Telegram-herald., 1886-04-18
IT PAYS TO SWEAR OFF.
A Juc<s's Opinion on the Kfsct % Coed
RESOLUTIONS Al Der fFu- story with
a retag snd a Pointer.

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e0ze1 reporters. policeman aud court
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abstain nom ir.nA you ~oaid MOI SAY thai
it IS better To- drink regularly than t0 swear
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posse Some 90 them 81 course. are broken
if A Jsv sr ia a fen hours u4rhar- bur
r pt. ttt ts
hettef opportunity lo o'reiFc 'Ae e"rei' oi
tlle habit tAan the most 0f You. and i0 show
.,shv have e,irh in rha babit ,,iu
j4ss leii You OF Que ease ''''' mas "''e
particularly strong impress ion on ny mind,
Fl van ,siu excuse u,e Tor not -ivin.v names,
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ol tne superior louri' iuendi Who was
then. and is vet a prominent merchant of
this cify. came tO me and said that he had
favor % ask / assured biu tuat / would
be glad to accommodate him in any way
possible. bat he hesitated and sand ihat be
vas afraid that ] would think IL Vas a fool
ish proposition be- was about o. make lie
finally told ME that he came 40 the request
0f young man then recently married. who
had acquired the habit VI drinking 20 ex-
cess more than occasionally He The VIC
tm, was young man of more than ordi-
nary ability. had the brightest prospects for
a hanpy and useful life buf he was one of
the bows and his love for whiskey threat
ened to destroy ali his hopes. He had tried
hard o. reform aud bis wife who. by the
way. was a beautiful woman AMI one of tie
most popular and highly respected in The
citv had dome everything she could Cd help
him. lie hai sworn oil repeatedly. and as
often broken bis pledge until he had got 10
down sO regular, that every morning when
he ,ef the house go 20 i0 bis business De
promised his wlfe shat ne would not drink
anything that day lie would keep his
promise ABOUT half The time. hut about
rgers other day Dee went home oo0zv and
some times blind drunk. lou can imagine
bis wife feelings Sire loved hin dearly
aud would have given her life to save him
She finally suggested to him that IL he
would take stronger pledge than h.s
promises t0 ber, De MIGHT be- able -o Keep iJ
and after consultation with the merchant 10
was agreed that he should csms before me
and register an oath thar bee would qat
drinking The merchant bad come io make
Arrangements with me to carry oar tue
novci itea. | agreed te the scheue and It
Wa arranged that he should come az cer-
tain hour 90 the next day. f he was sober.
He vas promptly on hand at lhe appointed
tme, Accompanied by the uer-
chant talked 20 him the best
! could. tried i0 impress upon him the im-
portance of what he was about 90 go. and
vas impressed With his earnestuess I
drew up the oath which was made as bind
ing a. poss'0ie. iu fact, 30 was q complete
teetotal pledge lie was sworn. soiemnly,
signed the oath with the merchant a.
witness. and reqgesied ME to deposit it in
mv safe. I watched him partieu arlv for