The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-05-10

young men Of the place have been seem
struggling for gravity uader the effects
Of imbibing too freely. Il is to our mind
sad thing to see man so much slave
to his appetite or caprice, as to lower
himselfto a level with the brutes by in-
,oxica.ion. I, is sad sigh, 70 zee the
poor deluded mortal Keeling under its ef.
fec,s, bu, j, is a still sadder thing and
more to be lamen,sl tina. young men,
linen who are just entering upon the stage
Of action and commencing their labors 10
the field Of usefulness, who are perhaps
the objects upon which are placed the
hopes, the happiness and shs prayers Of
fond parents perhaps their idols or the
props and supports which they hoped
would sustain them in their declining
years-.hat young men in whom are
conferred many hopes and upon whose
success much il expected and could be
realized, and could become useful men
and ornaments to society, who have been
gifted with no mean abilities who have
been favored by their Maker and could
become leading men, TO be looked up to
and respected, yea, honored by their Eel.
low men, that they should early learn to
trust to the imaginary pleasures Of ardent
spirits or tamper with king alcohol to Gre
ate an appetite, to 1ring them to ruin and
Disgrace, to humble them to the level Of
the swine aud to steal away their brains,
their money. reputation, health and all
that is valuable on earth and even hopes
Of heaven--thls we say is thing great.
ly to Be lamsnted. and if we should say
such things are in embryo in Upton we
do not think we should exaggera,s.
Certain it is that there are here class
. Few. who are, As we said before, now
in their youth, with the world before
them; who are constantly il possession Of
ardent spirits. Such things are . retro.
gads to Tip.on.i. is returning to the times
that were, but, as steps have been taken
10 arrest the evil BY stopping the sale OF
beverages, it is to be hoped
that oil will be we'll by ending well.
Meeting ct Wilton.
Pursuant to notice, the citizens ofW ilsoo met
at Washbufl's Hotel on Monday evening, April
18th, and organized BY calling J J. Rider to
The chair, and appointiag Harper Dsvh, eecre
easy, when the following resoladons we're unau.
imously adopted: s...
Re. a,ai That W will no longer tolerate
these nuiss ,ces among u Ia the s6ape OF beer
shops, who, though they profess 70 ell small
beer ooly, the eNscs Is large enough 70 cause
Resolved. That We can sbate those nuiss nces.
Resoissd, That We will do It.
Rsso'osd, Tbs. the proceedings Of this inset.
ING Be publ shed In the Temperance papers OF
Davenport, Aus,atne, Iowa City and Upton.
II. DAVIS, Sec. ~. RID SR, Cha.
The above was sen, TO Us f,r publiea-
lion. cheerfully we inssr, it. It il bu.
another Instance that the people all over
he state of Iowa, are determined to en-
force the law. Tha, they will no longer
be frightened and retarded by the threats
or bravado OF the rum.lo wing portion. 1!
is abou, time meeting was called here.
The subject with Us is a. it was a, Will
ton Il 10 not old citizens who are the
worst transgressors, but new corners, who,
backed by few old ones, seek to force
community to their terms, Blu, the tide Is
turned, "I can't be did" The law must
and shall be enforced.
It has been SAID, aud pretty Justly too,
tha, the Temperance men Of Upton as a
general thing are afraid to enforce the
law afraid 10 advocate it. This we be.
lieve is the case with most of them but
no. with all. We judged so because al.
ter the recen. prosecutions was common.
ced here last Saturday, the temperance
people were much frettcd for fear we had
go, into trouble by doing it, indeed their
fear seemed to be 30 great tina. they fear.
cd eyen TO tow 70 Is il: tss stree. les; /;
should be though. they were concerned
with US. What a valuable thing ones
popularity" is, and continually he
should guard il.
We might say more and be more to
|, he poia., because we are satisfied that
The professions Of friendship for the TEN.
perance cause loo frequently amounts, in
fact, only to caniing hypocricy.
Affidavi,s were filed in the cases by
W. Fl. McCracken, David Evans, H IRAN
Latham aud Wells Spicer, and all with
the expectation Of being backed up AMI
encouraged by the temperance men oil
the place. The two first icing young in
the world, and no, yet over their timidity
would be benefited by encouragement,
rather then be rode over rough shod
and browbea,en blackguarded and bully
ragged BY the rummies, bu. the las, two
HI. and ourself-we have seen and