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a terrible grief and a most terrible
remorse. There was a tremor in
bis voice as he began to speak, and
his hands shook as if he felt deeply
cm harassed, but he soon- command­
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his feelings and commenced his
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story without preface or explana­
July 4th, the following resolutions the poisonous effects of cigarettes
were presented by J. <>. Bozorth, is fully confirmed by the leading
tion.*
“ Must of yon will think it is an
and unanimously adopted :
physicians of the country. Their
old man talking to you, but I am
W hereas , By the grace of God, uniform testimony is, that diseases
the temperance people were enabled of the lungs umb-of the heart are A'Leaf From a Heart History. notrold in years; it is the sin and
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to achieve a great victory in the the almost sure result of smoking
The temperance meeting was grief in the warp and woof of my
State- of Io wa on the 27 th t> F-Jtme and that the brain is weakened, held "Tn the village church, and as life, which have bowedinydorm-and
last by carrying -the Prohibition and themervous system shattered, the clear, sweet bell pealed out, wrinkled my face and burdened my
Amendment to the State, constitu­ and the general health undeter­ swelled and rolled like ocean-waves hqart. 1 anr only forty-five.” <
tion by the .great ’ antF decisive mined by it, to an extent that is up<^c the trembling air, it reached
Only forty-five! A surprised
majority of twenty-nine thousa^i, little imagined^ ,Wliyn_will our the cars of a man walking slowly ____
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horrified
look crept, _______
over __ __ the
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therefore be it
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young men learn .that for wrong /and wearily along the river-bank. fact s of tlry listeners.
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- Resolved, That we heartily con- indulgences in early life they have* Ff The
“ 1 had a home which was a her­
ringing bell seemed to de-
gratulate oyr noble brothers and to pay terrible penalties in later privé him of strength, and he sat itable Elen ; it was sweet with the
sisters of Iowa, and (lie brotherhood years, if the penalty of depth docs down beside a huge willow homing perfume of flowers ^and beautiful
• everywhere, upon this great victory not cut them- downbefore they over tiie bank. He leaned against with the’ quivyring sunlight creep­
.over our common enemy —King reach such years '— E.r.
its brown, trunk, and memor ies of ing in the w imlows, and peaceful
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bvgonc <lavs clustered about, him and southing, with its strains of
An Old Pledge.
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That we sincerely thank
Ah wlial a Wonderful ,
rt mti l , l i k e showoi n^g-rain,- t lm .U ar^ uru^ic.
all who were instrumental in bring­ .*• Following is A verbatim copy of drops rolled-down) his -fimuwcd voice my wife bad my lovely,
ing about this great result,, and one of the first temperance pledges 1 cheeks. But us the muon arose, ami beautiful wife; and Elsie. o»ir darl-
especially do we feel that thanks
H ts peaceful buam s fo ll i q a »n b i u r, he rng.littlc daughter, had a voice just
are due from us, ai)d from all who State of prohibition :
arose and started churchward, lie like her mother. Uhjjl knows that---
- sympathize with our cause, to Gov.
“ Phipsburg, February, 1882. We crossed the old stone threshold, and I loved both wile and daughter,
John P St. John; John B. Finch, the subscribers to this paper, know­ I sat down upon a back scat inaiist- but notwithstanding drat, fact, Ire-
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The Woman’s < ‘liristian Temper­ ing of the evils that do daily arise ■ cuing attitude.. -
lore Elsie m sixth year a*serpent
ance Union, and to all persons, and in consequence of the-generality of
The speaker^proved to be inter­ ci;cpt into ourEdcn, and' was wind­
organizations, who, by their per­ our Citizens making frequent use of esting and eloquent. Afterward ing his hideous coil about me. As
severing and untiring efforts in the liquors, do consent and agree each
tliere vvci a liimns sung and kimlly tlai days rolled by, 1 loved my glass,
held, contribiUed so much toward one for himself that wc will not invitations given to join the’teip more and more, until. Elsie readied
the great result.
take or use any strong liquors perahce brotherhood, bift the re­ lier ninth birthday. 1 shall never .. . ‘ «
Resolved, Thht a copy of these knowingly, such as Rum, Brandy. sponses came feebly ; there were forget that day. I returned from
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resolutions be furnished each, to the Gin, either mixt or unmix-t, except
only thirteen names enrolled thus my place of business early in honor
Rescue and the Temperance Herald for a medicine, for the term of .far that evening.
