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From the Pennsylvania Temperance Advocate.
O ye, who hurl the fire-brand
That wrings the widow’s heart,
And with a high uplifted hand
Can act so base a part,
Beware, there is a God who spies
Your deeds and actions all—
A God who hears that widow’s cries,
And heeds that mother’s call.
O, ye who madly thinks and say
To drink is great and wise
Beware, there is a judgement day,
A God in yonder skies.
What wilt thou say when death draws nigh
And looks thee in the face;
When quickly to fly
The history of the past.
What wilt thou say jvhen yonder God
Shall take thy ioul away;
Shall lay thy body ’nealh the sod
Thy wicked deeds repay:
When tostfur swimming eye* appear
That host of wretched souls
Who by your means have gone to here
That word so big with woes.
Methinks that then you’ll shed the tears
Which You have caused to fall,
By those who’re gathered round the bier
That bears their hopes their all.
Then pause, be wise and ponder well
O, cease to hurl the dart,
For ifthfc drunkard sinks to hell
Then what will be your part'!
Then stay the arm uplifted high
This gentle warning hear
And haste to still the bitter sigh
And dry the gushing tear.
Come, come, and join the Temperance host
And wear our holy badge
And make this only thing your boast
. With rum a war I’ll wage.
Feb. 1843. C.
The Drunkard’s Invitation.
Come rest in this gutter, my comrade so dear,
Tho’ mine host kicks us out our home is still here.
Herea bed, free of pay, where we sleep sound
as logs
With none to disturb us, excepting the hogs.
0 what was mud made for if ’twas not to bed
Such boozers as we when we’ve drunk ourselves
dead.
I care not a button, tho’ others cry shame;
Their praises and censures to me arc the same.
I’ve often lain by thee when drunk as a sow,
And hope thou’lt be grateful and lie by me now;
And, despite of the hisses our steps that pursue,
W’ell rest in this gutter whenever we’re blue.
SELINSGROVE.
Signing the Pledge.
BV T. S. ARTHUR.
The time had gone on until nearly ten o’ clock,
and as the last speaker took his seat, Mr. Mitch
ell, the President, arose, and in a brief, but perti
nent address, urged those who had not yet done
\ so, to come forward and sign the Pledge. The
Secretary was then directed to read the Pledge,
which was done. After this, followed a scene
\ hard to be described.
V ‘ Come along,’ cried the President, as the Sec
retary resumed his seat. ‘ Who will sign first
<> night"? Ah! there he comes. The very man
"Ohom I have been waiting for thesetwo months.
Tint is right, friend L , I thought we should
gcrhold of the same end of tho rope again.
Man; a drinking frolic and fishing frolic have
we bt«\n on together, and now we strike hands
again’*, grasping the hand of the individual he
was adik-ssing, who had by this time reached
the SecreVry’s table —' and shoulder to shoul
der, hand t* hand, and heart to heart, we’ll wage
together a wnof extermination against old King
Alcohol and *ilhis emissaries!’
The man wlidhai! gone forward was one well
known in the community. He was an old drin
ker, and althoughhehad fromastrong resolution,
been able thus tar to \eep from sinking into a
low and abandoned sta*, yet his example and
. encouragement had been exceedingly pernicious,
and very many who had vommonced drinking
with him, had already becomvmere sots. For a
time he had sneered at the Vmpcrance move
ment. But he had now yieldea\> its imposing
chains.
1 You never did a better deed than* hat in your
life, friend L ,’the President said,>i a lively,
exulting tone, as the man rose from th= Secre
tary’s table.— 1 And who will come next"?
Come along, 1 heard a man say, in an under
tone, to a man near me and I turned to observe
him. He had a miserable looking creature,
bloated, disfigured, ragged, and filthy, bv the arm.
and was endeavoring to urge him to go up and
sign. But the drunkard hesitated, and held
back.
‘ Come, come! go up now! you will never re
pent it,’ urged the temperance man.
1 I don’t think it’s any use,’ the poor creature
said. ‘I am sure I can’t keep it.’
