The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-03-07
WAYNE COUNTY INDIANA, MARCH 4 1874 @ s


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IMo author of the appended c0D- !,
young man o. Fort
wayne, Ind. J assures ua that = = AZ
Mncy fkofcn drawn ff0m tne lua&tns
.elon: Thd chief actor who tgpfee
therein - . near and de1r relxe}ve q
The writer, and tho incidSh1 tecite4
.ctuallY oecared q related. 5ppter., 4 /
lake warming Cd: Jay 70, ,Vl3nget;l
How Uften II every dAy h1e,n NJ
heef the moderate drinker say: :! ezt
qpit whenever i wapt to-" ard, rto. i
prove the ruth Of tie ASSERTION. ylll 4
eoh y0e h6W long he m! tekeu NJ,
oocasSeaAl og!uk md never boeA dfun&
ut. Hat tht' end conosu ats IIasH. {
Slowly bat surely they ara !efillne
down, down g the abyaa Of N0e.. Day
afeer day We hear OF some poor Dfptch
eoinert 10 the gallows o. apsfDoa !6e
4 iasses q ;atosiosa;as $ drssi. We
see nany--yea, :thousanda-vho we're
e. ayoeak ~ trdlhisine Who pnce.
- so1 eo1la e9bb9S - IN III
NJ n pelyoke nelkA Dein 3eganoS0e1:
al self.respect gone -drd6ugs - lti
were, with the tide. q mere straw at
the mercy Of the wind--l0st through
the fatal belief that they could quit
when they wanted too. 8l
Does this serve as wayning 70
othersf Some few. indeed, heed the
warning, but We find many of the
most promising and active youne men
with the same fatal belief. yntil they,
too, have lost all control ofthemselves.
Could you but see them nov, in their
moments Of solitude, you would sec
them weeping over their downfall. yet,
seemingly unable to break the spcll
that binds them-captiyes TO the will
Of strong drink. I once knew . young
man Who gave promise Of becoming 3
useful and good citizen; one that
might have fitted himself for almost
any station in life. He began his
downward course by taking his first
glass with some friends, and With the
belief that ho could unit when he
chose to. I saw him Z few days later.
when he acknowledged. he got . little
too full sometimes, vet still persisted
that he could quit any time he wished
to. Once more I saw him. mot the
same boastful man of earlier years.
but. instead, : mourner over his weak.
ness. / have seen him weep over his
folly. make promises not to drink any
more, and as often break thcm. Often
I have had him saw 10 me: ~Melviu.
never touch a drop of anythine intox.
icatins. or you NAV become life me. :
slave to Il. He no lonaer bOasta of
his sell control. but veepe to think Of
his degradation. His weeping mother
persuades him in vain to reform. His
loving vile appeals to him to stop for
her sake; but all to no purpose. In !
few years more his mother vent eor-
rowing to the grave. and her whom he
vowed to love and nrotect Law hrnken.
hearted and diving. At last she pass.
ed away. the angel Of death came ia
take her TO rest: but. In her dyine
moments. she implored him 10 reform.
to meet her in heaven. He nromises:
| he is resolved to be = man aeain: he
feels he Is the cause IF her desth and
| refnses 70 be comforted. His mother's
| memorv ;nsnires with noble resoIvee.
the thouehts Of his promise to his DIV.
| ing vife are still fresh in his mind
| and he feels that nothing can inrc him
from h;s eood resolntions Hnv hon
| estlv his Eiends honed he vonid snS.
ceed in keepipe them. We fsncied "a
| could zee him among the honored
onca more Rnt vonr hones vero
doomed To bitter disannointment. far
n an unsuarded moment he feIl. The
temnter came in the form of an oId
friend inviting him to take a drink,
Fearful of being laughed at, he takes
the glass. Tremblingly he raises Il ia
his lips. Still he hesitates. Thoughts
Of his promise to his wife flit through
his mind. Something seems to whis-
! per: "Wine is mocEer, strong drink
Is raging, and whosocver il deceived
thereby is not wise" But he thinks
he has gone too far to recede nov
Once more he puts the glass TO his
lips. Once more his guardian angel
warns him: Touch not, taste not r
Again he hesitates, but not long. Sa.
tan tells him it would be unmanly r
decline now, and his guardian angel
turns mournfully away as she sees hin
drain the glass. After the first glass
he loses oil control of himself. Glass
nome 20 s!a'e OF Oeastly lntoxicauon
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