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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1870-07-08, Page 21 ly THE HURON- EXPOSITOR. JULY 8, 1870 A True Story, There is a melancholy interest attaching to a man who has fallen from a high po sition almost into theelepths bf degredhtion Nor is this interest in all cases merelh idle curiosity ,• such may be the case with casual observers, but to an observant mat1 there is an impressive lesson taught by th career of one whose hopes have been ruined especially if that ruin were the necessary outgrowth of his own folly and earelessnete. It has been my lot, within the last few years, to be a witness to a most mournfu case of self-abasement ; and now, in th hope -that it may be of benefit to some, will narrate it. • My familiarity with the most minute de tails of this wretched young man's life an death, arise from -the fart that I was, dur ing the greater part of his disastrous career . theattendant physician of his family. It was sevenyears ago that I first tnttd the acquaintance of W alter B H was then seventeen years of 'age, a you in man of surprising premise, and with a ver satility of talent, which, in one of his age I had never seen before. His manners wei • frank and friendly ; Ms conversation re markably interesting and graceful ; his per sonal bearing easy. and, for one of his age, mature. With these and social qualities, -which made him often and everywhere the centre of attraction, he had experienced n.o difficulty in finding manly friends ; though I regret to say that I have since had reason to believe that most of his friendships were injudicious, and very injurious to himself. He had just returned from a noted prepare- . tory school, where, after winning the high- est honors of his class, and bidding farewell to the associations of three years, he had in- dulged, I fear not for the first time, in some extendeu revelries, which had injured him to suchan extent ,as to necessitate nw care. I was accordingly celled to the youth's aid. When I entered the sic& room, I saw a scene which, as the prelude co what is to come after, I shall long remember. Reclining on a couch was Waiter, very pale, save when an almost instantaneows flush indicated the presence of a fever. His eyes were a little bligdshot, and his attitude indicated a person_ worn by those indulgen- ces which will in time undermine the con- stitution., and lay in ashes the nobles. mind. Beside him stood his iiiocher. She specified to me in a few words, that Walter.h.etbeen fatigued by his studies and long journey, and would, she thought, require my advice ; then having introduced me to her son she withdrew. It. needed but little examination to con vince me that the cause of his malady; and I was assured of it when, in answer to one of my questions, he frankly said, ` ` Yes, Doctor, it was that cursed whiskey , but do not tell mother, it would break her heart." His case was not an aggravated one, and after a few weeks he recovered. I saw no- thing more of hien professionally during the summer, and early in the fall he set out for college to enter one of the largest institu- tions. I doubted the judiciousness of send- ing him- to sothe a position ; but choice was not mine, and 1 hoped that the experience of his school "life woeld warn him, against the perils of the coiirse- he had pursued. He left behind him e hems full of hope and love for him trusting and of fectionate hearts ; to them he was their chief hope, their dearly lo. -ed one. Two years rolled rapidly away, but what a fearful change ! Welterhad returned home—called suddenly to his mother's death- bed. Happy was it for liar that he arrived too late to plunge her heart i:: deepest des- pair by his presence, which could not then have lent a single cheering ray. I had been theattendantphysician during the whole of his mother's illness, and was present at her death. She then charged me with messages for Waiter. It was in the_ afternoon alae expired. Late the same evening he arrived. In ooedience to hie mother's wish, I called early the next day, _and. as he was not yetm up, I took the liberty of introducing yself,) unannounced, to his sleeping appartment. I had come to deliver the message of death to life; but the scene which I met there was fitter to greet the call of death to death. Wet with his own blood, hi; head and hands streaming with, gore, was Walter. Scarcely had I closed the door, when, with a fiendish laugh, he sprang at me, brandishing the re- mains of a bottle which he had crushed in _his maniacal gripe, and from the broken pieces of which he was now bleeding. I called for assistance, and, with some diffi- culty, succeeded in quieting him. His at tack was a terribleone, and left its mark on him dining the•brief remainder of his life; • When he had sufficiently recovered, which was not till winter, he took upon himself solemn pledges to reform ; and, as his father dreaded the influence which