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Show That was a foarful fato that overtook over-took John Pryor of Cedar City n week ago last Sunday night. Out on tho bleak, cold prairio ulorto, holploss from tho demon drink and tho blttor cold, struggling to mako his way in tho night, whllo his faco wits mutilated mut-ilated and ono of ids oyosdostroyoi J by repeated fnlls, nnd flnnlly to lio down on tho Bnow in his last dentil strugglo; thon IiIb romnins to Ho thoro upon tho blcnk dosort for nlno or ton days boforo thoy woro found-it found-it is nil too awful to think nhout. Mr. Pryor had tho rcputnion of boing obliging nnd frco-hoartod ; ho was n reader nnd n thinker, nnd was nbovo tho nvorngo in tho scnlo of intolli-gonco; intolli-gonco; but ho had this ono besotting vico drink. uj8 death is so direct ly nttributablo to this nrch flond, thnt It cannot fail to aorvo na n warning to others who aro trending tho snmo dnngorous path. Jilny tho great God who shapes tho destinies of all men, conscornto this end nfillctlon to tho good of othem. And mny tho tonrs of tho family nssungod with tho good results that may nccruo to othor human boings. |