Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-02-06
For the Argus.


To view others triumphs, the objectionable sin.
The surface at least fair to the view
Let us look underneath and see II there, too,
Be no signs Of storms, trouble brewing,
The devil no broth at our shell holes" has stewing.
Let US looh behind screens and see what Is there,
Is it well for the town and well for the Mayori
Well, what do you sect Is all fair as the dawni
Can peace long reign while the devil moves on
Regardless Of right, making drunkards at will,
booming victims to death by the sworn Of the
sti.l'
Untrammeled by lawsl dhough the laws Of the
State
'Ganst the traffic, once strong became stronger of
late.)
Have we, too, this curse, these festerings sores
Saloons and hotels aanked by doctors and stores,
Dealing out liquid hre, which when we'll under
way
Shall continue to burn for ever and ayei
What an honorable ~ calling some one may
ask;
The devil assisting about his own task,
Mems character, honor and purity blot,
Fitting souls for shat worm which dieth not
Yes such is the truth charge thus with knowl-
edge,
For as streams to the lakes or schools to the col
lego,
So his work oft starts here TO be finished at easure
According to taste, or means, or the pleasure
OF the victim, OF satan, all In connection,
(Light or dark. marks only a shade of complexon)
He gets his taste here while curing % his ills,
Perhaps feeble at first but like water In rills,
Gains strength as IL flows, while the doctors "pre-
scription,"
Dat, mill 1x.,o h.
Hides the form Of danger, draws veil DER his eyes
Till his whole moral nature droops, withers, and
dies.
When he reaches this stage his path is marked out,
| Try hard as he will he cannot turn about;
| lie now gces down hill at terrible rate,
Fecbly tries his "down brakes" but alas he's too
| late.
Already he hears the roar Of the food,
Feels pains In his bones and fire in his blood,
Turns night into day and day into night,
| Dashcs onward and downward and plunges from
sight;
Took his last "degrcen at "hole" by the way
Where yesterdays sowing Is garnered to-day;
Where they finish the work commenced higher up,
Where in lieu of prescription tits known the cup.
But why utter warnings, point to trade or profess
| sion,
When in every twelve months in our land Of pro-
| erosion
Examples by hundreds Of thousands are made,
| Throwing my weak warning Of words in the shade.
How many bright hopes in our "City of Pine"
| Have been dashed to the ground by the demon oil
| wine,
| Stree the year eighteen undred and oven enc
pawncd bright on their day as midsummer's sun.
f..l.
And shall corporate shining no penalty knowl
| When the head suffers pain Ia one oil the laws,
| The body grows sick and suffers because
The two are so joined Lat their feelings are one.
Now could folly be greater under the sun
| Than to cut off the head which carries tho brains
| To cure tenants In common of weakness and pains
Just in this connection allow me to state
A PARALLEL case which happened Of late;
Our own City Fathers led on by Sage,
Feeling panied by its head got into rage,
And in solemn assembly "Rcsolved" that theil
head
| Should sever i.s,lf lest they act in its stead,
Rightly charging the head with producing pain
| Which siSkened the BODY and INJURED the BRArs
But forgetting to look for the primary cause
OF this dire disgrace in breach Of the laws.
Not very loLg since in the dead hour of night,
That dreadful cry Of lire. walked the people will
fright.
A crowd gathered soon where the fire light shone,
And "sah- gon- ah-k ato," the pride of the town,
In charge Of the boys Tin excellent drilD,
Rushed forth on its mission as fire engins will,
And did very fine work with its hose and bras
snout,--
But the people thanked God when that 'hole" wa
burned out.
A radical remedy for dire evil,
This burning "hoe" to smoke out the devil,
But the people will choose Of two evils the least,
And fire like this to their eyes Is feast
Compared with the damn " and terrible crime
Which robs men of their morals. money, and time
Ruins body and soul, starvcs children and wife,
Takes the last hope of earth, and then takes hi
life.
Now word Of advice to head, body, and all;
To high born and low. the great, and the small;
Would you keep your town healthy, cure this grea
evil,
Wipe out the disgrace, crush the power Of the devil
Then of these two evils you need make no choice,
But arise N your strength, and with uplifted voice
Insist that the Law Of the land be obeyed.
That the ii Z, ~ disease and deaf h must be stayed
Then the whole moral tone Of the town shall b
|
higher,
And the people no more need thank God for
fire.
IT'S mutable world, note the changes Of time
Since chaos and darkness to accents divine
First melted way, obeying the laws
OF nature enacted by the great .'Frst Cause"
Note how the small things. as we'll as the greater,
Show the wisdom and power Of an all wise Creator
IT'S the wee wedge Of sand lifting lodges Of granite
The small iwinkling star is perhaps a vast planet;
IT'S the seconds and moments that mako up GU
time,
IT'S the .1ittle foxes that ruin the vine.'
IT'S the oceans drop that makes up its whole,
The small glass OF wine may ruin the soul,
Quacking geese once saved fortified town
BY the kick OF COW was Chicago burned down.
In view Of all this is 1t then any wonder
That n "County Clcrk war; raise particula
thunderi
The "day Of small things" We should never dispiss
But from each learn lesson, and thus grow NOR
J For self examination twas a night most meet.
When guards in the rear watched guards In th
street,
who, with solemn tread. through the long drear
night,
To and FRO paced. their beat by thewatch fires dir
light.
o. what honor, and pleasure and pride they mu'
| feel
In being allowed thus to guard the Clerks scali
And the SEAL that poor little innocent waif
Chained up to block, felt perfectly safe;
And with calmncss awaited the sun light OF leave
For its final change on a writ Of Replcvin.
Tho war seems ended, draw tho curtsis just IiEnI
Let our care be the rsxsKSr for the FAST drop
tear.
For the rvrunx the people may look for salvation
| To the "Pcoplcs Protective ASS ociation."
'Twould be cruel and wrong at this very late hour
t. .,rolc tho ola snrcs when their lendera had pow