BY FREDIi 13AKER.
WEEItEr,
11 ONE DOLLAR AND A HALF A YEAR,
PAY /IDLE IN ADVANO.
Ojice " LINDITAT'S BUILDING," second
flor . on Elbow Lane, between the Post
office Corner and Ront-St., Marietta.
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
,tevartrisirm : One scps.sta (10
lig', or 160)76 cents for the : first ingestion and
One Dollar and-a-hell for 9 insertions. .17ro
inaonal and Businesscar de, of six liar ast less
8.5 per annum. Notices iu the reading col-
On cents a-iine. Alarriageland Deaths,
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goal deduction made to yearly sird:half
relf,y advertisers.
Having just added a " NEWBDRY Maori
:AlX JOWL Paolo," together with a large
',garment of new Job and - Card typo, Cuts,
tigers, &c., to the Job Office' of f' THE
MARIMIAN," which will insure the f oe and
6 083 y execution of all kinds of Jon' & CARD
pitisrtsa, from the smallest Card to the
worst Potrce, at reasonable prices.
Dle Reading & Columbia Railroad.
rpRAINS of this road run by Reading Rail
Road time, which is ten minutes faster
Oan that of Pennsylvania Railroad.
On end after Wednesday, May 23d, 1866,
'minor tHie rend will run as follows :
sr:AIM ER ARRANGEMENT.
WILL LEAVE COLUVIIIA AT
615 e. 0., and arrive at Reading 10:15 a: in.
ate a. tt " 12;15 noon.
145 p. en., )7 )2 6:55 p. m.
LEAVE READING AT
6.451. tn., and arrive at Columbia 9:05 a. ,m.
l'iilla seen, 31 " 2:lb p. in.
f.:!: , p. in., 1, ', 8:25 p. ra.
Me 9 15 O. m. train from Columbia makes
,:.6p; reaneetiao with express trains at Read
r•; f:;! . New York, striving there at 3.40 O. m.
wii Philadelphia 1.00 p. in. ; also for Putts
t i , : ad the Lebanon Valley.
Pnssengrro leaving New York at 7.00 a. Tri
m l'l,!:ifr:phin at 8.00 a. tn. connect with
.escimr Beading at 12.05 noon for Co-
Milli!, York, and Northern Celitral R. R.
'acumen Mirela sold on all regular trains
U,lrtier of 2.5 or more, to and from all points.
Apply to Gen. Ticket Agt.
f Through tickets to New-York, Plata
pl?hia and Lanimster sold at principal ata
;4l4, and Buggftg2 checked through. Freight
t4med with the utmost ptompluess and dis
patch, at the lowest rates. Further informa
w;; utak! to Freight or passage ; may
üblan (-.1 from the Agents of the Compft.•
GM F GAo c, Superintendent.
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lILLcox & GIBBS
}6 44 ,1_ , " iT Notsrvess
./Laclui ie.
The most simplo, complete and easily man-
Sraing 111aelnue now in use. it does
very drscriplion of work—never stops at or
to be helped over seams, but does all
ii . wark rapidly' and well. The needle re
es as adjustment—you cannot got it in
w:)lig—it makes any width of hem you wish
•-,:,t3 braiding beautifully. The Braider is
or every machine and, past of; it,
lid is siwaya adjusted, never gets out of place.
Csll and oXatiline them before purchasing
utant, at
FL L. & E. J. ZAHAPS.
CD;:c: N., 21 Quc,./ street and Centre Square,
Safe Agents for Lancaster County.
Issc.ster, Feb/nary 17, 1566.-tf.
11. L. 6 , E. J. zAmir,
,feettELeits,
Va,ji, Corner of North Queen-SC.&
out Centre .Rquare, Lancaster; Pa.
are prepared to sell Atheiican and
„ hari,a Watches at the lowest cash rates!.
Kt pli directly from the 'waters and Alan ! ,
!iainurers, and can, and do sell Watches as
!'!'," a 5 tiny can he bought in Philadelphia , or,
dm Vora,
tine mock of..";locks Jewelry, Spectacles,
'!'"r and Silver-plated ware constantly on
"Rd. Ercry article fairly represented.
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orth Queen Street and Centre•Square r
LANCASTER, PA..
l'Orsary 17, 1866,4 f.
First National Bank of Igarietta.
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U R. J. Z. HOFFER,
DENTIST,
Or THE H ALTING RE CoLLice.
lANTAL SURGERY,
OF EIARRISBU 11(4.
