The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-10-27
The old man met him.

But the old man did not mind the
scarcity Of his wearing apparel, but
put a gold ring on his finger to cover
his nakeduess and keep him warm.
And the bill of fare took sudden
change from husks to the fatted calf
which was knocked in the head before
the family had ceased to rejoice.
So it is with the drunkard.
He eats husks.
His sparse wardrobe vies with that
Of the ballet dancer.
He drinks sheep dip at night.
The next morning he wants water.
Again more water to put out the
fire.
Later be takes another drink of
poor whisky. He claims that "the
hair of the dog will cure the bite"
Thus it is drunkards are made at
Marshall, No., on the north and
Springfield on the south.
And the Downing Law is in force.
eff this is liberty, give US death"
And then as last resort to keep
from dying and filing a drunkard's
grave, the victim goes to Dwight Hi.
j nois.
"No man expects to make a drunk
ard when he commences to drink"
said the apostle of temperance.
We believe you, Mr.. Murphy, and
the prodigal son did not expect to eat
either, after he wandered from home.
But both get there with
great certainty and the
speaker does yeomsn service
when he warns the yonth and all 9TH
ers of this land of the evils of the
flowing bowl.
The speaker then told an incident
Of brother Staying brother at Shelby
vile, Indiana. How the man who
took his brothers life occupied cell
No. 9 in the Shelbyvilleja He was
sent to the Jacksonville penitentiary
for 81 years. Whiskey was the cause
of the crime.
Not ten feet from where the speaker
stood last night when he was telling
this incident, sat an aged woman
bowed with grief. face wrinkled with
care and years. She had q son who
less than Two decades ago, killed his
brother in this city, near where the
south water tower now stands. He
knocked him in the head with an axe.
He WAS dead before the late DR.. Boyer
could arrive.
Poor whiskey prompted the crime
and the axe did the balance.
The speaker wound up his address
BY telling the audience that on Sun
day afternoon there would be . tenn
perance mass meeting at the Ohio
street Methodist church ut 8 o'clock.
Sunday night Temperance meeting
of q very important character will be
held at the court house and addressed
BY Mr.. Murphy, for men only.
Mr.. Murphy invited Howard Stry.
ker to be present and sing, but he did
not say . word about 'Miss' Chance
coming.
SMALL DRINKS.
Pledges tisned and ribbons blue
Will make . sober man Of you.
DIR. 8. K. Crawford WAS present,
On earnest listener.
Bald heads and red noses were
quite prominent in the audience.
Professor Chance, organist, wear,
. big blue ribbon in the lapel of hia
coat
The singing BY the select choir ID
one Of the most pleasing features Of
the meetings.
Hereafter the ladies are to be
given rear seats and the old soakerl
will be given . chance at the front.
He hes IN eagle eye and . very Roman
| nose,
And be dresses to perfection in the latest
style Of clothes.
col. j. E. Hall occupied . seat
| in the auditory. He don't drink ba,
be Was highly entertained.
| About $50 extra chains were
placed in the criminal court room, and
even then standing room was in de-
mand.
The wife of the temperance
apostle 10 quite . pretty little lady
and occupies . front seat at all hel
husbands lectures. She s greatly in
lterested in the work.
1 Mr.. Murphy carries with him an
embroidered bag into which the
mighty silver contributions are
emptied. 1t has been through many q
campaign.
| John Henry Summer aged
neither at near the lecturer with
10 blue ribbon pinned to her bosom.
When the collection was taken up,
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