Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
CH1NCoTEAGUE.

wonder if you are a Mugwump or in
cliued in that direction. George William the
master spirit ofthat boasted' journal ofcivili
cation, who edits free press open to the
select few, is probably the most renowned
NJ W. in modern politics. There are many
lesser lights and some are quite inferior, but
all think they are superior in knowledge and
culture. This specu lative order of modern
political perfection is not confined to the cart
preservative, but all of the learned and un-
learned professions possess those who are
never satisfied unless they occupy the high
est seats. Who does not remember the
pure, unselfsh love of that old fashioned
Mother of ours, who sang to us our infant
lullaby and hallowed the home of childhood
by her divine presence. No voice so win
ming, no hands so gentle, no eye so fnll of
love, shining down into the "Sanctun Sanct-
orium" Of our young life from a soul devo-
ted to her offspring. Other voices have lost
their charm the love light Of other eyes
has faded with the passing years other ia
ces have become dim in memory, but we can
still hear her sweet words of sympathy and
see those eyes ever so full of yearning ten
deruess, whose magic glance smiled away
sorrow and filed the home with sunshine.
Years ago we knelt with her and lisped
"Our Father and since then, when the
temptcr has lured MS, her loving words and
eart-felt-prayers and holy example have gui- !
ded our footsteps and strengthened our souls
staggering with inefable grief can never
forget the interest my mother took i'll the ho-
ly cause Of temperance and how faithfully
she worked that her sons and brothers and |
those of her neighbors might not be drawn |
into the snare Of the rumseller and become |
silly staggering besotted drunkards And |
when see men and even women in every |
stage of inebriation, from the moderate drink |
er to the loathsonie sot, am led to exclaim
with Sojourner Truth, rs God dead ?" No
one in this age Of pride and fashion and
womenly temp tation, should say, / aul not
my brothers keeper % The people OIL the
broad aisle who pay higher rents than their
poorer neighbors, even the honest old sex
ton who seats the well dressed stranger in a
front pew and gives back seat to the parv-
emu, all alike are interested in the absorb
ing question of temperance Some Of the
philosophers, most brilliant poets
md sagacious statesmen who have ever risen
o the highest pinnacle Of earthly fame, have
7ielded to the flowing bowl Would that
here were more ofthose old fashioned God
caring, shoddy hating women in this saloon
idden land Of ours Whiskey and iguor-
nce 90 hand in hand. There are about $500
on this Island, many of whom
re directly engaged, or indirectly interested ,
n the oyster business. Local Option pre- 8
'ails not only here and at Franklin City but
lso throughout the county An old resi- /
ent who has always lived here informed me
hat sobriety and good order have taken tn
lace of inebriety and disorder Rumru {
iore than Ronanism aud Rebellion combin- t
dive been in Accomae for several weeks, d
ut have not seen any one under the infu- 9
nee of liquor. When will the law makers c
+ Delaware live up to the Divine teachings
f the Master Thou shalt love thy neigh
or as thyself?" REDEEM