American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-07-24
Correspondence of the Messenger & Recorder.
New CoNconp, Ohio, July l6. 1857.

N,,v coyropn Ohm Inrv ,6 1877
rhs ,os, evci,;,, ,o,ic now bsreahou,s
ia IN, new imne,us Given to the Temner.
fRev Henry Chance Of the NJ. T.. Church,
cbo,,c3 ~ come into this mart Of the State
within f,w weeks, and has awakened a
deem interest; in the Temperance cause.-
The first nlace 7 heard Of him was a, onr
ueichborinr.,own of Cambridge. county-seat
of Guernsey whers he has been blessed 40
an instrument in puttiug down the rum sell.
inp bus;ness EXTERNALLY. He lec,urrd for ,
few DAYS and nichts. aud orqanized Car.
so, I,.cre went n work under our now
r;o,,or rrt tho g (o,, s,ro,., go,
or reach If m, g ,ymoerotsn - as be forms
them SeveroIindc,menrs herore ,bo cour,
had to h. made rur within = fsw ,vsoLs
.Camhridoe which was Getting ,o he Camous
for ntemneranc. has hecome oue If III.
most tsmne1a,e towns we have The Ca.
son Ieaone enforces the Inv ooo;rs, .v.rr
off,pd,r wi,bout rasrec, "a narso,s
& Broad .ay," is An oddi,v IIp hits nno,
a method Of Iecmrino which takes tho mass
Of pcnpls rioh, alonr with hin, conbinipo
solid ARGUMENT and sounl sense with rich
Vein of lun and humor, which is mos, laucb.
able and sarcastic. Ills nosi,iops ar. ho,Jlv
assumed and forcibly maintained and his
rebuke!. The most vi,hering, while the Jokes
and mimicry which he mis- OF calls down
shouts of imnoderate buohter Wherever
he goes, he wages. at once. nm upcomprising
warfare against all who. directly or indirect.
ly'ad in,emperance, and he says eth onlv
way to .tpRY UP" the liouor business is TO
take The Yankee plan of weaving calves -
'"dry up the ceOwn And he does "dry m
the ceow,' before he leaves town In
speaking Of disDillercs, the other night in
his lecture la our town, lie said ",hsy were
a curse to any community They would
send n smoke and stencil that would hang
like mourning over whole township, and
enough 10 puke old scratch. He said he
passed IT, dISriIery a Newark few nights
sUCe, and Snch was the abominable stencil
which rose from it, that he thought when
'he moon got straight overhead, " the man
an The moon wOuld haze TO hold his nose r'
lie argues ihr constilutionaIhy OF liquor
law clearly and Iorciby.
The League al Cambridge invited him to
address, It Temperance Mass Meeting al that
place or ihe 4th of July, which he did.
attended. and was surprised to see such an
! awakening Oh the "old subject" as many
term it. There were some 1000 people TO
hear Broad axe, and he hcUcd close 10 the
ecoie, and made the chips ay manfuIly. He
has astonishing success. and has brouoht
peace aud happiness TO many novels of iue.
brla,lon in Eastern Ohio
He is a Canenter BY trade and he was
so awkward with the broad.axe when an an.
pren,ce. that The title, Broad axe" has
followed him ever since. He is now labor.
Ing ip GAINESVILLE, whore he is much needed.
We have very warm weather, bat inter.
spersed with refreshing showers, which are
fine for vegetation. The crops are very pro.
mising hereabouts. Wheat will be good
where the weeyil is not bad, bnt many fields
of "smoolh wheat" are entirely destroyed
"bc,'rdy wheat" fares better, Most fields
are god, aud the crop heavy, SO that, upon
the who,c, the crop will be, it is thought,
more than halfa crop. In those fields where
,he weevil have msde their worst attacks, it
is astonishing. ! have plucked heads that
1ynrc ltp gaIly fnIt OG il somciio,ec ono b,u-
lred and uewstds ~ The insec, i, ono bood
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