The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-12
Extracts from an Article In
the GAINESVILLE City Times.

AhO AoHOSfllto NlSJ tHtOo hoc
been very much improved under
the EditorshIp of W. W. Pyle, re-
Gently of the McConnelsville Her.
aid; and we prophesy that, under
his management, it will see its palm
lest days. Ia last weeks issue
there is an original story, written
for the Times, which Mr.. Pyle calls
the attention of his readers espec-
tally to, by a strong endorsement
of its style and sentiment. 1t is a
Temperance Story, and We quote
the following extracts in order to
show the people of Morgan County
the real views of Mr., Pyle on the
liqGor-trafic, as he evinces them
when untrammelled by politics.
ALL will remember tina. the Times
is an independent paper. Read:
MANY changes have taken place
in the once happy home of my
childhood. The old home Is gone
now. The village Church was torn
down to make room for o grander
notwithstanding more fashion.
able. The village school is no
more, and the place where it stood
is occupied by a thrifty and enter
prislng Saloon keeper those great
men who 'leave behind them foot
prints on the sands of time Obi
how / hate the vender of intoxIcao
ting liquors; how my heart burns
with Indignation to see these min
IONS of the devil, petted and caress-
ed by society, with nothing to reoo-
mend them but their ~iIl-gotten
wealth. Ministers ofthe gospel are
proud of their company, feel hon.
ored to be called their friend
Churches consider them their best
members, simply because they are
able TO pay for the best and hIgh-
est seat In the synagogue. They
are very generous whom q collec-
ton is taken up, ard, in fact, are
good fellows, well met at all times.
Ali how many of their victims are
damning them with excavations IN
some mad house? flow many poor
fellows are now suffering the tor
ments of the damned, how many
more are on the road to ruin and
inevitable destruction? How many
more ofthe highest youths o Amer-
lea arc lettering down to a drunk
ards grave, bringing the gray hairs
of their parents with orrow to the
tomb? All through the ministry
of these auxilaries of SaIanl
Kind reader, 1 ask your pardon
for seeming to desplse the meanest
thing that crawls beneath my eyes,
but l cannot forget how they havo
robbed me of my husband and my
happiness, forced my children to
beg for bread, and, at the last con-
signed me and my orphans to the
tender mercies of an unfeeling
world, among strangers, far, far,
from my village home and the dear
friends that once strew my path
with flowers; but, then, it Is we'll l
am among strangers, as it would on
~ be another thorn in my bleeding
heart if my friends knew of my pow
erty and degradation"
Again:
"Let Christianity unto and con-
denim the vending of intoxicating
liquors. Let all Churches that pro-
fess morality be judged by their OPP
position to this root ofall evil. "On
of doctrine, bIgots alone
should fight" he can't be wrong
who will withdraw his support and
influence from that Church, OF that
which numbers among It's
the name of a rum seller
Let their names be blotted out from
among mankind, and their memo
ries will perish from the earth.
them be fugitlves AMI vaga-
unless they arise and return
to their fathers house, and my
word for 1t, our fathers house will
scarcely contain his returning and
children"