college life had had upon him, he- was sent to Europe to study and travel. ` In ' a little less than thiee years he returned a hopeless wreck. What liquor, the efficient cause of all his woe, had failed: to du in completing his physical and mental ruin, other and viler forms of dissipation had fully effected. He was a loathsome mass of disease. Had he never been addicted to drink, from this he might have in a great measure .recovered; but from the two it vas impossible to re- ' claim him. What he suffered during the remainder of his life—the ineffable tortures, physical and mental, the consciousness of the noble talent they had ruined, of the life he had embittered and destroyed -e t is be- yond my power to portray. Often have I entered his sick room to find him tossing his head to and fro in the wildest agony. Often have I seen him supplicate with tears for a drop of poison, which would rid him •of a helpless, -hopeless existence ; and, while 1 laboured almost without hope to save him, I prayed that his example might be the means of savingothers from the unutter- able woe of a drunkard's life: • e, 1; e I d e e g At length after eighteen months of in- tense suffering—of almost sleepless nights and days, to which no earth ty .orlpent can furnish a precedent—we laid him in the grave. The toi'tu•es of his physical exist- ence were over ---he was at rest; but what w*-' awaits him beyond the vale, it is not mine to presunie. Happy it was for that mother that she did not live to see his deep- est degradation. Happy will it be for those who may be warned oy his example to shun that cup whose end is bitterness, and to re- member that "in the end it biteth like a sei pent and stingeth like an adder," --Froze the New Dominion Monthly for June. The City of New York. GAMBLING HOUSES OF THE FIRST CLASS. (From Sun8hine and Shadow.) JOHN MORRISEY'S HOUSE. A few years ago John Morrisey was a resident of Troy. He kept a small drinking saloon, of the lowest character. It was the resort of the low_ prize-fighters, gamblers, thieves, and dissolute persons of all degrees. So low and dissolute, and disreputable, was the place, that it was closed by the authori- ties. With other traits, Morrisey blen ded that of a . prize-fighter of the lowest cast. Drunken, brutal, without friends or money, battered in his clothes and in his .person, he drifted down to. New York to see what would turn up. He located him self in the lowest stews of New York. At that time the elections in the city were car- ried by brute force. There was no registry - law, and the injunction of politicians, to "vote early and vote often," was literally obeyed. Roughs, Shore -Boys, brutal repre- sentatives of the Bloody Sixth, took posses- sion of the polls. Respectable uien, who -were known to be opposed to the corruption and brutality which marked the elections, - were assaulted, beaten, robbed, and often had their coats torn- from their backs. The police were allies of the bullies, and citizens had quite as much fear from them as from the rowdies. If the election was likely to go against them, and their friends presided over the ballot -box, and should signal the danger, a rush would be made by twenty or thirty desperate fellows, the boxes be seized and smashed,' tables and leads broken, the voters dispersed, and the election carried by default. HIS START.- A local election wae to take place in the upper part of the city. The friends of good order were in the majority, if allowed to rote., But it was known that the. rowdies would come in force and control the election. A few voters got together to see what could be done, and among the. present Cteneral Superintendent of Police. It was suggest- ed that force be met with force, that the ballot box be guarded, and the assailants beaten off by theft% own weapons. But where could the materials be found to grap- ple with the Plug Uglies and their associ- ates? Somebody said that Morrisey was in town ready for a job, and that he could or- ganize a force.and guard the election. FINDS EMPLOYMENT. One day Mrs. Kennedy came to her hus- band as he sat in his room, and' said to him, "There is an awful looking roan at the door, who wants to see you. He0'is dirty end ragged, has a ferocious look, and is the most terrible fellow I ever saw. Don't go to the, door ; he certainly means mischief." " Is he a big, burly -looking fellow ?" "Yes." " Broad -shouldered, tall, with his nose teen - ed one -side?" ' ` Yes, yes," sari the impa- tient lady. 0, I know who John Morrisey ; let him com husband, the idea of you -assn// such men, and bring them to the "House, too !" But the unwelcome visitor walked into the parlor. Now, John Morrisey, at Staratoga, in his white flannel suit, huge diamond rings; and pin containing brilliants of the first water, and of immense size ; tall of stature, a powerful -looking fellow, walk- ing quietly about the streets, or lounging at the` hotels, but seldom speaking, is not a bad -looking fellow. Seen in New York in his :clerical black suit, a little too flashy to be a minister, :yet among bankers, merch- ants, or at the Stock Board he would pass very well as one of the solid men of the city. But Morrisey as he appeared that morning was an entirely different personage. He had come f•oin a long debauch, and that of the lowest kind. He was bruised and bang- ed up. ` His clothes tattered The Island was all that seemed to be open to him. With him a bargain was made to organize a force of fighters and bullies, suthcient to prevent the ballot -be -Xs from being smashed,. and the voters from being driven from the polls. He said he could do it, for he was at home among desperadoes. True to his appointment, he was at the polls before they were open. He was attended by about thirty as desperate 'looking fellows as ever rode in a waggon or swung from Tyburn. Ie stationed his force, gave his orders, told h not to strike promiscuously, but, on th first appearance of disturbance, each to seize his man, and not leave him till his head wasebroken. There was no disturb- ance till twelve o'clock. The late Captain Carpenter_ was in charge. About noon a huge lumber van drove up, drawn by four horses. It was loaded with the roughest of the rough, who shouted and yelled as the vehicle neared the curb -stone, Bill Pool, at that time so notcreous, led the comtany. They were choice specimens of. the men who then made the ' rules of New Yonk. Plug Uglies, Bienmeis, Roughs of the Bloody Sixth, Short Boys, Fourth Warders, and men of that class, were fully represented. Bill Pool sprang to the sidewalk. Captain Carpenter stood in the door. Addressing. him, Pool said, " Cap., may I go in ?" "0, yes ; walk in and welcome," Caipenter said, it is ; it is An." " 0, iating with Re and in Pool ,vent. He saw the situation at a glance. He measured Morrisey and his gang, turned on his heel, and, passing out, said, "Good morning, Cap ; I won't give you a call to -day ; drive, on boys ;" and on they went to some polling place where they could play their desperate game without having their heads broken. BEGINS AS A GAMBLER. This ,was Morrisey''s. first upward step. He washed his face ; with a part ,of the money paid him he bought a suit of clothes, and with the balance opened a small place for play. He became thoroughly temper- ate; He resolved to secure first class cus- tom.- To do this he knew he must dress well, behave well, bo sober, and not gamble. These resolutions he carried our. His house in New York is the most elegantly furnished of any of the kind in the state. It has always been conducted on principles of the highest honor as gamblers understand, that term. His table, attendants, cooking, and company are exceeded by nothing this side. of the Atlantic. FARMER "pirGet your Homemades Cut Out$, With Economy and Taste AT SUTHERLAND BRO'S, TAILORS. • God©rich Street. GOOD FITS 1 And Workmanship Guaranteed. CHARGES MODERATE. NEXT DOOR TO Lumsden's Drug Store, Seaforth, March 17th, 1870. 82.tf. - ONTARIO HOUSE EDWARD CASH, CENERAL COUNTRY MERCHANT, AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF Farm and Dairy Produce. CROCERI ES —A N D -- DRY GOODS! OF THE BEST CLASS, ALWAYS ON HAND, AND As HEAP AS ANY IN SEAFORTH_ SEAFORTH, March 31, 1870. 53— LUMSDEN Has just received a Fresh Stock of - PURE .1YRUGS AND CHEMICALS Toilet and _Fancy Soaps, Combs, Hair, Tooth and Nail Brushes, French, English, -- and American. PERFUMERY, GENUINE DYE.=STUFFS Guaranteed to be of the best quality Horse and Cattle Medicines I Condition Powder. Physicians perscriptions carefully and accur- ately dispensed. R LUMSDEN, INTENSE EXCITEMENT! STILL PREVAILS AT Dent's, Seaforth ; People are still rushing for those CHEAP GOODS. In order to supply the demand Mr. Dent has been obliged to renew his SPRING PURCHASES, and -has just returned with a SECOND SPRING STOCK cheaper than ever. MILLINERY AT HALF ITS VALUE. DRY C-1-O0DS,. at wholesale prices. GEO. DENT, SEAFORTH. Seaforth, June 3, 1870. I30 -t£ MORDEN'S PATENT PEA HARVESTER, WILL raise the peas from the ground no mat- ter how they may be laying. The price of the Pea Harvester is $26. It can be attached to any machine. In ordering. state the name of your machine, the distance the teeth are apart, and length of cutting bar, and you can have one to suit. 124-4ins. GEO. BUNCE, Brucefield P. 0. Agent for Huron. GREAT L�p�tllll� SA,4E term of partnership having expired by 11- THE mitation of time, the subscribers aredisposed to sell off the whole of the stock at present in their store as quickly as possible. WE HAVE DETERMINED TO SELL At and Below Cost FOR ONE MON:T FOR CASH OR TRADE. FARMERS AND OTH ERS MAY DEPEND ON GETTING BARGAINS AS THE STOCK MUST BE SOLD: N. B,—No goods entered during the sale. KIDD & McMULKIN. Seaforth, June 14th, 1870. CAUTION. MHE public are hereby cautioned against pur- .J.. • chasing or negotiating any note of hand drawn by the undersigned during the year 1870, as ne value has been received for any note given by him during said year. WILLIAM COOPER. Tuckersmith, June 1. 