute husban
which made her long for the protection
the prison walls. =
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