) Fl C E:—Front . street, next door to R.
• Williams' Drug Store, between - Locust
40 Walnut streets, Columbia..
DANIEL G. BAKER,.
ATTORNEY AT! LAjWi - -
LANCASTER. prA.
Oppi rr
vw- :—No. 24 •NORTIL DUILEST!CEET
Nr;ilfLe the e Court Houle, where •ite,.wlll
v pratice of Ids protession•itisll
'rzolla branches.
D R. WM. B. FARNESTOCX;
NLAIILT °MUTE
m pangler & Patterson4,lstorth
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FROX TO 8A• M.
OFTICE YOURS.> , 1 TO 2.
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• efUl TING,Ith nefitiless lira dispatch at Vbe
t town.
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The_ sun had put his night cap on,
And cover'a o'er his head,
When countl i iss stars appear'd amid
'the cures(( round his 'bed.
" —** *rtie'tilociii arise, tr.ost motherly,
To take a quiet peep
liovk ell the etars behaved while , he
Iret govatign was asleep.
She aa* thetu.tvlnk theliailvery. eyes,-
rogbish play.;
Though silent - to all, to her ihey seemed
Ai if they'd•ranch to lay.
So, lest they're frolic should disturb
The sleeping king of light,
She rose so high thathermild eye
Could,keep them alltn eight,
The stars, ab:ashed, stole softly back,
And looked demure and prim;
Until the moon began to nod,
Her eyes becoming dim.
Then' sleepily she sought her home,
That's somewhere—who k vows where t
But as she went, the playful stare
Commenced their twinkling glare.
AncLwhen the Moon was fairly- gone,
The-imps with silvery eyes
Had so much fun it woke the sun,
, And he tlegan *0 rise.
He rose in glory I—from his eyes -
Sprang forth a newborn day;
befOre whose brighthess all the stars
Ran hastily away.
A Beautiful Sentiment
If men were wise in little things,
Affecting less in all their dealings,
If hearts hid fewer rusted strings
To isolate their kindly feelings;
It men, when wrong beats down •the right,
Would strike together and restore it,
If right made might
•In every fight,
The world would be the better for it.!'
Story iirith-a
A young man paying special attention
to a young lady, met with the following
incident during one of his - visits :
Being invited into the-parlor to await
the lady's appearance, he entertained
himself as best he mi ; ht for some time,
and was becoming very weary, when a
little girl about five years old slipped in
and began to converse with him.
" I can always tell," said she, " when
you are coming to our house."
You can," be, replied, ".and how do
you tell it ?"
" Why, when you are going-to be here
sister begins to sing and get good, she
gives me cake and pie, and anything I
want, and she sings so sweetly when you
are here, and when I speak to her she
smiles so pleasantly. I wish you would
stay here all the while, then I would
have a good time. But when you go off
sister is not good, She gets mad, and
if I ask her anything, she slaps and
bangs me Eitiout."
This was a poser for the young man.
-"Tools-anI children tell the truth,"
tiubted he, and taking his hat, he left
and returned no more.
Mosat..--,Parents wishing their ill
natured- daughters married, should keep
their small children out of the parlor
when strangers are there. -
Otte of Genii's Stbries
At a political meeting the speaker
aud.audience were very much disturbed
by a man who constantly called for Mr.
Henry. Whenever a new speaker came
on, this man hawled out, " Mr. Henry 1
Henry ! Henry 1 I call for Mr. Henry 1"
After Several inierrulitions of this
kind at each speech, a young man ascen
ded the platform, and was soon airing
his eloquence in a magnilopent style,
striking out powerfully in his gestures,
when the• - old cry' was hiard for Mr.
Henry:
Putting his hand to his mouth like a
speaking trumpet, this, man bawled out
at the top of his voice, "'Mr. Henry!
Henry 1 Henry 1 I call for Mr. Henry
to make a speech !"
The chairman now rose,: and remarked
that it would oblige the audience if "the
_
gentleman would refrain from any forth ,
er calling-for Mr. ‘ l3enry, as that'gentle
man was now speaking.
"Is that . Mr. Henry ? said the dis
turber of the meeting. " Thunder! that
can't he WT. Henry . ' Why, that's the
littleocuss,thatiold•me to holier !"
