The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-05-26
A Temperate Drink.

| come into operation III tnat State, ana
when "ramrods" and "rummies'
were as savagely in opposition as are
the North and South at the present
day, | became owner, by Inheritance,
of nice little cottage and lot Of land
in an inland town there, and went
home TO spend q few weeks in sum
mer. ] was q stranger, and the pop
ulation Of the locality being some
what scattered, it was several days
before | al extended nv acqu1iut
ance beyond the pastors and the
| doctor families. However, one sat
urday evening there was To- hc tenn
jperancc lecture, and my medical
( friend determined to choose this op-
portunity OF introducing mc to those
who were thcnceforth to he my neigh
bors at ouch seasons as ! could leave
/ city business to enjoy the pleasures
and the health Of the back woods.
Accordingly, | went 60 the lecture
or rather to the church where it !
was to be given--and hai vcrvI
/ gratifying Introduction TO my moral
friends; but the gentleman who was
TO dcsCont on the evils Of intcmper-
nncc did not make his appearance, /
consequently there was much dis
/ appointment among those assembled
| One or two attempts were made TO
got up something interesting on the
cnoru'siug subject that had brought
80 many together; but there was no
/ lilo in them, for the reason that the
arguments were all on ono side. |
never was a lover or q patron of
strong drink, hut | 90 like q stiff,
well contested argument. and. finding
that no fire could te struck from the
subject as it was 80 loosely before the
meeting I took ont my note book,
and pcuril'd q resolution strongly
endorsing licensed system of rum
! traffic, which presented for the ap-
proval Of the meeting ! instantly
found that ! bah invoked the feud $
intolerance aud uHChaIitableuess -
+ IOh! how the eyes Of many OF those
Ipre-ent flashed with race at the ter
Iuble presumption OF the stranger,
and how their lips waxel eloquent
/ over the dreadful crime of thinking
/ IOthcgvisc than they did! There was
luO longer requirement to urge men
I to speak; no longer want of animation
| in the speakers. / was talked at
enough TO satisfy me with that side
long system OF assault during my
/ lifetime; and am pretty sure that
my FINAL disposition, as then and
there in~inUAtcd, had some very de
ciicdly hrims;oueish 'sSociatious -
For nearly two hours the unhappy
resolution was tossed on the horns
and trampled under the feet Of the
rate spcal,crs-. mptapEoricaIly speak
ing; anil at last, when | could get n
word in cdgewiSe, and told that my
schcmn to raise their temperance vir-
tue had succeeded much TO my adj
uirati0n, and that. with certain mod
iication Of sentiment. | was entirely
on their silr. I believe there were
rot half dozen there believed me.
Io sell or 90 Give away auy mtox
ioa,irg liquor, Subjected q party to
punishment IS violator Of that law.
and this ] request the rcslrr to rc-
1"'lu'er.
I The late Captain Harrison, who
for MANY years commanded n tie
Cunara line, anl who was uu'ortu.
natcly drowned after he had been
made chief Of the Great Eastern-a
noble man and . warm-hoartcd friend
., q 10 ~ q, " r,,-,.e t, -,rf tl,fa t;f,, q
h'tu' "ll " pFtNt', ",1uV V''H ,'.Ho {,
O F" hgE "' s'o'ch mornings N"I'.'
p were '',W'F'ed TO my rur'l lcr'
"'lce ne Hc@ came pa'( o' the
way on 'Ae Stage coNC'' ah,, many
S,.,c',atons , , were II'"e "' tae 0sO ,
once oE my UItrP temperance lil'!'uS'
"nrtoinoJ ,n,, ",'', ,ii,,.r M n;n or Iron
~, Tho, nrn or 49, nonsti,rtnd
~ confonls roLodr donh,o1 II
came homo on Saturday evening
and was placed in the cellar.
Tho rouowir, VoJrosd,y r,ro
mon ono Of me pooycst rcirI,hors
corn to NV honsc hI sfoting fhot Lo
was Io,orino ,ndor nm intoiar9hia in
ternoI noin onI ro@1estoI mo ne :
would save his lirc. to Give linn a
class Of some kind Of spirits had