The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-29
TEMPERANCE READING.
HEART-BROKEN.

Mother Whose Husband VIII Drink
The Terrible Outlook for Herself and
Her Seven Children.
We received Il letter this week from
Iowa, which contains the following
sentences:
Il have seven children living Their father
1rW DRINK, and / am 50 hcdIt-Lrohcu My
trouble is greater than any ever described in
print, but conceal ii as best l can for the
sake of the children"
> There is more of it. but this is sulli-
cient
God help the poor woman! 81 an
so heart-Jrotcn. Iharc Scrc8 cbildycn
and their father wjH dyiak.''
OF course she is. 1t could not be
otherwise. She came to the man WHO
is her husband, an innocent girl, full OF
hope, full of anticipation, full of love,
drcading nothing, trusting everything.
He was to stand between her and the
cold world, she WAS to do her woman
share and he was to do his man 5
share, and they were to 90 down
through life to the valley and shadow,
hand in hand, each a help and comfort
to the other She had visions of the
home he was to furnish her, of the chill
dren that were to lie born to them, Of
notions Of tho nood tbot +Lra,,ol IL
was to como to t5on and finaiI, If ,bo
peaceful ending when the garncrcd
treasures that well-livcd, prosperous
years had brought would be left rs Il
heritage to those they had reared in
was in the Girls mind whom sTo stonI
m in fine n9,lor of bnr old homo ,,,d
RESIGNED her life into tho ko.nino of thn
man who had wood and won bnr
What bo. ho,,a,,nd tn Lo,.o
81 have ,cror lhndmo, It,..n,. on1 +,otn
father will drink am so heart broken
This is what is the matter. "IHcir
tdther 1ciU drink, anil / oHt so heq1t-
broken" That sentence should be re-
peated over and over again. We would
THAI we could burn it into the very
heart Of every man in the land: II
hare scUeH ciUdrcn Hrj2lg, and their
tuther lCW driHk. Iu7n so heuri-byOEcn,"
Their father got in the habit of fre-
Quenting the miserable corner grocery
which the cupidity of the brewer estab-
lished near him. and the REGULAR thine
happened.
ia oo,,,,o,,ooI :, 1;,,l,4 ,-.-- 10
progressed to ragnl,r dIinl,in,r and
then tbe onrotiti onco fInd 10 oo,,,o
home drnnIL ovo,,r niab+ Po1s.IJ,, ho
heat tho nofi.nt rncan,,Iainfn(r
woman hrt mara III DIV. Ln oa,,ia La,,,io7
So soddnn he was incan,LIn of fbat
brutaIitv bnf sfn,nI,, roIIod ir+n tnI
and slrGt tbn .loan Of a dr1rI-on hoast
Uo rdso in tho r,ornino. iano,ioI,Ia ~
labor and want a. eno7 ~, ,in,,;Ill,
honI- 70 f,o Loor sLo,, ,,,hora o .tn,.ai
oil dov A. n,ottor &c on,,,lo ~, f,,,.,,,
was nrrIecfnd the worl, that u,as IONA
,.,. d,no I,. +ho ,,.o,,,o,, a,,J tI,o aI,iI
dron and tbni,, ittIn oa,nino.,, ,Taro
v,rastaI from tLon, f., .s,,,,,II- ~ ,,o,.a,.
satisfied damon Of drinl, i,bat Lnd ,,n,
sossior, of H., fo+Ior Co,,'tfl,I , PgD
ooId ond h,,n[ra,. faIIo,,aI III ~
drnn orn NOT ,S-oII ona,,rh oIod 80 ~ 70
church or Schooi and thoI. a,. w - w. ~
mo nv, in icnoroncn and sro Loi9a. e.
+ad for tba nnnitnntior,. ~. g,oIIo,,.,7
Tho mo+Lo,. 1o,.os +Lo,o oTiII,.o,, o,,l
seninr tne inevitable baforo tbor, no
NV nv ''''''0 HOIOl0 IllcIh' ho
"olr,''l ' ii,, "l''o9'
broitnni !, 1"''''i VIII uIi"A' am SO he"rt-
She rots ~, in tbo ,,,or,,i,,c q. O.. ,;,.,d ~.
she went to he'd She ronS 70 Lod 70
sInnr bnt .bo dons not sroa,, ira
drnn i,on brntn Lnsidn bo,. ,i,oran ,to
sInon Ito IVA. n,nr,lorod sIao,,P ,,lt fa,.
himself buf fo,, lis smt,nrina viifo NV Ii H.,
,iIIouy i u,or with ta.r. cLn hol =,
bn,. mind oil night Iom, tbo obi ;i,I
iI1-fnd .,Iod 5nJ ora,,,;l. ~, ,,.i(Io,,t
nronnr oducotinn u,hon+ I ".'' s',,
ro,ndinrs md yvitbnnf o,,,. !nL,.,n+,,ra'.
Thnrr com" bnrora Eor ;,i';an, ~ Sn.
tour Iovs all .nnnroj ot ~. tha na;,L
bnr. a. dr'oI.arJs how, ri'I d i, - -
cn,.toin to ro tho ,,.,. +,a;,. ,,.r,t,i,.'I
f,tbor has cana, ~ tLnt,,.al, ,,i,
o-I J,hnaI 'l,' .II'
m is a1,,,n,', hos", VIC T>,:,"1to
d,.;f+ or intG t,o+ - l'it,'''l
which tbor. !, w. rat,r,, chn l0J i.n ll0,'i
thoir fatn md tora .1a ,,-,e N,'T" ,
CLa ,. - ~ t;J w i'I
droro.oJ o"t tan l ,I.In,, t 'Ii''' ,''lJ iHlg
,,Ii7T, 10 ,',, .',i '''l
..1,,,,. r.t,..'. ,'l,,' , 2.'o
broken" -"''''' will '''''N' / am 81 n'''r'-
What is tbnre in life f,r boro Moth
inc. or rather worse thon notbinn Rot
ter for her that She shoull die and find
that peace in the crave that fine how.