, 1877-01-09
YET UNCONVER'TED,
Little iNC1nEHf

occurred ut ane Of The Fnrwcil hail ucctince tho
other evening which has made somewhat Of tcn-
saton In certain circles xn, 1t having hecn rather
carblcH a. II passed fEum mouth 10 mouth It IA
deemed advisable 10 Eiye the trne state OF the case
eet:ing forth the facts Just ~ they occurred. On
The evening in pneeston gentleman who has for
about eight years with scarcely an interruption
been In the liquor business ~ = drummer started
to 70 10 the Farwcll Hail meeting. tic had Inst
got to tho top Of the eta!ss when somebody seized
him by the coat collar and said. "l1cfc's old -,
The whisky man." lie looked aronn't II sce who 1t
was. and found It was an acquaintance Of hIs,
quite drunk, nnd In The t,ands Of couple Of young
men, who had picked hin, up on tho streets in an
lncbrfntcA condition, aud thuucht that the tom.
perance meeting In Farwe1l Hall, ami Mr. Sawyer.
WHO was leading It, would be the must efficient
agency for SOLDERING anu reforming him. When
The gentleman was accosscd by his
drunken friend. who apparently seemed deter
mined 10 hans on, to HIN. he gare ny The Idea Of
stairs. Int his drunken friend still held on and
i1rsstcd on htr Goin. In. Alter thinking the mat
~ orer The iqnor' tlan decided to ~ In, aud in
Inc aiFle until they were ncnr the eenlrr uf tho
tonm. Thc drunken man ,vaa an1tons to 20 fur.
Mr. - obJctacd to anything of that kinI, and
:top1el alMut midway aud rat down beside his
irtsna: t DA1ins ING rtoesranH* The drunken man.
eoIno REMARKS Of h,a own. His friend held
al% sI by tho eo3t,taiI and pulled him back
told him to kceu him quiet. and when tic .cryices
were over lle 'lt',nken 'llan could be taken Into
more advantage. Iii The r.cauviliIs Mr.. Snwycr
closed bis rearks. left Tho PLATFORM n1,tt can,o
Walking inyn thu uisle. The drunken ,,an rnld 10
him. = wnnt TO ret up ana make talk" Sawyer
dItIon to talk." liz admitted this va, 70 and md
.he subcr ndI, ainal touk s tpty fric,.l Into the
back ro0n1, and after d whlie
sAwYEn cAMB1x
come here II in M sac eond,on az hs @ ne 10
tala. - know It, and didn't want 10 come, hut
;h wa' 5oaGh hs[s Thsn Mf sawyer turned to
for' -, said h., ~ au here WITH IL. man, wo il
ss,s and ,lsa. IN + Ae !'asSr ;s;s s y
ts,d fss : IT, s,.rs r,whs asn y" Ya q, b.:ns.;
h". s sd tes e. aa. a nv Il :ess ss pSst
sawysr Ind 9Sk a9y ,nan In tst a. 1a;e:sa
'aFed w and ASKED pctnlIreion talk fifteen Min
ntc1. MI. Sawyer refused: Nuull he allow ten
minutes, So: not ten minutes. Then thc man
but Mr. aawyct would nut grnnt shat either. Tnru
HoiHG To TALK ANYHOW,
and proceeded 10 au Il. liz toIl ,r Sawyer he had
been IN this qnof. 70. Mcary eight yrar.,
One u1y some friends c1ic IL him mud wanted him
eo.aml..ion. ill., had been ieen ~ working w ins0' on on
and wei. 10 work ''un'ea ea con- soml.sI"s. Gast
vchat wa" =, "ns ~ az I'll H.. " ;r1. I'll @ c9an,Ey
and that It would 10 pooI thing 10 gct hoiI of
him; 'ohcr him. MP. und cell hin. hlg order NJ
ealonf found hl' man, stayed With hin, all night,
ncser sS9ersd nm nn AMI n The ornnc whea HI.
t"n"l'ed Gown upon him son'c en1esmrn ot pt,lcs
lats*Llun.es standing h!ch In religion. circles
aud carried hin, away IL tcns Ut ycu nnl got lin
drunk h.aln. Tue Individual who had solcrcd
h! %r .,'a ones H., hnned hin ~ agan and ns'
the tnan Into tbs ntore a1l nsac him IL buy roio
kands. BIZ: the country merchant said 1T, nerves
wcro unstrmns, amt that he waa unit for hus,ncss.
l!t thcn !ell lnt1 tic fanh Ut tho a1csC;3 Of tho
rc1!yfnas tlnasc4 aud nsan Iot drunk. Suw, anld
thr man, thcse 'alesnch wera eR,p!oycd by high.
tSnsa comn'.re!nl ao'.se: who nut their hand. in
ra!csu,eu, and send them forh to t+s It in getting
lhGsc country merchants drunk. l,enx mud oil
cu'.,'n|.stnn, and not beng furnished with money
cointrte Will t!,eIn. fnuhd conll nut gat any
hnslnesa. and consequently no commissions, uni
hA1 t" rtyo ~ t,?t 1@' and return I" whisky sell.
have atuck II ont" II did. nail The taan. Tor
about three months. lstucI 1t ont iii cl.,c down
to two meals dnt instead pf three.
thcn thnn:ht there ,sas vrsun in sticking st It
nc.t. .''bld yan pray nj n!l,' san Sir. s-wycr.
sIlcsahy nnl tried to work, Int With hnr Ira ia
and my wurk We came down tn two ulcals Il div.
both soup: and returned to The whtrky business
hal for Eight ycarh run ni ntarrvcr Or whisky and
Its effects. md that after rtuafuy prrHBa nf tho
iase u NJ Sayyur l'e was Of ttlc upsuion that ha
nrt ,,at tc man prrsI;tlnr In ii. dccasaten d. d..
PAflcl. And has nut BEEN at arHetl lIAll sl1cu,