Mr. Gough adds that, in telling this
'story to a &an who could neverbwmade
to see the " point" of the joke, after
studying for some minutes the man ask
ed him, "*ell, Mr. Gough, what did he
tell him' to holler' Tor 7"
irar BOIS," acid a young fellow at, a
fancy fair, "you are missing all tl
84111800 tbia side,!! " Never-mind,-139T1 4 --
retorted - Rob. "Tel' aigStiornlT
inbeee-of-;.be•etber:"
guVt g enVent Vonsgibanjzt Nitnat fet IV Nutt 'Circle.
MARIETTA, PA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER, 1, 1866.
My Fare.— ' ACabmares Story.
Don't you make a . mistake now and
think I'm not' a 'working man, because I
am. - -DOn't'you-run away with the idea
that because - 4 - ga if a Moruieg
my horse and cab waiting ready, cleiined
for ,me,..and' Ijumps in. and drives off, as
don't work hard as any mechanic,
becausei and.l used to work hard
er for it was Sunday and.week days, till'
the missus and me laid our heads togeth
er and said, if we couldn't live at six
day'S work a week at cabhing we'd try
something else; so now I'm only a six
days' man—Hansom cab, V. It, licensed
to carry two persons.
None o' your poor, broken kneed,
knackers for me. I takes my money into
the governor regular, and told him 'flat
that if I couldn't have a decent horse I
wouldn't drive ; and I spoke a bit sharp,
having worked for him ten years.
" Take yerohiee, Steve Wilkins," he
says and I took it, and drives Bongo.
roo, the wall eyed horse, with
,a rat tail.
1 had a call one day off the stand by
the Fondling, and has to go into New
Ormond street close by; and I takes up
an old widow lady and her daughter, as
beautiful a girl of seventeen or eighteen
as ever I set my eyes on, but so weak I
had to go and help her down to the cab,
when she thanked me so sweetly I
couldn't help looking up again and
again, for it,was a thing I wasn't used
to.7'
" Drive out towards the. country, cab
man, the nearest way," says- the . old
lady ; and when we want to turn back,
I'll speak."
" Pdor gal I" says I, " she's an invalid.
She'sjust such a one as my Fan would
have beep if she'd lived ;" and I says
this -to myself as I gets on to my box,
feeling quite soft; for though I knew
•
my gal wouldn't have been landeninei
what did that matter ? I didn't like to
loge her.
" Let's see," - I says again, "she wants
fresh air. We'll go up the hill, and
through Hampstead ;" and I touched
kangaroo on the flank, and away we
goes, and I picks out all the nicest.bita
I could, and when I comes across a.
pretty bit of view I pulls up, and per
tends as there's a strap wanted tighten
ing, or a hoof picking, or a fresh knot at
the end of ‘1..14e whip, and so on. Then I
goes pretty:iluickly along the streety
bits, and walks very slowly among -the
green lanes ; and so we goes on for a
good hour, when OA old lady pushes the
lid open with her parasol, and tells me
to turn
"All right, mum,". I says, and .takes
'em bach another way, alters following
the same plan, and at last pulls up at
the house where I supposed they were
lodgers, fOr that's a rare place 'for lodg
ing about here.
I has the young lady leaning, on my
arm when she gets out; when she was
at the door she says, "Thank you"
again, so sweetly and sadly it almost up
set me. But the old lady directly after
asks me the fare, and I tells her, and she
gives me a. sixpence too much, and
though I wanted to pocket it, I wouldn't
but hands it back.
"Thank you,, cabman," she' says,
" that's for being so kind and attentive
to my poor child."
"God bless her, mum," says I; "I
don't want paying for that."
Then she smiles - quits pleasant, and
asks me if it would be worth my while
to call'the next afternoon if it was fine,
and I says'it would ; and next day, just
in the seine way, I goes right off past
Primrose Hill, and; seeing as what they
wanted was the fresh air, I makes the
best of• my way right out, and then,
when we were amongst the green trees,
Kangaroo and me takes it easy and just
saunters along. Goinw tip hill L walks
by his head, and picks at' the hedges,
while them two, seeingas Ltook no no-
tice of them, got to, taking no notice- of
me, I mean, you know, treated me as if
we was old friends, and asked questions
about the-different , places- we passed,
and so on
Bimeby: I drifts' 'em back, and the
old lady again wanted. to giva'ine' some
thing- extra-for. what she called' my kind
consideration, Mit, "NO, Ste I'
says to.niestilf; ""if yon can't 'de a bit of
kindness without being paid . for it, you'd
better put up the shutters, and take
same other trade." . 8o I.wouldn't have
it, and the old ladpthought :Imes offen
ded, but IJanghed, • and tokd .as • the
young Jady,had < paid me.;-,and -so she
had with one of her smiles, , and I. said
I'd be there again next day if it.wasane
And sa and.eo went-on, day
:aftsi.dityP and-Weeks after -viiek 'aniP I
Oec/direalhirt then& the algit'orqhtv
country and the fresh air brightened, the
poor girl rip a bit, ydt, she -vies getting
Bleaker and weaker;-s0 that at hist I hplf
Carried her to the ekb, - and" back again,
Eatel• the ride. . On r e day while 'was
llie' - 'krtab't, tells me thiy
' wouldn't stay iii Warn, only On account
of a great doctor; as . they went to Bee
at first, but who came tp , seethorn co* ;
and last of all,-wben I went to the home's
I used always to be in a fidget, for, fear
the poor girl would be too ill to come
,out. But no; month 'after month - Bhp
.kep' on; and when • I helped boil, she
used to sinile so sweetly, and talk so
-about the trouble she gave me, that one
day, feeling a bit low, I turned quite
Billy, and happening to, look at her moth
er, standing:, there with tears in her eyes
I had to hurry her in, and get up on to
lily seat as quick as I could, to keep
from breaking down myself.
