The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1877-03-23
An INCIDENT.


MR.. EDITOR: - By your permission
will pen few lines with regard to the evil
of all evils that exists in our midst, and
that is Iaatenaperdnce. Look back through
the vista of the last two years and see how
many of our citizens have went down,
step by step, to a drunkard's grave. Arc
not our saloon keepers doing fearful
work How many of our young men,
yea, and of our older ones, too, are going
the same awful road, step by step, without
perceiving it, and will eventually take up
in the grave of the drunkard?
There is just one way to stop the dread
ful evil, and that is tor each young man,
and older ones, too, to resolve, and then
have manhood enough to stick to the reso-
| luton, to not drink another drop of intox-
| icating drink. If every person could be
induced to do this, our friends, the saloon
keepers, would soon be induced to turn
their attention to some other employment
that would be less destructive to the we'll
being of their fellowman. But to the
| incident
Three young men, one OF them a mar
ried man, who were standing in place Sc
cluded from the public gaze, had small
bottle, which looked to contain intoxica-
ting drink, and We're handing it around,
| and then it was slowed away in the pocket
OF the married man. With two of these
young men I am well acquainted. / saw
the performance as l passed them, and
they know that saw them. God also saw
them; but of this they may not have such
a realizing sense. Now if these young
men should continue this course for time,
will they not have formed an appetite for
strong drink that will lead them, step by
step, to the gutter and then to the grave
would say to them as one who wishes to
see them assert their true manhood, and
stick to it, boys, resolve now, and ask God
to help you stick to the resolution, that
you will henceforth never partake of the
Intoxicating cup. This is the safe and the
only safe course for you.
I,would now suggest to the clergy of oul
city, if it would not be good thing to III
augurate series of temperance lectures,
to be held at the Coult House, one lecture
week, or one each two weeks, each min.
ister to deliver lecture and to arrange be-
tween themselves the time and subject
each shall occupy. Each might found hi:
lecture upon a passage of scripture. ant
illustrate by the course of the three young
men above named. Much good might bt
done in this way by convincing youns
men that it is to their interest to avoid thu
path OF the destroyer.
Before closing | will relate another Incl
dent, which would give our minister
another ground of illustration in thei
temperance lectures, of the evils OF fire
quenting the saloon: A few days ago il
passing a saloon heard n voice i'll Iout
tones behind the screen i'll the saloon, whcl
l knew we'll to be that of a man wh
makes n profession of the name of tn
Lord Jesus. o, what a reproach on til
cause which he processes. JOHN SMITH.
LIST OF LETTERS
t Remaining in the Post Office. Albany
/ Linn county, Oregon. March 22d, 1877
, Persons calling for these letters must Civ
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| Bashore, Daniel McClerkin. 4
: Dassett, James Martin, Miss Jennie
BOnham, n M Martin, sarah
Bibber, George II Parsons,sH
Blank, Adee Quenten, Henry
] Cave, E NJ Reed, z
h Howard, Carrie Stewart, Mrs Anna
Hooker, Mrs a 2 Stewart, Mrs Susan
Harris, j Stow, John
4 John, Smith Taylor, G \
i Long, Jas Ii Watson, Livinia
Z. II. AYMOND, p. NJ.