The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-19
FROM A MOTHERS POINT or VIEW.

Communicated.
There are three words that sweetly blend.
That on the heart are craven;
A precious, soothing balm they lend,
They're Mother, Home and Heaven"
Alas! But there is a hydra headed
monster that stalks abroad in our
land to-day, and he is sworn enc
my Of these three words OF charm. The
first he would degrade the second he
would blight and the last he would wipe |
forever from the hopes and memories of
men.
And this hungry beast is no other than
those harmless looking saloons that
stand unchallcnged in our midst. They |
mean no evil, they say, only 1--WE must
supply the want, as blind tigers will do
it," Trash and bosh Of an excuse! But
Tor my part, am not sure that poor
old much abused blind tiger is so much
worse than great big, strong licensed
tiger, who hath fine eyes with which to
see after his prey, And he may have
his eyes on some one very dear to you
| You are Christian mother and are
prophesying and praying for fine future
for your promising boy, and at the same
time there are gang of filthy fellows in
our city whose business it is to ruin pure
boys, and yours will not escape If they
can help It. While we talk OF the pros
perity of our children, they plan for the
| prosperity of their business, and the
continued prosperity Of their blood
thirsty business means the pitiful down
fall of our precious little ones. Not only
do they dare 10 set traps for our boys,
but our sweet girls are not beyond their
communicating touch Little Mary,
struck upon the spine by an angered
drunken father, lay dying surrounded
by group of Borrowing friends. A sa-
loon man came into the room and stood
gazing down upon her. Some one whis-
pered: at was the blow that killed
her" The dying child turned OH her
bed and pointing her tiny finger into the
liquor-seler' face said at was you
that did it; man, it was YOU" and ut
tering the words she died O, may every
mother and daughter in this town point
the finger of scorn and accusation at the
dcalers.out Of death and crime and
shame, until this iniquitous business
cannot stand before our rage.
know some one says: Don't he too
: enthusiastic The boys and girls must
: look out for themselves Then why
did God give them fathers and mothers'
OF course they must look out, but O, let
us help them shield their tender years.
y ster of shame and sin. Shall we cry tc
them: Look out" while the very
abomination Of iniquity stands at our
=, very doors to receive them
/. O, my sisters, we have rights and oui
children have rights, under God and the
Il State We are not slaves, we are CHI
' zens OF the greatest country on earth
Then shall the liquor traffic defy MS ant
r.. mock us and make sport OF MS and muir
il der our sons2 O, men OF Pennington
10 one whose heart has a cause 10 be sad
u humbly but earnestly plea Is with you
Will vile men never cease to break on
laws and defy the power OF our State
Our fathers were not afraid to die 70
their rights, and yous hould not he afrai,
Z to fight foi yours and ours.
u, "O,' says some one, "thc saloon
u have money, and they are not afraid Il
r spend it, ana they have influence, an,
they have people to work for them, are
J then they stand together" Then w
l. are bound, are we? And must we sub
~ NIT to their rule and domination? Will
we wait shall we grow stronger, and shall
" they grow weaker as they tighten thei
. chains about us? They may have golf
- Whom shall we fear? In a critical tim
Is some one said to Mr.. Lincoln: "I.et IL
u pray; let us get God on our side" MI
u Lincoln replied: "No use in wasting
time trying to get God on our side; tn
u thing to do is TO get on Gods side.
. And let our feeble hearts take courage
~ for we are on Gods side. But the
u stand together" Well, are not we til
u sons and daughters of the brave pioneer
! who fought and bled and died together
!. Our fathers blood christened this GU
u country, "the land of the free and tn
'" home OF the brave, aud shall their spiri
be forgotten among us' Nay, but vel
> stand together for right and united il
heart and purpose, we'll stand to
:. gcther forever!
~ Many are crying, peace, peace" bu
N there is no peace, and there ought no
" 10 be any peace, Does the whiskey Gle
= mcnt advance the cause OF peace1 Thei
y Office is to break law, their mission is I,
~ feed lust their desire is TO make sots
a their history is n catalogue Of bloodiest
blacklist crime, and in our own towi
without "excnse or provocation," the,
shed the blood of freeborn American
! citizen with a heartlessness that il
heathenish, and then bid us whispe
peace" But did the whiskey elemen
murder the young man? we ask. Ant
they cry mo" But a drunken man did
And the whiskey men brought the stuff