Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-04-19

a way of driving down the hoops OF n ba
rel so tight that they break.
sketch two houses in this street. Tli
firstis bright as home can be. The iathc
comes ut nightfall, and the children run o
to meet him. Luxuriant evening mea
Graduation, and sympathy, and laughter
Music in tho parlor. Fine pictures on th
wall. Costly books on the stand. We
clad household. Plenty of everything t
make home happy.
House the second: Piano sold yosterda
by the sheriff. Wife's furs at pawnbroker'
shop. Clock gone. Daughters jewclr,
sold TO get flour. Carpets gone of tn
floor. Daughters in faded and patched
dresses. Wife sewing for the stores. Lit
tie child with an ugly wound on the face
struck by an ugly blow. Deep shadow o
wretchedness falling in every room. Doc
bell rings. Little children hide. Daugh
tors turn pale. Wife holds her breath
laundering step in the hall Door opens
Fiend, brandishing his fist, cries, "Out
out What are you doing here?"
Did call this house the second? No; Il
is the same house. Rum transformed IL
Rum embruted the man. Rum sold tn,
shawl. Rum tore up the carpets. Rum
shook lis fist. Rum desoloted ,ho ho,rt,,
Rum changed that paradise into hell
l sketch two men that you know very
well. The first graduated from, oro or o,,,
literary ins,itu,;ous ttis c,u,ou -.
brothers and sisters wore nrosopt to 600 I,i,,,
graduate. They heard the applaudinc
thunders that greeted his speech. They
saw the bououeis tossed +, bis foo, ,rho'.
saw tbe degree conferred and ,ho ,1;,,Is,,,y
civen Jo rovor1o,l,oi ,,. ,,.ai,
body soid "Xvho, a ro,1o .,a,.,
fine ovo, Uho, r,r,oor,,i ,,,,', n"'
h,iI,;,,, ,,.az,,ees'. -, "n"'
before him and cr;o. utI,.na,,, ,..e..I, -,
Man tbo eooord. ;a, T., 10"
bonso to.rioht Tho daa.o., - ''o s'",ion-
800 ~ "'' Jus' pech
' ~ D'"u up 'ne sasnes received IN
- ms ia,, - nl"''eu, ana makes him
iooh IKE wild peast' HIS lip is bloody
anu cut.
no Is TINS pa''ered ana bruised wretch
'n't was P'cheu up Dy inc police, and car
''eu ~ uruhh, ana Ioui' ana bleeding?
Diu call MN man the second? He is
,n''i ,"e nrs' Rum transformed him.
mum uestroyed MS prospects. Rum disap-
pointed p"rental expectation. Rum with
'" '"oso eari'hus oil commencement day.
N" CUT MS mp. Kun dashed out his man
"oou. hum' accursed Kun!
'o"' '"'"s gives one swing TO It's
S'E'ne' ana our ncst merchants fall; their
''oios are Soio ana theY SINK into diShonOr-
e' H'"'cS' AGAIN IL swings Its scythe, and
a'"'e VI our pes' physicians iali into suffer-
'"sS '"'' 'ne'r w'sest prescription cannot
."'e' NS"in 1t Swings us Scythe, and min
,s'''N Vi '"c gosPei iaii from the heights of
N'o"' Win iong recoundlns crash of ruin
anu Snahc'
some oil your own households have al
ready peeh shaken. Perhaps you can
n'r"'y aunt II; Dut where was your son
,aS. ,,s, nisn'' mero was ne FRIDAY night?
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a,. Wv ~ 70 sur nun 'iio Soch-
- "'e''" e''oS' O"ou!
"''P "o.P' nu' II Is 100 tate
"'' "o' o''' 'i'o iiies VI woo can melt the
'""," "'e,' oioo II Is iaS'eneu'
nav S"om" 9ou '"o oVii ooas' Inc
e7s,o '',.'u So NV "',i NUM- MN 'o"n, ana
~" '.''' We '"oo' MN i""S"er' hrst,
oS s'','"s our on'iuien rlsnl on TINS SUD-
Jeo'' Leu 'HcHi grow up win an utter aver
$40" ~ s''ous urinh' lake care now you
auu'inis'er 1t even as iheuicihe' II you
nnu 'i'"' 'hey nave " h"'urdi ioVe ior H. as
sumo haNe' put III S'asS oi II some horrld
stun niuhe IL utterly h"useous' leach them
"s ial'hiu'iy as you uo 'he calechlstli, that
rum Is henu' lake .hehi 10 the aims
housc' ana snow theni 'he "Ieck ana the
rum 1t "olhS' ""iA WIN 'non' ih'o lhe
ho'nes ''a' nave pceh scourSeu ny IT, IL
uruiiAaIu n''n i"'iel in'o u''cn' take
,ho'h is"' up ""''e '"ey can seo MS i"ce'
pruisoo' s"N"Se' anu sWoiie"' anu say
i-o'A' my SUI" NUN uiu 'i"'' LUX
i"s ou' vi your "inoo" at some one VINO,
in'oN'' 10 ni"unVSS' sooS t''ouEn lHe
stre''' o'",u's","s n'' ns'' oi"sRheh.lhg
oou' Nv" o'S''s' 'no"''"s' rceiihs,
/" Why anu io"li'"s n''''i"o' say 10 your
,,,' ,Un' i.oo" ."". '"an was o"ce chiId
,'"e 'o"' - 81 ~ '"o s'os-shop'
lo' .'o.I ~" 'n"' ."". Is 'ne p'"oe "hefe
III en "'o s,"'n' anu 'neir wives maze pau
pos ""u '"ei '"''o'o" s''Nes, hoiu QUITO
''' Soui eni'uleh aii warnings, All rewards,all
!. .,'.., 'o'' ~ "''o' u"ys 'n'y preak your
aaia 'n- u'lSu '.'',, yo"i , s'"y mars