The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-01-22

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the.a has q fallen humanity. and Is
rau searc l xpeerdt te tavc them
until q hs sucked ths ifs'Hol koni
thousands IHlrn 81 linuk e. schpl
matl sg0eals = oulse Women,
ca tic lo,5 drink. sen every sAch
they ware it the Inst shred ot
linen. and thn hea,cu help tho
wrttchs ts thor hair This il
Tie cvidtue o 81 Res Father Nugrht
WHO pyek 81 uo Woman The muthrr
of seven rhBdr ufo sold hcf hair Il
& barber lur auari 81 bccr Women
hasc hceu glei up ~ drunkenness
III times end more IN one court the
women we're discovered "all drunk enc
Sunday Afternoon The cblldfeh club
their pence together ep "a saturday
night q hayc d errce and get gloris
ousiy iuebrstbd ike their seniors The
master - tbe HIacrian School says
Nou might as wtll attempt 10 empty
the Meyspy with q bucket as 90 apply
Christian instruction While this food oi
intempcaneo rs overwhelming IA"
Chaos has como over ihe people,
There seem TO be neither law. order nor
deccncy among them Children dis
which arc never born, says Father
Nugeut Rouis 80 unpaid Tor the land-
lord fa's % hu bthssiug, lest bis th'i.
amt should pun tho houses down +
Il have four BONUSES 10 Henderson st.
says an agent and there is not piece
of timber lolt in them They the oo-
cupantsJ viii take awGy tho cubboards,
the stuir-cases, and tho worry states OF
the roof, and we cannot catch thctn
We Just quote one more horror A
tradesman and he kifo ruined theiw
selves by drink Tho woman fell III,
and lny III ndaclibublc filth on her
sick bed for months On u Saturday
she died, and remained untouched til
Thursday The husband that day OH
tanned los % secure the necessary qts
tendance, but instead Of doyoting tho
money 70 rs proper purpose went and
got drunk with IT, He won't home IN
that state and slept with the corpse
On Friday Eolne persons sent hearse
to take away the body, but when tie
men saw no person TO 30 with the fff
neral "thoy took hegout and threw her
down ia the room ngain, whore she lay
till the police bad her buried on the fol-
lowing Saturday As n sequel We fta
told, an old woman, who lived hh}lcr-,
meath. was SO much shocked that she
died the same night Such is the nc
count which Liverpool gives Of itself
Wc shrink back in horror mud disgust
from the irightful scene. But there is
no room for surprise or Incredibly We
see here but the natural fruit, the inev-
table @ ult Of dram-diinlng. Aswell
might We expect the burning iifa Of
Nesi'us 70 irngato and fructify the Rtil
as that llds deadly stream should leave
aught but sorrow, blight and ruin in its
way He who takes the occasional glass
in the namo Of social comfort, on plihB
the private bottle in tho family closet,
is entertaing the same devil whose foot
steps are soen in the devastation pietur-
ed abo.o
ard What is tl6 remedy fof III tbis ?
Total abstinence Yes; II all were te-
tolRlers no such ead scene would oppal
tho vision But alas total abstinence
comes too late for many Look al that
mother 81 seven children, who sold her
very hair for a quart Of beer Look at
tlut husband who drank himself drunk
on tie money charity had furnished to
bury his wife. Can you tall, TO tbem ~
total ab8tnence? AS well invite the
hurricane to rest They are beyond the
rcach Of that remedy But, thank God,
thereis another Shutup tho rum-shop
Make it impossible for them to drink,
and they vill not only be sober but re-
joico in their emancipation.