Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1882-04-06
Brother Gardner.


SENSE WAY.
Detroit Flee Fress.l
Am Brudder Abraham Scott ia
de hall dis evenin'?' inquired the
president, as he looked down the
aisles.
Yes, sah,' voice from the north
west corner.
Den please step dis way
Brother Scott scuffied forward, his
head down, and his countenance be-
traying about seventeen different
emotions, and us he reached the
mark, the president continued:
.Brudder Scott, in gwlne ober to
| de old man Johnson's las ni.e to
! borrow a hunk O butter for break
fast, | discovered some one lyin' on
de sidewalk. My first thought was TO
yell murder Ny next thought was
10 smell of his breaf Dat settled de
case at once. It wasn't murder but
q case of dead drunk. l turned de
subieck obcr to git good look at
his face, and who dye s'pose il WASP
Brother Scott gazed straight at a
statue of enus, aud had nothing to
say.
1t was Brudder Scott whispered
the president. Although two of his
children am bar fo3t, his wife needs
cloze, an he hasn't dozen taters in
de house, he has taken goei moLey
from his pocket an pait., it out fol-
bad whisky. He wasn't man when
found hun. He was q hog-a great
big hog. / could smell his breas sis
feet away, an it would have made 8
dog sick He had lost his hat, rolled
in the siUsh, and de4 fallen into ;
stuporish sleep. l got help an' toteC
him home. an to night ne conner I,
, dis meetin to have a wote among
men who work hard, respcc: DEM
selves, and lib sober lives
lie sorry, sah.'
NO doubt OF it, but dat an. no de
tense. A fool exciies pity, kase Got
made him dat way, a luuatic draw:
sympathy kase he met wild misfortune
} A drunkard arouses muffin but con
) tempt. He deliberately gees at it t
make brute Of hissel.. fou hal
heard me speak of dis matter GU sch
eral prevus occasions, an you kno,
o how de majority of dis club feels o.
the subjerk. In de las two month
: you hab been found drunk fo' times
= Yes, sau; but I'll quit
4 hope you will, but I doubt i
You had ebrything to lose gettiI
drunk de fust time. You have los
character, respect, money and stand
0 in, and dar r's-leetle hope Cat yoa wi
see any reason to quit. We kl
o. guard agin thieves by lockin' up OH
money. We kin put dc murderer
prison an have him outer de wa.
We kin expose de liar an kiver hi.
n wild confusioR. But de drunkard
de hos--de beast-who kin trust him
Who kin believe in him. Who wan
his society? Who am not degrade
by walkin' beside MIN? Brudd
y Scott, you am bounced man Yo,
name will be crossed from our roll:
~ you will be refused admission bea
an we shall forgit dat you war eb
10 numbered wId us. Let us now alta,
de reg lar order Oh business"
~ The following statistical accou
OF the failure OF crops exhibits
" shortage approaching a hnndr
Il millions for which there is no r
course save to the Iuture bounty
~ mother earth. Cereal estimates
~ fke Department of Agriculture
. the crops of 1881, as compar
'e fyith those of 1880, show redu
ton Of sthirty-one per cent. in col
twsnty-two in wheat, twenty-sev
in rye and nine in barley. T
prodnct of oats is about 1 5000
90 Ices than the previous year. Agg
gate product of all cereals, 300;
90 O29, $40 bushels against .2,718,93
OlO ;@decreass, twenty-four
81 cent? The values are in rou
millions rs folio VS.: Corn, S75
OOO, 900 wheat $453, ,00o,0(
oats, 81 90, 600, 900 rye, $40, 90
Isl 900; barley, $33,OoO,OOO, :
35 buck-wlleat, $S,0OO,OOO; to
81, ,465, 100000. against $1,56
- ooO,o0O.ln 1880. ;,