Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-02-13

tie village, with more than common pow
ef, caused not only by the extraordinary
consumption of the ardent in our midst,
but also by All eloquent address on the
subject, from one of our county lawyers,
who is fresh in the field and full Of that
warm love for the cause, which Is called
FIRST lore" I was SO fortunate as to hear
the address, and can join heartily in the
universal eommendation which WAS freely
bestowed upon it, while knowing the alb
normal condition of the speaker, who had
Just recovered from a mortal sickness
l cannot endorse the criticisms bestowed
upon it by many. who thought its delivery
lacked the energy and life which charac-
terize the ordinary speeches of the afore-
said lawyer. 1t Is not my purposeto give
a SYNOPSIS of the lecture, or q review oft,
but rather use it as an occasion to speak of
some errors which young and inexperi-
enced temperance lecturers have fallen in
to-, and to correct q wrong impression
which has been conveyed concerning our
village, in other parts of the county, which
I can reach only through your columns
1t is much the custom of reformers gener-
orally, and of temperance lecturers par
ticularly, to speak of places where they
have been. and inaugurated q movement
BY the aid of the citizens, which promises
much good If they continue steadfast in
the cause, 10 call the attention of their su-
dience to the lawful and degraded condi-
ton that village was in" when they
-. H. TT-s-- aroh oxnra.cian1 a.
the following: ss0ne of the worst holes in
the county; had not had q temperance
lecture in twenty years." and when the
present speaker went there, ''they stared
at him as if he had been q bear"-'he
could hardly get q church for his meeting
for the citizens were afraid he would de-
file it, ard while a ''few ladies and
gentlemen were singing some temperance
songs, the crowd were staring at the spea-
kerr" Now l wish to make 8 few re-
marks, on the above texts, not only by
way of eIhortation, but also in reproof of
this habit of public speakers, who often
blacken the character of a whole commu-
nifty, for the sole purpose of whitewashing
themselves. And now to the first charge
l have mentioned: "One of the worst
drinking holes in the county" 1 am not
prepared to deny that Newton Falls 10
one of the worst drinking holes in the
county, never having visited all the pla-
ces in the county for the purpose Of ascer-
tanning which was the worst, or which
kept the most liquor or the finest quality,
feeling satisfied that there is plenty OF it
here such as it is, but am willing to ad-
nit, that one who could make such 8
charge ought to know, and would not
rashly find his rep tation without having
had the experience to prove it if necessary,
and no doubt has made the Necessary re-
search, and no doubt speaks what he thinks
he knows; but before admitting implicitly
this wholesale charge, it might be peril
nent 10 ask if the witness has been in the
habit of searching through all the length
and breadth of the county, for any other
than 'dirty low drinking holes?" Second
nature may influence q mans observa-
tons, and his ~inclinations be like the
wish, ''father to the thought" As to the
second charge, that q Temperance lecture
has not been delivered here in twenty
years" single denial might suffice on
this head, for many of wi citizens can
well remember, how often they have de-
lightedly listened to the ''great guns" of
the temperance cause, men who next 10
the eminent and eloquent Cough in tho
lecture field, have devoted themselves and
their all, to the great and good work Of
rescuing their fellow men froD the chains
Of the tyrant alcohol, not satisfied with an
occasional evening here and there, but ev-
er ready day and night, in season and out
Of season, to push forward the good work
as long as one victim of intempenance
might be found and reached. Bat in
common with many other communities,
have been often taken in by Evolves
sleeps clothing" and we all know that
when any cause is popular, "false proph,
cts and deceivers will arise" and SHOULD
we stare at any lecturer, ''as If he were a
bear" it is not bee use We have any idea
be is q bear or that he will exhibit one,
the course of his lecture but be-
cause, we would silently learn what IS
the reason this one, q "new born babe"
IN the cause, it may be, should choose to
ipeak to US on temperance. We gaze, not
account of the lecture being on temper
ance, but because the lecturer, is on tenn
perance, wondering at the disappearance
of the ''spots on the leopard" and the
''change of the Ethiopian's skin, won
where n accustomed to do evil
not only to do well but how to
point out the new path to others. "These
lew born bodies are full of vanity, and
iancy a look however modest, as q won
lering stare, and their ~overweening yanl-
~ leads them to fancy themselves the OBJ
of all observers, while in fact they
,nly attract the attention which the cause
md not themselves deserves. These babies
ire wonderfully given to babbling of their
influence, and being inexperl-
snced, overrate themselves and their eff
oIts, which they think have cast all their
IT edcessors full Twenty years" back into
But l am dwelling too long OF
u this point, and 1 will only say in ref
renee to the charge that ga church could
iardly be obtained here for q temperance
if this be so land 1 am not aware
# it, it is not a common thing "for q
litter fountain to yield sweet water"
which might account for the hesitancy
onplained of. Ladies and gentlemen al
most always sing temperance songs at a
meeting, if they ring at all,
nd that this should seem strange to any
lecturer, may be accounted
all the more readily if he should be .
resh hand at the business, and hence not
much accustomed to the course of proceed
re at temperance. meetings. 1t would be
veil, and might assist somo newly hedged
on this field Of labor, if some pro-
,rammes of temperance meetings were
and the words ''song by the glee
put in large caps, so that they might
lot be surprised into a confession of ig-
torrance, when trying to indicate certain
meetings they have attended.
Public speakers should be = little chary
,fmueh speaking concerning what has
happened in the house of their friends. al
hongh they may think that thereby they
id laurels to their brows, for ever friends
urn their backs sometimes, especially If
falling from grace should occur, and
re generally as ready as any other to say
told you 90" S.
An Immense Fortune.
1t is said to havo been ascertained be-
ond a possibility of doubt, that an. i'm
lense fortune has been left tha Grova