The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-02-29


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We were witness the other night
TO a scene ofeonjugaI infelieity, such
As = rarely ser q fIlis section, and
one which contains a sermon in the
/ simple narration. A man whose age
appeared to be some fifty years was
iOunging around a saloon, evidently
having shbibed freely of the vinous
fluid, and was idling away the
time aletted fozmans here bclew e
be employed in acts of mercy or
Charity besides wasting the money
he had earned, IN foolishly pander-
ing to his taste for driak Suddenly
there appeared at the door the face
OF a woman, face on which the
pen Of time had -draWn the marks OF
some forty winters, and on which
could be traced the rapid transfer
nation, 81 youth and yigor e age
and discrepitude, but which still re-
tained.a matronly appearance which
sterniy deGed the ravages Of the
dread dceayeE. It vas soon evident
who this pcFsen. was, both from the
words she spoke and the looks Of
the individual abaye referred to,
who was given to understand that
she had come to induce him away
from this house Of crime, and take
him home-the place which memory
hallows, Of which poets lore to sfng,
and which lovingly types the great
hereafter. But her. words were in
vain. Deaf to persuasion, threat or
entreaty, this monster in shape of
man turned aside, but he could not
repress a blush of shame which man
tied bis diabolical eountenance, the
only evidence he WINGED of being
a man and not brute. Nrsas,3 aAvf
With a consistency and devotion
peculiar to her sex, she persisted in
her efforts TO reclaim her lord. pic.
turing the baseness ofcrime, the ruin
desolation and misery aorn of dram
shops the beauties ofAbome, and
thrillingly drew a comparison be-
tween, snow" and @then." ''FEen''
he was a loving husbaHdy then he
promised to love ana cherish, and
right well did he keep his promise;
then the laboIs Of life had But one
object, and. the acme of his hopes
and ambition was to make home
happy. "Now'' he had fallen. At
ter spending the nobleyears of man
hood ina good cause he had falieni
from his high position, and taken
up with slOth and vice. BY the love
he once vowed, by the memory of
Yeas, by the affections of wife and
children who chung TO him and were !
10th to see him fail, by the Yigor Of
matured manhood, BY the frailty of
her-upon whom would fall the cares /
of the family lie was forsaking, by |
the helplessness of those dependent
upon him, by the hope of a hereaf-
ter, She conjaFea hin5 aud although |
these things touched his soul and I
him to drop his head I
in confusion, yet the love Of whisky I
and for the company Of demons, had,
his love for purity. had
iebased him to such an extent that
his sensibilities we're dormant, and
hat ffner feeling OF humanity, that
strongest tie WHICH binds man to
purity and to God, conscience was
scared as if with a hot iron. Ali
sxpetients had failed, and in grief
The matron turned away. She turn
ID often as If 10th to leave him, but
IS often turned again, ana seemed to
give up in despair. But finally she
came back, and-her look was that Of
.he life guard making the last
5harge. She approached near en-
1ugh to be heard by all and exclaim-
d as if in great anguish, and asif /
ler heart string weHld snap if this
failed + 'Leok,e here, Phil,
tOu better come home an skin dat
.oon, We amt got no meat for break
asst and sides flyer don't come
long rse gwyRe to set de slab u pl
.gin de door an prop you out
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