1 5 ,00 r girl i always so loving and kind
to all, about her—always thanking - one
so sweetly and looking all the while - no
much like. what-one would think an an
gel would look, it did seem Bo pitiful to
Bee her get lighter and lighter, week by
week—so feeble that at last 1 used to go
up stairs to fetch her, and always car
ried her down like a child.
Then she used to laugh and say,
?Don't let me fall, Stepben'"--,for they
got to call me by my name, and to know
the missal by her coming in to help: a
bit; for the .old lady asked me to recom
mend 'em - an honest woman, and I know
ed none honester than my wife. 'And
so it was - with fiverytibdy—it didn't mat
ter who it was—they all loved that poor
girl, and I've had the wife comn tome
and sit and , talk about her, and Fanny as
died, till she's been upset, she cried so
terribly. .
AutumnAame in werry wet and cold,
and-an end-to my jobs there. :Winter
was werry seveie, but I kept-on hearing
from the Minus haw the' poor girl Was
sometimes better, sometimes worse—and
the miens always shook her head Werri
sadly when she talked about her.
_ January and February went , by terri
bly,cold, and then March came ,in quite
warm and.fine, so that things got sO for
rard you could buy radishes wonderfully
cheap in April ; and one night the wife
tells me that if it was as fine next day
as it had been, I was to call and take
the old lady and ber daughter out.
Next day was splendid.. It was as fine
tisfiring day"as ever I did see, and _.I
stiske a daffydowndilly in on each side
of Kangaroo's head, and spends two
pence in a Couple-o' bunches-o' willets;
awl-pins 'em in on Abe- Bide' Where the
poor girl used'to sit, _puts , clean' i3traw - in .
the boots, and then drives' to the' place
with the top lid open, so as to sweeten
the inside, because swell had been spank
ing there that morning. ,
"Jest run your sponge, and leather
over-the apron a bit, Buddy," I says to
our waterman afore I left the stand.
"Got a wedding on?" he says, seeing
how pertickler I was.
"There, look 'alive !" I says, quite
snappish, for I didn't feel in humor to
joke ; and then when I'd got all, as
thought right, .I drives up, keeping' the
lidlopen, as I said afore.
When 1 draws up, Itputs the'nosebag
on the old horse, for him to amuse him
self with; and so awl could -leave him,
for he wouldn't stir an inch with that'
bag on to please all the pleacemen in
London. Then I rings and waits, and
at last gets my orders to' go and help
the young ladY
I takes off my hat, wipes my, shoes
well, and goes - up, and there she was
waiting, and smiled so pleasantly again,
and held out her band tome as though
I'd been a friend-instead of a rough,
weather battered' street cabman. And
do you know what I did, as I went in
there, with . my. eyes .all dim at seeing
her so changed?. Why, I felt= as , if I
ought to do it, , and knelt down and
took her beautiful white hand in mine,
and.hissed it, and left a big tear on it,
for. something seemed to say so plainly
that she'd soon be where I hoped my
own poor girl was, whom I always say
we bat; but my wife says; "No; not lost
for ehe'is mire' still."
She was so light now' that I carried'
her down in a niibotel and when she
wasin , the cab and- saw the willetp,' she
took:om down ! held•;!ern.in her hand, and
nodded And smiled.at =me, as though-shat
thanked me for .
