American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-02-09

uIupAuIu ssuueIiuSsI anu uIuhharu
death9 r !f t,7.ra 50 as.-N i
Is there drantord's wife, present? Go
to her lonely home,snd ask herof the com.
forts that Intem perancs brings. She will
point you TO her naked children crying
for bread; she will point you'to her cold
and cherries hearth; she will point you
to bruises made by the blows Of one who
has vowed to love and protect her. lHav.
ing shown you these, she will point to Heat.
en- as her only comfort. sor De- b, asH2a
Is there arOfksr here, who EAs son
whose course is downward in Intemper>
anctf Ask her for the COT solations In.
Temperance affords, and the scalding tear,
as it courses down the pale and care worn
cheek will give the answer. The breast
that gave its life blood to that son 10 n-
fancy. and rejoiesd in the expectation that
he would be the prop Of her declining
years is now torn with anguish at the blight
Of her earthly hopes. tss' atI
Horace barley had such mother: but
she long ago sunk into the grave; and we'll
might ha exclaim. IL now animate: Poor
broken .bsartsdl twas we'll that she diedI"
for she did notliTs to SEQ The depths of his
degradation. s# y yairaesart.I - eIsj> elil
Is there fathsr present, who has a son
going the downward road Of lutemperauceH
Oh, how bic heart must bleed as he sees
his hopes blasted, and the pride Of his
heart Destroyed no 10 .ga Has g: "s,-I
Horacs DTlsy had sucha father. and
he loo, sank into h 6 grave heiors he saw
the extent Of bis sous wretchedness. q
Is tbers,a sis ss cf,a drunksrd p;oaeht9
Horace Darley has sisters, too, hose
hearts hest 10 love, for hiIa, asa ;:1ter's
heart only can beat: Oh, how, the message
l have this day ,sent them will rend their
hesrtslt A letter from one Of them was
found, treasured in tile bosots Of this insn
innate. form, as his last. his only treasure.
4 Strange, that the kind entrealfes and low
ing tenderness Of that letter could not have
broken ,ha spell that surrounded him.
/ Yet such is the nature oftbis fatal encliaht-
ment, that when once thrown around its
VICTIM, either love. nor happiness. nor
life itself can break it. ,uS - .o.i.t.r1, es
2 Tsu years ago Horace Darlsy came to
this town a sober rnan-an Industrious me :
chan;o His parents were respectable and
wealthy and he was favored with more
than ordinary talents and education. His
business here threw him in connection
with the grog,shop--hs drank became a
, drunkard--snd died before he arrived at
the meridian Of life. His twocompanions
!, who worked in the same shop were drawn
!. into the same influences. One fills a
drunkard's grave. tho other occupies a
. room 10 yonder poor house. "a A. splendid
. mansion stands monument to their indus
try and skill-.hey serve as monuments o
the effects Of retailing intoxicating liquors
. And these are only remnants OF the
:, work lttned from the same shop OF Deatl
!: WAS II all arrayed here In the 6abll
n ments OF Death. in which mos, Of il is nov
= clothed, cousternat'ou would strike thi
:. assembly, as it would appear like the van
!, guard oftbe resurrection.
;. And, were this all. The wretchednes
would be comparatively trhing! Butt loo
"a through our town. dotted as 1t is viii
n rum shops. each doing its allotted work
/, and we need not be surprised at the rank
= bf graves that Gil out Po,ter's feld. i. 4
:, One would suppose that such q sigh, a
Il that which now lies before us. would al
" rest all engaged in this mGrdering bus
:, ness, But mol even over tie body Of hi
4 poor victim that lies before us--whils th
soul Was clipgiug to its last hold on tn
l. confines Of Time - riot and drupksr
" esd ,baachery, fighting and stealing
last night held their cursed carnival an
Il even his day the officers OF justice bad
= 90 10 this house Of death and arouse its 4
10 male keeper from the siupor Of drunkene
n. ~ to search for property stolen from the'
he who were watching the expiring breath
her Victim .a ,,...,.,,s.... ..
~ q And can it be that such scenes are 81
l.. acted in a land that boasts Of civiigatie
; and religion? Yes. many who boast
-. their civilization and refinement, and lo'
II Of good order, aud even OF their piety, a
I, engaged in the traffic that produces the
= most h6rrid results. ,,.. st.d ,s.
v, To them. perhaps. il is useless to a
it dress anything. Every appeal has be-
- made 10 them, that can ---reasoo. argume
i,h sympalhy--snd allin vain Why shOu
,es not our appeals be IN vain. for even d
led threatened curse oil Heaven mas been o.
,id vain. .r5.eaa
Speculate as men may, 10 regard to I
:. truth Of Revelation. there is one declal
.. 90, ton Of Holy Writ. the truth Of which
80 confirmed hy every days observation,
10, unto Him that givsth bis neighbor dTiu
M M that pu.leth the bottle to birT to make b
49,. drink. l,r sii s ,eeGts al
B. Lappeal to all Of you; cast around y
,bs aud see those who have followed the bu
i,a ness ID Akron. / ,shalr not name the
nd but il your eye will run over the histc
L, OF this townfor the last ten years, you {
IN 6ud thesuames OF many VINO have folio
ed this scufsed businsssIwho have gone
MA. drunkard's graves---sone yet lingering
,Naa the confines flime. a mere femnaht cf II
a. "a some in poverty; not one has become rir
nd.a. a sr or happier BY this traffic in intoxicati
fHbt{H 4dtinbsss Nay. more. Twill ask you TO I
Srsf tesd yoHF exAminstion Throughout the (,
de- tell 5of your scquAints ce, and fud
ma fma6' 'wba bas bssbpis. fich Or StespseAt
By distilisg q vending iiptoxicatipg J
hat uerL !, you ssuhet 6bd 'bim ~ fiSi !u
sgstos lsa.0sA q ta -' -" +St y t.