The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-09-02
,ood Templar Celebration at Burton

There were present the members of Lodg- |
cs, aud additional outside temperance pco |
plc. amounting in the aggregate to coo or
: 600. Tho Lodges met at the Pres Church.
clothed themselves in rcgaia, and marched
in procession to the grove in tho Far
Grouuds--led by the Painosville Brass
Band.
As wo passed. the Hall in the Fair grounds,
the first sight which greeted my unsophisu-
Gated wonder. was the incredible extent Of
the catablos. which seemed, to my simple
fancy. almost q miracle of Providence and
pinchcd myself severely several times to
satisfy myself that it was nj dream. o.
MIR. Editor il you arc anything of n castro
nome, as editors arc apt to be, | would Mt
begrudge almost any small trouble which
small boys aro wont TO do for small con-
sideration could you hnyo witnessed with
unspectacled oyos. that boun dless assort-
mcnt os culinary preparations. There wer"
pigs and pickles and pies, md peaches ard
pcurs and pums-potatoes and p"ppcrsauco
and every thing else that p begins, that e
good. But it wcro vanity to describe, -
What troubled mo most, was, to know "hst
could be- done with 50 vast n collection of the
good things of this world. before 1gc should
destroy its uourisbing prol critics. (Ibis
wonder. will hero say, was somewhat cool
cd, directly after its birIh in witnessing
some of the physiological usos to which tho
, human stomach may be perverted
Tho Band dscourscd fine nusic from the
Speakers stand. while tho Lodges woro al
ranging themselves around it, when PetoI
Hitchcock, Marshall of the day, introduced
4 GEN. SAMUEL f. CARY. the orator for tho
occasion, who said ho would try to amust
tho crown during that longest Of hnlf.hour'
tho ono preceding dinner. The Generals
tongue is as nimLIo us the Mississippi Foote's
and MS eloquent us the justice of tho cause
tor which he labors his heart as warm 10 /,
mothers, and as great as mans. lie
spoke happily for single half hour, whom,
after farther music by the Band, the i'm.
mcnso company proceeded TO destroy tho
collected provision. Excelsior had Tho
honor of the Generals presence at Ecr tnb',
--gnyo him seat in the ccnter, with per
mission to lot lis dcpredutons extend as ia
each way as his judgment prescribed. Th
General is tho soul Of socinbiIity and wo bo
love enjoyed that picking as well as any q
US
The afternoon proceedings were of
more serious character, The Hon. Hon r
l. Hitchcock, President of Western Rcsorv
! College, opened tho meeting with y charnc
teristic temperance PRAYER. in which III
poor who suffer by tho curse Of rum wer
committed to tho care of righteous Coz
; and tho tender mercies of ali good aud ten,
porance men; the inebriato admonished t
return to n brighter and holiur lifo. an
they who sell d4muaton by tho gill, t
cease 20 do eviI and lcnrn to do well
Aftor the prayer, Hon. p. Hitchcock in
trodurcd Gen Cary. who began moderately
/ solrmu!y and icrlngIy, to present Ill
claims of tho temperance reform-thc in
= portauce and necessity of its oxistcnco--il
, SEE once, of religion, Of morality, educatio
t and society. Ardent Spirits no assure
o us was the propuct and result of rottonncs
T. tho rcsnlts which followed causes il create
II wrro alike rot'enncss aud decay. The fir
galioNs, built by lIaman for Mordccui, NJ
tho last ono built in tho State of Ohio, We
n the result Of intcmpcrancc;-nud larl
4 proportion of tho Intermediate hanging
1t wore tho result of the same cause, Not
Y single mah of souso or candor in Ohio cou
h hO found, who would not admit that y
n should bo AN hundred fold better or il the
If was not drop of liquor III tho State. III
Bibo was "a standing statue, higher than Il
n onactmonts of men, which, from Genesis
y Revelations ia filled with warnings and COT
= mauds to drink not Of tho cup of dovils :
y The philosophers of every ugo-and eve
- benetactor of his race, from Paul OF Tars
-. to Ward Bcccher of BROOKLYN hsvo Doc
# temperance men. No nation which h
Is been eminent for its righteousness its pI
Is lauthropy, its justice and morality, but
l. has been nike eminent for its sobricty.
q has Walked hand IN Land with ovcry gre
e reform that has been promulgated amor
t us since tho world bogan-nftcr tho lloC
V And shall we, who hsvo tho lessons taug
', by the history of IL world six thousand yes
y, old, profit nothing by that record
-. In our own State thcro are 80 900 drum
-, ards to-day. going with all tho accUora
>" velocity which rum can add to Timo, 70 II
houored graves Y"t w0 can have no pr
h5itory law. Aud shall this number nov
Gs bo loss : The Il oodgates Of ruin from Q
,d stills are pouring their desolating tido ov
our fair Ohio, aud strangling in its red II
slippory food thousands OF nob!o fLlho
cd husbands, sons: Shall thuso gates never
n. closed up: |! wo havo tho pOwcr to cI,
III, them aud refuse To exercise II, tho blood
IN snmo fallen brother crios to us from /
ng ground.
Ia CoLp WATER This is the beverage G
1c. gave to man: distilled in tho clouds
heavon. aud filtered through the ovOrasti
oI. hills No drunkard's wife shall dror
;et scading tears upon its foamiug brink;
.v orphan child shall cry in vain to heaven
~, bread, for wrongs which il has wrought
=. Millions of happy faces mud light heu
may ;hs day thauk their God tor tho pu
w. ty of the beverage which llu hRs given til,
''" in boundIcss professionalism worry Pro,
r. Inncp nC IIpnlth