The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-05-24

Anything to get him out Of room. ayes,
I would walk with him.
II can show you the extent of our king
dom, the wealth, etc., better that way"
he remarked, as he rolled up his chart.
No pen can describe the scene that met
my view as We descended to the sidewalk.
The whole town seemed ablaze with the
blue, luminous yapor that rivaled the cleo
trie light in brilliancy. The drug stores
outshone the saloons. A little aside,
where ! had noticed a brewery, high, spiral
flame shot up hundreds of feet; grocery
and dry goods stores alike shared the gem
eral illumination.
Il don't understand, " [ said interrupt
ing my companion in his glowing descrip-
ton of the immensely of the business, 81
cannot see why grocery and dry goods
stores should belong to YOU"
"Whe is not against us is for us, my
dear sir. These men are bound hand and
foot, sir; patronage, loss of trade, eh, sir
Not a vote, not a remonstrance comes from
Them
q think You mistake here, . I said stop
ping before a fine church ediice, through
whose stained glass windows the Light
family glowed. Churches surely do not
support you?"
Il told you" he replied impatiently,
and repeat it; they do US no harm. Half
heartedness only tends to bring a cause into
contempt; their timidity is a subject of
jest in our Saloons
We had now reached the street where
most of the fine residences were located,
by companion commented as we passed
on.
"The palatial residence, built by the
owner of the brewery; father and son ours.
Here the owner of the drug store lives;
wife feeble, built mp usually by tonies.
Five sons in this house; three Of them sure
to fill drunkard's gravesi."
The evolutionary utterance of this SEN
tenee was SO remarkably ike a temperance
lecturer | had recently heard that I gazed
at the speaker in establishment. Could
it be that my companion sometimes as
sumed that guise? 81 will not believe
it," | said, when we had passed the entire
length Of the street. sssome of these people
must be Christians, active ia every good
work.
in everything but temperance, if you
include that, . be said with a sheer.
| laye not mentioned the diabolical
chnckle, the mocking laugh, and the tri-
nmphant giee that had accompanied and
run riot through his remarks.
Perhaps they mildly approve of tenn
perance, bur they are inactive. There are
a few devotes, but they are not among the
rich and influential"
| had seen enough; | had heard enough.
| tnFred towards home. I scarcely heard
his description Of the new pastor, recently
called to an evangelical church because of
his eunobtrusiye views on the temperance
question: Of the member Of the Sunday
Board who had defeated the introduction
of text books on temperance, and Of the
immense majority given at a recent cleo
ton in favor of license.
"fhe city deserves destruction, y | said,
almost ~waddened by his taunts, and his
extravagant exultation. like Sodom
may it be overthrown by the weight of its
own sin. May their sons speedily fall into
the d~runkard's grave. and their daughters
become companions of tipplers and sots."
My companion attempted to take me by
the arm. l raised my cane to repulse him,
and-Ia woke. Ny fire had burned low a
rising wind ratified a window shutter near
by; 4 n~eighboring clock struck the hour of
three. | raised the curtain and looked ont
upon the town, that lay SO fair upon be-
meath my window. The electric light had
been ~extinguished; here and there in the
distance a few feeble lights burned dimly.
| wound my watch and turned off my
light, but l slept no more that night
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