1870. 130-3in. CAUTION. IHEREBY caution all parties against purchas- ing, or negotiating for a promisory note, dat- ed Seaforth, May 13th, 1870, payable one year after date, for $200, made by me in favor of ----- Brownell, as I have received no : value therefor, and payment will not be made. FliANCIS G. SPARLING. Seaforth, June 3, 2870. 130 4ins. HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. THE subscriber offers for sale a large Frame Cottage, 30 x 40, new, and Village Lot on the corner opposite the Baptist Church, Seaforth. Farm property would be taken in exchange. Ap- ply on the premises. • ALEX, McAURTHER, Seaforth, Jan. 28, 1870. 112-6in LIVERY STABLE. JAMES ROSS desiries to inform the public that he has opened a New Livery Stable in connection with his hotel, where parties can be accommodated with first class horses tnd vehicles, at reasonable prices. Sea:orth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870. 97-tf. $50 000. TO lend on the security of Real Property in the County of Huron at from 61 to 10 per cent., by DOYLE & SQUiER, 117.6m. ' Barristers, Goderich. MONEY TO LEND. ON Farm or desirable vilifage property at 64 per cent. Payments made to suit the bor- rower. Apply to A. Cr. MCDOUGALL, Insurance Agent and Commissioner, Seaforth, or to JOHN SMATTER, Exchange Broker, Seaforth. March25th, 1870. 1 MILLINERY —aND-- DRESSMAKING-1 --o HE MISSES STODDARD, AT THEIR 1 Residence in ECMONDVI LE, are prepared to execute orders for all kinds of 'MILLINERY, DRESS ArD MANTLE MAKING. r A share of patronage is respectfufl solicited. EGaMONDVILL :-, May 19, 1570. 128-tf— Toronto Millinery, else LATEST AND MOST FASHIONABFR DRESS MAKING ESTABLISHMENT 131. IN SE 4FORTH. Scott itoberison's Is the place to get a CHOICE HAM, SIDE OF BACON PORK, OF ANY DESCRIPTION, Or quality from. 8 oz. to 8 tons weight. CHOICE FAMILY Flour and Oat Meal. CHEESE BY THE TON WHOLESALE OR :RETAIL. FAMILY GROCERIES FRESH & CHEAP. BUTTER AND EGGS TAKEN IN.g XCHANGE FOR GOODS. Seaforth, June 17. 1870, 131. IS S ERWIlv begs s to thanit the a ' L dies of Seaforth and vicinity, r ty, for their liberal pa- tronage, and to intimate that she is just reveiving a large and well selected stock of MILLINERY GOODS 1n endless variety, suitable to the season, and at such prices as to defy competition and please the most fastidious. All orders will receive her usu- al prompt attention—and as regards taste, latest styles, neatness of pater -ns —she has confidence in saying she cannot be surpassed in the country. New book of Boston and Toronto Foshions re- ceived regularly. Embroidery and braiding stamped. Straw and hair work done with neat- ness. A good supply of LADIES' DRESS CAPS KEPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND. A. call is respectfully solicited before perches= ing elsewhere. Seaforth, April 22nd, 1870. 124-tf. EASE AND COMFORT THE BLESSING OF PERFECT SIGHT. There is nothing so vain able as perfectsight, and perfect sight on only be obtained by using Perfect Spectcles, the difficulty; of procuring which is well known, Messrs. Lazarus & Morris, Oculists & Optici- cans, Hartford, Conn.; Manufacturers of the Celebrated Perfected Spectacles-, have after year - of Experience, and the erection of costly ma- chinery, been enabled to produce that Grand Desideratum, Perfect Spectacles, which have been sold with unlimited ` satisfaction to the wearers in the United States, Prince Edward's Island, and Dominien of Canada, during the past nine years those Celebrated Perfected Speotacles never tire the eye, and last many years without change. Sole Agent for Seaforth, M. R. Counter, from whom only they can be procured. LAZARUS, MORRIS & CO., Montreal. WE EMPLOY NO PEDLERS. Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870. 76-1y. TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN. CCARTWRIGHT, L.D.S., Surgeon Dentis Extracts teeth without pain by the use o the Nitrous -Oxide Gas. . Office,—Over the 'Bea- con' tore, Stratford. Attendance in Seaforth, at Sharp's Hotel, the first Tuesday and Wednes- day;of each month ; in Clinton, at the 'Commerc- ial Hotel, on the following Thursdays and Fridays. Parties rquifing new teeth are requested to call, if at Seaforth and Clinton, on the first days of attendance. Over 54,000 patients have had teeth extracted by the use of the Gas, at Dr. Coulton's offices. New York. Stratford, Fed. 11, 1870. 114 -ti, DULY Terri A collier character oc ing to Mess, gate, Scotia in the si the furnace shaft, and th In a few mu eoiurnn rescued, wofitl curling ,groufitt deeeuts were, was burning fathoms. Ti man) nerve was lost, the in little less trips it eame or nine havii selves into deftly was., 1 fast as the Ise' taus distances the bottom, t thein :and may be read" passage to t', seemed all to cage. 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