The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-12-25
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Mn. EDfroR:-T tel Rood and
happy. The hasysst q thorus and
.histlss bsIisvs b sessly or quite
ended. There is no longer any known
place in our beautiful villags where
liquor can be procured, and very few
OF the Evart or Reel City pscpls come
hers now to sober ~. Fathers who
have sons feel relieved; wives who
have husband. feel relieved; young Ia,
dies who have lovers feel relieved; and
nearly every inInLitant Of Jersey
(therc arc a few exceptions) thank
God that sue. u good work has been
accomplished. I have no feelings Vi
fear myself, us l SIT here in my cosy
room waiting for my h"s6dnd's return,
that he will come homc tonight with
an unnatural fire in his eyes or that
his walk will be unsteady and his
brain confused, and so l feel especially
thankful. 10 closing this last, for the
present at least, of a series OF letters,
| cannot for myself and for the town
ut large, forget the man who has been
the instrument in the hands Of Provi.
dcnce, OF accomplishing the good work.
Quiet, unobtrusive, gentle in his dispo-
sitioa, yet strong and firm in Ills "iaith
in God AMI all good works." a man
who would be moral hero under any
circumstances which called for hero
ism; a man Of sterling honesty, that
true christianity OF the stamp which
carries its religion into every dag life;
one against whom heretofore no man.
woman, or child, has ever dared t.
Iift word Of rcproach. R"dney w.
Page, bearing alone the burden Of Oh
loqny, hatred, and expressed contempt,
with that gcnilencss aud 6rmness Of
which the Master was upon earth the
great example, has conquered vic.
tory Of which any man may be proud
For myself, the little part may have
acted in the brief drama, I an sat,s sed
with. Woman's sphere is 30
limited that she cannot participate in
the affairs OF thus world as she might
sometimes wish, but that size can do
something am now satisfied by the
remarks my articles in tho Outline
have given rise to. I am sorry that
l have been compelled by force Of cir.
cumstances TO make use Of some little
fiction intermingled with great deal
Of truth. ! hope that have given no
ofense to Mr.. Doran. Mr.. s., or Mr..
Gsrrsh, b, putting in their respective
months, little oblique orations Of
which they were never guilty. l am
also under pssny obligations to Kew
Messrs. Fisher and Miller, Mr. Doran.
Mr.. Burch, Mr.. Tkos. Radcliffe and
others who have kindly taken upon
themselves or received what wou d
otherwise have been n.y burden Of re-
sponsibility tor the writing of these
articles. must decline to farther
notice the articles of tho young man
who keeps Retrieving me under the
nom de plane Of "Tom an Jenny
for several reasons. d. not think
had he known my name and sex aud
the kind interest | have taken in his
welfare, he would ever have said or
written anything Again, l can see
nothing in his second article which
requires further comment than l have
already made, nor can l sec anything
in a controversy between US which
would interest the public, and last OF
all my household duties are such as
require my attention, and l consider
that my cooking, dish Washing, ironing,
&C., of much more Importance than
anything Tom and Jorry' can write.
Ha ! ha T.! Tom and jerry! the peo-
pie here and elsewhere arc in the
state OF woa'lcrpent at your RevieO,
30 briefly described By an old poet IN
the following eouplet;
"And still they gazed, and sin the wonder
grew,
That one anaH head could carry all he
knew"
And now, my friends, for the pre- I.
cnt, good bye! l am rather Quixm c
in my composition, aud it ever an DO
jcctionable looking windmill falls un-
der my gaze as sweep the landscape
which takes within its borders our
lovely village, rest assured that it shall
60 hard with me but I have tilt ut
it through tho columns Of the Out
line.
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