The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-08-22

ages to be set before the young and limo.
cent? If they limit their criticism OF
Sunday. lemonade to the fact that
it hasno lemon in it, we might understand
that the presence OF lemon Is regarded
by them ~ desirable. DO they know
what the effect of real lemon juice, when
taken into the human system, is2 Have
they ever experimental with 1t upon
themselves or even borrowed small
boy? If not, what words are fit TO char
acterize the recklessness which will place
lemonade with lemon in 1t within the
reach of thoughtless children and inno-
cent teachers?
In this connection 1t is a duty to re-
late the melancholy results which at
tended the criminal use of lemonsat the
Fourth of July picnic of the Twenty
ninth Methodist church of East Brook.
vile, Conn In that village resided
rich young man who went openly to the
circus, read novels on Sunday after
moons, aud was altogether castsway.
When he was called upon for subscrip-
tion in aid of the projected picnic, he
offered to bear the whole cost of the
affair and to give the children better food
than they had ever had before, His offer
was accepted in spite of his depraved
character, and the Sunday school was
suddenly reinforced by dozen new
teachers who had never before shown
the slightest interest in the work,
The young man was as good as his
word The amount and quality of the
Lunch which he provided far surpassed
anything Of the kind that had ever been
seen at East Rockville before, In the
matter Of the lemonade he created an
excitement that almost amounted to
open rioting Refore the day Of the pics
mic he was heard to say that for once he
e would show Sunday School picnic what
real lemonade was, Pnd in pursuance OF
his threat he sent TO Hartford and bought
twelve gross of lemons On the picnic
, ground he personally snperintended the
mixing of the lemonade, apportioning an
entire lemon to every glass, of water
Not content with this, he emptied pint
of citric acid into each tub of lemonade
and sweelened the mixture with count
less pounds of sugar. Then he called
the teachers and scholars around him
,, and announcing that his unlimited sup
ply of pure lemonade was ready to
them, urged them to drink their fill and
be thankful.
1t was about o'clock p. m. when the
thirsty company began TO drink the
lemonade, and with one accord they pro-
nounced it perfectly splendid There
was not person present who did not ad
init that lemonade with lemon in it was
: altogether superior to the usual Sunday
school lemonade AT 3 o'clock the un'
happy picuisers we're writhing in agony
Teachersand children, without distinction
OF age or sex, were bent together as is the
iack-kniie when it is closed and ready
for the pocket. Upon the head of thu
young man who had supplied the lemon
/, md the citric acid were invoked th
drest penalties. Everybody wanted t.
gohome, but nobody could be sufficiently
!. Strengthened out to walk or to climb int
a a wagon 1t was then that the youn
y man displayed genius for grapplin
= with emergencies. Aided by iarme
= whom he summoned, he hung the teacher
over ltllCt TIL, dHu Cdil ylllS uno Cuu Y
:. the rail, while the farmer carried tn
70 other, he bore them to their respectiv
% homes. By what means their rigidit
o was subsequently overcome we sr
3 not informed, but with two ex
. ceptions-one OF whom was
% small boy, and the other the assistan
Y superintendent-all tie picnickers wer
e ultimately Strengthened, and recovered
y wholly from the effects of the lemonade
e This teaches US that it is far safer
r cling to the simple Sunday.school lem
d onade OF our fathers than it is to ris
t the terrible consequence OF bringing III
: Sunday school stomachs into close relf
d tions with real lemons. East Brookvill
# will long remember the dismal speotacl
r Of the miserable teachers hanging ,lik
It frozen. towels over a wintry clothes-lin,
y and is still firmly determined to max
u an example of the wicked young man
}, he ever ventures to show his face in til
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