Sunday, July 22, 2012

A Plea For Temperance


Several weeks ago we made a note of the death of Mr. John Jolly and a man by the name of Scott; but for some reason it was mislaid and escaped our attention till now.  Mr. Jolly was an old “settler” in the county, and was regarded as an excellent citizen except for the unfortunate habit of intemperance.  It appears the two men, on a cold day several weeks ago were at work in the woods on Sugar Creek, they had a supply of whisky with them, and having made a large fire, became intoxicated and fell helpless victims to be destroyed by the flames they designed for their protection from the cold. – Their death was a melancholy one, and a fearful warning to the intemperate. {Fort Madison Plaindealer

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 15, 1862, p. 4

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