The Hillsborough recorder., 1876-12-13
A sH0RTTEMPERANcESTo
I N ~ Byf. pHo.
frnm tile Asl,eville Expositor.
.Do goa never take Z drain p

"Dogoa meyer lake d dram?'
No, underno circumstances, whatever,
have been known to take !, dram. I
have been IN company of all kinds,
travelled through wei, cold, hot. and have
beeii persuaded jeered aud threatened,
buthaye never taken drap,'
Well, il i % strange, DO sou dislike
tile taste ION As well Us can re-
lnember, when was child, a little was
given me iimp or two as 4 medicine,
npd think il was tile best ihingI ever
tasted, | kn0wI would like il, but
never ii,ierl Ito iaks i draini am afraid
qGir ilbhve seer 80 many youhg men
ruined; so many folld hopes blasted BY in
Atnalcsting,iinks. tha, set aresolution
ils aly yppd,, never .olfall 10 that way
Ny interviewer on this subject was
la,iy with whoni 4 had just become ac-
quainted. We were sitting at her own
table at dinner, aud tile conversation
b,pusht Suddenly to my mind ma,iy
thrilling incidents and sad recnlleciioiIs
oflhe past. Among them the following:
r. When 4 wa, quite young, became nc.
quainted with two buys, the pride ol their
fond mother, aud the hupe Ola ,ioting
father. They we're bright boys, aud their
opportunities were good, for their fnlher
was thorough business man, aud was
very wealthy. "iiow bright, used 10
think, a.e Iheir pruriWcls IL this world,
compared 10 many, especially To my own.
| dill isot ensy thens, forI liked them.
About tile time they had reached mau-
hood, Tlost sight of then, Tor several years,
but the news came occasionally that they
were sowing their Wild ,als'-lhat they
fregneillly ,sgple TO HheirI ronIn' at a late
lfiur, III siAte ioft int6Sicatior. But in.
pocesz of liine, lhsir0 eft-rrleated revels
DRIVE AL shame away, aiid they might he
seen In broad day. reelIng on tile streets.
Friends interftred, and used every means
10 induce them ioreiurm, which Ind q
salutary effect on the youngest. About,
this time, met them on a pleasure ex-
cursi0n with several other young men.
The comlany had plenty of spirits with
lhcIn, but the youngest Of my two frienis
/ noticed. would hot drink. lie told me
that Ise lad signed pledge never 10
touch anything Intoxicating again. But
his Brother was intoxicated every day.
lie t,ld me privately, that he intended,
when he returned home, TO become a
sober nnn Hike his brother, aud get
married. lie told nv that he had fallen
IN lDye within beautiful young lady Of
r.finmeBi, Whom he desired TO make his
wife. 4a Ha u&& eEa@ m
Five years aftsrward. rort him again,
aud he had been married tnree years. lie
had done a. lie said he would reformed, q,
was accepted by the one beloved. aud was
now-d drpaLdyd dguin.
HE IefofamtimI was Hoped " lie in real
lis. aud Tie high standing of his family,
as h to Ofiealhe case, caused an iudocen.
coniding glr " Ircome draakarrt's
rife. e,tmR0M ~ az
Bot what nf the youngt. brother, whom
We left suler man ? Where wrs he ? u.
that could write u ina whisper, that
his Kindred might not hear--lhnt his
Ilpaft-broksn mother might not re,nember
her child, and his tn,tenng, aged father
might not think of Lis dark-eyad boy
axain--Ie Wus doad-disd ia III OF
J..tiri,,n, treiap1s
;, Did lie sal death ofthe younger have
ho eject ON tie elder bpitlier !. Gould
moi the tears aud sntrraiies of the wonian
who hadIockednp her mppiness III bis
own heaft, restrain him Couid not tile
loud smbracet - bis innocent childre,,,
move lin 20 swear by Him that liyetli
forever. ,l,a, be wonld scald his bra:u no
more !. All, no. Nothing could check
him. His parents had given hin, his
pirlun ofgoods, nnd they were melting
away. Brink drink drink AMI Ills
family wsrs fast leclmlng b,ggars. Time
sped onward, aud our lieru-srlch heroes
tl,a aumher of which should low the
world ia tears to-day-sped downward
allI, aud, Re lies to-day in . ldrunkard's
grase3 "a thG =
Il hls sorrowIng widow AMI her children
were now driven forth into M unchari'
table world. 10 be crushed by that heavy
weight that i bearing 80 heavily 90 thou
sands of Others, whose beginning promised
better things.
have slven the facts of the sad end q
only two uf my, early acquaintance
/ while many others are now croWdins Of
ny memory, aud urging 10 81 forth as
warming TO others who arcnow beginning
10 walk in The a,nio road u degradation
aid ruin.
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