The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-08-25
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ALapd Temperance Sermon

- AsSlds &eznRs Rsranocs sermon
Can,auyv oue. readi tase, fblEbwing
fFom.siie Police Reports Of BfooElyrs
Hnd.not fe, III at solaetliii,esInOre must
be done to rid the land aud nd the.
human,1ucO.of the HDrvstss. curse Of
intemneErnce;:
"Ebe R5liee.of me R5urtHii:Fecflct
wern lust. evening notified. tlsat james
Burns, -ugs,li nine years. vass-lYjng dam
gerousiy TTIl.:a6 5sio Residence. of JhmSs.
TFvirgaI No. 3BSs Kent avenue. The,
ambalance w,Is- summoned, ,.But before.
IFS arTiyalithe- shilai was- dead. Be
hind the case, of the unfortunate boy
there lurksar st04p of dtunken'.ess,.
degrnslatloni. and,dovuteduess, which Is.
in itselfapowersul tersiperance ser5nan.-
Fhe ladls~f;Ithery JbhniRarns. was but
ashOHt time ago an, intlGSiIi0us shOe-
makery wlhs' vas-ablb by his. labor. to-
make N comfortable living Tor hiss
family Rurn's- wife bewever,.
rad neambitiOn. to lseep the hU,ise IL.
dy antl'neat, .Burns himself ooutractedi
a passion for liqaoK Then; as Usually
the case misfortune crowded. fast up
on the family. Burns- gare ap bis.
shop and trade and fell into evil ways.
Finally Il scouHle parted, and Barns
took with him his son James,, who
despite the fact that he worshiped a.
drunken vagabond, ,has.a great atEee--
ton fon his father Ehe subseqpents
life Of Burns and-his som was> OF the.
most miserable c1Araeter, EverT
cent that the father esEned. wns, spent
for mm, .aisd tho beg frequently spent
days without the eonionest. necessities,
ofliie. LRdglhlss we're refused. thes
couple, and they were forced, TO spend
their ti,Fhts- iu. ps,a,ns and stables ia,
the vicinity of Jackson HolIsW. De-
spite all this; littlo ,Enhiy Barns re-.
mained faithful to his,beseited parent.
and nothing could induce him to de-
seHt his filti'es undeE any circcmstaH--
ces. Ehe exposure consequent, upon.
their mUde,of life seom told upon; the.
boys health, and.ion the last two Or
three days hs-hus been. ailing, but
made very litsls complaint On SAT-
urday last, the father got sh,all SUM
eE monev, but instead of spending it
upon his famished son,- he fhrestesll
vshs6 little he hs1 in drink. At an.
early hour onSunday Rsorsnhe the ia
ther,. with tho boy by the hand, reeI-
ed into McGoIdriek > s9lassi, ON KeBF-
avenue. de asked for "A. drink and
and paid for It. pho boy who ha,I
been up all night with has drunken
sire was scarcely able to stand. In
short time both lay down, on the foof-
OF the bar-room and fslL asleep. ne
manning there until daylight. WheAs
disc, vered' by the baEkeeRerthey weres
ordered to- leavs the saloon, Is theT
were going out of the place mat,
amazed Ready noticed. the siiiids e0n.
ditOn and. told the father that he hsss
better take him to the doctor. Moth
ing more IS known present. of the
wdnderings Of the pair, until Iatc.
hour Yesterday afternoon when Burns.
withhis son, entered NJ. Brving's resi-
deRre. on Kent avenue land asked per-
misiOn,to leave Bhe lad biere for few
moments A coat was s,rown on the
floor and the boy was told. to lie DOWN
sm top'O6 IT, he NY there breathing.
heavily for some time-wIile the father
left The house: saying that be was go--
ing for a doctDr- NYhiis.he was away
is becrme evident the boy was dying.
and n me sage was sent to tho Fourth
Precinct =, liosSfati1n assbove stated,
for medical attentisn. Refore the am
bulance arrived, however, INC faithful
little sufferer was dead. when the
flther came back to the house he WAS
20 drunk that Police Captain Wiimarth
who took charge Of tti, remains, order
s'i his arrest on charge Of fintoxicntion-
Il is supposed that the boy died from
tbe combined effects Of starvation and
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