I `V"
0 th e same way as yon, wen e:
first time, Stephen," she said
And I pushed -over the quieter bits
attNook , her= ont i 3 titiyond'l;feinpstinia
anit:thbrel inaliti!giefeniuctusind'piettiebt'
spot I. 2 6otildk fibe,": atill
there, listenibiefolt,lieNiffwlo4iirine'
her voice,- and- leitivereeuttiveneS. tbsiflt
mae!forithe -lasir time
After 6.bit I goes gently on again,:all
I .mctre and :more towarsds' the country,
whera.ther hedges were turning- so bstin-
Irtiful and grehn,„anthall looked do bright
r and-gay. • • - • •
Bimeby I stops again,l6t there wa's 'a !
pretty view, and you could see !rifles
.away. Of course I didol look- at' thein
- could' help it; for the 'reel Secret of
people-enjoying a -ride is 'being
driver who seense no' more' tb - r'sin the:n ,
the horse—a mad, you see; Who knows
his place. But couldn't ',help Jest
stealing one or two look at the inSide
where that poor girl- lay-back in the cor
ner,- looking out at the springtime, and
holding them two bunched rot wilets to
her'face. I was walking' backwards and
forwards then, patting the , horse and
straightening his harness, when I kiln
datdhes the ,old' lady's.eyd,' and saw 'she
loohed :rather frightened , and she leans
over to her daughter and calls her by
name quickly; but - the poor girl did-not
move, only stared Straight > out 'at the
blue sky, and smiled so softly-and sereet
ly.
I didn't want do telling whet to do,
for I was in my seat and the old . horse
flying almost before you could
counted ten ; and away we went, at full
pace, till I came up to the doctor's ;
dragged at tbe bell, and. had him up to
the cab in no time ; and then- he rode
on the foot board 'of the cab, in front of
the apron, with the blind let down, and
he whispered, to drive back Softly, and
The old !nay haelcidged with hi ever
since, for I took a better pines on pnr
pose, and my missts alWays attends on
her. She's very fond o' talking with My
wife about. their two girls who havegonn
before ; but though' I often , aktPh - er. for
a drive over the. old - spote, , never
says a word to- me.: about such things,
but soon' after thelunieal She tol& Seth
tn , tell me as the wilets were not talien
from the poor girl's. hrind, and. sent me' el
note to buy a.shit of mourning: .
Of`course I couldn't' wear that every
day, but. there wastm bit 0' ..- rustierape
on my old shin mit .not such': "a .
*err*
long time ago; and I never Guy ivileti
now, for as they lie in' the baiikete in .
sprisg.tiroe. sprinkled with the drops o'
bright Water, they - seem to me - toliave`
teats upon 'ern, and makes me "feel 84d 1
and upset; for' they start' old memories
afresh.
A One-Horse•Novel.
started and
turned her tearldrenched eyes wildly
upon the simeher,lo'r'th her there Seem
ed soatithing familiar in thoselow r rich
tones. Their eyes met; his beaming
with love and tenderness—hers gleam
ing with wild uncertainty.
" Violetta!"
"Allendorf!"
The girl `sank fkom etchsi - of joy upon
his noble heart, throbbing with phre,
holy, delicious love of other days.
AllendOrf bent tenderly' over her, and
bathed her pure white temples with the
gushing teen of deep, though subdued
joy.
While doing this; Violate's father.
Rap Van Snort; was seen , approaching .
the lovers with' a
Allendorf saw the aged patriarch;and
with one mighty leap cleared the - banis
ters, and rushed'down stairs. But Van
Snort Was not to tie thus "done."
He pnt after theflying Allendorf, and
just as IA was turning the corner of the
red barn, gave him' lift with a flail, that
placed hlm "on the other side of Jor
dan."
Violetta, driven to distraction, threw
herself upon the grass,.and fora long,
long hour, was deaf to every consolation.
• ar A ButchinaWs tetnperanCe lec
ture :' "I shall tell yea bow it vas. I
put mine hand on mine head, and there
was von pig pain. Then I •.put mine
hand on mine pody and there'vosanoder.
There was vas virr.Mach all
mine pody. Then I put mine hand in
mine pocket, and 'there vos noting. So
I jined mit'dh temperance. Now there
foe no more pain in mine head. The
phinein mine pody : vos all gone away.
