Middletown transcript., 1875-01-30

s oh. for human frailty Oh. for got
3 resolutions made without prayer
God oh. for principles which he a
sits not the young husband of th
fair young wife fell back again in,
; evil courses. and forfeited the respe,
Of employers, and the sympathy
friends. through his devotion to the al
cursed bottle. ss
u 1t were weary tale to tell how Of
ten he repented, and was forgiven; hov
be passed from the editorship of on
magazine to that Of another; how b
went from State to State and city /
city. working, aspiring ,sanguine
talented man, bearing about him th
curse Of irresolution. never constan
but to the seductive and danRerou
besetment" of strong drink how friend
advised with him, and publishers re
monstrated; how at one time be had 81
far conquered his propensity as to cal
himself, in letter to a friend, 81
model Of temperance and other virtues;'
and how. at another. he forfeited the
occupation which was the sole depen-
dsnce Of his little family by frequent
relapses into his old disgraceful habits
how be committed, under the excite
ment of intoxication. faults and excesses
to which no gentleman would plead
guilty; how he borrowed money! from
bis friends without the means or inten-
tion Of returning it; how be forfeited
the esteem. even while bis talents COM
manded the admiration of the public !;
how he succeeded in bringing many lit
erary speculations into life which his
vicious habits and inattention to busi-
ness murdered in their youth how be
became confirmed drunkard, sith on
r .LrF
ly now and then ftful hour in which
to throw of on paper the vagaries Of a
mind rich in learning and imaginative
fancies; how his young wife died brok-
and how he became so re-
duced as to be able no longer to make
N appearance among his friends how
his wife's mother, constant to his fall
ing fortunes and ever anxious to con-
zeal bis vices. went with his MSS
rom efice to Office, and from publisher
o publisher, in search Of the means to
import him; bow for little while he |
hook OF the fethargy of intoxieatien, t
nd again appeared in the polite circles
t New York; how he was caressed,
nd feted. and congratulated how the
forts Of his pen we're sought by rival
ublishers; how be was engaged to be
1arried second time to beautiful |
oung woman, and how the engage
tent was finally broken of through his
eturn to pernicious habits It were a
cary tale indeed. sT9
The melancholy story Of this mans
fe was soon to elose--the golden thread
be rudely snapped asunder-and by
is own hand He had partly recov-
ed from his dangerous courses, and
as engaged in delivering lectures in
ferent towns lin the United States.
hey we're we'll attended. and it was !
ith something like renewed confidence
at the we'll wishers Of the lecturer a
atched his conduct, which was now
stinguished by extreme sobriety. He
en- appeared to have renewed his .
nth and strength; and it was with
easure that his friends again received
N into their houses y At one Of these
met with a lady with whom be had
en- formerly acquainted Their friend
ip was renewed. and they were en-
ged to be married Everything . =
'med to promise we'll; the dawn Of o.
tier day appeared; and reformation II
long in coming, seemed to have come a.
last. But it was not to be. On a
my afternoon IN October, in 1849, "
gar set out for New York, to fulfill o'
iterary engagement and prepare for
marriage. n
Hs arrived at Baltimore. where be 10
'e his luggage to a porter, with d. !"
tions for him to convey it to the rail- 60
Y station. In an hour be would set ~
for Philadelphia. Well, he would la
Q glass before he started-for re- sa'
hment's sake that was all. Oh, au
] hour! In the tavern he met with tn
'e old acquaintances. who invited r'n
to join with them. In a moment wa
bis good resolutions-home, duty, ne
le, honor-were forgotten; and, ere )ec
night had well set in be was in a fen
3 Of filthy intoxication. Insanity iik
led; he was carried to public hos. ags
.
|; and, on the night Of Sunday, wit
7th Of October, be died raving rec
man. without friend or a child
de his pillow. He was only thirty beJ
t years old when this last dreadful ma
Q Of his life tragedy was enacted. stu
OF . single circumstance here re- 4
J. not solitary event here record ate,
but happened to Edgar Allan Poe. iool
any
SoLoMoN.-An aged colored man adv
Mobile was recently asked If be l OK
give 2 reason for the present pov- I