Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-02-01
INTHMpRnAsCE.

Tho following paper 10 from the Budget
Box" Of the St. Clairsville Tempsrsncs As
socistion
A lady, the mother Of Eve Interesting, 10.
telligsht children, living IN one OF the river
towns Of this County told the following story
TO the writer Of this article, who Is some.
what scqusinted with the family and the
habits Of the husband:--"I desire you or
some Of my neighbors to do me kindness.
Mary and Jennie must not leave school if IL
can be prevented. Little Willie is very
sick and something must he done to save
my husband. 0, sir, ] could ask no kinder
than be .when'he Is sober. Were he fee
from temptation believe he would always
industriously pursue his work, save what
property we now have, make us good liv-
ing and we would be happy family. But
the keeper of that dram shop yonder
watches him when going to his work, calls
him down; sometimes he refuses, but that
bad man insists and finally prevails,-wben
once in. the dram.seller asks him to drink
And begun, he needs no further asking. He
calls for the liquor, treats the crowd again
and again, becomes intoxicated, wastes his
precious time and spends his money there,
and too often comes home to make home
wretched indeed. My dear little boy is
now very sick, and my husband is neither at
work nor at home to help ME care for our
sick child. Yesterday went to that dram
shop to plead with that man not to persuade
my husband to visit his saloon and to give
him no more liquor. Instead Of meet
ing with encouragement, was insulted.
He wanted ne to understand that he would
have no women visiting his premises to
meddle with his affairs. That my visit was
an insult to my husband, who was able to
take care of himself, and that of the visit
he would inform my husband, who would
teach me to act differently in the future. |
That my husband was clever, sociabe fel- |
low, and he would drive no such men away
from his premises, and telling me 10 20 |
home and attend to my own business he
rudely. shut the door in my face. And now |
| ask this community to help me in my ef- |
fort to save my family from modification
and ruin. My husband. who would protect
me if sober, is losing his selfcontrel-epce
his return home each evening from his labor
was the source of pleasure to me and the
now, his return at nights, when
on spree, produces forbodings and fear,
his nature is SO changed by liquor. Naturally
of a high temper, his Judgment controls it
when sober, but when 10 liquor he is cruelty
exactiug, nothing pleases him, the children
fear him. their little hearts are chilled and
they avoid him by seeking their beds with
suppressed sobs. o, sir, my own heart
seems almost bursting when | see them
6 shrinking away from him whose presence
they so dearly love when he is sober, and [
fear if this continues the fountains of their
little hearts will be chilled and their lives be
blasted by premature sorrow. Aud il is to
prevent this. to save them, my husband and
myself that ask for some steps to be taken
to enforce the law, if there is any, against
that bad man. who, for money. is deiber
ately bringing my husband to ruin. F" This
story was told in more eloquent and impas-
stoned words than the writer can employ
and steps being taken to employ means to
save this family aud others in the sams
community from impe endipg ruin, aud God
grant that effective measures may be every
where adopted TO suppress the sale and use1
OF this remorseless destroyer of mankind.
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