Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-07-03

NNAti i'Si ohCN ihSStthtG tiSi0 81 vi
kei; Ohio. The temperance peo-
pie had Come together for pray
er and address. The hall WAS
dcnseiy crowded, .several saloon
Keepers being present
Tho President, Mrs. Lindsey,
had called upon Colonel Bradley
to speak. No sooner had he be-
gun to speak than Mr.. Lindsey,
hpsband of Mrs. Lindsey, stag
geled toward the platform on
which a number of ladies and
gentlemen were sitting, pushed
by his wife, who sprang forward
to interceptllis9 course. hAs he
passed by her she snatched a
bottle from hisIpocket and plac-
ed 1T on athe table beside her.
Meanwhile the halfstupifed htls-
bandIturned and sat down, while
a hush of sympathetic sadness
fell upon the congregation at a
sight so pitifuD and so disgrace
ful. In amoment she arose to
her feet iidJholdmgaup the bot
tie beforesthe assembly, exclaim-
ed in tones thatT fiiled0l every
heart, i'Here is the cause of my
sorroM.l Herelare the teafsAyea,
the very life blood of aodfiti4k-
ardls0Wifc! Boeklatit, lrdm sell
lerb here isithe poison dealt out
by YOU toIthe0 6nceF l0eedei has-
bandjof myIyodth, but now DE
hold the Misunderstanding but
remains4-of whatcwas oncea no
blen ambnlOnoredo mani tL6Se,
Itfuthd even snlanho6dFitselfo has
fed5 and hereb eholdTng dpnthe
bottle isltlc cause.9iq She stop
9rdforsanfomcng her wfetched
husband coweringoS before her
and nothing heard abut9the sobs
of thcIaudience, thcn1ifting her
pale. Anguish Stricken face to-
wardiiheaVen, anshe o exclaimed
with fearful emphasis: -2iHi9i
ID Chow long, OsLord, shall m
temperance reign, blighting our
dearest earthly hopes and dam
ing onrlifc- blood2V Then turn
ing1to the audience sRed contin-
ucd, "Can you wonder chat |
raise my voiceaagdnstghis ter
ribleo evil? Sisters, will you
help me?D Cries Of eyes, Yes,
.yesw came from9eveIy lady in
the house. She sat down pale
and exhausted. Jm9lq9c 10 fa.lii
POISON FOR OUR CHILDREN.
Somewhere up il; Vermont a
farmer placed a dead horse in a
stream of water, and some pc
tato vines on which was paris
green. This poisoned, the
stream and some school children
of the water, eleven of
them died. The public are just
ly indignant and are raising an
outcry for the enacting of a law
which will prohibit farmers from
placing uch3thiDgs in streams
Of running water. Why will.
people he so fanatical? Why
not instead, enact a law licens-
ing farmers 10 poison the water.
rellthem if they will pay to the
state a yearly sum Of one hun.
lred dollars they may poison
-he streams in as deadly a man
ncr as they choose. They need
not force the people 20 drink.
On the contrary they might
state that the streams were poi
soned and then warn the peo-
pie. What matter though a few
school children, unable
10 heed the warning, should
drink OF the wafer and thus
lose their lives. Would not the
state be enriched by vast sums
Of money thus poured into her
golfers! Here in Tennessee
we are wiser than that. we
license people to make our poi
sons and then license dealers in
every city, town, village and
in the country where it is
some distance to town, to retail
this poison to our citizens. OF
course, this carries off every
year Several thousands of our
P GO pie to tntiinely graves,
makes thousands homeless, eau
ses helpless children to cry with
and cold and grow up in
ignorance, makes thousands of
poverty stricken, who
otherwise might. be thrifty, in
taxes" and takes Vast
sums Of money yearly from the
public treasury support Grim
NAL prosecutions, Keep up our
penitentiaries, jails, ylums,&c.
But don't We in return get al
snug little sum for license?
And are not our people free?I
Isn't it nice to be allowed to get
N such a good condition to muir
Ter ones neighbors, or wives
and children and do any other
our familiar demon
may suggest? Is it not a glorii-
BUS thing TO be free, even as the
people of Tennessee are free to /
ret drunk, abuse ones family, i
spend their money, raise upl
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