The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-08-27

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. tn The k1sos edge n the To- frequent
imroslsioas psutsioed o. che unwary.
Thas insentIsrAnee not onlY in-
larcs IL vosarsea. but rcacc's "a tie
really deserving. Who. being Ii de
minority, are drought under suspicion
and made 70 settler The sins Of 9TH
erA
Across the hall lived a family Ia
which took a decided interest. The
father was an honest, hart-aorking
man. and did BIZ best 20 keep bis FAM
+ ily respectable. Many time have ]
seen him SIT down to BIS meal Of dry
bread and black coffee. MARY knows
We oughn'i 70 live in this way" lie
said: and Mary would confess her
shortcomings, and, with tears IN her
eycs, promise 10 amend. But there
is no reliance to be placed on the
tears that fow 50 freely when the ''ar-
dent" is in. Mary's promises were
ike pie-crust, made to be broken. "
However, before / ceased my visits
altogether. | was permitted to see a
slight improvement In the preparation
81 the food. and looked upon ii a. an
indication Of a more healthy appetite.
Mary would tell me what a sinner
she was; how often she had grieyed
her Saviour; aud seemed to long for
a bostor state II things But il was a
transient feeling. A good-natured,
lweak-miuded woman, she was 30 cas-
/ ily led in the wrong direction that
she bad almost lost the impulse for
doing right; and her husband, having
! lost confidence in her, could not sup
ply her with money, nor with articles
70 make the room decently comforta-
bic, 40 long as she manifested a dis
position to waste his substance in ri
otous living. | bought a nice wors-
[ ted hood for her little girl to wear to
mission-sehool, and the second Sun
day, il was replaced by one that had
seen hard service. | sent a direct
message to the mother that the hood
must be forthcoming by the next Sun-
day, and enforced il by visit during
the week, and, when | saw it again,
it was barely recognizable. These
things are discouraging, for they are
repeated over and over and over
again.
Mary's friends are her ruin; and |
have no doubt, could she be removed
to more decent locality, and beyond
the reach Of temptation, she would
overcome the cravings of an appetite
50 debasing. Her children are nat
urally smart and anxious to learn -
but what can be expected Of children
whose homes are not fit to live in,
and whose parents are lost to shame
and decency2 | can well under
stand why there are so many young
thieves and rogues in our city, grow
ing up TO worse crimes; and so can
any one who has seen the wretched-
ness and filth they are brought up in.
The wonder is, that they are as de-
cent as they are.
Improve the homes and you inn
prove the morals Of the poor.
| have not gone half through the
house, but | have shown you enough
to convince you it was very sink of
iniquity, and needed purifying by the
Board of Health as well as by the
temperance reform.
BY visiting among the poor / ascer-
tanned most conclusively that
Where rum enters, cleanliness steps
out
Where rum enters, truth can not
be found
Where rum enters, peace vanish
es
Where rum enters, decency is inn
possible
Rum, and rum alone, carries the
man down, down, blow the level Of
the brute beast.
Save him 'tis your brolher-man
Save him save him II You can
Al his temptations scan,
Ponder on his fate.
Pain aud trouble il may cost
Bat. when once the gulf IL crossed,
Grace viii gain what might be lost
II sweFe left too late.
Stop the sale Of this terrible pois-
on, that the next generation may be
a race of men and women who are
nottainted by association with all that
is vile and degrading.
JOSEPHINE POLLARD.
A traveller steppinginat an inn down
East, was asked how the business men
IN New York were getting along.
oh, answered the traveller many
Of them have got upon their legs again.
How so; has trade got brisk Z"
cob ma. huf many Who rada In THAR.