I prit mine hand in Mine Pocket, and
there vos =twenty' dollars. So I shall
8111,4 tliWthe temperance
Afar It seems to me I've seen your
phygiognomirsolffealiere — b - dorti, but I
cannot imagine. *11614."
liVely - ; 1 lie're been the libeilf
er of a piiebh for the Idet twactj,
lErpy -fast wic4ed-men•Catl go , bn
ln.their, *al" ezelaimpd!-a•••goct, but
,unsophisticatedol&ladyou :
two ettoode to Sitibir*d6ol
VOL. .111.--NO. 4.
. - • For the Mariettian.
Respectable Temperance versus - Respect.
able Inteniperance.
.. _
Respectability is a very good thing.
Vet as " all is not gold that glitters"
do all is not respectability that pretends
to be so. There are many people who
• ,
pretend to be respectable and who
would feel like dying,-if they were prov.,
ed not to be resp3ctable who, after, all,
are not respectable.
Let us look into this thing for a mo
ment. What makes a true man or a
true woman? Is it dress? Is it living
in a large house ? Is it riding in a car
riage f Is it being in a great, business ?
Is it being handsome ? No,• it is in
none, of these things. Every reader of
this is acquainted with persons who
poitiess the above mentioned things,
who nevertheless are as mean
,and as
Miserable as reptiles.
It is not what a man is outwardly, nor
what he possesses, that makes him really
respectable.. The true man is withia
the outer mao. What makes a man a•
true man is to be true in his heart. A
tree must beeound at the heart or it IS
not considered a sound tree at all. So'
with a true man. If he has manly feel
ings and manly thoughts and manly in
itentions and acts' these oat he is a true
man, a respectable man. He may be
what some people call "only a mechan
ic," he may be poor and even ignorant
of much lrmok learning, be may be un
noticed by the so called great ones, but
he is really, greater than many of them.
. Now place temperance and intemper
ance in the light of the truth laid down
above. Does intemperance make any
one more. manly? Does-it lead to the
practice of those solid virtues which are
the glory andetrangth of•manheod ? So
far from thisinteuiperance is certain de
struction to every noble faculty in hu
man beings. A drunkard must sink
from degradation to crime. His drink
ing -habits destroy his self-respect, and
as:-his self-respect goes the tendency to
lie andeteal and bet bribed comes on.
Now no matter what an individual's fam
ily, or station, or Wealth, or learning is,
can any one seriously think that one on
the read to or in the practice of a habit
'Which necessitites the lose of self re
spect, which drives to filth, falsehood,
and fraud is or by aoy possibility can be
respectable 7 Can a drunkard be a re
spectable person ? There is but one
,answer to this question ; it is utterly
iMpoisible that he can be so, if we take
''any fair standard as the test.
Take 1364 the temperance man. Is
not he in the line of these ' , viatica - which
conduct human beings onward and up
ward to that which , is beet ? Temper
ance is allied to - industry and carefulness
and 'education and religion. As any one
goes along in a line of life correspondent
with the principles and practices of
sobriety he grows in self respect, self
'reliance,lnfluance, prosperity. Is not
this to become truly respectable ? Sure
ly so, if respectability be taken to meap,
as the etymology of the word teaches,
what will bear being looked into.
Strange as it appears in the light of
the simplest sense, there are persons
who pretend to be favorable to the tem
perance cause who yet look down upon
temperance organizations. Why is this?
It is heeenee many of those who compose
the Temperance organizations are of the
working classes. We can see in every
community families of fathers and moth
ers and brothers and sisters, who would
as soon or even sooner see one of them
!selves going on- in drunkenness, becom
ing more and more dehumanized and
descending into death physical and eter
nal, than to become a member of a
temperance organization. What is this
in plain English bat just to prefer to go
to hell with Satan and his angels to
coming into a Temperance Society be
cause there are so many plain people in
it'? Well may the plain people ask, is
it not more respectable to be in our so
ciety than to be in the gutter with the
swine? Would be respectable families
now and then afford the spectacle to the
whole•community of one of their mem
bers on the level with the brute. That
is a kind .of respectability which the
very. humblest temperance man or wom
an or child would prefer to die before
descending to.
Sterely it is time these false; shabby,
destructive' ideas of respectability
should be destroyed. Let no quarter be
elfoseti to it. It is only a well dressed
He, it is an impudent' presumption. It
is these,pretending to respectability
who have no, real ground for it, but who
are under 'such a loud of disgrace as
forbids respectability to be conceded to
leinperanco - is of the nature of re.
OPAttibititt and : interoluirance•is omen
tially destructive of respectability: The
ne leads-upwardi -the-other-leads down.
ta 'The ;caw- clothed a man , with
treee,4the e'tber wit& contempt' J,