The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-04-04
THE TEMP GRANGE MOVEMENT.
l .eTiSG or THE LEAGUE.

Inc mo cement in Ottawa has been who'll
taken .narge Of by the League, which consists o
st'e al hundred members of both sexes. At tn
'.ljourncd meeting at the Methodist church OF
Tuesday evening, the committee appointed 70
that purpose, reported the following form OF
petition to be circulated for signatures and pre-
scented TO the city council:
TO the Common Council Of tie CITY IF OttdNa:
We, the Undersigned residents OF the city o
Ottawa, represent that the license by the city o
the sale of Intoxicating drinks Is nothing mort
or less than giving the sanction OF the law to The
commission Of crime which cngendcrs poverty
wickedness and misery, and which must, in the
nature of things be injurious to the hest inter
ests Of the community. We therefore petition
your honorable body that upon the expiration OF
the licenses for said traffic now in force YOU issue
no more license to any person to sell intoXicat-
ing liquors,
The report was accepted and the form adopted:
The Rev j. Baume offered the following rcso-
luton, which adopted:
Rcs0l,td That while the Ottawa Temperance
League has inscribed on its hnner"No License -
and will work in all practical ways to achieve
the fact in our city yet, as members Of the League,
We earnestly desire to cooperate with friends of
temperance reform in our community for the i'm.
mediate abatement Of the liquor traffic by rigid
enforcement of the State law known rs "Ihr Red.
dick temperance Law, and any Othcr1aw enact
ed to restrain and abac the evils of said traffic
The vacancies in the Board of Managers were
filled by adding the names of Mrs. Coles, Mrs
Baldwin, Mrs. Dickey, and Mrs, Mason. The va.
ant offices were filled electng Mrs. NJ ". Bald
win secretary aud Mrs. Bolcs treasurer
Representative Louis SUulc and Dr. Cleghom
made speeches; after which the League adjourn.
ed to meet at the Baptist church next Tuesday
evening.
on THE WAR PATH.
The work of visiting the saloons by the ladies
N squads, the commencement OF which on
Thursday of last week, we duly chronicled in our
iast, was resumed on Wednesday of the present
week, when sundry wet groceries were again
Visited, with results given below:
Called on JOHN Hoban, who entertained the
adde's courteousy. Being an alderman, he made
hem formal speech. The ladies plead that they
were working for the benefit of the poor. Mr.
II. was pleased to hear it and offered to sell them
4 couple of hundred sacks of flour at % cents be-
low cost for that purpose. He added that he did
not like to see Il drunken man around hi' prem
ises, and if any lady had drunken husband,
brother, father son or beau, and would give him
The name, lie pledged himself if they came into
his place intoxicated, he would not only order
them out, but, to obligc the ladies, would "ii,k''
;hem out The ladies left no names, made no
investment in -four, and Mr.. Hoban, on the pledge
being presented to him, didn't autograph worth
cent,
Mrs Schcying was next WaitedupOM She vas
engaged In that peculiarly feminine branch of
household duty known as washing. The ladies
desired her to close her shop. Whatthen shall
do with my stock" she inquired. She was ad
yised to empty the beer ana liquors into the gut
Ter Mrs. s. couldn't src it." She had family
70 maintain, she SAID, and as long as she kept an
orderly house, Violated no law and paid her
license, Sic thtught she had right to run her
business,
The next victim Bailey, at the Arcade
John had combed his raven locks into glittcring
glosslness, and was so polite that the ladies adj.
yanced hopefully. The interview was about rs
follows:
Lady--ls .he proprietor in:
John-Ycs, em I'm the party.
Lady-We are the temperance women, and
would like to have you quit tnis sinful traffic and
close your saloon.
john should be happy to do so If could
letter myself, but the Arcade is profitable. keep
it orderly and live like an honest man, paying my
debts and minding my own business.
The ladies argued that places like the saloon
led men into temptation, and especially the
young, one lady admitting thathcr own husband
drank occasionally, and another that her son was
inclined to be wild, and she wanted such places
closed for their sakes. John vowed if they would
give the names, neither should have liquor at his !
bar. The ladies didn't care to go around and
cave names at all the saloons, but preferred to |
have them closed. Bailey refused to sign.
They proceeded to the saloon of Wallace X
Stahl, quite stylish new place under the Opera
House. They entered the saloon part in the base.
Tnent where they found Mr.. Stahl. They asked |
him to sign the pledge He suggested that they |
were not beginning at the right end of the bus
ness; they should 90 to the manufacturer and !
cut of the supply They said they would sing
and pray for him. He said "All right" Then
they said they would call again. and he again said
"All right ladies' these doors shall always |
be open 10 you"
NeXtthe ladies swooped down on Martin kcim.
That good naturcd party was out when they |
anne and Mr.. Fielder, the old bachelor clerk was
nearly frightened ont of his wits. He turned |
pale as a ghost, his knees smotc together and
his teeth chartered like a tlammadiddle upon Il
snar drum, as he yelled out: Say! Martin
dem vimmens is here: Come in hyar, Quck'
The extent Of Fedlers scare may be Judged by
the fact that when, an hour afterwards, We asked
him how many there were he averrcd quite pos
itively that dare vas not one less dan seventy
iie!" There were in fact Just four!
Martin, in response to the bcWildcrcd clerks
appeal, trundled leisurely in and talked with the
ladies'. Martins idea was that beer is good
temperance drink, and that no one ever died
drunkard who confined himself to thatbcvcrage
lie gives beer to his children and it makes their
checks rosey and keeps them fat and healthy.
But by teaching children that beer and whisky
arc alike an awful thing they ecs whisky on the
w and get drunk. Better give them hccr and