Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1844-05-17

% trespassing on forbidden ",o 70 sonsidex
hitting species Of sacfilege. iwo"l,,o OF CO...
fully so'ni, q place in the Herald '' = 'e'psu
review Of the ramarks. made bv :. .ol brsf
at Temperance meeting, in th;s eea'ehe..
FuesdAy evening tIsl. : :. = - psse. :
ALhe. onse, ! will4infcrm Won a..
ter OF this has been member 81 4" NM
rance Society for sometime, and ~. i've Temp.
a member Of the pFesent society, wh;as aiai
into exisieece . lew weeky siice .T 'tesae
less TO state that ] am fast friend - - :
rance. and bone would rejoics NM. :, leaks'
seff at the adsancement Of the cans man VI
honorable means are employed fo.; y, sss1
ton; but lido dissent from. anas..",s PROOF.
course taken by some of the prom r;;"osna u.
srs; more especially the great "Aa.! s'sI
temperance as he has been duhh opposite Il
wild enthusiastic babbiine on ,hs lsk
savorihg more Of fana,icism than ,s.. SUBJECT
the gentleman alluded to / world n ..s0a or
to be inferred that I am promn,sS wa il
speak. by any spirit Of personal ~; I" As
may entertain; on the contrary I"'uoag I
pleased with the reformation which e ta IVY
place in the gentleman's charac,s," '' nSss
which he so justly prides himself -, a@ ~
his transition from The gutter, az hs =" saals
the present position which now ocrun;s.! ~ y
ciety. p's' ase
But I digfess. The "Apos,lp, =.
wont on similar occasions, again on rs.
evening, treated the good citizens Of ' NV
lnelon TO another repetition of his ,su. u's'a'
tantaronade, or an "accoun. of hin.aI .'aes
plete with usual bombas., and d;s,;0 '." %.
alike for its total want Of tina, co,,.,a
generosity, which the occasion should a. yang s@
This may seem rather harsh ian,us a,,' s
you may rest assured that il is MT uvs, Wv
for. lido candidiy believe tina, could ' 4.
NAL rays OF reflection perfora,e the ,h;st u.
OF enthusiasm, in which he is iney,ric,hl, :"
veloped. and reason again resume hs, :, a.
that he would be inclined TO re,rac, ., ,s ssa'
portion of the unwarrantabte Ianon,co ', n.,'
use OF on that occasion, and refrain IN finn.
from committing such gross breaches Of dow
rum. Not content with denouncinp ,aoe M,
DO not choose to subscribe their names n 4.
Temperance pledge, he mus. point them s'.
and hold them up 10 public view as con6,n.1
lnebrialess and Of course " fit for treason sc,,
agem and spoi!s.' Such narrow yisr, - , ~,
fail to receive the jost condemnation Of ever
liberal.minded individual, and receive n.
sanction Of none but blinded ,sdo,s, IT,
perslstlng in of such denuncia,ory and coz.
Give measures can have no Other effec, ,b,,
tho inevitable disrepute or downfall Of d,
cause. Going still farther he ,espassed vDu
grounds forbidden both by common cour,su
and good breeding. His remarks in sllua,,
to the female portion Of the community I'm
particularly ungenerous and contemplate not
TO- say untrue. He con,ras,ed the adv,k%
inert Of temperance here with other pla.sn
The Territory, and said indirectly, il moi dssdi
ty that our fair ones ,oere still paying thew 4
voirs at the shrine Of the jolly gOd.' lIm
II 10 the good people Of this community vbek
er they will vouch for the accuracy Of Id
charges; as for me ! pronounce it uatm.
1t is well known that tho design Of kM
society; as c0nsIuered themselves risna
arunhards, an opportunity Of telling lhsi, ~
perieHee, or in other words, holding kind II
temperance class-meeting. This no doubt, Y,
congenial TO the Apostles" refined feeling
as he seemed much gra'i6ed when tn. II
veteran Of the bottle came forward with (, I'D
~ penItent air and swofe eternal fidelity n&
cause OF temperance; but the pleasant ssm
ton thus Produced, was soon exchanged ID
feelings ora different nature, upon tho ni,uI
OF some individual members to comply xih
the request ofthe audience, by simply stain!
they did not wish to be considered rg@~a
drunkards. as they ha never made pseiu
OF ineoriety. AT this nisavowal, the 'Apsas
grew exceedingly wro,h-languags was 's
sufhcienily expressive for his purpose, hsn
ed and pitched like little dog in high al
it you will allow me the simiIe, sld VIII
pretty much the same effect: regardless q
feeling he denounced the whole sriet 2
n'as' ~ been edJupkysGids sas sshs@aa M
AS member Of the soci.y ] considered ny
self highly insul,ed at the epi.he'' 'Pp!sgs
coming as they did from the man sto fss
himself with having been the s,,osah !,
brutes and and abandony-a.: times, Pf'a wy
ane insensibls, a picture for humanity 10 Nup
at, and decency avoid. !.
One word more and 4 have concluded
is evident, that, unless some remedy y ~ y
prescribed, this Temperance Society, M
ers that have proceeded it, is deot'sa " IT,
ephemersl existence. Deeply tee'sa'ae ".
such should be the case, as The dny H. as
Of prolongiog vitality. wonld Suggest ~" 4.
there be more space between mse''a! ~ 4.
. Apostles think more and say Ie's, ,pu Il
Vice President-mum is the word: u s'..,
y spirit Ct concession and Literally '''''
|erize a temperance lecturer. but ,,spp..
The BLAcKAIRD,-1'he backo''o 80 49,.
If the species sgains which 'hs . sss.
not only ofidle boys, but OF oul =, ~ S X =,
are directed on account OF is nav" .fs
acking the Indian corn al tho !'u' . y
'prouiing from the ground. -. ' at
sha. vexa,ious. to Be sure, 70 nav s. -
injury done TO our. cora crops; O"~ 49,
he farmer engages in the wsatial s. sS
hese Birds, he should take into . so'.
ltion the fact that they save ten 'i'D'' .;.t