Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-02-28
oyER THE FALLS.

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continent. but almost every year 1t be-
comes the scene Of sone new horror that
makes the blood eurile to read Of IT, A
few weeks since il added = new chapter
20 the ever-gr0wing volume Of the woes
Of strong drink Three young men who
had become intoxicated to the PoSnt Of
stupidity. undertook 70 erOss the NlAga-
"a river about three miles above the cat
aracs. The owner Of the BEATS refused
to let cue Of them. but BY some means
they got boat. and launched cut for
the Canadian side The little ski1 vas
soou caught in the swift current Of the
rapids A strong and steady arn alone
could save it. The oArsn&n. who was
the nearest sober Of the wretehed THO.
stood up IN the beat. and seeing the dan
ger. gave Wild shrek and leAped over
hard to swim 30 the shore The cur
rent was too strOng for him He buffet
ed the 6eres rapids for few moments.
until his little strength gave way. and
then be was whirled along helplessly to
the verge. and shot over the cataract
His two stupi6ed companions lay
asleep on the bottom Of the boat. and
never awOke until their aHrighted spir-
Its awOks in eternity. Their frail beat
lsaped Of the awful elf Of water like >
biz Of cork. and in an instant they were
suguIfed in the f0Sning m2elstrom be-
heath. The next morning single leg
Of one Of the poor wretches was picked
I'd On the Canadian shore, showing that
their bodies must have been dashed to
, fragments in their descent among the
rocks below the cataract The word Of
, God describes : drunken nan who
. ..lieth asleep upon the top Of mast.
: in the midst Of the sea- But 1t adds :
: new horror 70 the picture to lie in the
: sleep of drunken insensibility on the
/. fOaming edge Of Niagara
: Probably the wretehed creatures il
: the boat fzncied themselves on delight
: full sail As they swept 50 swiftly through
i the water. They avOks from their en-
e chanting slumber in the jaws Of death
= This terrible tragedy At Niagara i
!. bat ! picture Of the cataract Of ruin Il
> which one hundred thousand Of on
:. countrynen were Swept during the las
twelve months Commissioner Wells re
;. ports that immense number IS gOin
down into the vortex Of death thr0ug
=. intemperanee" within one year. HoI
+. many fathers and mothers have stood O
\ the brink and seen their sons vhirl owe
- into the abyss. God only knoweth. BU
:. every young nan or woman who Is play
. ing with the wiDe cup Is venturing Il
NJ wards the rapids The hquOr-seller fu
4 nishes the boats il Is their troGs to BIZ
= them for pleasure excursions Ever
r young nan IS he launches into the hal
II il Of drinking, laughs At the idea Of Al
ID danger. Who's afraid. not l." In
30 little while be Is helpless in the bOtto
in Of the boat. and shooting towards Il
,Os brink Of perditiOu- AL the warnir
Is cries Of palpits and press and parent
~ love cannot awaken him. He IS On.
IN ssd with the dram sellers dose Of deaf
ns He will wake up when he gets in
NJ eternity-n0t before
81 Sometimes poor slave Of the boz;
n sees his danger and. like that third Il
N II Nisgsrs, jumps cut Of the bat B
On it Is too ate He has goue too far. a
"a the GissGss Of drunkenness has becoI
p ireurzble- His will has become pow
Ter less He cannot control himself. I
II rapids Of fAtsl habit are too strong
al his eufesbled resolution Nov and Il
his one. BY the help Of divine grace, rea4
il e. the shore Temperance societies p
Of up fsw strcag swimmers, and IS.
fol. them With the rope Of : total abstinel
? to pledge
fer But the vast majority Of habit
On drinkers % Qvsr tLs falls Young IA
his the first glass you take Is step into
.7s. bat Tie voyage nay begin Wit
vii song, but it nay end in the shrek o
The lost soul. And Who can estimate
"a value Of ! soul. One soul OutEei
a. the world CHEIsTIAx WoNEs