Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-06-02
TenperNMce Notes.

WHAT \ FALL.-A minister of the Cos.
pei told me one Of the most thrilling Incl.
dents ever heard in my lie. A member
Of his conSreg CATION came home for the
first time in his life intoxicated. and his
boy met him upon The door step, clapping
his hands and exclaiming: Papa has
come home !" lie siczed that boy by tho
shoulder, swung him around, staggered,
and fell is the hall. That minister said
to me (I could give you his name, if nec-
essary,) 81 spent the night in that house.
| went out, barred my brow that the night
air might fall upon it and cool il | walk.
cd out, and down The hill. There was
his child dead there was his wife in
strong convulsons, and he asleep. a
man but thirty years of age, asleep, with
dead child in the house, having n blue
mark upon the temple where the corner
Of the marble steps had came in contac.
with the head as he swung HIM around,
and q wife upon The brink Of the grave
Mr.. Cough" said my friend. 81 cursed
the drink. lie told me must remain till
he awokc, and did When he awoke.
he passed his hand over his face and
exclaimed: What is the matter where
am ? where is my boy3 You cannot
see him. where is my boy? You can
not see him. Stand out OF my way. |
will see my boy To prevent confusion,
took him TO that chid's bedside. and as
turned down the sheet and showed him
the corpse, he uttered shrek, 'Ah. my
child r' That minister said further 10
me: "One year after that lie was
brought from lunatic asylum TO lie side
by side with his wife in one grave. and
| attended his funeral" The minister OF
the gospel who told me that fact. is to-
day drunken hosllcr in 4 stable in Bos.
ton Now tell me what rum will do -
1t will debase, degrade, imbrute, and
damn every thing that in noble, bright.
glorious, and God like in human being.
There is nothing drink will not do that is
vile, dastardly. cowardly, sncaking, or
hellish. We are united brethren, are wc
no., TO fight ill The day OF our death p
j. b Cough.
SOME STATISTICS are 10000
saloons in the country, against 12s,O0G
schools. and only "a, 900 churches. Man
ufacturers and sellers Of strong drink.
560, ,OO0-twelve times the number OF
clergymen, four times the teachers, nearly
double all the lawyers, physicians, teach.
ers and ministers combined. 10 these
saloons there are 100000 daily custom.
ers, one in seven of the whole population
OF these. lO0, 900 are annually imprisoned
Tor crime. at all expense OF SyO,UOO,OOO,
and 10000 90 down 10 the drunkard's
graves, leaving two hundred thousand
begnared orphans. Grasp these figures.
An army OF topers five abreast one
hundred miles in length. A rank OF beg
CARED widows and children stretching
aeross the State of Massachusetts. a
HE OF men 30 ullIeS IH 'e"S'" i'". N"'"o
steadily down TO the grave, three every
minute through the year. This awful
column OF death. in its ceaseless tramp.
tramp of death, whence is it recruited
As this years $50, 600 goes down, another
10000 is pressing in 10 fill their places,
and another back of that, aud another,
pouring down from every hamlet and
hillside in the country, q reeling, shrieking
crowd of demonized men. speeding by
their own hand into eternity.-Cor. Of
CongregattoadltI.