The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-09-04 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PALACE.

r THE TEMPERANCE FETE AT THE

Another of those pined festival tietMonstrations for
which August seems to be the favourite month, and the
Crystal Palate the favourite 10,111., took place rat Tura
day. For mons weeks past Om itivanisatiou of tip
N.til./.lllpera.llt, htist been makii g great
exertions to make an effective and imp weive ciiaplay
u. ;
and they have s c riled. The deitatto,tra.i„, lo,f
year surpassed all those that 1),(4,1.1, hut it fell far
shortit p in of nuoilwra of Mtn display •it this yew,
L.t year the Iltallittlll, preeeht at th- tete were ootrei
40 I'M This year it is said they will not fall very
short of 50000.
It is dithc.dt to belie-ire that the mere pleasure of a
visit to the Crystal 'palace would countetbalance the
expense arid lit iv, nienee whic't must attend a jour•
ney from reu.,,te parts of she P miltn. The IT,
therefore, of no many thousands can oelv be ascribed
to seal end enthusiasm for the Cause. Whet it is re-
membered that trains started from Newtown, Mont-
gemeryshirsa at 2 a.m. on Tuesday morning, from
Darlington at 9 3.5 on Monday night, and from Hali-
sax, Bradford. Leeds, York. Wakefield, Nottingham,
Doncaster. Sheffield, Gainsborough, Lin-
coln, Norwich, &c., at various hou no if the bight mid day,
and that some of those trains were advertised to return
at night after the demonstration of the day, it must
he allowed that the Temperance Societies are flirt
ukewarm Landicesins. Altogether, noire than 900
pecal trains were chartered for the display.
The programme of the day ci midenced with a con-
ferentss in the Lecture-room at 1130. A paper was
read On the medical use of alcoholic drinks." by Mr.
. A. Smith, lecturer on chemistry. The paper con-
demned such use, and hoped that medical men would
have recourse to more rational and efficient remedies.
Papers were also read by the Rev. G. :Maunder, Wes.
levan minister. "On recent eccle-iastical movements
in reference to inteloperame is Mr. NV. H. Smith,
°On tie importance oi 5. mperance reformers
meenrieg the co•operation Of Young Alen's Chris-
tian Astociations ; " and I.y the key. (; M. Mur-
phy, "Ou public artueerneuta and drinking customs."
Meets o'clock a meeting was held in the Concert.
room, under the presidentship of Mr. LUCAS ShadwelL
The Speakers were the Rev. Archdeacon Sandford,
Judge Payne. and the Rev. A. Wallace, of Glasgow.
At 215 the Band of Hope procession took place in the
grounds, accompanied by music; and at 530 there was
s, grasil procession of the entire body, also accompanied
by hands. One tif the special features of the day was
the concert by 5,000 children of the 'United Kingdom
Band of Hope Union.

There was a great variety of other entertainments,
consisting of a clicket match, instrumental concerts,
balloon ascent, and open air meetings.
The weather was all that could be desired, and the
satisfaction at the day's enjoyment was general and
unequivocal. The great beverage of the day being
from the cop that cheers, the greatest deeorurn and
propriety—not, however, without a display of good
spirits and fun--,i,revailad throughout.