The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-06-14

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Ths infamous tranic 2 IN liquor
claims Another victim, and che de-.
mon Of intempersIlce holds high
carnival n = desolate Home on Main
Street, where a young wife sits sor-
rowing IN the shadow Of q grief no
language csn portray. Her hns-
band who but. yesterday wss an
gentleness and tsnd derness-for even
when under the influence Of liquor,
he was sGectionsse TO those who
loved him-is cold and silent in.
the icy arms OF dsath-snd the
grief Of the stricken wife has
deeper psng in The intensified hor-
ror cf ths relectitoan than he died
by his own hand George Harvey
is the name Of the poor unfortu-
nate. It is the old story. The
fates had been leagnsd against him
bad luck-bad management shsd-
owed all his ventures. The ships
upon which he launched his hopes
never came back from the sea. A
little sign swinging in the air at
Che gate way Of their humble home
On Main street, near Ninth, tells
how the good wife sought to be .
help-mate to the husband, and win
bread with her needle Mrs Har-
vey, dress maker" is the way it
reads, but it gave no token TO the
passing throng Of the skeleton
within the house e-how the husband,
seeking forgetfnlness IN liquor, had
become the slave OF this fearful ap-
petite-how. morbid and diseased,
he struggled and prayed in vain
He had joined the church, under
the appeals Of Rev; Mr.. Brooks, at
the third Street Mission, and with
the energy Of despair had sought
emancipation from his fearful serf-
dom, but, weak and weary Of life,
| WAS powerless to withstand temptA-
tion, and fell into q lower depth OF
wretcheansss. He would have
pawned his soul for drink. A
! wagon Belonging to- his wife her
individual property, earned by her
industry, and sold that he might
have money 10 fee the fensls who
we're drugging him with poison.
and when they came to take the
wagon away 'ths wife objected.
4 Then for the first time was the
suicidal thought revealed. The
husband, half demented with hquor,
exhibited two bottles of laudanum
to his wife, and told her that unless
the wagon was given he would
commit suicide. SO ehe let it go,
and only the other day washing
machine or something of tho sort
went the same way. Yesterday
morning he breakfasted as usual,
but remarked to his little daughter,
sTh;s is our last meal" He was
out all day, but returned some
what intoxicated about 6 O'clock,
came in, sat down q moment, and
coming up behind his wife, who
lsat at the sewing machine, leaned
over and kissed her. He passed
out Of the room, and taking q tin
lcup in his hand went to the barn
Mrs. Harvey was alarmed, and
fearing the worst followed him into
the yard and met him at the barn
door. 1--WE taken it," said he with
10 forced calmness, 'go in the barr
4 and you will see the botEles.'l She
rushed in, and there on the barr
floor lay two empty vials-the h.
bells torn of. but smelling Of laud-
Anum- He had poured the deadly
poison into the tin cup and dranl
it down. There was st least foul
ounces altogether. The poor wo-
man got the dying man into th,
house, and dispatched aid for I
physician, but it wss some time be
fore any one could be found and j
was too late to save him. tn,
deadly narcotic combined with th,
liquor in his stomach was complete
" absorbed. He was ccnsciou
for awhile, and realizing his condi-
ton asked the forgiveness of hi
wife, and begged that Mr.. Brook
might be sent for. Then he be
came oblivious and all night he wa
in the agony of DEATH At eigh
this morning he breathed his last
|-Lafayette Courier, June 4th.
A medical writer says the health
lest position to lay IN is with tn
head TO the north. People VII,
kkeepihens should bear this In mind
Writer'S of indecent matter o,
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