The Red Cloud chief., 1885-05-01
TEMPERATE DRINKING.
4 W"uh.o's Testimony What >.- Hal
seen. and kno~n. and tsit-A Dramatic
lusid.ut.

4 Woun.o's T~~.timon, What $40 usi
seen. and known. and Gsit-A brsmssir
Insid.nT.
At = certain town meeting IN Fem
sylSan.a. IL, question catn zap whrjhv'
II Icr,on, should b. licensed ~ sell
rum. The clergyman. tn. deacon. the
physician. >,rau-r . NAV uuw appear.
all favored j. one usan ONLY spoke
against L. hcrau>c = the mi>chc 90 Il
did The Question Wa aiou, IL - pat.
when there arose irIm one urn"T "a!
the room a miserable womuu >h,. was
;hinls clad. and her appearance ind.-
cat,dtar ujiun~: ~rctchrdnc.~. and that
hey mortal ear ~ wa almost closed
After . momvut silence. aad all eyes
being hN-! upon her. ,hc stretched her
ait"nuatc,! body 10 q, utmost height
and then her long arms Ia their gT-at-
81 lrug h.. and raising her voice to q
shrill pitch. she called - ali u hook
upon her.
"ic-'' shc laid. look upon the. AMI
thin hear nv. All that the last speaker
has -ad relative tn temporal" drinking.
- hriug "a" father of drunkenness j,
true. All pra tee. al experience. dc.
ciarrs 10, truth Nj drinking IL alco-
hulic poison. ~ "A beverage IA health. IL
sycsS> L"ok mon me- lou all know
me. or once lid. You all KNOW ! wa
once the mi>;rr>s oi ID" best farm in the
town; Won all know. too. ! hal one IL
tn" lest -ihr most devoted Of hu=-
bonds You all NOW ! Lad tine. noble.
hearted. in lu-triou, ba,-. Where arr
they Low2 Doctor. whore arr they
now lou al know. You all know
they lie in a row. side by side. in Wonder
church, yard all every one Of them
flliug thu irunkard grave They w,rr
MI taught Ia believe that temp rate
drinking Was safe that r>cc-- alone
ought Ia b. aso dr,i; and the. never ac-
know = ICED excess. Thr, quoted You.
and you, aud Won tro ming with her
shred Of u finger ." the mini.i"r. deacon
and doctor a AUTHORITY. They thought
Ibcmselyc. -afc under such t.ac.t.T..
But | ~aw III" gradual change coming
over my family and u. prospects with
disnay AMI horror. ! fr't "" wsr" to
Le overwhelmed in onr ommon ruin
] trcI io ward oil the blow | tired to-
DR.. X the spell. the salu, i've spell. in
winch ~" IDEA Of the benefits Il tenn
pcrai. drinking hah involved nav hti--
band aud sons. I begged. | prayed;
but the odd, were aga Mt me
The m mister "a Il the poison tat
was d"-trpyiny nay husband AMI boys
wa a GOOD e raiurr II Got. the d"a-
con who sits under the pulpit there aHd
took our farm 20 pay his UNI b Ns. I'D
them the pp'>0n. the doctor .aid = little
WA goo,l. and the excess only ought -
be nv" ded. My poor husband and VA
dear bpys fc!i into tn. snare. and thy
could nn escape. and. ou" a''cr anoib-
or. wcr. conveyed TO tho -nrrssf ul
gray. 81 The drunkard No. LOOK nj
mc ayiin. You pro ably see mn for
ih. last time. My lands have almost
run. I have dragged my exhausted
frame from nv present home your
poor-house "a warn YOU al To warn
Won. deacon to warn you. fsl-s praHh-
or of God Word And with her arm.
fun high and her tall form .tr-onh.'i
L, it, utmost. and her voice rah-si tn an
un-sr;hly pitch. .hc exclaimed Il
shall soon stand before the Judgment
s-at 81 Col ! shall meet you there.
o fal-- guidr.. and he . vitos.,
against you ALL
The mi-.rable woman vanished A
dead silence pervad--l the assembly,: he
IN nistrr. the deacon anil phs seiss
hung the head; and wh~n toe ff~.i-
den, %, the meeting pu, the Isv-f!on.
.->hall n licenses 10 granted fer the
sale of .pirisnou, hqsor.f tho mani
mou. spoons ~as NJ bs1oty
Of Gcorge " BriJJs. ia,> G-S~~ersor
of Nr~a.r~kussis. 4