The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-28
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very careful man, and kept no drunken
men about him, still knew what the
word 'drunkard' meant and had read In
the Holy Word, Woe to him that putteth
the bottle TO his ncighbor's lips" and that
no drunkard could enter heaven.
Had ] made the poor man drunken ?"
| Our pleasant games were broken IN, and
! thought was busy until the twilight hour.
when my mother gathered her little ones
around her knee for pleasant talk.
shall tell you about the poor young
man who came here to-day?' she sad
"Oh yes, please, we all answered and
| l. TO try and case my heart of its trouble,
asked anu put the bottle to my neigh
bors lips, and make him drunken? lie
staggered and fell down"
MY mother looked very grave rs she
said, lie had already had too much cider.
ought not 70 have allowed you to rive
| nm any. We viii never do it again"
NO. never. HeCer | answered fcrvenily
wondering if God would forgive me now.
But he cried for it, and swore for it,"
| said Addison; "and he was bent over as if
he carried rock on his back, and lie shook
like anything. don't see how You could
| deny him.
"Srong drlnh caused it all. sad my
mother. "John Soulc is as fine and noble
man as the country contains when he is
himself. Ills family is very respectable.
ana MS mother and sisters are almost heart
| broken oyer his waywardness"
turned to look upon my brothers
bright, happy little fellows; Add, with his
golden curls; George, with his great flash
ing black eyes, and Henry, gentle blue
eyed Henry, with his loving ways 1t was
my especial province to amuse and care
for them. Would they ever break my
heart, as this weak young man. TO whom
had given drink, was doing to the sisters
who loved him D.:
! My mother was still talking to her boys.
| "1o on can see what strong drink does for
a man, she said. 1T makes him weaker
| than child. and more foolish than an
| idiot. And that is not all it infiames his
| passions and makes him vile and wicked.
! The Spartans uscl to make their slaves
drunk with Wine and that their children
might see their mad antics. and shun the
poisonous draught"
Mamma. YOU said the man had drunk
tan much cider. GLOW much is too much =
"Onc drop il drop too much" she
answered. 1T is safe to let it entirely
alone"
Glow long has that poor man drunk so ?"
| | asked.
''For years: but il cannot last much
longer. He has reformed for months at a
time. and has lived much longer than if he
had drunk steadily. | never can look at
him without trembling, for he frightened
me almost to death the first time ] ever
saw him.
GLOW was it: Please tell us all about
it," we cried eagerly.
There was Il great many sick people
when we first came to this place, and your
I fntbn, ntritt anil I "a.
leave the siGc-door unlocked at night
! drawing up chair before it. so that he
could come in at any time of the night
One night, about twelve o'clock, | was
awakened from a sound sleep by terrible
crash. heard heavy footsteps, chairs
tumbling over. and a harsh, grunting sort
of noise, and then all was still. | lay
trembling, almost afraid TO breathe, until
your father came home. He found that
Wrctchcd young man lying before the open
fire, so drunk that he could not rouse him.
When he came to himself, he was so deep
" mortified (for he Is at heart gentleman
that he skunk away, and he never comes
here since, unless he has been drinking SO
deeply that he does not know what he is
qllnnt
Time passed on, ana a grca. l,,,,,a- -!
religion swept through the valley.
The hOtcl-kcepcr was converted. and
closed his bar, and asked that Il prayer
meeting might be held in his house.
The picture of an old man kneeling, viii
casped hands and streaming eyes, ano
praying. "O.Lold we thank Thee that thi,
house of rcyclry has been changed to {
house of prayer then stamped upon IN,
childish memory, will never be erased"
Have you heard the news 2 asked
neighbour who had cropped III for morn