Sharp County record., 1890-08-14

ramos to sucb a document I know ~
is lauobed at; but there are some men
who, having once promised ehing' 10
IL "Some have broken the pledge
Yes. thew we're liars, but all men are moi
liars. do not say that it is the duty
Of all persons to make such signature
but I do say that it would be the saliva
ton of many of you. The glorious
worl, of Theobald Mathew can never %
estimated. At his hand 1000, 600 oil peo-
ple took the pledge, and multitudes IN
| irelayf, England, Scotland and Amer
icf ave kept it till this day he
pleS' signed TO thousands has oeen
the M6clamation of emancipation
Again: We expect great things from
inebriate asvlums. They have already
done glorious work. | think that we
are coming at last to Decentralization as
it ourIt to be treated, namely, as an
awful disease, self-inficted, to be sure
but, nevertheless disease. Once 1aSt-
ened upon a man, sermons won culo
him; temperance lectures Will not
eradicate it; religious tracts will not re-
move it; the gospel of Christ Will noV
arre?,'it. Once under the power oil this
awfulsthirst, the man is bound to 60 on;
and, 4 the foaming glass were on inc
other side of perdition, he would waue
through the fires of hell to get It, a
young,man in prison had such strong
thirst-for intoxicating liquors that he
cut OF his hand at the wrist, called Tor
a bowl of brandy in order to stop the
bleeding, thrust his wrist into the bowl,
and then drank the contents
Stand not, when the thirst Is on him,
between man and his cups. Clear the
track for him. Away with the children;
he would tread their life out Away
with the wife, he would dash her to
deaths Away with the cross; he would
run it down. Away with the Bible; he
would,tear it up for the winds. Away
) with Heaven; he considers it worthless
as straw. "Give me the drink! Give
, it to me! Though the hands of blood
, pass up the bowl, and the soul trembles
: over the pit-the drink! give it to me!
: Though it be pale with tears; though
the frqth of everlasting anguish float on
: she foam-give it to me! drink to my
J wife'swoe, to my children's rags; to my
eternal banishment from God, and hope,
l and Heaven! Give it to me! the drink!
. Again: We Will contend against
t these, evils by trying 20 persuade the
respectable classes Of society to the
banishment of alcoholic beverages.
You who move in elegant and refined
, associe tions; you who drink the best
liquors; you who never drink until you
< lose your balance, let us look eact
i other in the face on this subject. Yor
have, under God, in your power the re
I demption of this land from drunken
ness. Empty your cellars and wint
U closets of the beverage, and then CONF
U out and give us your hand, your vote
: your prayers, your sympathies. Do
S that, and l will promise three things
5 (D That you will find unspeakabl'
! happiness in having done your duty
(9) You will probably save somebody
), perhans dur own child. (3) You viii
that sa madetht saScEfiGcee," Ge"fff Fl sacGffffffc5 Gffffe
y it be.
AS long as you make drinking respect
!, able, drinking customs will prevail, ant
> = the plow-share of death, drawn by terri
. BILE disasters, will go on turning up thi
= whole continent, from end to end, will
the long, deep, awful furrow of drunk
ards graves.
; OH how this rum fend would like t,
, go and hang up skeleton in your beau
tiful house, so that when you opened
the front door to go in, you would see
+ in the hall; and when you sat at YOU
table you would see it hanging from the
wall; and, when you opened your bed
room, you would find it stretched upoI
your pillow; and, waking at night, yo,
would feel its cold hand passing ovel
your face and pinching at your heart.
There is no home so beautiful but Il
may be.devastated by theawful curse. 1
throws its jargon into the sweetest har
mony What was it that silenced Sher
iGan, the English orator. and shattered
the golden scepter with which he
swayed parliaments and courts! What
foul sprito turned the sweet rhythm
of Robert Burns into tuneless babblep
What brought down the majestic
form of one who awed the Amer.
lean Senate with his eloqucnce, and
after u while carried him homo dead
drunk? What was it that swamped the
noble spirit Of one of tho heroes Of the
last war, until, in q drunken fit, he
reeled from the deck OF Western
steamer, and was drowned? There was
one whose voice wo all loved to hear.
He was one Of tho most classical ora
tors Of the century. People wandered
why man of so pure heart and so OK.
celent a life should have such sad
countenance always, They knew not
that his wife was n sot.
Do address one whose regular work
in life Is to administer to this appetite?
For Gods sake 60 out Of that business!
II q woe be pronounced upon the man
who gives his neighbor drink, how