, 1874-03-27

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crowds grow daily smaller by tlegrocs and heautl-
fully loss. Dayton is apparently too largo n city
to try tho efficacy Of prayor In and tho sa!oou-
kpopora aro OF nationality which is growing
trito uiopticat about it's uao anyway. Tho caso
Colnml'us but both citios point to tho conclusion
TINT moral batteries oan 10 Of little Immediate
service when applcd to any but email towns
uHrL1CoT11E
prenenta about the sanlo general foatnres,-loBs
marked than Dayton, but equally lcgibe. The
sympathy Of tho people Is ugnainouH!y with tho
Crusaders. but not ncalvoly 80. fa,luy tint tue
religious bas stands In tho way Of succoBa, boz
oarao everybody B nut religious and eonio Of
good company. Judge Stafford nnIntentionalty
aided tho crsaders. for even tho aatoon-
koopors hayo ropuaiatel his anti-temporance
sroecll.
Tho Cincinnati papers, especially tho CONNER
cfnt, l'avo boon deyoting an immense amount Of
Bpaco to tho movement throughout tho country
at large, and especially In, tho State Of Ohio.
Boadlc. wh9 ie travelling. through obio for tho
Of tho movement, aud, ! am afraid, 1ooka only
at tho brightest side. Boadlo only aces tho suo-
cess, not the want Of It.; and, while hta
account is far from glowing, 1t presents n,attcra
to sec them.
THE LADIES OF CINCINNATI,
as your readers aro aware, have tatsen hold Of
Tue mo,ysnlont y, and slowly and effectively organ
ment, and,by enthusiastic tomporaucs- mootiugs,
newapapor-diaouaston, md church, gatherings.
have prepared the city for their stloet-worls.
They aro a worry courageous band, I'm army Of
410 only, ut d maximum figure, With full aud
liked determination to do what t1oy eau.
When the temperance Excitement first took
form In Cincinnati, 1t WINS In tho shape Of meet
tngs and pledges circulated among citizens and
Daloon.koepera The apprehension Of tho lowor
orders t't Of drinkers bust ort immediately upol,
oondiary epeaol'os were glvon nttoranee
to long before tho ladies' yonturod out With
potency to close up the thousands Of drinking
places which fill Cncinnnti, and, therefore, conf
monced upon the outskirts Of tho city. It Ind
boon supposed that they would shrink from fol-
Of TINT district but they doternnod to con-
vince tho people that women in earnest know no
fear, ,-and acroBs tho river they went. Tho first
titno they were out they created Immense oxoito-
ment, Of course, md mark what occurred Tho
saloon.koepers admitted them to thoir placos,
treatod them courteously, talked with thom, and
invited them to call again. The men In tho
neighborhood stood round thom, at q respectful
distance,
WHILE TIE WOMEN
crowded about tbom, baro-arned and dirty, yoll-
Ing, screoching, and abusing.
Fulton Is district which, tho render familinr
with the geography Of tho City Of Cincinnati will
remember. II IL here that tho !a1ios have b ecu
working, and now they manago to moyo from
place to place without 1noestution. On friday
their frat SUCCESS in Cincinnati occurred. 4
aaloon-kcepor namod Manly, who kept not
very-reputable bur, yielded to their repeated
prayers, aud poured hts liquor out into tho gut
gutter VIM not as full as the quality Of tho luid
had made many OF its conau1Acrs. I thiuk the
hut Of good MehBtorian head would have held
pretty nearly all that was poured out,-that is, q
"plug-hat" OF regulation hoight.
Another victory would probably havo been won
by the ladioa Saturday, but for tho
s1NIsTEn EFFORTS OF WOMAN.
John Blasting, who keopn u saloon on Front
street, M is YOUNG man, |i!h young wife, and
house variety, 10 we'll understood in Chicago
Tho ladies' canao in and prayed for Blasting TOR
about an hour. Blasting listened with profound
a.; attention. :. The familiar hymns. Nearer to
with full sonao OF his situation, and, af.oss
about an hour, he steppod out from bobiud his
bar, and prayed with tue ladies. Taeir success
nersod them to moro vigorous elocution; aud
Dlasing's feelings carried him to groana, and
camp-mcotngs or protracted revivals. 1n fact,
DiasinE was on tho high road to conversion aud
consequent reapeotabltty, when in came Mrs. 3.
She gazoa stcadfast1y at john for about ff-
ne md eroannr ein,,or with her siond o Mi1oof !.
zv,a nho,st that smc hn,orc thn 1,otrfoat;a,, ~
cr astonebmont rio,iod to ,,or crer.y IT. aros ~
sition. When il did, ahe esab1ed Join plastng %
sHooI bim wth drvoe thnt n,,st hnva tno tuoo VI, ~
Iecth rattle as Arctic trayo!ors aro nad to aahe
ono Of their number who is yielding to
lass air and po,1rod a torrent Of baated
cutturaln into i,is orr. Ho razoi in mnto Ss. ho.
Sw;Iiernent at Lis wife he ,eoEe1 ahennisl,,v NJ
tic laGio,. wLo roano1dei with roloubioI Ycrvor
IN ,,n}iffcd nravnr John horan IN avnoai,,1o+n
but M % lis wlfo's Voice rose Iich. sudtlonly sho,
aoizcd hnnr.m,r filled il to tho lr;n, handaJ d
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