The temperance tales : twenty-one thrilling stories : founded on fact . w my strength, and remind me of my duty to God, to mywife, to my children, and to society. Whenever the struggle ofappetite has commenced, I have looked upon this ring: I have re-membered that it was given, with the last words and dying counselsof an excellent mother, to my wife, who placed it there ; and, underthe blessing of Almighty God, it has proved, thus far, the life-boatof a drowning man. The year soon passed away, and on the very day twelvemonth,on which I had put the ring upon my husbands finger, farmerJohnson br
The temperance tales : twenty-one thrilling stories : founded on fact . w my strength, and remind me of my duty to God, to mywife, to my children, and to society. Whenever the struggle ofappetite has commenced, I have looked upon this ring: I have re-membered that it was given, with the last words and dying counselsof an excellent mother, to my wife, who placed it there ; and, underthe blessing of Almighty God, it has proved, thus far, the life-boatof a drowning man. The year soon passed away, and on the very day twelvemonth,on which I had put the ring upon my husbands finger, farmerJohnson brought over the Temperance book. We all sat down tothe tea-table together. After supper was done, little Robert cUmbedup and kissed his father, and, turning to farmer Johnson, Father,said he, has not smelt like old Isaac, the drunken fiddler, once,since we rode home in your yellow wagon. The farmer openedthe book: my husband signed the pledge of the society, and, withtears in his eyes, gave me back—ten thousand times more preciousthan ever — my MOXHSRf «old WILD DICK AND GOOD UTILE EOBIN. A Teiy few weeks only have gone by, since I requested you to read Number One. It ia proi»bl«&at you bive complied with my request; for the publishers inform me they are already at woikUtion .he ninth , and have been requested, by the friends of temperance, in the State of NevrYork, to permit them to strike off one hundred thousand copies for gratuitous distribution. I have been cheered by the assurance of some highly intelligent and benevolent individuals, thatKumber One has been productive of good. I wrote it for that end, and sent it forih into the wcrld,with a prayer to that effect. I thank the Giver of every good and perfect gift, that he has vouch*fafed his blessing upon these humble labors. I now respecllully present Number Two for your perusal. It has been objected to Number One,that the language in which it is written is above the level of certain capacities ; and
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