The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-12-31
For the Organ.
Ramblings,
GERMANTOWN, o.,
Dec. IL, 1859.

BRO. ORGAN: L VIII now redeem my
promise, and give you continued ac-
count of my "trip to Troy and Piqua.
| closed my last by stating that | had
reached Piqua between and 2 O'Clock
in the night. l took quarters at the
"Piqua House, :, splendid hotel, but
is cursed with a " Bar" The first
thing of note was, to see the bar-keeper
try to get darkey to kiss the Bible
and Swedr he would never touch
another drop Of liquor. While ! ad-
mired the effort and object of the bar
keeper, thought his preaching failed
to carry conviction home to the heart
Of his subject. This poor, colored fell
low thought it was not fair to refuse
his money, and withhold from him
what he was so ready to grant to 9TH
ers. And | thought so too.
Next morning we advertised a
meeting for me at the Templar's Hall
for Thursday night, as the generality
of the youngsters had to attend large
singing school on Wednesday even
ing. This school is taught by the
celebrated Mr. John Gibson, the lead
er of the renowned "Gibson Family"
1t is, therefore, no wonder that nearly
all Of the genteel young folks of Piqua
should attend his school in preference
to any other kind of meeting.
On this day, "Wednesday J, I took
a flying visit 10 Fletcher, a small vii
lage some six miles east of Piqua, in
company with Mr.. w. S. Gebheart,
an old shop-mate, and once a mem
Der of Dayton Section, No. 6, Sons of
Temperance. He is now too old to
be a Cadet, is a good fellow, but has
got to smoking rather freely. This
afternoon, on my return from Fletch-
er, l was waited upon by a goodIy
number of good Brother Templars,
with whom | formed a slight but
pleasant acquaintance. Among them,
/ might name Bros. Birely, Hamilton,
Bowman, and many others whose
names | have not retained. Brother
Birely welcomed me to the hospitah-
ties of his house during my stay in the
place, which was from Wednesday af-
ternoon 10 Friday afternoon. Long
shall | remember the kindness of Bro.
B. and his excellent family. Our
temperance friends in Piqua take
great pleasure in taking care of, and
helping along, laborers in the temper
ance vineyard. They have a very
good Temple and Temperance Hall in
this place. Indeed, Piqua is one OF
the very best little cities in Ohio; and
| should think is blessed with a large
proportion of moral and order-loving
people.
MY audience on Thursday night
was not overly large, but Of the right
material. After speaking of the pres
ent condition and future prospects of
the Order of Cadets of Temperance
under their new organization in Ohio,
| called for the names of all young
men who wished to assist in getting
up a Section in that place. Seven
names were all that could be gotten
in the Hall but they were all over
sixteen years of age, and of the right
material. A very fine and influential
young man, by the name Of @. O..
Dills, led off In the matter. He took
the list, and, on leaving the Hall, met
with three Of his associates on the
sidewalk, and as / was passing by,
he called to me to help him to con-
vince them that they ought to come
in. We talked but short time until
they agreed to give up tEe weed, (for
they were sucking at a great rate J and
60 into the operation. They signed
our list on the spot. By noon, on
Friday. we had tsgeIue, the requisite
number to procure a charter. None
Of these are under sixteen. These
young men desire to get up Section