A TERRIBLE WARNING.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3121, 18 February 1879, Page 2

A TERRIBLE WARNING.

I" Twentyyears ago,'' iaidnlbf;^aatenger witharedribbon'inhisbuttonholeil'l knew that man whom yodisair get^off-at the last station. He was a joanglma : n,:of rare promise, a college graduate, a man ot brilliant intellect and shrewd mercantile ability. Life dawned before him in all the * golden colors of fair,premise/ He had some money when he left college, } He in* Tested it in business, and his prospered. He married a beautiful young girl, who bore him three ,lpr«ly, children"— ■ , -, r < , . The sad-looking'passenger sitting on the • wood-box: " All at one time P" The red ribbon passenger: " No; in biennial installments ' of- 'one. > Nb* one dreamed that the poof house would ever be their /home.. , But 1 in an eril hour the young man yielded to Ihe tempter. 1 -He began to drink beer. He.liked,it, and drank more. He drank, -and, enoouraged others to drink. That was'only'fourteen years, ego, and he was ,« prosperous, wealthy man. To : day,wheis \» he f'•' ' The clergyman in thefront seat joleinnly: "A sot and a beggar." . „ The red-ribbon map, disconsolately: " Ob, no; he is a member of Congress, and owns a brewery worth 960,000. - - Sometimes it will happen that way;.