Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1844-08-23


any unusual stir among the christian portion
Of community. and the long talked.of pleasure
excursion to Rock Island having = come OF,
andIthe pulses Of those who partook having |
again assumed their regular beats. little was |
left upon which public chat could turn with
any grea, degree Of public interest. SO our |
town was about 10 become as quiet as the IT.
lie villages in the . land Of steady habits"
which have been Inhabited by the same peo-
pie for the last century, when. on Friday last.
was observed upon the corners Of our streets.
a hand bill, hnm"rously composed. announce
ing that T.. S. Fairchild, Yankee boy. from
away "down eas,,'' would deliver Tempe.
rance Lecture at the court house on that eve
uing. Various were The opinions expressed
upon it. One would exclaim, - D-n the
Yankees. do they suppose We know nothing
on, here. that they should send out their boys
to preach temperance 10 Isl" and another
would say :" L., him 60. we've been bored 9
nough by Temperance Lecturers to do Us for
a whole year, SO what's the use Of going 10
listen TO wha, a lille stripping has TO say!
Thus /. went on till evening, by which time
curiosity overca.ne prejudice, and goodly
number assembled to hear what the Yankee
boy had to say. He took the stand, and his
youthful appearance, being under twenty years
Of age, The opinion that he would let down
was prevalen. in the assembly. Blu. their
fears were Of short duration. In few mo
meh's they discovered themselves dropped
on.' as he portrayed the evils Of incompetence
i" s'rai" Of eloqnence that carried captive
The mind Of his audience, who b:"ke silence
only in rounds Of enthusiastic applause. Az.
ter the close Of the Lecture. and the people re.
tired to their respective places. little was to Re
heard except the praise Of the Lec'nFe. by
mex, evening the Lecture was " all the co."
rum drinkers and rum sellers concluding ,ha,
they too would hear what might be said. 60 a,
an early hour the large cour, room was flied,
all eager to see what was TO be seen. aud hear
what was 10 be heard. In his second Lecture
he fully sustained the reputation which he had
gained at the first. and 50 on in the fourth and
last. His lectures were spiced with appropr-
ate and amusing songs. which kept up live.
~ spirit throughout the audience. We have
not the means Of ascer,ainng the number Of
these who were not members Of any society
before. aud who there pledged themselves 10
abstain from the use Of ardent spir,,s, bu, we
know that the number is s"fIicien, 10 make the
influence Of his lectures long frl, in this place.
az judging from the determined character Of
those who have resolved to abstain, we do no,
aPp'ehend 'ha. instability which has charac.
'erized several Of the societies heretofore for
med. and wrecked upon the frs, rock found in
their way. Of the large number Of ladies'
present. almost every one signed the pledge.
The Lectures Of Mr.. F. are argumen,a,ive
and eloquent, free from any thing that can
give offence 10 any, so tina, aside from the i'm.
portance OF the cause in which he is engaged,
they are highly interesting.
Al the close Of his last Lecture, the follow
ing resolutions offered by MI. Brownsll, were
unanimously adopted:
Resolved. Tina, as citizens Of Bloomington.
en- masse assembled. we tender to Mr.. T.. S.
Falrca'ld. our warnest thanks, for his able
aud interesting lecture up n the subject Of
Temperance. and that WE most cordially vec.
oinmend him ~ the favorable consideration
OF The friends Of Temperance throughout the
Territory.
Resolved. That tho above resolution be
published in the Bloomington Herald.
In the commencement Of this article we sta.
ted that up to Friday our town was wihou,
any exciting topic. but now Temperance is all
the talk. and will continue for a week or two.
we presume, when like all other exci,emen,s.
the chat may die away bu. the spiri. will he
left.
Mr.. F. leaves on the next boa, for Duboone.
and other points IN the Lead Mines. where W.
feel assured his labors will he duly spprecia.
ted. and crowned with success.
Loss AND CAIN.-Weil, the election is over.
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