The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-01-01

in constant state Of agitation. | was
confident that perpetual motion was at last
discovered. and of that kind that brought
in it's train only misery. TO our great re-
| lief. we found that Troy had not applied
| for a privilege Alas. alas. it's breaking
ont see it coming There should be
! convention Of the faithful, To invoke the
| jaw on every gum-chewing- laiia
/ Tolu male and female in the land. Some
one not far from my shoulder, says they
had better be using their jaws chewing
gum than in gossiping and in slandcring
neghbors This settles it. Christmas
brought genuine norther however. 1t
didn't help me bit. though, for the Troy
club went to Saratoga. where with the
latter's toboggan club, rare sport was had
In display window in one of the large
clothing concerns here are ife-size figures
of cX- Premier Gladstone. Sir Moses Mon
teforc. Gen. Gordon Cummings and Victor
Hugo. The finest suits adorn them, being
an exhibition of skill, and taste, and
material. furnished by the establish
ment. Gordon and Hugo are standing,
while nj a small table are seated the eX-
Premier and Sir Moses. and on the table
half-flled decanter Of wine, with some
glasses partly filled. The distinguished
gentlemen are about to drink to each
others health. The attitude, and express
sion, and makeup. show it, As an attrac-
ton the show is Il success. Crowds block
the sidewalk.
There is another aspect presented, how
ever Wait and listen to the remarks
made and Judge for yourself The impress
sion conveyed the lesson taught, the prin-
ciplc incucated is that in polite society.
with the cultured and cultivated. the use
of Intoxicating beverages is the rule.
Thus King Alcohol drives another stake
and adds another link 10 the demon 5
CHAIN Such utter disregard of moral SCH
timent and lack of sense are rarely shown
by Il shrcwd business manager. ct, there
NAV be no cause for wonder hen we
know tlat the city Mayor is leading
brewer. and the more prominent and intlu-
entail newspapers are doing Their utmost,
by way Of heavy editorials. to sustain the
liquor traffic Illuminating with partisan
hate and rancorous phillpics against consti-
tutional prohibition. sending forth yene-
mons stream Of misinformation concerning
Prohibition in Maine. Kansas and Iowa.
\ grave mistake is made to drop active
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election New Jersey has done differently.
If the Empire State had east It prohibition
vote proportionately To the population of
New Jersey. her vote would have been
| nearer go. 600 than 1000 The prohibit
tionsts give three months To the cause:
the opposition party the entire year Vic
tory will never be won at that rate. There
is need of persistent aggressive work.
Take the city of Troy for instance. There
are nearly 1000 drink-spider dcns. The
criminal and police justices courts give but
one phase of the awful curse. That one is
enough. God knows y few years since i'll
woman-the same | have told more than
onec-whcn she asked to be sent TO the
workhouse. 1t is 4 sad one | give it
here:
"Do you think. Judge, if | had any place
to go to | would come here and ask that
something be done for me? DO you think
would ask to be sent to the workhouse9
| Look at me, Judge, | have no money,
and who will give me any? Look at me
| am clothed in rags, and who will give me
clothing? am hungry, who will feed or
| give me Il homc2 am tired. For ten
| long years have had no home, and have
| done nothing but make the same old route
round from Bucktowu to the station house;
from the station To this court, to listen to
! the same old sentences from the court room
to the workhousc; from the workhouse to
the whisky shops. back to the station. and
So year after year, have been kept nov
ing. Oh I'm terribly tired of life Rel
atiycs? Yes | have two brothers. but
God knows whcrc-I don't. have not
seen them for twenty-five long years.
Once was somebody--now. as you see
am nobody. What has brought me to this >
Why drink and bad company. What else
brings anybody to my condition? was
born and raised in Kentucky
came to Cincinnati. 1t was wine first,
then. he'll. Why not 60 to Kentucky when
get out of the workhouse and find my
brothers? Where in the last ten years was
| to find respectable clothing; where was
to get money? Whowould give me either?
tell you it has been from one whisky
shop to another, then To the station house.
then TO the workhousc. for ten years, and |
am getting old. | am forty-seven years of
age, and can't do as | once did. Oh, the
workhouSc is not such bad place | have
been in worse, much worse. | come be
fore you in my sober mind Judge and
ask You to send me there There is moth
ing for me in this world but misery am
broken down. can never be anybody
now But once. .Iudge-once-I- was
Yours is ii sad, sad story, Mary - said
the Judge, visibly affected. "Would the
iniirmary not be Il better place -
ooh. would be glad to go there il they
will take me. | am very tired g
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