Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-08-02
A Temperance Dog.

On Monday night, during the tenn aTance
gathering in front OF the Patent Ofice, the fol-
lowing was told by IeiOrmer from the use of
the ardent. 1t appears that the crowd gathered
about to hear the speaker were q little bolster
ous and inclined not TO hearken TO him, when n
welEknOwn builder and brickIayer stepped up
alongside of the speaker and said: 4" Look
here, mister; don't know you, but my names
Tom -. built that new brick on the corner
there. / weigh $50 pound, and an gO.n' to pro-
tect YOU, and il there's any man in this here
crowd as wants to interfere with your spe.kin',
III take chance with him. L amt much of q
temperance man, as how you can see, but I'm
gCin' TO be from this out. tell you what tits,
sight Of good men is just ruined by this here
fiery stuff; il makes me crazy. Why, have
been 90 uDStrung by it myself, and 80 all
fired nervous, that i couldn't bring nv
s ssf to my thH ahs powers Why it's
one things sure, I'm a goin' to stop it.
I'm soin TO tell you what made me come here
tonight. used to have a boy whose now dead
these two years; he was ii when he died. / had
dog, too, his name was 'Cliff.' that boy and
that dog used 10 come here, MT. Savage. TO hear
you speak Temperance and the dog seemed to
listen and take in and understand every word
you said You car b'lieve 1T or not, but can
prove every word of what i say BY my wife.
Well. iced TO come by OF a night and used 10
say TO you, come on cid man, lets take a Saw
age cocktail" and all that kind o. talk and
then I'd 20 over 20 HuTley's on the corner there
and Just as sure Cliff, CHATS my dOg,) was
around fore "a cit TO the door he'd take a hold
OF my briches and pull me away. and I've been
sthinkin and a thinkin' about that dog tryin to
up my mind. ard m gOin to stick 70 II, that
Il amt goin 20 drink another drop O. the infer
nal lntoXicatin' stun a. long a live. 1 amt
much OF a speechiheI but 1 guess you can I'M
deTstand what I'm a sayin. Iaint from any of
your speaAin here That IN a takin the pledge
nut tell you and yod can lati If yOu want 10,
that dog q mine whose Dc al mOrn'e q year aad
hali ago Is Tie cause OF my takin' the PLEDGE
THE LIVE srgcG MAEKsr.-The report
OF I've stock on sale At DrOyers' Rest ard else
"heTe lCr the week ending Friday, August 2, is
a. follows:
81 C!aTk's depot for the sale OF swine. f7Oho-s
from Ohio and Illinois, were sold. The market
wEs brisk at further advance Of : cent per
pound, aud ready sales at : 4 cents per pound
net.
At Center market and elsewhere u beeves. 81
mich COWS and calves, and 100 veal calves were
Sold Beeyes bTOaght S5aS4 per cwt; mich
COWS anu calves sold at SS0aSJ0 per head and
yeals ia5 cents per pound. The markets this
week were very dull. and the offerings with
limited exceptions. OF interior quality.
At Droyers' Rest 6i9 beey5s were offered. and
s512 Sod for Slaughter, a. follows: L., very IN
Terror stock, at S2.75. Fair AID average grades
brOugAt -S-5USS6. and few OF the best grades
Oh salt 500 Per cyt.; l53 forwarded to Ba!tl-
more r-2Tkatt, arS 80 remain over. The market
was fair but rather OverstoCked, the supply be-
ing the greatest Of the season. The quality Of
tie STOCK consi~iee@ OF a few from Baltimore and
elsewhere superior, and the balance ordinary
and inferior. Fifty-oue COWS and calves OF fair
and ordinary quality we've OIL sale, and 50 head
EOld 6 SJJs~Gjs
Tie market for sheep and lambs was fair, but
the offerings below the STANDARD OF last week.
There were $50 sheep and laTbs--ss1 OF the
former and les OF the lat-cr-on sale; lI5 sheep
brought sc cents per pound, and LOIS lambs
sold az S5ISt-Je, aGi a few Of superior grade
were diSyC cd OF at - per H6a1. There were
1l5 sheep and % lambs remaining unsOld.
PREPARATIONS ROE The G. ASD r. RATIFI-
CATION NEErICG.-A meeting Of the Greeley
ard Brown cub % TIE 18th district was held
list hight. - committee consisting OF John II.
Crane, Ge0rge d. Wilson, Anon Duyail, &. q.
FRASER ard j. A. y Heck was appointed on CON
struticn ard bylaws Me~srs Y. y Wilson. J.
n. job son. W. ". Ciagett, DIR. Suodrrass and
.ismes HvTn were appointed a COMMITTEES TO
procure fun..s ard arrange for tue ratif cation
meeting OF the 9Th OF August. On motion of
ar. JCln II. Crane, Nt-s-S. Wilson, Frazier
Duvail, Newton and Warden were appointed 4
committee - look after the distribution Of hand
bills, and 20 ascertain the feeling OF the citizens
OF the district with regard to the ratification
meeting. AMER Mr. Crane had VI AIDE his thread
bare speech about the board OF public works
the meeting adjourned.
THE GREELEYITEs OF TIE 18th DISTRICT
held a parlor meeting last N ght at the residence
Of Mr.. Murray, corner of 9Th and l. streets. A
committee on ratification meeting was appoint
ed, AID several names were added To the list OF
members.