* Oh! yes you can! I know you can! There’s
old B , that drank harder than ever you did,
he signed last evening.’
‘ He did V in a tone of surprise.
1 Certainly he did, and so did Mr. B , who
had not drawn a sober breath in fifteen years.’
‘ Butthey can’t keep it, I know they can’t.’
‘ You do not know any such thing, I know
they can and will keep it. And there is Mr.
F , there you know what a sot he was 1
He signed two months ago. Look at him now.
He is Well dressed, looks cheerful, and has not a
carbuncle on his nose, that used to be as rough
as the old Liberty road, and as red as scarlet.
Now do come along and sign to-night!’
‘ If I thought—’
‘ Don’tthink any thing about it; go right up
and sign, and you are sale.’
And as he said this, he gave the drunkard’s
arm a slight pull, and he yielded and suffered
himself to be led up to the Secretary’s table,
when he sat down and signed.
‘ Now don’t you feel better T asked his perse
vering friend, as the two returned to their seat
near me.
‘Yes, Ido, a great deal better.’ Os course
and you are not sorry that you signed, I know.
Oh no! lam glad now, and 1 feel that 1 can keep
it. The smile that lit up his disfigured face, and
the air of confidence that he assumed, were in
deed pleasant to look upon.
Ten names already! the President now cried
out, loud and cheerfully; and the table crowded.
Come along! we have room for hundreds and
thousands; we will stay here all night, if you
will keep coming. For about a quarter of an
hour, this table wns crowded with men in all con
ditions in life, and of all grades in drunkenness,
from the moderate drinker of two or three glasses
a day, to the wretched inebriate whose intolera
ble thirst, forty or fifty drinks daily, could not
satiate. Sixty names! said the President, as the
space in front of the Secretary’s table became va
cant. We must have more than that number to
night. Yes, come along, my friend, and wc will
do thee good.
1 glanced as did many others, in the direction
his eye indicated, and then just within the door
stood a man who seemed half intoxicated. A
woman, evidently his wife, was holding on to his
arm, and apparently urging him to go forward
and sign the Pledge-still he hesitated, and she
urged with an earnestness that seemed all un
conscious of the presence of a crowd. There
was an immediate and profound silence through
out the room.
Do go John! I could hear the woman urging,
do go and we shall be so happy! Yes, John, conic
along! the President said, taking up the earnest
persuasion of iiis wife, come along my good man.
The poor wife, thus suddenly conscious that
all eyes were upon her, seemed painfully confus
ed, and shrunk into the shadow of the entrance
to the room. Her husband felt the general im
pulse, and started forward to the Secretary’s ta
ble. All was again hushed in profound silence.
As he took the pen in his hand, and commenced
writing his name, a sudden burst ofweeping, half
suppressed was heard distinctly in the door. 1
am sure there was not a dry eye in the house.
My own were running over with blinding tears
of joy. Who can tell, who can imagine, the
gladness ofthat poor wile’s heart, after the man
signed. Oh! John, bow happy I feel, I could
hear tire wife say, and they both disappeared to
gether. I can’t stand that, a man muttered in a
low but earnest voice, I must make my wife hap
py too. And he walked resolutely up to the table
and signed.
Come along! we arc waiting, again urged the
President. Don’t put it off a single day . Come
and make your wives happy as John did just now.
None of you like to see their laces clouded, and
yet how can sunshine rest there while you are
neglecting and abusing them. Come along, why
eighty signed at the last meeting, and here we
have only.sixty-two. Surely wcliave not got all
yet. Oh, no! 1 see two or three more that ought
to sign. So come along, my boys, if you want
excitement; come and get a little ol the toe-total
excitement. It makes one feel a thousand times
better than rum excitement, and produces no af
ter consequences, but good ones.
Ah! here, there comes another, and another.
You do not know how much good you may do by
coming forward. You influence one, and he
another, and he another, and they others, until
from the impulse given by a single individual,
hundreds are brought in. There were only six
at first, and now we have hundreds upon hun
dreds. Suppose them six had held back, where
would we have been! Come along, then, and do
your duty to yourselves and society. To this
about ten more responded.
