The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-05-31

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bragg. Is 6sv roor 81 Maseha
SCI i itesea Temperance aadres,
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Ai nuAe said iais question 9. o.,
ud au "a Intoxicating dubks as
sumo somewhat 81 practical form
lai spfB uE,ig bomaeh IL
Pennies tfAit lue H8ots Na,
assembled, a. as ngu u.u j custom
70 deaac what nuuaber, Il any, OF d
crnrrs ia Town oul4 peiaun ifa4
lhe County Count. fram ua nee the,
aert Issued There wss iua sttefd
auce. Ole n The most respectable
magistrates oi the borough presided
and upon the platform were seated
among others, The cierey man oi ID,
village, one Of his deaeoas, and tht
physician
Alter ihe meeting lad been called
10 order, one ol the most Respectable
citizens OF the borough rose, and after
a short speech moved that the meet.
ing petition for the usual number oi
Licenses. They could license gooa
men and lel them sell. The prQposi.
ton seemed to meet with almost uni.
versal favor. Ii was an excellent way
to get along quietly, and one and then
anoiher in their turn expressed their
hope that SUCH a course would be ad.
opted.
The President was about to put
the question to the meeting, when an
object rose in distant part of the
building, and all eyes were instantly
turned IN that direction. Ii was an
old woman, poorly clad, aud whose
eareworn couuienanee was the pain
tul index Of no light suffering. And
yet there was something in the flash
OF the bright eye that ,old she had
once been what she was not. She
addressed The President, and said,
with bis permission, she wished to
say a few words to the meeting. She
had come beGluse she had heard that
they were TO decide the lisense. ques
ton.
You, said she, all know wins /
am. You once knew me the mistress
OF one Of The Test estates in the bor-
ough. once had Il husband and FIVE
sons; aud woman never bad a kinder
husband mother never had five bet
ter or more atieciionate SON. Bur
where are they nowf Doctor, | ask
where are they now? In yonder.
ground there are six graves
filled 0J Ihat husband and those five
sons, ond Oh they are all druukards
sta'es' Doctor, low eame they to be-
irundard, ! You would come and
drink wah them, and you told them
ihattemporHte drinking woule.do them
good And on TOO, Sir, addre sing
the Clergyman, would come and drink
With ny husband; and my SONS
thou ht they might drink with saieiy,
because thsy saw you drink. Dea.
con- sou sold them rum which made
them dronkards You have uoN got
my farm ad all lnt property aoa you
got II al by rum. And now, she
said, ! na,e doue my erraad. ! 20
back . tut poor house, ior thai Is my
home. You, reverend Sir, you, Doe
tor, ana you, Deacon, shall never
meet agsu, until | meet you At the
bar OF God, where you too viii meel
m} ruined and lost husband and hose
hye sons, WHO lhrongh Jour means
aad influence, Eli The drunkard graves,
i he old woman sai down. Perfect
silence presalien, until broken by the
PreSid nj, WHO rose 10 put the ques
lion 10 the meeting shall we petition
,he court to issue licenses 10 this bor
ougll The ensuing year and then one
No. -whicls made tue ye-
" walls re. echo with the sound, told
tie result Of the old woman's appeal.