Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-02-16

THE MOTHERS LAMENT.

THE MOTHERS LAMENT.
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fair a sight.
Day after day, at the family board,
When | poured out the sparkling, rosy
wine.
/ would proffer the cup to my darling's lips,
And he gleefuIly laughed when he saw It's
shine.
SONY one taste, day after day."
Surely. 7 argued, "must harmless be-"
All me, my hands were forging chain
With links that were strong for eternity.
The wears rolled by, and my little boy grew
Upward to manhood's fair estate;
TWAS then I learned the heart-breaking
truth,
When the fearful knowledge was all too
late.
Night after night, my only son
Drained the cup that held the drunkard's
draught;
VAN were my pleaGings, vain my tears
In wild delirium my darling laughed.
Bloating and Keeling, he cursed me there,
Cursed his mother i'm accents wild;
And cursed myself when thought of the |
hour
ha,, sullied the lips of my beautiful child.
l stand alone by my daring's grave.
Alone with my anguish and deep despair;
NY vain regret for that wasted life
That but for his mother had been so fair.
A drunkard's grave, Oh, fearful the thought,
And so poweress now to save;
The very words are with anguish fraught,-
NV darling boy fills a drunkard's grave.
Omothers! who still in your happy homes
Hold your little ones safe in your loving
arms,
I plead with you now as one pleads for a
Let them meyer know the wine cups
charms.
Lure early your dear ones with loving care,
To the Shepherds fold, whence none may
stray;
Ont from the gilded shrlnes of sin,
Into paths of purity guide their way.
O mothers. who still hold your darlings safe.
plead with you cow as one pleads for
life;
Shelter and guard from the wine cups harm,
Lest your soul, like mine, be with anguish
rife.
MRS. J. III. MECH.
GEORGE w. Balm ON HIGH LICENSE,
George w. Balm, Esq, in a recent
lecture in Chicago, referring to high
license, said:
1.-The difference between a high-li-
cepsed saloon and a low licensed dog
gerry is, one is the inlet to the rivulets
of moderation, the other the outlet to
the river of drunkenness. / would
rather vote for the low doggery, through
which tbs drunkard escapes into the
grave from the demon on his track,
than for the gilded gateway, which
men,
Be rather afraid of operating on
those, of whatever class, who think
they need stimulants before they work;
who can not live till after wine or bit
tiers; who always have wine on the
side-board; or who are always slipping
brandy and water; or are rather proud
that, because they eat so little, they
must often take some wine. Many
people who pass FOR highly respectable
AMI who mean no harm, are thus daily
damaging their health, and making
themselves unfit to bear any of the
storms of life.-.Sir James Pdget.
The humber of saloon-keepeLs who
shoot women with whom they have
become infatuated, and who then pu
a bullet through their own brains ,furn
ishes convincing evidence of the de
moralizing character of the saloon bus
Chicago Journal.
WHERE 1T CAME FROM.
III. B. Smith.
Brandy! brandy! bane of life,
Source of tumult, source Of strife;
Could but half thy curses tell,
The wise would wish thee safe in hell.
Love thy neighbor as myself" L
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