Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-02-12
WOMAN VERSUS wHISKEY.
Progress and Gneidenss Of The New Crusade I'm
Ohio.

| CINCINNATI. February 3.-The CT
cltement OF the WON MS whisky Wa
10 this State is undated. The Iadis
Of Greenfield, Highland county, hav
'naugurated evening visits to the s,
IL ons at any hour from 6 to
O'Clock. The result is, to empt
each saloon by the rear door yer
suddenly, as they enter by the from
The ladies have enlisted for thu wal
and. II the two or three remainin
dealers continue unrepentant, the
will organize regular patrol of ha
a dozen or so to visit the saloons q
any hour, and dissuade people fror
drinking. They can furnish guar
for each day, and not employ any O
them moro than once in two week,
A doggery at Morrow, Ware
county, was visited by a procession
Of ladies yesterday. who organized
prayer meeting in the bar room
while the proprietor, his wife an,
children looked on 10 open-mouthe,
wonder. The liquor traffic at Nor
row is said to have fallen of at leas
| one-hslf.
At New Holland Pickaway county
twenty five ladies have volunteers,
for TIE crusade. They visited every
shop daily. The drug store cheer
fully TOOK the the pledge only to sci
on the order of a responsible pbysi
clan, under bond of S. 900. Th,
others have all taken tho pledge. ex
cept one, Mr.. Berry, who kept on,
of the gambling and drinking saloons
At the preasant writing he is closely
barricaded by the ladies, who ar,
quartered in daguerrean tent tina
has been provided for them at tht
expense of the town. 1t is placed
within a few inches of the sidewalk
so that the ladies, as they sit inside
can see both doors OF the saloon
Since the ladies took possession O.
ibis tabernacle the saloon has beer
closed, the proprietor being absent
There was drizzling rain at New
Vienna, Clark county, yesterday
bot the ladies were out in full force
harassing the liquor-vender Vanpelt,
be being the only one able to hold
out. Promptly at eight o'clock this
morning the ladies assembled in
front of Vanpelt's saloon. He being
kindly disposed, brought beer Ike g
apiece for seats. and they were ar
ranged in the form of a semi-circlt
around the door. The order of ex.
ercises were, first, prayer and sing
ing by tie ladies second, "sermon'
by the Rev. VanpeIt. This pro,
gramme has been repeated over and
over, until darkness dispt rsed the
congregation. This is the first day
that the ladies have stood guard the
entire day. They propose now to
stand until the besieged surrenders.
Arrangements have been made to
fall. On sat8 in front Mt of the dead:
not stand out in the cold, except al
intervals. An artist was on hand
and photographed the scene. Pic
lures will soon Re placed on sale OF
the wckedest man in Ohio, repre-
senhng him standing in the door de.
nVering one of his sermons, with bis
female audience standing around him
At Mllersburg, Holmes county, an
immense temperance meeting was
held last night. After numerous
speech g, reading from DR.. Dio Lew
is, personal re collections, appeals,
"reminiscences, reading and circula.
ton of pledges, which were largely
signed. the meeting adjourned for
three days, to give the ladies an OPP
portunity to organize for q cam
paign.
At Washington, Fayette county
where the women initiated the
movement, the liquor traffic has
been entirely stopped. Charley
Beck, whose saloon is outside of lht
corporation limits, has been visiteC
by the ladies every day for nearly
two weeks. He is a jolly Germsu
and treats the ladies kindly, bat re-
fuses to accede to their propositions
The entire county, is being secured
for signatures to the total abstinence
pledge.
AT GaIlipolis, GaIIia county. the
ladies' brigade Of active workers
nomber ninety -one. They work il
three divisions, but have made little
Roadway with the saloon-keepers
some Of whom order them off lhei
premises, and if they enter put GU
The lights.