The last one who signed, was like many who
had inscribed their names before him, poorly clad,
and miserable in appearance. He came up reluc
tantly, urged and argued with, at almost every
step of the way, by a person who seemed to take a
deep interest irr him.
You must sign, Thomas; I shall never give
you a moment’s rest until you sign, I heard him
say to the reluctant drunkard, who passed near
where 1 was sitting, I have helped to ruin you,
and I shall have no peace until you are reclaimed.
Let me have another week to think about it, Mr.
W . Another week! surely your poor wife
and children have suffered enough already ; think
of them and be a man.
This had the effect to cause him to move on
ward, but he paused again and again, at last,
however, the table was reached, the pen placed
in his hand, and his name inscribed.
How light was his step! how cheerful and res
olute his u; r , as he came down the isle 11 could
hardly realize that it was the same individual.
Aint youglad that you have done it, Thomas'?
his friend said, as he passed on. Indeed, I am!
but it was a hard struggle; I wanted to do it, and
yet it’s hard to give up the liquor; but it’s done
now, and I am glad enough.
Any more? the President asked. Yes, one
more, at least, said a man near the door, rising to
his feet. You have just got my last customer,
and now you might as well have me. I have sold
liquor for fifteen years, but you temperance folks
have broken me up, and now 1 am forced to some
better, and honeater mode of life. And he walk
ed up to the table and signed the Pledge.
A few remarks were made by the President,
and then the meeting broke up. And 1 return
ed home.
How many a heart has been made glad to- j
night, I said, as 1 threw myself on my bed, and !
lay musing over the wonderful things I had seen,
for hours before my senses were locked in sleep.
Death ofDr. John Scuduer, the Oculist,
The decease of this celebrated man has pass
ed without a word of comment from the press.
He expired at the Alms House in this city. Os
his history or his talents, his eccentric character
and perverted and ruined intellect, I will not
speak, they are too well known to bear repetition
now. His death in abjectncss, destitution and
poverty, teaches a great lesson to us all. Pos
sessed of a mind of great powers, original in its
perceptions, and able by its single and unassis
ted effort to grasp any science and grapple giant
like with any theory, the dawn of his earthly ca
reer broke in unclouded brilliance, and lor a
time the sun of prosperity shone in noon-day
splendor upon his pathway along the highway of
life.
The evil s[iirit(RUM!)took a hold of his great
spirit, which not even its giant strength enabled
him, hard and often as he struggled, to shake oil'.
He went from one depth to another, until at
length ruined, broken in strength of mind and
body, but a shadow of his former self, he went to
the Alms House to lie down and die. Death
came suddenly, but not unexpectedly upon him.
He knew his hour was at hand, and culling the
attendants, and such friendsas were with him at
the trying moment, about his bed side he told
them he forgave every'man on earth if they had
offended him or done him any injury, and ad
monished them with a fervor and eloquence such
as they had never before listened to, to beware of
the rock on which he had split. Then turning
his face to the wall, he addressed himself to his
Maker in prayer and supplication, clothing his
thoughts in such language as l never before
heard fall from the lips ofmortal man. He scent
ed to be talking face to face with his God. The
scene was morally sublime and awful. The
prayer ceased—his lips no longer moved —he
sank down in the bed—hi* head dropped one
side—he was dead !—Epitath
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Oil, TOTAL ABSTINENCE ADVOCATE,
Devoted to the Cause of Temperance,—published
semi- monthly, in the City of Augusta,
BY JAMES McCAFFERTY.
The determination our citizens have evinced,
to drive the Destroy er from the land, has awakened the
most intem]ierate to a sense of duty. This should he
hailed as an omen and harbinger of good. The spirit
of Reformation is awakened throughout the lenglli and
breadth of our country—the Temperance Cuuse is
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but come boldly to the rescue, and with united heart
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“Whatever other agencies may be used, the Cause
must languish without publications to diffuse informa
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