The Magnolia gazette., 1886-07-16
DEAR EDITOR GAZETTE /:

WANT 20 say aometnlng Tor PROM
bition; want to inform my
friends of temperance that there
is great opposition to the grand
and noble cause of temperance,
but | am fully persuaded to be-
lievs that it, Temperance, will
bo a success.
As we have an opportunity
now, let's come forward and ex-
plain to the people the great evil
of drunkenness; it has been ex-
planned time after time but SEEM
ingly produced little effect, until
recently, when every one it seems,
has been made to realize the great
danger which awaits them, should
they continue in drunkenness;
yes, they can begin to see the
evil of strong drinks.
Many a man has lost his char
[acter, and has been let to poverty
and distress, and caused not only
4 himself trouble, but many others
by strong drinks.
4 Go to the drunkard's wife and
cheer her crushed spirit, mark
4 her dried eye, heI furrowed brow,
the grey that streaks her hair,
| her troubled toil-worn frame, and
4 trace the ruins all back to him,
who in early youth promised
4 eternal love and truths but has
now yielded up that promise to
4 the deadly cup OIL how true
it is, we can see it every day, the
suffering caused by inteniperance,
I'VE can see where the drunken
husband has led his loving wife,
\ yes. he has led her from love and
light, and all that made her path
way bright, and has chained her
amid wants and strife.
i Her heart Is sad, her hope is
gone, her light is past, she sits
and mourns in silent grief the
lingering days. How shocking
it is for an intelligent man 70
treat the fair lady thus. How
many poor sad hearts are there
to-day caused by drinking. Many
poor mothers are grieving for
their dissipated sons, who proba-
bly, would have been the first
young men of this country, had
i it not been for the love of strong
drink. Oil it makes me- trena-
BILE when / see SO many young
men going the downward road to
/ the dinnkard's sshell,' and par
ticularly those with whom / am
SO intimately acquainted. Oh
boys, will you turn just now, and
/ be saved from drunkard' 8
s'hell," or viii you continue in
the road of drunkenness, and at
last be lost? God forbid but
may they come out on the 10Th
1 ef Jnly 1885, as citizens of Pike
/ County, and intelligent thinking
people, and vote for "prohibi-
| tiOH.'' / don't think it will cause
yol to have a severe spell of ill
ness, or shorten your life, but it
may be the cause of prolonging
! your life, if you will only help
us to get whisky out of our
towns, counties and states. / ask
you again, as a friend, to consid-
er your way and see if you are IN
! the road to destruction, if you
are why don't you turn now? de-
lay not for delays are dangerous.
III say the day is coming when
whisky will be put out of the
land, and may ! live to see that
day when those t.-s,.t have so
earnestly labored for this cause
shall see fields WaYing with bright
grain never again to be crushed
I'm the distilIeries, and made into
that which can degrade mankind.
| The day is coming when the last
drunkard's wife shall wipe the
last tear gently away and the last
drunkard shall burst his burning
fetters and sing the song OF, free
dom. | believe the day will
come, for that | play, for that I
work, and should I die before
that day comes may | die in
the harness battling against the
| great black-hearted iniqulty.
Friends of temperance, let our
motto be Excelsior our hope,
sthere is a better day coming, !"
and our prayers, always, God
speed the right
Thank you, ladies', for. your.
Ehelping hand IN this cause7-you
are not allowed the privilege Of
voting, but you can talk temper
ance, aud I must. say. you have
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