The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-05-19
NEW ORLEANS, SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 10 1870 ==-
LETTER FROM MOBILE.
MOBILE, Nav Is, 1879.

LETTER FROM NOBLE.
MOBILE, May Is, 1872.
Editor Morning Star and Catholic Messenger.
Who is your mew correspondent from, +,;,
sue OF the gulf, Twilight" and why hi,
"0m-ae.ptan'e, have been the question asked by
s oWe % W. your . readers, during the past few
form them who he is. If they wish to ascer-
sa lam, they must draw at sight upon their own
iet she% faak f 20 il hit the
inquiry does not rebound to their own fiiscom.
nture, as the fruit of their inquisitiveness. As
word " sns n ssss What is there in
] name we cannot now recall and who repiieJ
,Nothing" We beg to differ with him: we
taka n snese Is much so much that it would
actnatad 1 ns T.; 20 explain al the motives that
laton of "Twilight.1 Our readers mpst
| therefore, be satisfied with one at least, and
that Tss The p5ns
twilight" was, that we do not consider orr
sen one of the lights that be, but merely a
l phI'sss.ng Spectre between the light and the
snuIe' renectlng ourself in the MORNING STAR
:. w, we PROMISED you in our last that if the
muses. We're propitious we would sing for
ss1ng to the tune me Of an
thet We should be called upon at this early
period. But however painful the task may be.
c we no SO readily even ut the risk of being
compared TO the musical bore" SO graphically
described by Horace in one of Els lannon's
satires, one who with difficulty couid he cot fo |
SIG, anu when once started, knew not when
.display at descriptive musicD- our throat
Deing sore and our fingers tired, we hung onr
Tyre upon the walls of silence and began to
fron, 4sa ourselves upon little relaxation
rom tne turmoil of mental activity and of
lung expansion, dose badly needed by MS.
when 10! and behold an Internal (pardon the
rat IL expresses our feelings) rascal of
=, rat, doubtless moved by our sweet tenor of
the day before, walked ont of its tinv hole.
crept upsthe walls of our silence and began to-
Doang upon our Tyre to the tune of few items.
play his pranks upon our fiddle strings. and tn {
close our ears to his laundering uproar. but /,
sns a e' became so offensive to our mus-
Unless he would desist. But in vain. The :
more we spoke, the more he banged away. to !.
, ma utter amusement and displeasure. Find o
~ we , couio not lntimidate him, close our n
ars TO his discordant soliloquy, we eventually
compromised the matter by a. pledge from ma .
nat we should give you some idea Of his grand .
IisPiay at music, set to the tune of e few .
having caught the tune and chmed in with u
ne general harmony of or "rat," we wish to a
! ttorm our readers that there is movement "
present on foot, which, if carried out, can "a
OF but prove of great advantage to many an m
ousewife and thereby add proportional bless "
,gs to the domestic circle. We allude to an %
nd Oldest citizens to establish a .IS,mnerancs m
'ciety" in our midst. The object is a land Gu
DO one and worthy of our mutual co.opera. Gu
on Ina! one nall the misery and wretched- ~
e orphan, the cries of the widow and the =.
neral depression of human nature, rises from nc
9 9, demon Of sPirituous liquor few if any "a "a
III have the hardihood to deny, hence we saw ca
o much praise cannot be bestowed upoa the na
,vers OF such society. That such society or
1a 10y needed among us no one can deny. o on
y Y Dot tne pioneers OF such movement be hi; hi,
OIL and deliberate in their determination to OH
Fry out the object of their desires. Let them ~
INSULT in spirit of obedience those who bet u W
snan h any else know the prorPtings of the ans
clergy-and follow their advice. u Drt
t them but make religion the basis of their not
iety, and we pledge our reputation upon it, 5;s
y - .neir humble efforts shall be crowned be-
blessings upon many q fre-side that is now 'n y
poverlshed and disconsolate through the No,
nlcious effects of indulgence in spirituous az,
aors Let them not close their eyes to the iut,
that they will meet with terrible oppo- ~ :! ::
on in their humble endeavors to raise the u ~
naard Of morality in our midst by entering az az
dens OF lntemper8nee and throttlinD her al
ther dissipation, that they can now re1aon VIII
expect to calculate upon, and hence we VIZ
Use them.to be prudent in their first step n nos
consulting those whom we recommend and oa pp
loopting the suggestions which we make III.
re was onIv tbs otbar y, tne Hgnts that edit
ne Of our best and dearest friends upon bo Sss
subject--one who had much experience in a nont
the pledge to all classes of up mp
lizards, and one who has made the weak i re
es OF human nature In this respect a ~
ma;oritv az 1foso ~ I'll, Is tnae the be;1
~, > to Il s;,t-n.,s ,x sake tue pledge and
ara - ;tI =; ~ ~ 1ait Ions
Of 20 ren e their ped Che onIy hope Of
.heF of zhair rggn isfifJRitis and 81 &c
III Ety Of ralaree. fsHt WSes fls t5fsias n III
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