Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1862-05-14
The Result of n temperance
Trip.

! have just returned from very pleasant trip
of three days, and feel as though could move
the pen with some ease. I don't wish TO be
of PRENTICE. GREELEY, or LITE TAYLOR :;
but, while they are moving large armies on to
victory by their skillful strategy as major
generals, can marshal tie stumps in battle
! array as a colonel. An Irishman is said TO
have written an ode 10 Pos;erity, We follow
bis example. We Imagine this is the far
away world that echoes no football on the
road, as we pass along to-day on our way 10
Diamond Blaff. To be whispering high
| thoughts into aspiring souls-to he, as We
/ pass along this beautiful May-day, singing
sweet and low songs. and dreaming of the
shadowy. but sweet. human world to come
that shall hear The birds sing sweet May
songs, and gather the dying roses Of time
which we gather on the same green eartl that
forg,ts our shadows on these bright spring
mornings. With our pen we send forth the
experiences that are Graded in AL mankind.
May we not marvel as we pass over Big River.
and wonder who is he or she in whose soul
these butterflies that see steal forth from
the tender green blades Of grass near this
stream of bright sparkling water. and wear
their ETHEREAL pal nting with delicate wings. or
futter with tropic hucs of endless summer the
golden and airy dew or dust of dreams
| While we make our beautiful imaginatious,
and lie down in their lovlincss in the flesh.
costly drapcry of words to lie immortal. may
we not wonder wNo is he TO whose kiss the
enchantoy. ..uinberer shall arise. The thoC ghts
CLEAN with divine expression. Whose lips
shall make the spell-bound words the sound
of music? Into whose life shall pass the no.
bic flush If created thouch that burns upon
our own cheek? As We pass along swiftly,
over ridges and across valleys. we leave form
after form behind, for The husbandman is pre-
pairing his ground and sowing his grain with
the expectation of realizing a full crop. How
attentivelv will the farmer watch this grow
ing crop, using the pillow and hoe, and toiiing
with an earnest viii 10 keep down all foul
grasses and obnoxious weeds that would hin.
der the growth of the young, tender grain.
How thankful the faithful industrious hus-
T. bandman must feel, notwithstanding he has
toiled hard and long under broling sun 10
accomplish his object, when IL harvest time
shall arrive, and th,s.- fields w&:e the
!; >..s:,ut breeze passes over them with gold
eu glitter That will say, Gather me unto
your granerics the fruits q your labor"
What a lesson every parent may learn from
inns picture Think. for Il moment, of the
thousands of youths growing up in Our land.
AID ask yourself if, in the general training of
our children. the bent of the young ~ igs,
and the force of adult example, the parents
themselves 90 NOT SOW the seeds which event
ualy produce the rank harvest of crime :
Look at the influence of the rum s!Iop! There
YOU will see the boys eagerly drink ng iii the
stream of pollation-lazy, indulged bo~s.
And what wonder Their fathers, uncles
ard neighbors, or some whom they have
learned to initiate are there, or .heIr parents,
weakly complais;,it. permit them TO go t" the
devil. because they tovc their offspring 50
dears. The results of such husbandry are
reclylossncss. self indulgence, wiIlfulness, un-
bridIcd temper, vile lewdncss. coarseness,
soth, ignorance. i'll breeding. aud all other re-
Voting qualities. AsSUredlv. this is very
bad state OF things to be witnessed in those
! who form important Part OF the founda-
ton on which tine country rests.
We confess that in looking over this terrible
picture We dare not say that it IS All eXagger-
alton. Who has not seen tie original OF the
sketch the very place where it might have
4 been painted from nature? The sketch is
! photograph of what is seen daily-God help
US of what is passing in too many homes.
I We neglect the ca ly training of the vines
sont by Providence to make glad orr homes.
until they overshadow it with rank growth
without ruitage. We DO not reflect Il at the
boy-the father of the coming mans mi-
tative. and that humanity will learn the evil
more quickly than the good. Would we look
into the dim mystery Of the spirit of evil and
ask where Abaddon makes his dwelling
amons. men. the answer comes, scored on the
brain by terrible experiences. by horrid spec
tres of gibbets. and thrilling groans from the
dram-shop to the pententiary cells. Hell on
earth is the home where a boy grows up I'M
der rernicious influences, evil examples. or
Accusing neglect Geclogists, in locking for
the mineral wealth of the country. pay par
ticular attention TO the outciops. which are
the true divining rods pointing TO concealed
treasures beneath the surface. Fathers and
mothers. in ike manner. when they are pros
pecting to ascertain what viii ele, ate and en-
rich in knowlcigc Az! purity. also have sur
face indications which will lead them to hap
DIV results i { onl, needed.
On our arrival at Diamond Bluff, we drove
mn to McCoSNEL's store and received hearty
| welcome from a warm hearted temperance
man Orr team was soon cared for. and Mac
tbon conducted us TO Mr.. FIsHrR's, where hi:
} kind LADY, soon spread dinner which was ;
feast foi onr hungry appetites. after which We
toot STROLL over the village. The first thing
that drew our attention was the large school
house, built in a style that would be credi
f to much larger place. The attraction wa
such that we soon found ourselves on the riay
ground, where the boys and girls were anus
ir- themselves in a manner that carried on
; minds back to the pleasant times we enjoyed
in our school-boy days. Elder MouLToS, thu