The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-05-27
right arm and pointed to the crucifixio,.

.Did YOU see the Skiffton boys cut
your harness, eh, Mr.. Bucll"" demanded
young Ingsley, stepping before the rev.
ereud gentleman, aud completely block
ing up his way.
was the calm rejoinder.
Mr.. Buell. attempted to move on.
"Then you utter a falsehood!' cried
the bully, beginning to draw Oft his
The minister drew himself up to his full
hight, his arm shot forward, and Har
vey Ingsley lay full length upon the
greensward.
The rest, seeing their leader fall
crowded forward. That arm shot out
sgaaIa. Ans and again, and two more went
HI Deacon, rs, Jones nd Smith, seeing the
I disturbance, rushed to the rescue of
their beloved 1niIister.
Back brethern," said Buell., II will
chastise them myself. Take my hat,'
and he handed the coat to Deacon
Jones. "Now' then, let me say word.
This church has been cursed long
enough with your unhoIy actions, and
it falls to me, an humble follower of the
Meek and Lowry, to chastise you. Now
YOU must severally take a whipping or
depart peaceably to your homes.'
The boys Looked at each other, then
at the stern minister, and concluded to
depart.
| They saw the eye of the man and had
just witnessed his strength. They
raised their fallen comrads and while
Mr.. Buell. put on his coat, they were on
their way to Skiffton.
! Come, brethern, we also will depart
said Mr.. Buell., and soon the grove was
deserted.
1t was a defeated and discomforted
crowd that entered Skittton that night.
"My eyes will be shut for week.
said Walt, putting his hands to his vis-
ual orbs which were fast closing.
~ believe you Waltz said Harvey,
she strikes like sledge.'
They sought their respective couches
wiser and better young men, for each
and every one had secretly resolved in
his heart never to try to harm minis
ter of God again.
The next night the "set" returned to
the Church and took front seats, Walt
with Il bandage over his eyes. The con-
gregation was nstonished at their con
duct, and thought they intended taking
vengence upon Mr.. Buell.; but when the
services were over, they walked up.
shook their conqueror by the hand, and
ask his forgivness, which was freely
granted.
The meetings closed and more than
half of the boys who had attacked Mr..
Buell. were added to the church, and ev-
! er since have waikcd in the ''struight
and narrow way.'
Twenty years have passed away, and
1oh- -Nfhe ~ 6ox hiin rSses 6 spksfl.
.dfd mon us, "a ferdgtedb Y WsitAN Naltem
nov 4 flourishing merchant.
A new church now stands where the
old one did, and the people of S..
now a city, worship there. Perhaps the
reader will he pleased to know that that
noble temple of the living God was
erected by Harvey Ingsley, the wealthy
.sst1rsy ' .sls wsose Eenjs face esn =
7 A Temperance Error.
President Haven remarks in an arti-
] Gle lll, the Il dlooceUe: .s -. .sos r..
Il snhecAuse of teigpesauce won its exfat-
I est victories whcAlAe SIN andNiassef ~
rum drinking were most faithfully ex-
posed, and the most deeply felt by the
people Now ii n the custom of advo-
Gates of temperance to lay out their
strength IN denouncinIthes eilsrof rum,
4 Andsiis e.ideavdtng tQIprpyent thessale
by bylta,eelitoreelheM ofIaw. ltatio;1!y
lspcakipg, the drinker is regarded as an
innocent man, the victim of his own
appseite, and of the craft, ayarics, and
maIignity Of the rum -seller. The rum
seller is the black or yellow bloated poi
sonousi spider, the 1drfnker is the poor
innocent, apd unsuspicious fly, goaded
on by na irrtsistible Instinct which tie
Creator, or some other power has inn
plau&ed within him. aHHt ,+7.rH
l haye heard many temperance ad-
dresses within a few years, but have not
been so fortunate as to hear one that
exposed fearlessly the crime of getting
drunk. The inteh,pefate man has been
held rup as n victim of appetite, As q
J weak man, as a good whole-souled fell
low liable to be led dastray-wonderfui
geniuses have been referred to, poets.
) statesmen, orators, and even clergymen,
that have .succumbed to the willy arts OF
the rum seller-but the positive guilt OF
r lswallowrng the poison has not once
>,heensharply aal1powerfully- portrayed.
Is this right? Is the rum-seller any
! worse than other men who do business
for 4reney sNithout regard to the moral
effect of their occupation on the commu-
Y kpkyS So JNras.4 have observed .rea!
. rYM IerS. are generally weaker, and
! therefore TESS WICKED, tnal1 NrumUrllk-
ers. They are usually of low grade OF
, tintsiIect and moral senses They ars
!, unw illipglto q. dig. ashamed. to- beg, an d
/ have 'sn,aH capital to trade witlb and are
not troubled with what men call heart
, or conscience, aud sell rum for the same
; .lDfreaspn that our farmers r4lle ifbps-be-
y tcAaae IL will pay aTheSs HAp-grawer
} are good men, why not the rum sellers:
/ kN,eyz dD pot troAble thsnRe1vss to look
after cohseqhehces. 1heyAay:@'It takes
two to make bargain. Nobody needs
{ to buy unless he wishes to. If he buys
: he does it of his own free will and he il
y IrsspoasiAle fer hisQwn act" =
y Tam n6s iMclinehits apologize-abr-tfhs
fraternity, but on thing is pretty Ger
tain--if there were no, rum drinkers
} there would be few rum-sellers. Anoth
er thing is about as certain-so long al
! large part of the people are not unwil
n ting. DNrink, .sb Song W sqEna way q
. efh1f; they wiksbe able ID GET sNquof. !
! The root of the tree is not selling-it II
l not manufacturing-jti Is drinking.
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