The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-21

the 4 ImOSt Fatat NISnJ III DaihauA
The Awful DelusiOus that Fitted
through His Fevered Brain-His At
tack upon Mr.. Cobb and the Carpen~
ter and His Attempt at Suicide.
GREENSBORO, n. c., Sept. 20.
TO the Editor of the News and Observer:
In LAS you like it" you will
find the bard of Avon, although
bibulous in his habits and a Totary of
Bacchusa himself, eXclaiming, sit Is
strange that men will put an enemy IN
their mouths to steal away their brains"
and Adam a character in the same i'm
mortal creation, proudly in his old age
proclaims, "My age is as lusty winter,
frosty but kindly, for in my youth /
never did apply hot and rebellious liqu-
ors in my blood" Truly it Is one of the
paradoxes Of life that any sane person
would wilfully embitter the past, and
ieopardize the future by sensual
indulgence in the present. Alas, alas,
it is only too true, and while Sha-k
speare was not strictly accurate in
declaring that justice had fled to
british beasts, he was correct in his as
sertion ''that men had lost their reason"
Byron, of whom Tame said, Thus lived
and died this great and unhappy man;
the malady of his age had no more dis
tinguished prey" III maudlin condition
declared that the best Of life was but
intoxication and that man being reason
able must get drunk; and not satisfied
in classifying a true proposition, that re-
at AZ 10
breaks out in ecstatic rapture, mounts
Pegasus and with brain reeling, per
verted and polluted after a midnight
carnival of vice and Vicious pleasure,
which are like Dead Sea apples, he says:
"Flll the goblet again, for never before
felt the glow that now eladdens my
heart to its core. Let us drink; who would
not, since through life's varied round, in
the goblet alone, no deception is found
This tribute TO the most fendish, cruel
and unrelentipg enemy of the human
family, emauating from Lord Byron,
whose daligh ful melody makes every
chord of the heart vibrate in unison with
his own, sounds pretty and robs vice of
its disgusting sembiance, shape and
form The youth of orr country forget,
in their rapture of admiration for his I'M
disputed genius, that he was not safe
guide; that he was gay Lothario, lib
ertine, and that fathers were seen leav-
ing public receptions in Italy, with their
daughters, when he was present They
regarded him as social leper. Go to
the Book of Books, and be Intercepted.
f'Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow
Who hath wounds without cause Who
hath redness Of eyes He that tarrieth
long at the wine cup. Look not upon
the wine when it is red, when it moveth
itself Alright, for at last it biteth like a
serpent and stingeth like an adder. Oh
had | the power | would burn this awful
warning into the heart and mind of
every young man in the land, for sor-
row degradation, despair and death
follow the violation of moral and physi-
cal laws as the night the day Five
hundred thousand drunkards are mar
ching to the grave, the jails and poor
houses to-day. Most of them will reach
their destination. Where are the re-
cruits to come from? Father: Mother,
is it your boy, who is now genteel tip
pler2 Oh no, he viii never drink, he
is strong. So was Samson but he became
weak
was strong but temptation
was stronger. For eight years
/ fought the demon of intemperance. /
Joined the church and surrounded my
self with all the influences that pointed
TO higher and nobler life. In an IN
guarded moment took a quarter grain
OF morphine for laryngitis. | almost
cried Eureka - | had found the elixir
OF life, but Isoon discovered in its potent
power concealed hell. Before | was
aware Of its insidious effect | was a vic
tim, tied hand and foot-an habitue,
struggling for release, when bound wi b
cables If cried out in the night, the
echo of ny voice sounded like the hiss
ing Of fends in hell. Shut or open my
eyes, those demons of despair and lost
souls we're there, shaking their CORY
locks a. me. / could see ia form, as
palpable as my OVID, the grinning skull
and eyeless holes, but | struggled on.
went to Durham on the 14th OF August.
For several days under the g0ad Of
whiskey and morphine I did business,
but the abuse of myself several months
with the present quantity of whiskey
and narcotics rapidly drove me on and
on to the climax.
"Canst not minister to a mind diseased
Or pluck from the memorya rooted sorrow
The State papers have had great deal
TO -ay about my performance at Durham
on the 7th inst For warning to other
yolng men who are singly addicted or
doDby addicted regard it duty / owe
them to describe my thrilling expert
ence an experience ! would not pass
through again for the wealth Of the
Indies, but one which any man might 20
through at any time who uses morphine
or whiskey
Although stopping at the Carolina
Hose, wa se table vas laden with every
thlag calculated 10 tempt the appetite ]
ccu.a aag nothing. For ten days | had
rc' ono the table. had used nor
pa.-a key and ahsinlhe [ had 10
ptes4 On Of delirlum. AT IL nj on
H.. s ,em3mbor pleasant CONVERSE
fi1a @,.a Gen. Cameron and sapt Y.
W u4fsy, of Ra.eigh. Toey went
east y7d I saked down 10 bar room
T.,