Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-28

AN omnibus and twelve hors
esl Why what would that come
top
about ,3O0f, l should think
and I've swallowed all that
aHow much do you drink, OF
an average, every dayg
sOh! l can't tell; somtimcl
more and sometimes less.'
well, do you think you spent
one shilling per days
tOhl yes, much more than tina
some dayr
sAnd how long have you beel
in the habit of drinking 2
More than twenty years; ant
have been a week or two on th'
spree sometimes
"How much is one shilling &
day for three hundred and sixty
five days % -..,v o.,e,
After a good deal of calcula
ton, the cabman replied: "Eight
cen pounds, FIVE shillings."
'And how much will eighteen
pounds and five shillings pc
year amount to in twenty years
"A big lot SIR
well reckon it up
After some time he said .Wh,
it would be $685. 1G
And that would be more thar
would buy an omnibus and /.
horses, would it notg
Yes /; but that is not all whel
I've had beer. I've cruelty beat
en- my poor he rse, and have rur
into traps. Ihave been locked
up, and had to pay a pound o.
two for damages, and had m,
badge taken from me for a tim,
as WELL i 2lM
Then your twenty years drink
ing mas cost you little fortune
and you are none the better fol
spending il, but great deal the
worse. Have you a wife anC
childrenf'
Yes; I've wife and three lit
tie ones at home.'
And how do they manage
when YOU are drinkiugf'
well l don't know they do the
best they can. The wife has to
work.
Poor woman! | will bring you
a pledge card, and l hope you
will sign it and keep it. You
will be a better and a happier
man for SO doing, and you will
have a happier home. Don't
sign in your own strength, but
ask God for help. He will give
you power to keep it. Seek his
blessing and that will make you
truly happy
My friend the cabman signed
the pledge, and has found him
self all the better for it. hope
that the pledge will lead to the
greater blessing of the Gospel.
often think what a hard lot the
cabman's lot isl From nine in
the morning till twelve at night
or even one, two, or three the
next morning he is plying for
hire. Exposed to all weather.
sunshine and storm, hail, snow,
or rain-he is either on the rank
or driving his fare. In many cas-
es, the only shelter is the pub
hc-house or gin palace, where he
is tempted to drink. He is al
ways expected to be civil and OBJ
liging. He meets with all kinds
of customers - young and old,
crotchety or otherwise and to all
he is expected to pay a certain
amount of Difference. He meets
with circumstances in the course
of the day which would try the
temper of any man.
Dinner time, tea time, supper
time comes. No bright and cheer
full hearth with smiling wife and
laughing, merry children to greet
him. He has to make the street
his dinning room, the seat of his
cab his table, and the sky above
him his roof. In the middle of
his frugal meal, he may be call
ed away. He must put up his
food and eat it when he gets a
chance. After he has waited
through the day, perhaps unsuc
cessfully, for custamers, he is
compelled to hang about theatres
concert halls, casinos, and other
places of that kind until late at
night, if he would make up the
hire of his cab. Here lies his
greatest temptation. He is press
ed to drink-spirits, wine, and
ale are all given him.
Under such circumstances, is it
a wonder that he falls a prey to
the curse of drinkings Is it a
wonder that in twenty years of
such life he should swallow an
omnibus and twelve horsess Is
it a wonder that he should sink
into a drunkard's dishonored
grave?
Oh, remember the cabman !!
Speak a kind word to him /! If
possible do him a kind act! But,
obi do not give him drink.
Rather help him to withstand the
temptation and become a sober
man.