Daily Republican., 1881-11-16
DNEsDAY.yOvEMrNR 10 1871.
GOOD WORK ny sho y. r. Z. q.

GOOD WORK by Sho v. r. Z. 4.
TIE arrest OF Mrs. Watson yeStcrda
by the Society for the Prevention c
cruelty to child ;en, tears aside anu let
light int, moro miSer .ble homes than
the one occupied by her and Der eigh
children, though we doubt if there wer
many that were more miserable. Th'
wouau's fOndnesI for liquor Overcam'
every motherly instinct, and il sht
could only get her daily potatons, sh'
cared nothing about the suffering lit:l,
ones around her. lIcrs was family
of nine persons, tbs mother tho mo,t
helpless OF all-iuiGed worse than help.
less eking ont a miserable existence or
s. or S. q week that the oder boys were
able to pick up, an, We blush for fall
eli hum unity, when ws record The fact
that the most even Of tlat little pittance
was spent for whiSkey for the miserable
mosher, while eight children, ranging
iu age from ftH months to sixteen
years, were permitted to 20 without
food ard clothing. We pity the chill
dren, the Whole community ri;ias the
children, but the mother is also to be
pitied. She once ooi Up in society in
all the proud majesty Of all that was
noble and good in womanhood. li-r
miserable condition now .S only what
rum has made her. A slave to An ap.
petite for rum, she has timss without
numbcr tried to reform. but she is only
one amongst thou 'ands, even in this
city, whose resolutions to reform are
weaker than their desires for intoxi-
Gazing liquors. With her children
comfortably provided for, and hersel
placed in position where she will be
under moderate restraint and watchful
care, Mrs. Watson may become the
subject CT thorough reformation. We
are glad the s, p. {. c. have taken the
mater in hand but they will stop 81 ort
of duty they owe to the commuNi if
they fail to make a. otf5rs to prosecute
the guilty wretch, be be who he may,
licensed or unlicensed, that sold liquor
70 those little helpless children for their
mother. The man who would take
from these little children the scanty
earnings of the wcsk and give them
rum with which to debaEch their mogh |
er, is nothing bat iisnd in humaa
shape. Honorable hotel Keepers an! |
liquor dealers who do obey tbe la<,
should themselves see that such con-
temptible wretch should be punished |
60 the iuilest extent of tho law and tie
driven out Of the business. Wa know |
not who he is, and we care not who he |
Is, that supplied this miserable mother
of eight children with liquor, and do
prived them Of food and cloghing, he is
the canker CT society and should bn
ioathed andshunned by even the bums Of
Water street. But as we have already
said, this unfortunate woman is only
one of hundreds, though there may b.
few with asgrtat resp0ns litins, who
are imhruting themselves and their
children by excessive drinking, AMI tAc
liquor is carried to them by their chill |
dren, purchased from person, calling
themselves men, ia clear vi,latiln of |
law. We do not know hoE far tho du- |
ties of the liquor balih go in the en-.
fJrcencnt Of the law in such casea, bul
if he is 10 take cognizance Of these ill.,
fractions, he has iigld of labor white
for harvest, Against honest liquor deal
ers who abide by the law we have not
ing to say; but such men as would sell
Mrs. Watson's children liquor to trans
form their mother from noble woman
into u miserable drunkard, should b
hunted down aud roo el out Of society.