Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-01-26
A Terrible EaIl-A MAN Xost.

On Tuesday morning man arrived in
this city from San francisco, and soon at.
ter presented himself at a friends house,
in state If intoxication. His face was
smeared with dirt, his clothing soiled and
neglected, and his whole appearancc indi-
Gated a perfect wreck of manhood. y de
was seen while in this condition with a
common gambler, who, disguised as a.
countryman, attached himself to the un-
fortunate man. evidently with the inten-
,tion of securing his watch aud money and.
from the fact that he was without either
when he called ON his friend, it is safe to
infer that he succeeded. +" '4l' 'A-a''' =
This poor victim of appetite for liquor,
this wreck of a man, once hohored and re-
spected, told his friend that eighteen weeks
ago he left this city for California, where
he became changed man, and, with a
gold watch and 81, ,OS0 dollars III gold in
his pocket started for Louisville with the
intention of purchasing the temperance
paper in this city. A soon as he reach
ed the Ohio river his good resolutions
vanished, his tempter came back and he
fell into his former degrading habits. He
wanted to see Mr.. Cough, wanted to talk
with him and perhaps gather strength
and hope to resist his remorseless enemy
and was directed to his hotel. - 'N'
A few years ago this man was the pas
tor of an Episcopal Church, in this city.
the idol of his congregation, who Sabbath
after Sabbath hung upon the eloquent
words which dropped from his lips. Gift
ed. brilliant, educated, this clergyman
gave promise of being one of the most no.
ted orators of the pulpit III the West.
; With youth, health. attractive address and
person, his opportunities for doing good
and making himself loved and hohored
among the people we're such as few men
possessed. But he yielded to his appe-
tite for liquor. until his congregation could
no longer shut their eyes to the glaring
fact that their pastor was a drunkard. and
he lost his church, his friends, and even
hope took wings and fed away
The good templars reached out their
Samaritan hands and lifted him from the
gutter They strove to encourage him
and bring about a reformation. For a
time they succeeded. He lectured in pub
lie on several occasions, taking for his
theme the impassioned subject Of temper
ance. When he depicted the power of the
gross and absorbing appetite over the hu-
man mind his words went TO the hearts OF
his hearers, for they knew bespoke too tru-
ly as bis own experience. How be fell
and was again restored, to take up the
practice of law, in wh ch he had ability to
become eminently successful, and he. tine
and again sunk lower and lower, is known
to many; and when he left the city. al
most destitute, for the Pacific, it was
thought that at least he could do no worse
than be had done. But he returned Thes-
day, to fall again, and fall without hope
All his plans of future usefulness have
drifted away before the remorseless sweep
of uncontrolled appetite for liquor. Pluck
ed by human sharks, degraded in his own
| eyes, this man. who once possessed bright
intellect and noble power, has sunk be-
meath his temptations. What a terribly
! real Warning this fallen clergyman Should
! be to all. No one need preach on tenn.
perance, and none can 'sneer at the cause
| when this and scores of similar eases car
be seen upon the streets daily Who viii
pluck the brand from the burning, aud lift
up and, encourage the degraded and hope,
less - LosisciHlc Commeicics
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