The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-12-01
The Curse Of IntemperaDee.

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II Y itAe poor, but in the most fashion
Y 'aisle ana fehned circles ofthe wealthy
~ - 'iie ei'les. Ia the one case a work
i'ts li'ah' after quarrel with hi
d Miis' }'H incident which is said t
.iaNe 1eeii ~ almost daily occurrence
Il i5befateiy shot his three children
s'afd ''t'eh attempted TO end his life by
lsf sae sail4e means. His boy, Johp, was
gss'asssse aye tq give any account of The
0ls'ssuy. Willch he did while hi,
es9tssasss were 'pelng dressed.
tai7 81 - tliel'' ne saIti, had come hont
& iass lssSiA 49, a.sssts asssi
' 'io supper ready, Whlle ms
'''FIn." "''a so2 4faiik 10 prepare
' ~ DoS was 9e'lt OUT lof some
"''''' CIV an 'ile IainlIy paFtook OF
- =" ''il' MS i"Vller ana mother mad 4
io''s' 4uaFIei' III winch his father
V.i! !V'''eiieI' 10 Sloot hlm5eli and the
cllli'fen' soon after O'Clock, John
was 9elV out AGAIN Tor some beer.
AI'ef liie BOY had Deen sent forthe
peer lhe husband and father took his
reNo'Ver from his pocket and paced
up anu Gown lh2 moor, declaring that
ne would put an end to his troubles.
ne tieh went INTO the bedroom
"'lefe MS youngest child was asleep,
ana watched the little boy lying in
the bed. AS soon as John entered
with the pitcher of beer the father
advanced to meet him and fired.
Teen he turned to the bed and fired
another shot at the sleeping child.
Mrs. Hansmann, who was in the ad
| joining room, seized her little daurh-
| ter ih her arms and ran toward tbn
/ door of the bedroom. She wos moi
| at the door by herhusband and with
out a word he aimed at the breast Of
/ the girl and fired, The child faIl +o
the floor, dead as Mrs. Hansmaun
threw uD her hands to beg for her
own life. The appeal was useless rs
her husband had no intention of hurt-
ing her. He coolly placed the re-
VoiVer against his breast, over his
heart, and fred two shots before he
fell.
The other lesson comes from the
richly furnished rooms Of a voung
ana wealthy couple, at one of the
rrt stuart was me younger SON Vi
wealthy parents, ana had married,
only last April, the beautiful and ac-
omPilShed Miss hVIiine Marks, the
ohiN daughter OF retlfed merchant.
Apparently they llVed happliy, ,ahlid
eitSi'lt surroundings Ihey dld hol
90 out lnuch, nor receive many VS.
ltors. ms was attributed to their
pleasure IN each others society. but
there was skeleton IN that 1aShioh'
a0le SUIT OF rooms. Robert STUART
was Il habltuaI drunkard. lie llad
inherited, by long indulgence, pas
sion for liquor, that was unknown to
his bride al the time Of marriage, and
which grew on him after marriage,
and that all theprayers and entreaties
of his lovely wife could not restrain.
Mrs. Stuart soon realized her terrible
lot. Within two months her sltua-
ton had grown desperate. me Wlle
begged ana "ep'' ana pr"ye"' me
husband draiK' become orulai' ana
beat her. AT length ne knocked her
down. Her heart was broken, ana
in the great distress OF her mlnd' she
resolved to die rather than live IN
such misery, A few oun 'eS OF laud-
mum changed the scene. The bride
of few month"; lay a corpse in one
room, while the husband, who was
the cause OF all this misery, wretch
edness and death, lay IN the adJoln-
ing room III a drunken Stupor' from
which ne only aWohe 10 curse MS
miserable folly ana heap haudiih
reproacheS on ms own neat oucil
was thesau ehoiigol ii young orloe
life. IntemperaRce-oegun DOUBT