The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-11-13
Temperance Column.
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p8lr, ragrod Ola wana0. Rho, u aYaice
almost chokel sgth eg.ei, cried, s. she
tossed aIofi Der bar and wI'herod M1ns
The sweet laiah. the p,lIr 8g 'iamb!
Oh, tb0 monster. g an lis aln sweet
laim. soon undeetiged me L vas the
body ~ oar that neu women peasants
and NTH workers W1tf boats and iag
and ions, POLLS slipl witt ron bad q
lnfhd flmf homes and business e.
soarrh for Ia the ioamrg river md 6
dark. sullcn pools liHaan0t dishgur
Cd the arms aud hands were pale Is
marble. bnt tho blood thrown into the
inoe, from the head having lain lower
ihan the trunk, bad lef There The rosy
flush II health. As sho las ON the bauk
10 calm, With her far young head rest
ing ON her arm but for the CLASSY EYES,
the clothes that chung to hor limbs, her
long, dripping. dishovoled locks, and the
crowd Of boys aud girls, of men aud wo-
men that stopped and wcpt over her !
could have supposed this 10 he some
happy child, that, weary with plaY had
lam down and gone to sleep on thc
Swnrd already specklcd with the don
sis II spring
She Was one q the many thousand
victims offered mp year BY yonr 10 the
demon Of this lnnd Her father was a
drunkard The horrors Of deiBgnu ire
mcgt had come on him ~ wilcs he led
her aud hor brother to a place where
iho iiycr, hcmmcd in by h0rid rocks
dAsbos through with the rush 81 M ea-
Eie and the roar % thunder Appear
,rg r. fondlc, perhaps really fondlng
Thorn for while, he suddenly seized the
boy, and, more Ike d devil than d man,
hurled him III and the watcr shot him
away ~ Gods good providence il
swopt The poor boy on 10 q rock which
raisos Us black head hom tho middle Of
the Whirlng pool below; carried within
reach Of that, hc seized II, with strong
death grasp held ON, ana climbed up
By this iimo The man las tossed ii the
other child, and followed her into the
lawe q death; tbey aro floating past but
near him, and calling her 81 name, lie
shnoks q tic drowning girl t5malc for
tho rock. Ny Dthcr rama lct mo 7!
she cried and cried 10 NOR for thon
he saw a hand rise outof the water and,
laid on her gentle head, press il down.
The hand was hcr own fathers He
never saw father or sister more their
hodies went the same way, but rs the
bubbles Of their last breaths broke on
the pool their spirits parted forever
Tlmi!hand lifted up 70 press down the
lips and head Of the drowning child, lea
many thoughtful men and loving wo-
mon 10 put their hands 20 The Temper
anoo Pledge and striking the ncigh-
borhood with horror, made Abstainers
hy The hundred
II was never God that made that man
gao monster be was. Mover, Such
nDrer came ont Of Natures womb. VIZ
sce tho fathers and mothers that God
makes in one who persisted III the Roth
esay Castle when she was wrecked
years ago, of the coast Of England
SIS the steamer lay broken-haeked o.
the sandbank in dark, stormy night
ono great wave after another come roll
ing on anil swept her deck. Ina groul
that waited their doom there stood
woman with a babe Ia her arms. ant
her back to broken mast. and as tho,
marked giant waYo advancing agains
their part Of the wreck, abo took thD
shawl from her shoulders, and obcyiu,
the strong instinct Of maternal love
although useless she wrapped it rount
hor infant, elasping the little creature
close 70 her bosom The sea broke;
Wild shrek rose. mingled with tic thun
dcring az tho billow and whore the liy
ing. shivcring group had stood, not on'
remained Bat tho rude shock bad no
separated the mother and her child
The ruling passion Is strong IN death
and one tells how hc saw the dyin,
mother touchiugly, but alas usclessly
trying 10 save hor little one her las
drowning thoughts given 70 IT, lie
own form sunk out u sight, she hel
her infant, b the full stretch - hc
arms, up above the waves II was
pltItul sight, bu, what a beautiful con
tEasi 20 hin who raised "a dy.rg ham
t. press down tho head az las oWn chill
ti. her young breath Was clicked!
What made the difference betwoo
that father aad this noble MOTHER 80
God, certainly Il was drink nuibM
else than drink Foul parent Of by fl
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