The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-06
TEMPERANCE READING.
YOUNG MEN, TAKE HEIDI

4 AcA 10 klumyllle.
A fine young man was Frank Dale
and his prospects for good and useful
career were very promising.
/ His parents lived in Temperance
town and here Frank was brought up,
amidst good influences, and at the
age OF twenty-one he was as fine a
specimen of manhood as one often
meets. But, alas! he became dissatis-
fed with his quiet home life. He be-
gan to consider the good people of
Temperancetown too strict and absurd
in their notions, and his opinions
were strengthened by the pompous
talk of his friend Charley lonely.
This same Charley lonely had once
been resident of Temperancetown.
but the gay life OF the neighboring
town known as Social Glass had at.
tracted him away Now Charley was
trying to induce Frank Dale to take
up. his residence in Social Glass. For
| q time Frank persistently declined the
oft-repeated invitations of his friend to
at least pay him a visit, knowing the
bad reputation of Social Glass. But
in an evil hour he yielded and left the
pure and peaceful atmosphere of Tenn
perancetown for the gaities of Social
/ Glass stsg..
For a time he was content to remain
here with his friend Charley lonely.
But by and by he began to consider
Social Glass a trifle dull and unsatis-
factory. So he resolved to 60 else
where in search of the pleasure which
he now considered essential to his
existence. So he one day started for
Brandywine. On his way to this
1 large and fashionable city he came to
a lovely little village composed prin-
cipally of dainty whitewashed cot
tages nesting among green trees.
Here he beheld quaint arbors covered
with lovely towering vines, sparkling
waters leaping and laughing down a
rocky bed, flowers blooming in pro-
fusion and tiny song birds fitting
gaily from tree to tree. The name of
this village was Loveland, and the place
| was noted for the number of lovely
young ladies who dwelt there.
/ Being weary from his long Journey,
Frank approached one of the white,
/ vine-covered cottages to procure some
refreshments. In answer to his knock
| on the half-open door lovely young
/ girl appeared and graciously bade him
enter.
! He obeyed. and having made known
| his wishes food and clear, cold, spark
ling water for drink was soon placed
before him. While he ate the maiden
sat near and entertained him with
| pleasant conversation.
Her modest, = graceful manners
charmed him and he found excuse for
tariying in the little village and fire.
| quently dropped in to spend an hour
or two with the, maiden. Finally he
| concluded that he would give up his
intended trip to .Brandywine and take
the. gentle maiden to his parents home
| in: Temperancetown as his wife. To
hisjoy, she offered no objections. They
were married and at once started on
| the road to Temperaneetown.
When they reached Social Glass
I Frank could not refrain from tarrying
a short time to renew old acquaint-
.ances. In vain, his lovely bride tried
to influence him to pass by Social
Glass without stopping.
Frank had not been in Social Glass
long before he abandoned all thought
of returning to Temperancetown to
live and soon took his wife and went
to Brandywine.
When Frank left Temperancetown
he had both wealth and influential
friends. He had not lived long in
Brandywine, however, before he be-
Gan to be in want. Still he managed
for while to keep up respectable
appearance. But at length he real
lied that for want OF sufficient funds
he must seek more modest place of
residence.
Correspondence with his friend Char
ley lonely, who had moved to Rum
vile, revealed the fact that living was
cheaper there, so thither he went. But
his mode of lie had sadly impaired
both his health and his influence, and
he could find no way to add to his
funds, which were daily growing less.
Then, too, there was now the burden
of supporting not only his wife but
two children as well, and his friends
had almost deserted him. Under these
awful weights his spirits sank.
Had he remained in Temperance
town no such dire misfortune would
have overtaken him. True health
might be temporarily impaired and
.'riches take to themselves wings and
fly away even there, but he would
still have had what is better than
health or riches-the respect and con-
fidence of his fellow-citizens and
clear conscience. But this fact remains
he left Temperancetown and thus
sank, lower and lower in the scale of
humanity till he was but little better
than the brutes. You might see him
reeling through the narrow, dirty
streets of Rumville, with bloated face !
and ragged clothing,
In. his miserable home, with its scant
and rickety furniture, covers his poor
wife, her youthful grace and beauty
gone. His scahtily-clothed children
SILVER and cry for bread, but both
wife;and children dread the coming of
him who-has been the cause OF all their |
misery. Frank Dale, who could have
made his life So noble, so useful so
honorable had he Stunned the first
step in the downward road to ruin, is
now. a miserable dl4lnkard nearing the |
brink of eternal destruction.
Oh, it is terrible to thing of, and yet
is it not true, that there are thousands
% .young men ready to follow in his
footstepsa viii they not take warn
ing from the fate of so many who have |
gone before them and, never leave |