The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-12-05
NUMBER j.


married relation. His wife was known
only to be beloved, esteemed and
praised. The other brother was
Physician talented acqusinted With
his profession successful In his prso-
tice, he was not so fortunate, quite,
in his marriage. The other had
wife adorned with all tho virtues Of
nature, aud also the purer virtue Of
our holy Christian religion. This
one was not so beautifully adorned.
She had some 6ne quaIities-soms
excellent traits; but she also had her
faults. Her husband thought, how.
ever, that he was not fortunate--that
he was deceived. lie could not ses
the good qualities Of bis better half,
or she that should have been. He
could see, only, il seemed, her bad
faults. He did not love her as ho
should, the truth Is, and the result
was that he took himself 10 his books
his studies. He devoted all Of his
time to his practice, aud acted az IL
he had no family at all. When he
came home for his meals, Of course,
} sometimes, he would receive Hail
Columbia 0aughtcr); sometimes, per-
haps, a little worse than that. Ho
would, Of course, like many Ameri-
= leans eat too fast, aud then bo of 10
some patient or book. His wife mado
up her mind that she was not tho OBJ
ject Of her husbands love. He made
up his mind that he was not the OBJ.
ject of her 1--we. But the match was
= made, aud could not be unmads.
The . ill Of mistaken wedlock were
; mutually considered manifest. lie
began to visit balls aud fashionable
drinking saloons--not low groceries,
but fashionable resorts where the best
y wines aud brandies were to be had,
J and where so termed fashionable peo-
{ pie congregated for social enjoyment.
After while he became n drunkard.
[ need not unfold the manner in
which his habit Of drinking became
4 worse aud worse. You are as we'll
4 acquainted with these vices, by OBJ.
= scrvation, as am l. He possessed, in
J the beginning, large estate, but now
the report is started that Doctor P
4 is insolveut, aud that only his legal
brother kept him on his feet. The
), brother withheld his support---he was
obliged to do so-and the Doctor be-
t came bankrupt. He had no chill.
i dreu. He bagan to drown recOl.
n lection in drink, aud, il was not long
= until ho passed TO drunkarjs grave.
i lie died and in Hadcs--usually
@ translated Hell--he liftedup his eyes,
. being 10 torment; his wife, also, died
n from grief, not at tho death of her
@ husband, but on account Of abiect
= poverty aud disgrace; aud in Hades
y she lifted up her eyes, Icing in tor
D. ment, and she saw aud knew her hus.
II band there. They were near to each
ID othor--it seems to mo that she was u
'' little lower down, than he. She says
to him "If il had not been for you 1
v would not be here" He replies "If
IS it had not been for you, would not
be here, "Well, but didn't l preach
to you time and again didn't l ask
" you '"who hath woe who hath sor-
le row who hath distress; who hath
r. babIing who hath wounds without
10 cause who hath suferinga,''' aud
Or didn't | tell you that it was "they who
ia tarry long at the wine !" shat no
ID drunknrd should enter the kingdom
d of Heaven" oh | yes you told me
70 all that, but you did not do it in
10 kindness. If you had preached 10
It me in life, and showing kindness, I
1t would have believed you--frst the
y doctrine Of temperance, aud then,
N afterwards the general doctrine Of
e christianity, as was done to my broth
If or aud his family. But, alas lit was
At want Of kindness. aud love, that
s. drove me 6rst to the ball, aud then
= the habit was formed. and soon the
TO physical, moral and religious seRsi-
a. bilitiss were 80 bluntsd, ! could
OF not make up my mind to oe good
aud christian, aud 10 consequences,
,. am in this torment" "Wsll, but
II suppose you must have been wrong;
1 you caunOt put all the blame upon
It me-" Then he turned upon himself:
a. "ohl yes, am TO blame. Oil yes; I
ls have failed. l am self-coDdemned,
m My wife may hare been in fault, bur
here tho worm is ip my breast, gnaw-
n, ing, gnawing, aud il will forever. l
do not sec single ray Of hope,F Aaa
it thon he says to her; "Are not you 70
ne blame alsof How came yca here If
III the fault was all minor" And then
vO she turned in upon heFsslf feeling
that she too. deserved the punishnens
70 which tho righteous Judge was in
Of aictins. Aud there they are blaming
g, themselves, aud one another. Ths
r history of the other family can bs
,r soon told. Mrs. Lawyer P----- was