of the day. The afternoon sun was
for publication, and that a copy be time hereby annexed to each of
Bitt the speaker was Jn earnest. still shining brightly and the bobo­
suitably engrossed and forwarded our names, and that we will threw
IIc honestly said that, although he links were darting here and there
to the governor elect of Iowa.
divine assistance fulfill our
■■ ■? present bail never been a dr inker, and so in the grass. The house was in
engagements;
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7 and also ‘in some had no experience personally in gala attire. Even the banisters
A Bill to Make Idiots.
measure will try to influence others that way, there probably wera sonie were wound with smilax and fra­
The New York Herald says: to take up with the same resolu­ in the audience who cutild relate grant rosebues. The servant who
• “ Delegate Post, of Wyoming Ter­ tions. (Signed) James Bowker, I chapters from their own lives which stoed in the hall said my wife was
ritory, has introduced into (Con­ for the term of one », year A Samuel would both interest the hearers as dressing, and that Elsie was danc­
gress a bill which, it is to be hoped, Small. Jr., 2 yem'-
well as influence their hearts, in the ing somewhere about the houses
‘Dear cliiid,' 1 said fondly, as I
will not be passed. It is called
l ight direction.
Prohibition
Does
Prohibit.
* A bill to reduce the internal"
' Will any tmeeome furwartl and went upstairs to brush up a little
revenue tax on cigarettes,' but a
..Rev.. Dr: Cyrus H. llamlin, the. speak a few words of warning or before meeting my family. But I
more appropriate title would be. wcllknown missionary in Turkey; of cheer ? ? ” ” was the question then stopped a moment Tn a little room
at the head of the haP. There was
' Bill to make lunatics and idiots, in a letter to the Southern Rrfrby asked.
and fot other purposes,’ the ‘ other terian Review, sneaking of the ., Nd\qnc spoke; indeed, no one \ something very enticing concealed
purposes’ being to fill up the* „workings of the prohibitory law in seemed to irokc for home time af­ | in the pretty rosewood cabinet
cemeteries and make millionaires Maine, says: " Wc have passed terward. The’ lull was becoming hanging on the wall. I un'oeked
of the undertakers! Mr. l’ost,” through the whole length of the oppressive, when suddenly, by it cautiously, as was my custom,
the Herald continues, “must be an State from New Hampshire to New some inesistiblc power, the stran­ and took a drink. After taking it
enemy of the human race. Ho Brunswick, and have conversed ge) whom I have mentioned arosé, 1 rested a moment or so in the great
could not, if he tried, hit upon a with 44’cry class, and we can bear' and walked slowly up the isle. AH easy-chair by the window, thinking
more certain method of killing off the most decided testimony that eyes were timid toward him, »al­ meanwhile that it was good, very
a large portion of the rising genera the 'Maine law is nut only a great though he looked at no one, but good. I prepared some more, this
tion, and of making idiots of the success, but it is most firmly estab­ with eyes bent floorw'ard he pressed time putting the bottle with its gilt­
one that is to follow' it. The lished in the hearts of an immense toward the speaker.
glass lable ‘ Brandy ’ upon the little
cigarette annually kills thousands majority of the people. This is
Reaching the plulfopujn.front of table. I did not sit down, but
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of children ami young men ; those further- proved by the fact that al- the pulpit, he turned to frffththe au­ stood in the llowcr-wieathcd door-
whom it does not destroy physical­ niosL.cv.ery year increases its effi­ dience and laised his eyes deep way which led out in to-a charming
ly, it ruins .mentally^ The tax on ciency. Its tfeak points are from , eyes in which one could see lurking i little balcony which encircled two
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it should be increased, not’reduced
It would be well to place it so high
as to put thosè poisonous packages
Resolutions.
beyond the reach of the smftH l»oy*
At the open temperance meeting So far speaks the New -Ybrk
Temperance Department.
time to time strengthened, objec­
tionable points are modified, but no
one attempts to relax it; no one
dares assail it The excellence of
the Maine htw, however, i* in exo-
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sustain - it;
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They have considered well the
evils of intemperance, and have de­
cided to do away with them.
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