Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-05-15

with making this prison necessity,
and many 'irSt-caSS men are sent there
who can trace their troubles directly
to the use Ot Spirituous liquors. Many
men enter the army who have become
addicted to the use Of liquor, thinking
the restraints of military life may en-
able them to overcome the habit, and
at the expiration Of their term of en-
lislmrnt they may return to civil life
totally reformed and good citizens. In
many instances this is the case, while
in others they desert or commit some
crime while under the influence of H.
quor and are sent to this rciOrmatory
institution and become gradually worse
and worse. These are the men who
attribute all their woes to military dis
cipIinc, If they were not soldiers they
would belong to the noble order Of
CRAMPS
can recall the case Of Il young man
OF bright intellect who enlisted and
after having been out short time was
detailed rs teacher of the post school.
He went on well enough until after
pay day, when he had Il severe attack
Of dclirum trcmcnS, and. while in that
condition, smashed the windows Of
the Schoo-house with n club. Having
recovered from this he was sent to an
other post, near frontier town. pnd
put in some OF his lcaSurc hours visit
ing the thcatcr. At this place he fell
desperately in love with one of the de
lcctablc female performers, and in due
time was married. He went from bad
to worse, and finally deserted in order
to follow his wife to new mining
town, She soon got tired Of her hus-
band having had several before this
one and cndeayorcd to get rid Of him
but all to no purpose, rs he had found
4 conliding spirit that supplied him
with untold quantities ofrum. Finally,
however she told who he was. and Il
trial by a military court speedily fol
lowed, and he was sentenced to a term
of years in the prison, where he now
is. Perhaps he may depart from it in
due course Of time wiser and u bet
ter man.
talking to this man in regard to
his case he informed me that liquor
had got possession Of him, aud he only
looked forward to the time when he
could crafty his appetite.
Upon being asked how long this had
continued:
oh" said he, lit is the old story.
was in college. and. like many Young
men, thought it line thing to get
tight"
'"Did you have profession or
tradc?'
"Ycs. At one time | was quite
promising lawyer, but the demon Of
drink took possession of me and il
seemed as if would die unless | could
get rum.
"Do you think there is any chaucc
of your overcoming this appetizer
"Ycs, said he, hopefully, with the
wife have married, who is Of an rX.
ccllcnt family. there will be no trouble
at all, | can make money enough to
support us BOTH
Like all men similarly circumStancrd
he thought his queen OF the variety
show Il lirst-claSS lady, and thatall She
said was law and gospel. Perhaps he
found out his mistake after they We're
married and had commenced their cX-
pertinent of love in Il cottage.
Most drunkardS are lirst-clN,s
cgotists and this one wa, not an rX-
crpion. For some reason or other he
believed himself possessed Of COM
mandng talents, and all he had 90 do
wa, to make them known To the world,
when fortune would roll at his feet,
He was not the first one by any mcau>
who had been deceived inihiS respect.
lie thought it rather an honor that he
should remain in the service under
any circumstances, and believed he
was comforting favor upon the mill
tary men by a-Sociating with them.
Other eases have been known and
one is quite well remembered of u
foreigner who came into our service
and rrmaiur& until he had SqWndcrcd
three fortunes. lie was discharged
from the service after he had received
his first one, but Staid out until it was
all gone, and 50 with the second. and
then with the third, when he again re-
enlisted, and what was his subsequent
history is unknown to me. Money
seemed to leave him rs water rolls oil
ducks back. and he was apparently
well satisfied when it was all gone.
lie lived high according to his notions
while it was going, and so did his
friends.
TIE PRISON FARE
is good and wholesome, and enough
for any workingman. Cleanliness is
compulsory. and bath must be taken
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