The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1874-07-12
A crusaded Mans Complaint

=: ~ Acrusaded Mans Complaint
l. The Cincinnati Commeyc;o, oats off -,
y good and timely hit:
q Now, said a man to the reporter of I'll
b Commerc'Gt yesterday. I am temperane
aii Ill, oaE ,o, am opposed to this crusade, an
J, 1t has destroyed the peace of nv famiI,
f as nave said l am q temperance ma1
8 myselI: haven't touched drop of whisk y
. peer, ale or wine. for don't know when
nnese Things don't agree with my stomach
ana couldn't drink them if wanted to.
We were getting along very we'll in on,
.ssmily: ian think we were happy-at leas
the neighbors said we ought to be- Rn,
when this movement commenced INV v;fs
got 1t into her head that she must crusade
thlnk my mother.in law put her up to it,
work. 1 tried to persuade her ont of ths
notion. L said we couldn't afford TO hire
| another girl, and that she had better ato -
at home and help rear up our family. Rnt
| she insisted that the Lord must be obev.d
and OF course had to cave in. Well. she
&c enS out, anu mas oeen in the business for
the past three months. never thoupht n
woman could stand as much as that wife nf
Ln'ne mas gone through. She told me Last
night that in the past three months sbe he'd
made ITO speeches, 81 prayers, and walked
on an estimate, 469 miles. When she gets
nolne at night from the war she is com
pletely tagged out, and doesn't feel anr-
thipg like herself until she has taken ak or
eight cups of strong tea. b. "a
oar gentle household has been COM
pietely revolutionized. Wecan,t keepeva,
one girl now. My wife drives them off as
last as | hire them. The couseouences 10
f,n naxeht W., nad square meal at our house
!, ,Hl tne last quarter of year, and the chill
nren are dying from neglect; the fact is. r
can't myself, because of NV not beina
raised to it, feed and clotbe these ebildreSS
properly. have done the best I could
sus somehow man can't get up good
s.Ic od meals ana wash and iron clothes
1uu put them on children so as to look neat.
$ ut my wife says can't learn youprer: it.
8 my duty. She has been called fo thiS
sleesed work, and has enlisted for life or
g iuing the war. wish to the Lord this
'anel-War a,a was over. Why don't these
Havon Sa keepers quit, it for no other purpose
ZONES of the crusaders .
NY wlie carries on the crusade at home ]
to keep herself in practice. snnnose @
me gives me long temperance lecture
ses very night: 1 say l don't drink. But she :,
AXE of argument. When she finishes i hue hue g
peech she brings out the pledge and makes a
,e sign it. If I have signed that hIaste5
10 "a pledge once. have hundred times
nen she makes me pretend that I am in
,e saloon business. We get out the wash-
nnu ano SET the camphor bottle and ,e
Inegar jug on it, and 1 stand behind in INV f.
llrt sleeves like saloon keeper. On the
'unter are some scraps Of stuff on a nloto
represent free lunch l stand there
'ndlhg out the vile cam phor and vinegar
1an at are re. carving AIRY sorrow to SO many homes,
.u "Ae comes up and sings in front
NY saloon. She beseeches me To omit
Z awful calling and go TO canvassing for
oscrlptlon books or some other respecta
,. BUSINESS. l get mad and call for the
lice' and order my wife out of the house,
sne keeps on, and at last my heart ia
- pour tne camphor ont into the
am pitcher, and the vinegar into the
sh- oasin, 80 as not to waste them. and
VIII never engage in the business
gn the pledge a few times and mt nnmv
pc at auction. -p "S !;
Sometlmes we have another play, which n
Ianatlcat wife has arranged for me Ion b
drink glass of cold tea, and imaeinaG q; IL a
oe Deer. l become very drunk and on T.,
10 and kick mp terrible row smosb q
;i oi1ure ana beat my poor, starving ol
ny. Maddened with that glass of beer 10
III, stea, murder. aud do all sorts of d'
tl0!e things. just about this tin,a nv Ct
happens around "a a crusader auS OF
US ~ me little tract. | glance at il L
tessty through my beared eves and or
= an instantly changed man. take Is
! wash myself up, and in yerv a
oLh u EICu man, surrounded hv 4,
large, fiourishing and bappv fan,;iy IA
ot th's tomfoolery, my wife ssvs. viii ~ -,
good influence on the childrsn1 ~.
DIV, that will give you a sort Of an ideo ri
ow things have been going on at onr ri:
q. l don't enjoy it. 1t seems nrett1 +.
tnat man who has lived to INV ACE IL
tried ' to do right, should have to snffsr tio
ne way. This seems all right 70 nv
onf blamed if can see il. She ,aavs str,
II man goes and drinks ciass oS apr
ana gets drunk, he cannot enter tho ID
dom of Heaven. Well, then sov o Iot Suc
tay out. Because he should nncta apr
OF himself it is no reason vhu ~, for
ent family should agoniEe abont H. on
$50 says, cursed be he who puhtetb tbo lite.
o his neighbor's lips. 1 saw. cere
out let these saloon keeners l',,,L
I themselves. So far as Know tn.s" Or.
IRE put 20 mighty willing Inns IT,
my wife talk yon might s1p,ns., thar
looh Keepers rushed, out of tn.ir S..ns so,
p'uers and nabbed innnceut vnnn@
tne'r collars as they were watkins To :,
tne street, and hauled them inrt, Io