Commodore Foote's Temperance Society

It is well knoivti that whisky forms i part ol the ra'.ions supplied to men in tlio navy, the wiídoríi oí vvbich rnay . well be culled in quesüon. A saving I clanse aliows eaeh sailor to commutè bis whisky ration for money. Many do this ; but by far the largcst number answer to tho whisky roll, and with evident satisfaction gulp down all tho law aliows. At the oomtnenüomeut of ! cruise Commodore Foote called tho chapluin to his state room, and told him that he desired to forra a teinperanee sociüty on boord tho vessel. The chaplaip thought tho object a good ont;, but the buccüss oí the experii ho very tnuuh doubted. Hia doubts vvore much greater when the Commodore tüld hiin he intnnded to tmtke old Brown president, if agreeabla to the others. Now old Brown had for many years been a lollowcr ot thü seas, and iu'd inbibed such quantitics of bud liquor thathisnose plüinly told oí the excess of bis drinking; and in ai)3er to the obaplain's doubts about secunng tho ooncurrence of old Brcwn tho commodore replied : "Never mind ; I havo already spoken to Brown on the subiect.- and he enters heartilv into the scheme, and oonsents to bü president of OW society." The iiveetiug was called and the society was formed ; and so pursevering weia the efforts of this nó ble officor, and those whorn he inspirited with the good work, that every ocer and man on board of thatyessel signed the pledge of total abstïoeiic, and the first port that the good and now safe bark toUohed, all the "U. S." stores of svhiskv vvore stored on account of the Governrnent. Tha cruiso was finished witboat ene drop of whisky rationa ; and no doubt tïio crew was uiuch better abl'j to perform iht-ir duty and to enrlure hardship that when tboy daily imbibed that v.hic.h was üalculuted to