The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-06-23
Esurn's Unwritten History.
From the N. w. advocate.

From the N. w. Advocate.
Rum has dark, unwr item history. at
least so far as the limited vision of man
Ia, this state is concerned. We are star
tied and almost overwhelmed by the
open ruins, and widespread desolations
accasioned by alcohol. They meet us on
every hand and STARE us openly in the
'ace from whatever direction we turn our
eyes The young and the DID, the feeble
ana the strong, the poor and rich, the 1g-
norant and the educated those of both
sexes are constantly falling under the
power and exhibiting the woes Of strong
drink.
But could tho curtain be once lifted,
hanging III dark folds over the horrid
scenes now hidden from common vision.
by binding wealth, shielding honors and
respectable friends, the world would
stand appalled, before the fathomless
abyss OF begotten woes.
1t is a mlstake to suppose that all the
Wretched effects ofsrum are to be discoy.
cred in the reeling rags along our streets
and public thoroughtares, or that il is
revealed In our poor houses and prisons
Nor do we reason correctly, ii we sup
pose all the remaining portions lie hid
den III the dark cells of debaucherv. from
which the feet of the upright turn aside.
Many are the homes Of opulence. of
responsibility and even of arstocracv
whose whole inner life is poisoned bv the
vapors OF the STILL Many are the hearts.
beneath checks sparkling with the arti,
neal smiles OF high life, throbbing with
me keencst anxiety and the most fearful
forebodings which the recognized steal
thy steps OF approaching inebriety ava
ken What daggers CLEAN from the
sparkling wine cup, in the watchful eye
OF affection as the poison LIQUID is placed
to the lips Of the half conquered husband
or SON! How struggles that wonanly
htart, heroically conct aling her fears in
affections grasp, as she sees the footsteps
Of her loved ones tending constantly and
surely to a drunkard's pliry path. tha
drunkards burning pillow and the
drunkard's hopeless grave Can we we'll
imagine more crying. position? How
many OF the noble wives and mothers are
standing to-day, in the midst Of inst such
perls and experiencing these keenest
emotions OF hideous grief Who can tell
their woe?
But it is not only at the approach of,
this fell destroyer, that hearts are made
to throb in grief Hidden BY the same
walls, he frequently strikes his
last blow, to be seen and felt by intimate
friends and affectionate relatives. The
fatal blow Is not unfrequenty attributed
to other hands and loved ones alone *.
perlence the double agony, repro lchfuI
facts create They alone, among all look
ing upon the cofined remains, read m.
On the pale checks of death the fatal
wounds Of alcohol How many a "miss-
step has plunged mortal remains to the
oceans depths, has scattered flesh and
blood along the engines track, or has
hurled human spirits from the social fam
~ circle down the winewashed steeps
IT endless ruin What revelations await
he perfect day!
70 particularize, we forbear. Over the
graves OF the fallen, cast the broad shield
i charity and let their names slumher
uietly in respectful repose. But be as.
ured that protection against the terrible
wills of intemperance is found only with.
n the Notifications of Total Abstinence
The counts in Roumania have found At
east one hundred Jews guilty of hiob-s
1ay robbery, last year, and ordered their
hroats to be cut by the public execution
T, mostly, there is good reason to he.
leYe, on entirely insufficient evidence
he poor lsraelites were stripped naked.
astened to a rough wooden bench onJ
hen butcher knife was drawn, oarooo,