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right corner torn Edward James - crossed out C. Delevan one of the most of the temperance cause in this country man was much in the habit of attending parties, and of partaking freely of the wine cup and of the intoxicating bowl. He was a youth of great promise and of a wonderful business tallent. He had a remarkably strong mind but he was on a fair way to become a drunkard. In his future undeveloped history there lay infancy disgrace ruin an early death; or immence usefulness wealth & honor, a name known the wide world over wherever the praise of temperance is sung or deeds of virtue held sacred. His country and the world might well watch with deep interest the turning point in his history. One day as he was walking through - crossed out

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dads and their families depended on that feeble thread, the future destiny of that youth. He was then apparently just in the clutches of old alcohol. One - crossed out Unless he changed his course he would have been his faithful slave. One day as he was walking along the street of Albany to attend a pleasure party, and meditating on the probable result of his course right on the corner of the street he turned - crossed out stopped suddenly, and said right about wheel turned upon his heel and from that moment he commenced - crossed out reforming his habits, of drinking and began to prosper. There is an immense quantity of wealth and tallent and a great army of rum sellers and distillers in this state in the service of intemperance. Whose command do they obey? The peoples. The phraze social glass shows that it is a creature of fashion. The people have given it a place at the festive board and honored