The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-08-05


\ mittee had, on this score, vanished be.
fore Bro, jenkins he'd spoken tenlHiR-
itlles. The sbdie1ce were at once
rivited to the speaker, and he held
u Them to the. end Of q nearly tive
hours speech, with undiminished, sat
lsiactio6. We have never Been a.
more strictly attentive congregation;
H scarcely one stirred from his position
during the entire speech. Sometimes
they were in a roar of laughter
sometimes hanging on his words with
suppressed breath, and at the close, it
was pronounced BY apparently aunan-
imous voice that the speaker had won
\ honors to himself, and stirred up an
enthusiastic and unhinchingly, deter
mined support Of Maine Law temper
ance, never before existing in "0ld
Geauga." a''la'' 7'' ''a
The exercises were interspersed
with prayer, reading the Declaration
Of Independence, most splendid sing.
/ ing by the choir, and music by the
band. At the conclusion Of the
speech, the company formed in pro-
Cession and marched to the bower Of
| Mr.. Burnett, where a dinner had
been prepared by the host in a most
excellent style; the only drawback
! being that there were thrice as many
hungry guests as had been anticipa-
ted, though not less than three hum
dred plates had been set. After din
ner, the procession returned to the
grove, expecting to hear Mr.. Yates,
who was confidently expected, up to
that hour, but as he did not appear,
after singing and music, Bro. Jenkins,
at our request, again took the stand,
and to our very happy disappointment,
, we found the last better than the first.
We regret that many Of our friends
who came from distance had left,
for they lost the richest part Of the
day. The afternoon discourse was
more Vivacious, presented more strik'
ing illustrations, and was received
with greater manifestations Of salts.
faction, than that Of the morning
, The spirit was up, though no spirit
had been poured down, and when the
speech closed, there was a unanimous
expression of delighted satisfaction
Our good friend Blakesley, Of Chagrini
Falls, was called out and made a few
capital remarks. lI.i" l"'., iN.''i''o
A series Of true blue, Maine Law,
temperance resolutions, were unani.
mously adopted, as were also, resolu-
tons of thanks to the band and choirs
for their very acceptable services.
A resolution of thanks to the speak
ers was then put, and carried with a
shout of acclamation that could not
but have been gratifying to our wor-
thy brother, as a manifestation Of the
} appreciation Of the audience, Of his
mastery efforts. On the whole, we
assure you 1t was proud day for oul
county. The weather was perfectly
. delightful, and not an untoward event
marred the peace Of any one.
3 Rest assured, Geauga is not only
{ all right herself, but she will lend q
/ helping hand to others. A pledge Of
t fifty dollars was given as our contribu-
. ton to the fund of the State Execu.
. tive Committee. A committee in
r each township was appointed to can
: vass for voters, and to solicit funds,
4 and an additional committee to secure
S good and able temperance speakers to
: traverse the county. We hope you
!, will find room for this communication
J in the Organ. 1t will, we trust, en-
: courage every temperance man to re-
= newed effort, and it is but an act oi
d justice toward Bro. jenkins, who al
e great inconvenience to himself con.
e tributed so largely to the pleasure and
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