The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-12-27
Ele First Temperance Ass0ei-
aGEGE 5n Potter.
HEBRON. Dec. Is. 1860.

| . Sons of Temperance, in Coudcrsport,
j. 'iic evening Of the 9Th Of this month,
tie Rev. Mr.. Parsons, | was highly
ititiod while listening to his excellent
"narks for the glorious cause Of temper
.ce, for which ! have been au advocate
~ the last thirty years. Ny miud was
c,gsied back to the first start Of The tent
france movement in this county. ]. will
i've you the circumstances that transpir-
"A in the summer Of 1881. / came IN
tbs town in the wintero o th~irty.one, there
nere but three families in the town at
that time all was a waste wilderness where
rothing bat the bowling Of he wild beasts
& prey was to be heard. But since that
time our nchIe school system has been
established and school houses and church
6 built, aud light has sEone forth as il
we're in a dark place, whore now we hear
lie sweet anthems Of praise and the songs
{! tie redeemed. Not Only this to cheer
,ur hearts, but The glorious, blood stained
banner Of liberty and the cause Of tenn
rorance has been unturlcd in our towns
md county, ty which many hearts with
mine, have been made to rejoice exceed
igly-may The breeze that has unfuriod
i,ese banners continue to wave them IN
II the last vestige Of intcmpcrauce and
sham-demccracy be swept from Potter
county and throughout or land. True.
Il is re lave achieved a great victory in
he last elections thro 1gh the ballot box
think as great as Tie revolution. lie
y DO ralcs the destiny Of all nations has
ID us on TO victory as he did cur fathers
,nder the great Washington. We shall
ill be led on o 'grcater victories BY our
Heavenly Father and L standard bear
Is elect, if we keep our eyes on the mark
set before US. IS there no balm in Gle
I'd ard no physician to heal the maIady
Il our patton !? answer, there is. Mr.
Lincoln viii slime forth clear as the sun
Mr.. Hanlin fair as tic moon. They
viii hold cut the olive leaf and pour in
tie oil aud the wine and administer the
i.caling balm, both to the South and the
North; while our noble Representatives
Il shine like stars in Tie ornament I'll.
der them.
We have got the foe Alcohol to face
next fail WHO lives to see the time roll
:yund. Now is the time, as Mr.. Parsons
remarked, tu.commence the rolling Of the
temperance bail anew in this county. /
fear it is getting furnished. Let Us have
car lamps trimmed and burning, aud meet
it in earnest, and say no, aud raise the
puny arm OF abstinence, and tell the de-
Ion no, We viii have no commerce with
the unfru;;ful works Of darkness. We
shall reap in duo time Il we iaint not.
| will now give a statement Of the cir
cumstanccs referred to above, In the CON-
menccmcn, Of what is called the Craudll
Hill settlement. in this town. The few
that had scl;!-d there in the spring Of
1881 united together in Z solemn com
ract not to have liquor at raisings or bees
or use it except for medicinal purposes.
1t has been sustained to the present,
tAgough al opposition. This was the EIs
move made in this county in tie good
cause. The following SUMNER Mr.. Mel
son Clark laIt his first saw mill. Pre-
rious to the raising Of the frame ! met
lin one day. He told ne he thought Of
trying-to raise his mill without whisky.
lie asked ne what I.thou9ht-ifit could
lie done. told him it could. Accord
ingly he Invited the hands 10 raise with
cut whisky. and he would get SUPP er for
them. The dag came and every man was
ca hand. Wuiie the timbcrs were put
ting together, six robust, stout fellows
trove up-ncar the place IN a.waggon (ona
Gf them tAat IS now il the silent graye,)
came up to Ir. Clark and told lim that
thcy had come to help him if lie would
consent for hiM to bring a two gallon jug
Il whisky On the ground. Mr. Clark
t,id him no; and that if Ills mill could
I9t be raised without whisky, it might
lie there Ill the morning of the rcsurrec-
ton, Tie gang staid until the first bent
was raised, with yelis aud boots to pre-
vent the operation, They see their de
sircs to BE- defeated, and left like a gang
If dosperadoe5. The frame went up Sc
cureIy-th@uks for that victory. The
next was, Capt. loss, in tine same sum
aer, raised a house frame on the side hill
south Of lie Academy, that Is now down
and gone, with about the same defeat,
tried, but failed in the effort.
The cause has grown to what it is in
our county. May it run and be gIorjied.
The first start Of the cause of liberty was
Shout i. the same channel. DIy heart is
Sled with gratitude to our Heavenly
Father for what | have lived to see in
Potter county. with my locks frosted with
So winters. Yours truly,
j. II. GREENMAN
The Rural Apnaoi and horticultural
Directory for lSG9.-Thc Sixth Annual