The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-11-17

home drunk and the affecting appeal of his
wife and children has no effect upon him.
The child dies, and the husband and father
sufficiently sober to follow his remains.
takes bottle of liquor along to drown
with 1t the sorrow of his heart. On one
occasion shortly after, he is seized with
deirum tremcns, and taken to the station
house, where he RECEIVERS. In the terrible
riot in New York-the Orangemcn riot
he is engaged, and for six weeks draws not
sober BREATH All the furniture and
household goods are sold for rum. lie
finally wakcns one night and hearing his
wife pleading in he: dreams with an I'M
seen friend who persuades her to leave her
husband, he makes a desperate resolve to
reform. He asks for one more chance,
but again falls. Then again he makes a
resolve to quit the city and come
to New England. He and his fami-
ly arrive in Brattleboro, W., thank
ing God that they are free at last
in old Vermont where no rum is sold. As
they walk up the street his wife shudlels
to behold the many Indications on every
hand that liquor selling is being carried on
even here. The husband seeks employ
ment and keeps sober for several days One
day, however, he attends picnic at Yer
non, drinks glass of cidcr-brandy, and as
a final result is brought back dead drunk
Once more he cndeavors to reform attends
temperance meeting, makes public ac-
acknowledgement of his case and signs the
pledge He secures work in the organ fac
tory of Deacon Estcy, and although the
terrible appetite is nearly driving him
crazy he struggles for three long months,
when one day he falls to the ioor-not in
drunkenness, but the whole man diseased
and weakened. The struggle within him
has told upon his physical strength and he
is used up.
The doctors prescribe but in vain and it
is finally concluded to send him to the In
sane Asylum. The wife implorcs and en-
treats, but the crisis must come. One night
he awakens with the terrible thirst for
liquor stronger than ever and he makes up
his mind to have whishey though his soul
be cast into hell. He looks upon his wife
and little ones and the thought arises with
in him, why shall | plunge myself and
those dear TO me into everlasting Disgrace
lie takes the Bible opens it and in silence
struggles through the darkness until morn
ing. The contest goes on and still he reads.
Finally rs morning breaks a consciousness
of peace is obtained. There is no shout of
| joy but a voice within tells of deliverance.
lie lies down and sleeps. His wife dis
turbs him not, when, while the family are
at breakfast, the husband springs to his
| feet and eXclaims "Wife, It's Jesus He
had dreamed of dying in drunkenness when,
at the last moment,as he was sinking down
strong arm takes him up and lie
awakcns.
One year and ten months have passed.
| The man has now no desire for strong
drink. a great change has come over him
and his family. "And,' said the speaker,
she stands before you tonight"
The reverend gentleman then in an elo-
quent manner appealed to the audience for
help in the cause of total abstinence He
proposed while in town to move immedi-
ately upon the cncmys works, and related
his experience in other communities He
then desired that every person in favor of
an immediate enforcement of the prohibito-
ry liquor law in Rutland, to rise and stand
on their feet. Every person, we believe,
in the entire assembly arose and the vote
was unanimous, as far as mere dumb ac-
ton goes.
The Doxology was then sung by the au-
dience and they were dismissed by the
| sneaker with the hcnndictinn