Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-04-11
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A POWERFUL TEMPERANCE LECTURE.

In a Pennsylvania town meeting, week or
two ago, when the question was about to be
put whether any licenses should be issued to
sellers of liquor, miserable looking old wo.
man rose and said:
"Look upon me and then hear me. You
all know me, or once did. You all know l
was once mistress of the best farm in town.
You all know, too, / had one of the best, the
most devoted husbands You all know had
fine, noble.hearted, industrious boys. Where
are they now? You all know. You all
know they lie in row, side by side, in yon-
der churchyard-all, every one of them fill
ing the drunkard's grave They were all
taught to believe that temperate drinking was
safe-that excess alone ought to be avoided ;
and they never acknowledged excess. They
quoted you, and you, and you, (pointing with
her shred of finger to the minister, deacon
and doctor) as authority. They thought
themselves safe under such teachers. But
saw the gradual change coming with dismay
and horror. l felt we were all to be over
whelmed in one common ruin. [ tried to
ward off the blow; tried to break the spell,
in which the idea of the benefits of temperate
drinking had involved my husband and sons.
I begged, prayed, but the odds were against
me.
"The minister said the poison that was des-
troying my husband and boys was good
creature of God the deacon, who sits under
the pulpit there, and took our farm to pay
his rum bills, sold them the poison the doc
tor said little was good, and the excess only
ought to be avoided. My poor husband and
my dear boys fell into the snare, and they
could not escape; and one after another was
conveyed to the sorrowful grave of the drunk
ard. Now look at me again. You probably
see me for the last time. My sands have al
most run. have dragged my exhausted
frame from my present home-your poor.
house-to warn you all to warn you, deacon
to warn you, false teacher of Gods word +
and with her arms flung high, and her tall
raised to an unearthly pitch, she exclaimed,
81 shall soon stand before the judgment seat
of God. I shall meet you there, you false
guides, and be witness against you all y
The miserable woman vanished. A dead
silence pervaded the assembly; the minister,
the deacon and physician hung their heads ;
and when the president of the meeting put
the question, "Shall any license be granted
for the sale of spirituous liquors ?" the unan-
imous response was "No"
The SHOP CLocK.-The shop clock is not
usually classified as special tool, but per-
forms special services which no other tool in
the shop can perform. 1t furnishes the data to
make up the amount for each mans envelope
on Saturday night 1t reproves the tardy
workman who, as he enters the shop where the
other men are busy at work, glances hastily at
its face and looks anxiously around to see if
his entrance is observed by proprietor, superin-
tendent or foreman. He feels under the clocks
surveillance until his coat is taken off and his
tools are in bis hands, and if still unobserved, e,
he feels that he has cheated the clock.
When face anxiously seeks the shop clock
every hour or so, the thoughts are usually
anywhere but upon the work. The hands are
unwilling and the employer is not getting
Justice When the hands of the clock mark
Eve minutes before the time for ceasing work,
We may find the unscrupulous workman wash
ing his hands with his employers benzine or
machine oil, or leaving his work to heat wa.
ter to wash in. The lazy workman is waiting
because "it is no use to begin new job five
minutes before quitting time" The work
man anxious to be anywhere save at work, is
maneuvering to get near the shop door, ready
to make bolt when the clock strikes.
When the clock does strike the quitting hour,
the careful workman puts away his tools or
finishes some little detail that will take but a
moment if done at once, but would occupy
much more time if not at once finished.
While some of these careless workmen have
laid down their tools just where they hap.
pened to stand when the clock struck, others
may have departed leaving their machines
running, with the prospect of smash up if
they are not on hand in the morning when
the machinery starts and others, still, may
have left their gas jets burning. If clocks
could talk it would be great boon to foremen.
How TO SMOKE CIaARs-The best cigars
may be spoiled by bad smoking. Chewing
and smoking are incompatible with each 9th.
er if attempted at the same time. We have
seen men worry cigar until it became dis
gusting object. The smoker should remem-
ber the advice of the fine old master of the
gentle craft, Izaac Walton, in regard to play
ing trout: "Treat it gently, as though you
loved it," So deal with the cigar.
First, with sharp knife, cut of as closely
as possible transverse section, about quar-
ter of an inch feom the small end, if you would
avoid being troubled with particles of tobac'
co between your lips the whole time you are
smoking. Avoid also the filthy practice of
licking the cigar, at one time common.
1t is always unnecessary and nasty, and Of
ten spoils the cigar, which should be dry,
especially in the wrapping leaf, as it is upon
the excellence and fragrance of the outer leaf,
that much of the flavor of the cigar depends.
Light the end thoroughly, using, wherever it
is convenient flame Do not commence to
smoke cigar only halflit Keep the cigar
out of a draught. 1t is difficult to taste the
fragance of delicate tobacco in the open air.
Smoke gently, and be careful to avoid the
cigar burning down one side or to burn under
the wrapping leaf without igniting it. In
the latter case all flavor is at once lost, and
4 bitter taste, of the tobacco charred, but
not burnt so as to eliminate the essential oil,
is the result. If cigar 60 out, it may he
relit without serious disadvantage, but cigar
lighted second time, after becoming cold,
is generally nauseous.-Boston Courier.
THE MENNoSrrEs IN OHIo.-A curious
church case has just come before the courts
of Ohio, in which a body Of Mennonites,
known as the church of God is defendant, and
one of its ex-members the plaintiff. The lat.
ter, one Joseph Lichby, was placed by the
church in 1876 under the "ban of avoidance"
q form of discipline which required the re-
naming members to shun him until he might
repent and be again received into the com
munion. This obligation extended to his
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