Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-08-13

MEETING CT THE TIE NPERANCE soCI.
ETY.

WIS OiisD eApEtsfeN, tlotiuS NlSttfbcIs
Of the Temperance Society %wouldfnd
great difficulty in hiring labourers 10
cur their grain Many who pro
lessee 10 feel = deep interest on the
subject, declining joining the %associa.
tion on this account, They preferred
waiting unill experiment YVES tried by
others. The experiment has now been
fairly tried, and with complete success
All the mambers present at the meet
ing Of the sosiety or Saturday last,
concuFred in stating, that SO far from
SOLDERING any loss or Inconvenience,
hey had found considerable advantage
in sdhering figidly 20 the terms OF the
association. Mo- one Of them hsd any
! difficulty in procuring laboo,ers during
haymaki1g aud harvest, heavy as were
The crops of grass and grain. Moss of
them bad mere than usual applying FOR
work, a0d more than they could en-
ploy, though some Of them had from
one TO two hundred acres of grain 10
secure They all agreed, tnat the men
we're more cheerful and aniiorm ~
their spirits. aad more agreeable Ia.
their tempers, thanwh hen " his&ey Vas
used Their appetite was more rego
lar, they suffered less from fatigue, aud
their strength didSnot iall IS ususi, hoi
rather increased during harvest II was
generally remarked, that they had ~
quarrellDg or disturbances of any kind;
that the sworkpr0ceeded with order
and reguiarity and that they had con
docted the whole harvest with les
trouble and more satisfsesiontbsn they
ever did before. Many expressed their
surprise at the onusuaily small quantity
OF water that was drunk: some 9d'd
one half, others not more than q third
OF the usual quantity where spirits ~ere
freely dSed They heard no complaints
among the lsbonrers Of suffering for
the want Of whidsey; bat many said
they were perfectly satisfied after The
trial, Tat they were much better and
stronger without i ,anI capable Of doing
mere work @O0 case was mention
ed OF a man who had bsen dismissed
from the field for getting drunk: ne
then applied to q member ofthe Tenn
| persnce Society who told him his rules
and the terms on which he would EN-
pioy hisn. He replied that he wished
to keep sober, tut could not. ~h re-
there was wlskey, and would rather
work where there wa none IL re.
NAMED there to the close of the harvest.
and worked remarkably we'll. Most
of the members when they came to
settle with their blrelIngs, paid a little
more t1an the price fixed 10 The neigh
barhood There was 80 stipulation
for higher wages, and more was not
decentralization they thought it right
to give what they did, for he eucour-
agcment Of temperance
One member ahas erected a mill
whhou, using spirits, and experienced
no difficulty. sFhe workmeb duriDg
The w inter we're very much exposed,
and ofleu fell into the water but esca
ped without sickness Two o hers
have been engaged sIace February IN
furnishing heavy stone fora bridge 49,
They have had no trouble in procuring !
lsbourers, and ate satisfied taat their
work has gene on much better than i'll
the Use Of whlskey had been permitted
The Statements altogether were
highly inteI estlng, and sAord the
strongest encouragement to ~perseveve
in the good work. Che Society 50 far
has succeeded much beyond oar caleu
'aIions. The prejudice against it has
given way -sooEer than we expects
ed ,iho' considerable hostility still exist
The coed effects are evesy where
seen and felt. aud generally acknowI-
edged Public attention has been much
drawn to the subject; and the better it
is unders,oed, the more favorable is the
disposition towards it. "a gres, many
persons have partially adoptedthe pfin
cipies of Temperance Societies, aud
are coming over by degrees. They
have reoGccd their sonsumptioa ofdis-
tiled spirits 10 the half, some say the
thlrd of what they formerly used, with
a manifest advantage, thiany have
given sp offering spirits 10 their ~visiters
at ali hours, and the practice has been
considerably check d since the society
was formed; nearly al! the retailers IN
Iiager's town bave er~elinqrished tine
nrJctice af treaiiuo thetv tenStamerS