Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-02-01
Nellie Hunter.
A TEMPERAN NOE STORY.

Well, | like wine. Papa says it
does us good, and mean to have it. ."
"Oh, Nellie! how can you2 1t
was only this morning that mama told
me how much harm it did in the world,
and how many people We're ruined by
it. | learned the text 100, in Prov
erbs, which SAYS At the last it biteth
like q serpent, and stingcth ike an
adder"
Does the Bible say that Of wine ?"
Yes, Nellie dear, and a great deal
more. l wish you belonged to our
Band Of Hope"
Il don't, then, for | heard papa say
the other day the teetotallers tried to
turn the world upside down, and |
suppose he knows best"
Little Alice Adams sighed in her
childish perpIexity, and wondered if
indeed Mr.. Hunter was right. Nellie
Hunter was her especial friend, her
best loved playmate. They were ag-
reed upon all subjects but this one,
and here the difference in their train
ing was palpably manifest. Mr.. Ad-
ans was a conscientious thorough 90
inc abstaincr, and carefully trained his
family in the theory and practice of
total abstinence. Hence, Alice, to-
gether with her young brothers and
sisters, were all Band of Hope mem
bers, and rejoiced in the fact Of being
so. Mr. Hunter, on the contrary, had
wine at table every day, and Nellie
being the eldest, and delicate, and
consequently, more especially his pet
was frequently INDUCED more than
any of the others in her liking tol
wine. She was warmly attached tC
her father. and any opinions or decis
ions Of his were laws with her. AL
ice Adams logic could make but little
deadway against any assertion of Mel
lies, if she could quote anything tina
Der papa had said to support her side
OF the argument. 1t was so in thi;
case. Mr.. Hunter was a man gener
ally respected and beloved in his Owl
circle OF friends, which was a yer,
large one. While bearing an ire
proaChable character in most respects
yet he sided with that large class OF
persons who deem wine and alcohOE
liquors good things, " and as we hav
seen, the effects of his opinions wer
plainly observable on his darling
daughter Nellie.
Years passed by after the date o
this little conversation between th
two girls, and circumstances separs
n ted them from one another. Alic
!, Adams went out to India with her ps
$ rents; Nellie Hunter, however, sti
- remained in the town OF W
She was now in her teens, a tall, gel
teel looking girl of seventeen. Sh
had left school and was supposed
l. be continuing her studies at home, an
- following out the train of educatiC
9 which had been commenced at schoC
Whether she really did so or nc
in however, we cannot say; she was a
IS sent from the family, and engaged
- her own room, several hours da
n and her absence was supposed topro'
that the said studies claimed her atte
f ton. Mrs. Hunter, however, saw,
supposed she saw, reason for distru'
inc Nellie. Often when she made h
: appearance at the dinner-table, b
manners were deficient, her conver'
VI ton wandering. and her accent the
On such occasions she would pie
re, severe headache, which plea would
. generally entertained by the iaml
But deception could not last or ay
= forever. One morning Mrs. Hunt
aA who was going out to make some IN
= = ming calls, went to Nellie's room W
~ the intention of asking her to acco