The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-03-26

ana as nef nuSDanQ premaIufeiy
goes to his grave he leaves the fol
lowing .-.
DRUNKARD's WILL.
I II leave to society a ruined char
Eacter; wretched example, and
memory that will soon rot. I leave
to my parents during the rest Of
their lives as much sorrow as hui
manity in a feeble and declining
Estate can sustain.
81 leave to my brothers and sis
tiers as much modification and in.
fury as I could bring on them.
/ ~ leave to my wife. broken
Eheart, life Of wretchedness and
Eshame, to weep over my premature
ldeath. 2''s-s', s-'i- i" - - i.'''i s'1''
II give and bequeath to each. OF
my children, poverty, ignorance and
low character, and the remem brance
that their father was a monster
/ The course of the drunkard is
downward, rapid and fearful more
terrible than American slavery.
| In Virginia an old slave once
said to his brethren, ''Dis poor old
body of mine, de bone and de blood,
and de sinews and de muscles be-
long to massa, my massa bought
dem in de market; and my poor
old body is de slave of massa Carr,
but thank God, my soul is de free
man Of de Lord Jesus Christ" This
is what no drunkard can say. The
doomed wretch cries take all I have
and all am, but give me drink.
| The dealer heeds his cry until he
receives his last penny, then kicks
him out of doors, sends. him home
frenzied perhaps to murder his wife
and children. ... ..5ss, a.. s.z :...,.,-
Intemperance is the source of al
most every calamity with which So
ciety is afflicted. 1t corrupts legis-
lation, jeopardizes the administra-
ton of laws, fills our prisons and
asylums, quadruples our taxes, and
sends forth an increasing army of
paupers and beggars, who meet us
at every turn in life, causes misera-
BILE deaths and eternal pain. Re-
Gently Mr.. Fry, in note to the
Gazette, said "Within an area of
100000 square miles, four persons
died of hydrophobia; and people
became dreadfully alarmed and cried
Kill off the Dogs" Now for ev-
cry death by hydrophobia there
have been two thousand by the use
Of Intoxicating drinks. Why not
kill off the whisky. Count in your
own circle of acquaintance, the mum
Der who have fallen by its dire eff
fects. Four years ago, when sta
toned in GAINESVILLE. Ind, one even
ing a man came into the village
from Ft. Wayne, called for some
thing to drink, was informed he
could not get any Intoxicating
drinks in the place., with Strong
symptoms of delirium, he went to
his bed at the hotel, next morning
was found in the bottom of well, 4
forty feet deep. Ina fit of delirium
he, in his flight from the imagined
snakes, hid him self in the well, to
perish in it's waters, while his soul,
tits feared, sunk lower still.
We arrest persons for admins
tering poison to others in ways
which will produce death, we arrest
the highway robber and murderer.
Why not stop this work of death,
this scheme Of wholesale murder ?
History ceases not to tell of the sin of
the great rebellion, and of the more
than two hundred thousand patriots
who fell crowned with glory and
honor. But who will cry out
against the damning sin Of selling
or using the worm Of the still, Or
tell Of the one thousand drunkards
that die annually, crowned with dis |
grace. And of the fearful results
of the use of Intoxicating drinks as
tfitly promised in the following rum
sellers A14 oi 5i-is.'
2 ADVERTISEMENT. |
Friends and neighborss: Having
just opened a large and commodi
GUS shop for the sale Of Liquors, /
embrace this opportunity ofinform-
ing you that on Saturday next Twill
commence the business of making
drunkards, paupers and beggars, for
the Industrious and respectable por-
ton of the community to support.
shall deal in familiar spirits !
which will excite men to deeds of