The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-14


bread instead OF at the lager beer bakery"
THE CRUSADE BAKERY ADVERTISED IN CHURCH.
mended to church congregations by their pastors9"
"On, yes That has been done. The wives OF
some Oh our elergymen are heart and sout IN this
larry"
BAKERY OR BREWERY
"But IS not this waging war against the bakery,
and not the breweryT
Ihe end, In this case, may be said to Justify the
means. The ladies have already succeeded in de-
stroy,ng The lager beer trade Of this brewery In the
towns and villages in this vicinity, and they hope
eventually to suppress it altogether IN this townn
Nv nat WIN the proprietor have to dop'
"Sell out or start a -four mill"
but what Will he have to sell out If hts business
IL deslroyedY ana what Is the use OF his starting
n0ur mn wnen the ladies are already battling
case may probably be explained by the ladies'"
"Has TINS brewer and baker lived here longf"
he and MS wife about twenty-five years."
what Is MS property worthT'
PERHAPS in successful operation, $4,000.
mas be been good cIuzen?"
some OF our local improvements although he has
suffered considerable loss by fire. Himself and
wife are frugal, energetic and enterprising, and
have regained some OF their former losses"
THE wOMEN's ORGANIZATION.
81 presume the women have good Organiza-
tton-some method or system?n
"Ihey nave regular order OF exercises. Before
starting on tnel visits they have prayer meeting
Is then arranged After their morning rounds
and before commencing their afternoon perambn-
Methodist church, and another order of exercises
is prepared. When they are not admitted into the
saloons they stand upon the sidewalks ana sing
and pray. The ladies, am sure, desire no noto-
rlety. They are engaged In labor OF love and
their purpose quietly and without ostentaton or
parade But come up to my house this evening"
my VIE paasrsta9ds Iae whole business
KING OF THE REGN-vISIr 70 THE uEADQUAR-
TIERS OF THE REsIsTANTS.
Mr.. Riley is the "King OF The Keg" for the Blue
Grass country. He has the most extensive grocery
4
Key and other liquors. He has been visited twice
day since the crusade commenced. But having
abandoned the sale or liquor by the glass-and he
used to accommodate some OF the FIRST men IN the
place" directly from the bunghole by way OF the
pay him their delicate attentions he closed the
doors OF his retail grocery department, for the
regular business, and SAID they could occupy an
adjoining apartment, where fuil-grown whiskey
casks barrels of liquor of all kinds demijohns and
POCKET pistols and other paraphernalla OF q well
established liquor trade might AFFORD Them inspra-
ton IN their deyotions They declined his offer
and "bucked the sidewalk" as the fire boys in the
old New York Volunteer Fire Department used to
say. where they continued twice day to pray and
sing hymns until Riley, who is a good, Roman
Catholic declares he Is almost qualified to oin the
singing choir in some Methodist church. He is de-
termined to stand out on his own responsibility to
the last,
ONE OF THE CONVERTED.
James Bendom has little low groggery near by
headquarters" James stood out until to-day,
when two ladies made personal appeals to him, and
he was overcome. He has pledged himself never
u u
What he may do under the counter he does not say.
He bought his liquor OF Devan Co., Cincinnati,
tey take # back he W ae rS OF ana
give the proceeds of its sale to some church char
lty, perhaps He has not much OF a stock on hand.
ANOTHER CASE OF ABANDONMENT.
Patrick Powers (bOrn in the Blue Grass country
has been selling liquor in London since May, and
has been in the business In other places for the
last fourteen fifteen years. He QUIT selling here
before the ladies came. There are now IN the ware
house at the railway two barrels OF whskey sent to
~
! party sending it will reclaim Powers has rugged
up his dramshop into neat little grocery and con-
1ectonery store and says he expects TO do a better
business than wnen he sold rum. lie appears to be
reconciied to his new style Of iife
AMONG THE KNIGHTS OF THE SALOON.
| Eph SIGNALLING, formerly rum, beer and
billiards, viii sell nothing but lager. The ladies do
not enter his saloon, but sing and pray on the
Charles Guilcher, rum, beer and billiards, is
slightly Teutonic. He swears:-"By tam, dem
voomans shall not put up dem tam carbuncles
| lmeaning tabernacles) on mine sidewalks, and
don't make no gompromits (compromise) wid dem
Bescher gets his beer from Springfield. He says
there Is no business, the people being afraid to
THE BREwERY-BAKERY-A TEUToNIC AMAZON RE-
SOLVES TO PROTECT HER RIGHTS AND PROPERTY.
Peter Weber is the proprietor OF the bakery and
| brewery and lager beerery which have given the
ladies SO much trouble and anxiety. His vrow,
Aunt Mary" as she is Familiarity called by the
zonian proportions, while Peter is very small
man for a German. The bakery and lager
| d ~,
most dingy, rattletrap-looking buildings in the
town TO look Dol, at IT. one would think that It's
osds wo ' come oss ao %sa bis
head on barely crossing the threshold.
The brewery Is a more substantial building,
while the private residence Ia short dis
lance to the left as enter the lager beer rock
cry and do bakery, is quite Respectable r.
| affair. Over the door as you pass into the
bakery apartment Is q signboard with the
leQtble.
storms OF quarter OF q century having nearly
obliterated the entire lettering. There are no
WHAT Is BEHIND THE THRoNE'
And this Is the great obstacle the ladies find in
| carrying out their sweeping temperance reform.
Surely there must be some power behind its
sturdy front against the consolidated assaults OF
| all the respectable ladies' in the place.
| INTERVIEW WITH THE TEUToNiC AMAZoN-"wE
BUILT UP DIS BLACE."
Peter is away at work in the brewery when we
enter But it needs no special introduction to see
who the ruling spirit is here. A friend speaks:-
"Aqnt Mary, this is gentleman from New
1T would trouble an expert to give the pure
"Glad to see the gentemans What you take ?
Some lager ?"
OUR FRIRND-I can't drink lager. Have you any
AUNT MAEy-Hal ha! Don't sell none whiskey
now. Have some light wine
"Have the ladies visited you lately ?"
YES BY pg II Dey come Twice every day.
built up dis down. Now dey tries to preak up our
blzness. by jtngol De ladies come here 100 at a
time. wish some would pay ME what dey owe
me. Dey want us to sell our brewery. Why don't
dey come and buy US out 2 We have got
all our arrangements done for next
year. Who's going to buy when dere IS no biz.
nessf When our brewery burned down We lost
forty dousand dollars. DID desc ladies come and
help usY No, by lingo! I've give beer to lots OF
desc ladies'. One of dem is o minister's wife.
When she call to ask us give up our bizness ask
her i I never give her some beer: She sad,
Because 1 lope you on | say, 'dat's too
thin. ask dem all to take cakes and lager when
dey comes here to sing and bray. Dey say put our
brewery into -four mill. How can we when
WE'VE GOT NO MONEY!
Dey tell dere people in de churches to buy bread
from nobody dat sells liquor, and dey call dat 4oe
your neighDor as YOURSELF Pretty neiRhbOrs dem
must be. What will government do when dey get
no stamps from lager beerS Tax the farmers,
suppose"
From the above It will be seen that the Teuton
amazon Is slightly indignant and that she Is de-
termined to fight 1t out on that line ii 1t takes