The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-11-30

REV. s. s. RoszELL.

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REV. s. S. ROsZELL.
The Editors Of the Free Press will
crafty many Of their patrons by Civ
ing the following. which is taken from
the Alexandria Ga=ette of the 18th
inst, place: A PATRON.
We had the pleasure of hearing, last
night, in the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, 4 sermon by the Rev.
5. S. RoszelI, formerly Of the Balti.
more Conference. 1t is not our pur.
pose to presume to portray. in pen
painting the poetic bcauty ard power,
and rhetorical facinations Of the dis
course. but simply, melted by it, to
touch with our gaiter-toe, the 'two
legged anmals without feathers, upon
VIII om the eloquent orator set his boot.
heel 50 heavily in righteous indigna-
ton.
Mr.. Roszell was stationed in Alex.
andria twenty eight years ago. and in
walking through our town ycslerd y,
lie was surprised and saddcncd 10 see
over almost every other door, the worl
Sal o.o-n' written-a name intended
to dignity the devil, and give music TO
damnatlon
In days departed, putrid pens where
brandy and beer were sold for Satan :
swine to swill for a cent, were proper.
| Iy pronounced 'rum-holes, and .groy
shops now they are dignifedly demon
mated 'Sa-l.o-o- n-s:' and the effort t.
gloss with gentility such paddles oi
pollutions,is as absurd and ludicrous as
it is infamous and disgusting.
The English definition of the French
word "salon" is great hall /; parlor;
and the appropriation of the term; be,
trays the cracked condition Of those
who drag it from decency to adorn de-
gredation, solely to subservc the pur.
pose of parsimony for, seen from the
sidewalk, such sinks Of iniquity usual
ly prove to bc but dirty, diminutivC
dens, with few filthy glasses on a
greeso covered counter; dozen black
bottles on some sin stricken shelves
rs large q crowd Of cursing customer;
rs the contracted counterpart of The
domicile of Diabolus can accommo
fdatc, and the 'Sa-l-o on proprietor
the .dignified commander OF Il very
small craft, sailing under French color:
to give it tone and size-who carries
his soul in his pocket and peddlcs il
out for bait, piecemeal for penny, to
anglers in the bottomless pit-who has
drowned his black heart in brandy and
beer, and buried it beside the cold
corpse of. his conscience, in cesspOol
of SHIN the language Of God s gifted
ambassador 'thc wet nurse brought
up by the devil, TO suckle gtown-up
babies of the bottlc-moasuring oul
the milk at n dime for dram
We know men who were strictly
temperate before these vile webs Oi
harmless ale and beer woven by gree.
dy, graceless human spiders, all over
our once decent community, TO suck
the sober blood of morality from man.
" veins, and shuttle for the rigid re
mains of ruined reputation, VINO arc
now by-word and reproach-mcr
who four years agonc, were promincnl
church members; honoreI esteemed
and loved but who are now dancing
theatre going rum -guzzling, multiIated
images of manhood-incubus on the
shoulders of scnsibility; and all be.
cause OF these degrading dcns OF des.
truction-thcse trcachorous traps ol
Tartarus, set by atan'sswindling sat
elites, and licensed TO bait with 'Por.
ter, ale and beer Gods blasting
curse will surely fail upon those in an-
thority who permit these wet nurses,
brought up by the devil, t. dig graves
in darkened homes, to bury the bright
ness of Hope within.
The fullness of time has come Tor
the 'pestiferous funge' to be rahed ont
from the roots of humanity, and turn
ed in the sun to dry, lest the putrc-
scent pilo infect our whole social at
mosphere, and conduce to mortal, mo-
raj cholera throughout our entire COM
munity-for the Pulpit and Press to
let loose their long line Of burning bat
terics upon the bloody banner of Bac-
chus, until his souilcss subordinatcs
haul down his Haunting flag, and strike
their colors to General Reformation.
May rhe Sword of the Lord and of
Gideon, speedily dcsconed upon
every Saloon in this community
and country, and not one wet nurse
be left therein, to 'suckle the grown up
babies of the bottle!'
ET,OPENCE FAY