The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-01-26
w. Q. II. u. Column.
CONDUCTED By mrs. \. L. HOBBS.

Il CONDUCTED BIZ MRS. n. L. HOBBS.
!, The Drunkards Lament.
The folio wing poem was written b
tne iste Richsrd Lyle, one OF q
brightest members OF the New Orlesu
osr, Hnd 70 the pathetic story Of hI
Iown ruined life:
! have been TO The funeral Of sll 10
| hopes
Il And entombed them one By one.
Not word wss said,
i Not . tear was shed,
Il when the m0urnful task wss done
Slowly and sadly turned me rom,
And sought my client room.
And there alone
BY the cold hearthstone
wooed the midnight gloon.
And g. the night wiuds deepening
Lowered above my brow,
| wept DER dsys
When msnhood's rays
were brighter fer than now.
The dying embers on the hearth
Gave out their ficksring light,
Az II to cay
This 10 the way
Thy life shall close iU night
| wept aloud 10 anguish sore
Ger the blight Of prospects fair,
While demons laughed
And eagerly Qusied
ny tears like nectar rare.
Through bells red hall IN echo rang
An echo loud and long,
Az In the bowl
| plum ged my soul
Iu the night Of madness strong.
And there within that sparkling eiasa
know the cause TO lie.
This oil men own
From zone to zone,
Yet millions drink and die.
New Orleans Times.D Democrat.
ssss.s
How Drunkards Arc Made.
The drinking habit 10 the great high.
way leading TO drunkenness and ali
Its brood OF evils. For this reason
above ell others. the custom 10 dagger.
ous. Out Of the constant drinkees|
IRE oil drunkacds made and ont oil
such only can dsunkarde Be- made.
Every true friend Of tempersnes
lNuse Upp6s0 she 6s1akieg ho4te. Tke|
Catholic Toeai Abetinenoo Union of
America would address the drinking
man or womsn thus: "However|
pious and pure aCd charitable and Hor. j
irving and patient you may b, know
'his-so long % you continue 70 drink
intoxicating liquors In moderation
v0u cot On example which will heIp 70
'end thoussnds OF souls auauslly TO
,ternai misery, not to speak OF the
wasting Of your own substance nor Of
III the temporal wretcbsduess, woe.
anguish, disgrsce and despair
which accompany the life and death
II drunksrd. and this IL true wheth.
'r you arc young or old, lettered or
lnlettsred. male - or female, in high
tstion or in low.
"You yourself may not be stiued q
'ncs By what you drink, but some
me lees strong, less wstchful, Iess
'usr led. less under Religions inilu.
nces, will try TO do what be ssw youII
10. and bic effort may result 10 his
aud eternal loss. Your ex.
mple will lsuuch him on . trou blsd
% IKE chip without anchor, rud.
er or compass. TO urge the drink (. 4
pg customs and to be content withll
dvisl0g moderation. % some do, 10 aIt
ule impracticable for general spplica-
on. This 10 proved BY the history L
Z intoxication and BY the heart. .rsnd. :
,g veil srising from the 1000, ,OOO|F
sves In our land to-day who have|a
scome drum kasds gradually and nm. c
,nsciously through the drin king bsb. ;
"A. w. Gutridge. President A vch. B
|ocesan Union. st. Paul. u
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The Moderate Drlnker. q
Note we'll your position. The die
ller, brewer, saloon keeper and all 2
bo fatteu on the liquor traffic ssy ito
. mark Of . man 20 drink and not q
u drunk. They profess 20 hste drunk.
mess and also drunkards. LlQuos'-
aAAsn.n~> a. 80 Ike