The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1881-06-25

"You don't IN IAN to say that you wish
to exclude wine from our dinner table and
from our social partiesi"
Belle, ing it to be dangerous; I do."
"rhen vo,, would force vour husband to
visit the drinking saloon Or the tavern for
that rcfrc>hment which you deny him al
home"
"Docs my husband mean to insinuatc
tina, he is already such slave to the ex-
citemcn, Of liquors that he cannot do with
out tl,cm?"
Anyrilv he sti ode to and fro, while the
wife retired To her chamber, weeping, but
not di-hc.,rtcncl She felt that she was
right; and while size realized her own
weakness, she trusted in Him who has said
any grace is sufficient for thee"
The month she had spent in the home Of
her husband had opened her eyes fcart,'ll.y
to the danger lurking in the exhiarating
winc-cup. She had often heard in her
girlhood Of the evils of intempcrancc, but
she fancicl thev existed only among the
lower class, the dregs Of society. Until
she beca,n. an inmate Of thai family, she
dreamed not that the highly educated, tie
refined, degraded themselves to the level
Of the brute, by first slipping rosy wine from
shining liquor cups or sparkling crystal
goblets.
Free, gcnc:o,,, livers they were called /;
exercising a whole soulcd hospitality to all,
while none who came within the circle
could fail to b. fascinated with their charm
ing manners. Alas! the poor : Dung wife
soon saw that they were only genial .hen
urder TIE influence OF excitement, and that
even THOSE lovely gi'ls, her new sisters,
sought thu stimulous Of wine when they
wished to b. lively and f.,cinating. When
she saw their beautiful eyes sparkle with
unwontcd bri'liancy, and heard the flashes
Of wit, she turned away in sadness, saying,
"Alas! alas! what lovely victims" The
father could dispose Of bottle after bottle
without losing his control, but not SO his
sons. Persons occasionally wondered that
their high spirits should lead them to such
extremes, but there were times when she
could not help knowing what excited these
polite, refined young men.
was seldom mentioned by any Of the fami
", and the day previous to the commenc.
,nent Of this sketch she understood the rca.
son why. Then he came reeling along in
to her home. Snc shuddcred as she looked
upon that bloatetl besotted face. She could
not pollutc her hand by placing it within
his; much less, in addressing the degraded
being, could her lips frame the holy word
''brothcr"
No wonder the spectacle haunted her
dreams, that night, nor that she would fan
cy herself ut the dcath.bed OF that once
lovely woman whose heart he had broken
and hear her whisper, "Your husband l.
tollowin; in the Footsteps Of mine; oh: stnl
l,im!'
Not long after the wiiS's resolution wa
formed, the young couple wished to Civ
u dinner party to all their relatives; and a
It was the first IN their own house, the,
wished to convey pleasant ideas Of thei
hospitality.
Then came the contention which the l..
dy had fr.scen, and the bitter opposition
Of her husband t., the resolution she ha
: fos,ncd to Danish liquor from their boart
In vain she told him Of the delicious bevc,
ages which should supply its place; h
persisted that she should not thus bring ~
ON him the nance OF niggard. An
though she told him that upon her, rathe
!; than upon him, should all i'nputation res
:, though she plcadc.. in the gcntlest n,annc
= she had need Of all the strength she had i
earnestly implored from on high.
For tim: there was serious estrang
c ,nent between them; and his family, tal
( ing sides with him. told him that ii
' wished to usurr too much authority ov'
It him as the head OF the house, while thu
II snccred openly at her "fanrticism," h
u "mcanness," her wont Of hospitality" b
she prayed withou. ceasing, and God
u length opened her hu>brnd's eyes tn Il
:. danger Of tifliny with that which h;
e caused his brothers ruin. With his ca
: SENT liquors were regarded only as "met
h cines," and while the wife exerted herst
to have supply OF good things in Il
C house, both united in giving so cordial
Is welcome to their guests, that those who e
s joyed their hospitality soon ceased to n
= tee the absence Of wine.
BY degrees, others followed tho c, ,,nr
Is Of the young wife, and gradually such
ct formation took place in the town, that il
Y few years all the first families" had la
If ished the beverage from their sidc-boar
II and dinner tables.
Her husband is now the only survivor
{, all his fathers family. While he re,ne
. bcrs that each one fills drunkard's gra,
o. he turns to his wife, now no longer you,
ut but beautiful in his eyes, and says, "Su
would have been my fate but for you.
stoni ON the brink Of the preeipice, but
"a knew not my danger until you revealed
to me- And she exclaims with gratitu
"a. Mot unto ire, but unto thy name, q Lo
Dc all the praise"
IL |
ID German Superstition.
In the llartz Mountains, and on
SO Rhine, there are so.calied Judas fires I;