The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-05-19
a True Et0rv.

IN the evening OF the day on which Alice
arrived at 8, great temperance
meeting was to be held IN one OF the
churches. Her TREND who had become
cnt4uslastic III tle caC5e, urged her to 80
g. the meeting, when AI.ce did, although
with reluctance. The house was crowded
above and below. The .pTellmnarles usu-
any appertaihihg to such meetings having
oeoh arranged, prief opening address
was .o$ae ~ one OF tiie ministers. a re>
lorh'1 man i, theh feia'ea ms experience
WIN great tiiort. LI'er lie nag hhlshcd
,hcie vas pause "I nearly i minute At
iehT'h man VINO nag oeeh seated lar
pa5h' Win MS 'afo party turned 10 me
i.utI' r 'ce, diosc S1o"'5' anu LAoNeu 10 me
'I','' - lc t'io S1"Ee.
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1u'e> Va M T"so"rI' ~, "h.'c '!'IcN '"IAl
- ~ -. oV&h rsr. 1loii hC' 1''t,la rem
~ 80 II rg ''0't ,''t'e Nh III ioF nu'leIlli
greatly changod slnce she h:td last i0OEed
upon it. It's calIa, dlgnlalG elevation had
been restored, hut what a dltta. ence !.
MIR. President, - he began In q broken
voice. "althoueh I had consented to your
urgent solicitation, to address this large
assembly tonight, yet [ have le't SO
strong a reluctance to do So hat i has
been with the utmost difficulty that |
could drag myself forward. But | had
passed my word and could not violate it.
As TO relating my experience, that | DO
not think | can venture upon. The past /
dare not recall. v Nould 70 heaven that
lust ten years of my life were blo;ted out. -
The sneaker here paused a moment, all
ready much affected Then resuniug in a
frmcr voice be said
But something must be said of my own
case, or shal! fail to make that impression
on your minds that I wi Ii to produce.
Pictures of real life touch the heart
with rower, while abstract prctensiOns of
4 truth glitte. ,,,Ily in the intellectual re-
gions Of the mind. and then fade from the
perception like figures on o diorama.
Your speaker once stood among the
! first members Of the bar in a neighboring
/ state. Nay, more than that-he repre-
sented his country for three years in the
! assembly for the commonwealth, and more
than that still, occunied a seat in congress
for two congressional periods"
I At this period the stiffness Of death nel.
/ vaded the crowded assembly.
| And vet more than ali that" he con.
tinued. his voice sinking INTO a low thrill,
! ING tone: she had tcn6erIy loving wifi,
! and two sweet children. But all those
honors. all those blessings have departed
4 from him." his voice growing louder anC
deeper in his effort to control himself
/ He was unworthy to retain them -
Ills constituents threw him off because
he had debased himself and diSgracec
them. And worse than all-she who had
loved him devotedly-she who had borne
two dear babes, was forced to abandon him
and seek an asylum in her fathers house
I And why? Could | become 50 changed
in few short years? What power wa,
there to 50 abase me that my fellow being
spurned, aud even the wife OF my bosom
turned away heart stricken from me?-
! Alas my friends. it was q mad indulgence
/ in mockerv A very demon a Giro,
changing the human into the bestial. Bu
/ for this | were an honorable and useful re
preventative in Congress. pursuing afte
M countty's good and blessed in the hom,