The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-22

Take care of yourselves--you body, your
mind, your character and your heart" So
goodbye, now, and take good care Of your
selves
The choir then sang "Wine is a Mocker,"
after which Rev. J. +. Wright, of Mort:3;.
lier, was introduced.
MR.. wRIGHT's REMARKS.
Mr.. Wright said that he could take his
young hearers to house where cold and
hunger pinched the inmates; where the
mother looked long for the father who new.
or came, and now the family sit in long sors
row and privation. In this phrase which
has almost become slang, 'rum did 1t. II
we look over the papers, we find mutitudes
of crimes and terrible mishaps, on sea and
land, resulting from intoxications. The
Chaplain of the state prison will tell you
that most of the prisoners came there be-
cause of strong drink. Now if any one
were to tell you that he had remedy that
would prevent half the fires that destroy
houses and Lessen by half the diseases in
the world; and stop most of the murders,
you would want to know it, and its cost.
New, / have remedy, and it costs less
than nothing. Il takes no money to buy it,
and it puts money into your pocket. 1t is
the pow or to say nor 1t is an old but good
remedy. Mr.. Buckham has told you of the
power of habit but drinking has the power
of habit and something more. Each poison
has its work, and the poison of alcohol
strikes the brain and makes the drinker I'M
able to resist. The amount ofstrong drink
that satisfies to-day will not satisfy him to-
morrow, and he increases his drains, till he
goes down and is no longer his own mas
ter.
Mr. Wright pointed the moral of his
speech with illustrations from life. Allud'
ing to the case of Dick Yates, of Illinois,
and of a classmate of his own, who, start
ting with bright prospects, became so de-
graded that his own father turned him out
of DOORS and his mother took her only son
to get him enlisted in the Marine corps and
sent away from sight and hearing. Speak
ing to the girls, Mr.. Wright urged them to
exert their influence for the right. Each
can do little. Each can resolve to keep
clear of danger, to s,y no when asked to
taste intoxicating beverages, and to help
others by his or her example.
Rev. l.. o. Brastow was the next
speaker.
REV. MR.. BRAsTow's REMARKS.
He thought the boys and girls had had
some good talk. President Buckham had
told them to take care of themselves,
mind and body. Mr.. Wright had told them
the value of saying no. His own word to
them was look out Look out for your no.
tiuns of manliness boys. 1t is not to do
| Just as you like. That is the way of the
Indian, who is but an over grown child.
But tho civilized man knows he must no
| do always IS he likes. 1t is not manly TO
| smoke or swear or drink.
Look out, too, what kind Of influence
you exert over each other. Look out for
your appetites and passions. They will be
| your servants or your tyrants, your good
| angels or your devils. He knew man who
had allowed his appetite to be master.
Naturally of brilliant talents, he had be-
come penniless. Naturally one OF the kind
est hearted of men, he went home one
night, last winter, broke all the furniture in
the house, and drove out into the cold his
wife, and daughter who was sick with ty
phoid fever and who died as the result OF
his brutality. Holding up this and similar
cases as wrongs, the speaker again urged
| his young hearers to look cut.
| A temperance song was then sung by a
little miss--Miss Carrie Kip. Beginning
timidly, her voice strengthened as she went
on, and she got through it nicely, in spite
of the rude way in which some of the boys
applauded.
The meeting ended with the Doxology.
sung by all, rising. 1t proved decidedly
successful experiment, and we doubt moi
that hundreds of the children and youth
got ideas and advice that will be remem.
bered and will do them good.