Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19
NUMBER il.
the STORY Of ROGERS,
A Temperance Lecture,
From the New York Trilmne.

strong temperance sermon, BY simply tell
ing tho story Of = woman who, after
with tho preternatural strength
of loving wife and mother for years
against the demon of drink that possessed
her husband, conquered it and made
him once moro freeman. In bis last
illness, brandy was prescribed, which he
was strong enough 70 use only a. medi.
clue but after his death she turned to it
in her grief, and died, not many months
later, hopeless, helplsss drunkard."
Let us tell companion story ~ truo a.
this, but Of - different Z complexion -.
daylight to night. A few years ago, on
any sunny morning heap OF filthy rags
might be seen stretched on some bales Of
. paper warehouse in alneighboring city,
with strong smell Of STALE tobacco and
whisky hanging about it. Turning it ovsr
(Which you could do as though il were
log any time after 10 o'clock in the morn.
ing1 you would find tho swollen purple
face Of what had once been = handsome
young man, bat there was little hope that
tho blssred syes or thick tongue woald
give IN intelligent answer. The porters
passing by would push him asids, 6ut not
roughly. The time had been when he
had been jolly, generous young follow
and favorite in the of6ee. Young
ko6ers !" some one would give you his
history in i've minutes: "Taken to rum
no chance-poor devil. Stokes" THE
proPr'etor) . could not turn hum out to
starve, 20 ssii gave hlm . nominal salary
ana eonered nlm 70 nang ABOUT tho house
ie:t no should take to worse courses than
orlnklng ihere were minus; TOO, OF q
"1dowco motoer, away ON IN tne country
VINO nso oeen dependent on n,m, anc q
s"eotnee,t, sI fletty, cnng'ng ,ntue e1r,'
1o'a D . 1i wnom long ago no nad sDanao2ea. DC
out !aele va. notnln9 70. oe oone: !ne
GNU tn1oukn 'no usus! nofrols VI oenrlum
3e%ens' "as IPpalen'ty nov 1sr on
Vne osy, y ncgers wes c.cePlne % tae
ncarest osf 1or nis morning oleeers man.
Inom no oareiy Knew oy soGnt' took nim
oy tne eioow ana waAkea .a Win nlm an'o
4oletel etseet. Aney ten mo you arc
4 r:'cnsro noeefs eon; ne sn9. Dick
hoge1s We. tne only n1ena naa 1or
yests, anu tof nls sakG woe'o hke 70 ea.o
a nls Doy' Arc you wliiing for mo 70 try"
w. yoa can try'" sa'd the ooy with an
'mbecile laugh: Thi1 namele's friend,
nothing daunted, took him to = chamber
IN his own house and put him to bed.
There no and his sons kept watch and
guarded this poor wretch tor months' like
q prisoner, Keeping liquor from him, and
trying to supply it by medical treatment
A Phys'c'an ne employed, but no vas not
aoie 10 pay 1or nurse. ANY ono VINO mas
nsa 70 oesi wi'n vicam OF me1ls's'pota
can guess nov dlneGle ana ioat9esome q
task no nag set nimeel1. Cngrateiui
no was ~ nrst, 1or H0eefs struggled
aeaans' nis .ofmeneoi' w'tn 'ne ieroc;ty OF
-)ust "oas no was-s sssrvine amman.
AZ reason began to return, ana h'' 9nnat-
1ral .I :sreng!a 70 vsolen, no wooio eeE
S sosm & IN n's ln'esvs. o. reason NOT % taal
nun, out to work out the experiment either
% success or desth' ~ ls my Last
cnsnce' no would cry; ior zoos sake
be patient" This friend v tn h!s son, did
work It out through al the toui' unmen'
nonaole detahs' anu tho end was not oeath,
Det = suecees' aoW soon, askea . meme
o. hoeors s, . q 11efwafo, were you uosted
aione :. NOT i9r TWO yesre' no answer
=! .suguice' w oet ., ysai, .1s IN
Jaa. oo1nos. ~ y21 IememoGr l !nas isn3,
h".;Sa %a;Swr yoo1g te.o~ "11 ny. a.S ~ S o:sk
.ss ys'ee ea;,;n s ~ .no y.a'o n1 ~ sooH :la