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: .*- i ci.geirefili! w IDeaf li in Xcn* I,i«*brt*--C;rnat Iiulitf- pr nation of llie IVoj»lik —Tin* Town « nndCount)’ lirepl) Incited.On Monday the 13lh, Jeremiah MeLnugb IbnJl i lin, under the influence of liquor, fell, while I prcj going up stairs nt Watson’s Hotel, and wasr,i instantly killed.McLuughhn was one of these generous soulsit*whom every bod) loved, lie hnd a tear for 11 suffering, and a baud ready to relieve, whenever the oCCision rightly demanded sympathy 1 or succor. But he was not true to himself The tempter e.imo in the maddening bowl 1 . and darkened his uolde spirit, li t could not cgl resist strong drink!—When he loiiohed r. 'du ,n ( (and he sti uggled to k«-op nut of its reach,) hu 1 tn Lo mad— and give loose to a passion1^r which ho could not control. cr Tuesday, I.is body was laid out. The cor 1 'l oner am! jury were gathered mound Loren- or der their verdict Ai loved ones g .zed upon th 1 his remains, the witnesses Ustilicd, that btsii. I •* passion had been fed*' at a grocery near by. the indignation excited by it was intense. ,n “ Let us destroy the he'd trap, said one.I lie suggestion was acted upon and the mo raent the motian was declared, the whole ;'5' town Mid it was rigtu—let us not tolerate the F cursed groggeri* a ” J SMobs are terrific. Vet pause, atnl look at $j iL—litre ley the body of a young man, fulllot!.. *»atopaireingn1ledionlt;«••• ••'j *“'“1 * ’“f. lyof talent and hup'1, forgetful of self, when o'.h-lil\ In i ol lai.a iers wore concerned. Old and young a%k win this suenlice?—Whence this fatal, fearful fr end? The inquiry and the answer came to* js get her, and instantly tins people gathered- -nr »und the dud body they gathered, a id sai I oe? m 'J'|,c cause of this sacrifice of early manhood n io its pride and glory, and the curse of our I place, must be rooted uuf, be the conscqoen- si CCS wlmt they may. And forth they sallied * [ess»nlid.nv | From the chamber of death lo the chamber . 00 of polo lion tlie*v rushed! Not crazed, notMins.mad, but us men determined to destroy n fearful evil, nrul ho wrought upon that no 1 v a,‘:|forra of law, no law iisalf could stay their ] j, rib | avenging hand, or stop its avwnging blow.°'*i The people gathered and went to (he spot 1 1 'l whore young McLaughlin had bean drugged n8t with the tiiery liquid. In an instant, every , l’“ drop of the cursed poi^o was scattered over [, the earth, and the shop where it wissold was u drained. Other places of like character were nn | visited, and gutted, and made to yield up their u?l j villainous contents. There was no resisting 11 pay | the indignation. It swept over the tono like j sr*. j a flood. 11ion| The burial hour came. Jn solemn procen* | just -don the people followed the remains of Mo rive I L iughlin to the grave. There, and on that lastik-ti resting place, they resolved that they wouldn't I hfi1 frifcfate lliis wholesale temptation anil mur-icall tf^r of i |io generous and the noble.—forest J r five! City Vein.
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Fremont Journal
Fremont, Ohio, US
Fri, Feb 24, 1854
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