Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-04-17
Whittier are we drifting 2

Whittier are we drifting7
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Falling in their effortS, so far, to get
enough votesto repeal the most eff ctual
portions o; the ,Alair l'quor law, our
Democratic Legislature is going to try
It's hand an repeal 6f that section Of the
Code upOn which the McConnellsvile or
dinance is based. and which has proven a
success in closing the saloons in the large
number of villages that have adopted it.
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THE CRUSADE IN PERRYSBURG.
Wednesday last was field day in tenn
perance operations in our village. The
ladies finding that their songs and prayers,
which had avaiIed much in the reforma-
ton OF drinking men, had little or no eff
feet upon the. saloon keepers, abandoned
that method of procedure.
Since Thursday of last week they have
adopted the plan of picketing the saloons.
Two ladies take position in front OF sa.
loon and note the names of those who en-
Ter to drink. The result has been a con-
siderable falling off in the lie of liquor
As the directest avenue TO the heart of the
average saloon-keeper is through his till
the effect of the picketing process has beer
a marked one. Those who listened to the
songs and prayers Rf. the band with stelid
indifference, shave raved and ,thundered al
the pickets with an almost insane ferocfty
This ebulition OF i'll feeling is doubtless due
in part TO the result OF the late election
BY dint OF them s assiduous and unprin.
ciple electioneering and the assistance Of
illegal voters, the saloonists and theil
friends gained victory which they
thought would end the temperance move
ment at oncs Z"
Their disappointment at the renewed
persistency of the ladies could no longer be
concealed, and their demonstrations hav,
shown the true character of those engaged
in the liquor traffic.
At the saloon of Mr.. .GETz, the amiable(?
wife of the proprietor, iwtto has heretofore
made no small pretensions to aristoorati'
refinement, treated the pickets to a tornado
Of words and shaking of fists, whicl
would make her q marked character among
the denizens Of BiIlingsgate.
Mrs. Geo. HUFFoRb, sister-in-law o
Mrs. GErz, We'd with her relative in tn
bitterness OF. the -vituperative, slang whiel
she heaped upon the pickets in front of he
husbands salosn. The ladies had seate,
themselves in the-street, upon large-ston
which supports the lamp post. The virag
shook her fists in their faces, and by tn
most ferocious threats, tried to drive theI
from their position. At the approach of
friend the iarfies arose fora moments cor
versation, when Mrs. H. manifested he
belief in squatter sovereignty by squattin
herself and three children upon the ston
and daring any one to pat her off. 49,
The ladies on duty at NJ. FITzGERALD'
were met by'the gallant proprietor with
volley of oaths which Would have exhaust
ed the vocabulary of common swearel
Jfe seized the .chaifs on which the ladie
were about to sit down, and hurled then
into the street. Later in the day he visit
ed the establishment of a brother ssloonist
and entertained the pickets there by brand
ishing club over their heads, singing tn
hymns which the band were wont to SIM
in their rounds. As usual, the marsha
could moi be found, and NIKE, having ex
hausted his powers OF abuse, departed iron
the glory of free American citizen.
The two pickets at HLLADRAND's wer
met by the proYrietor's wife, who flew int,
towering passion, struck one of the la
dies with her cl enched fist and pushed tn,
other off the sidewalk into the street.
During the day threats had been mad
Ggainst Mr.. FRANCIS HoLLENBEcK for tn,
part he has taken in the temperance move
ment. Next morning that gentleman founc
his ofSce windows broken and the insid,
and outside well smeared with eggs.
His Honor(?) mayor RHEINFRANK, Oh
seeing this, and hearing of the other out
RACES committed by the saloonists, imme
diately notified couple OF ladies doin.
picket duty near by, that the operations o
the women must cease that they had car
ried the matter too far; that unless tn,
movement is stopped there would be riot
and that,if the ladies would not desist, h,
would compel them to do so by proclama
tion. Poor deluded lRHEINFRANK 1t il
to be feared that his incessant professiona
and magisterial labors have caused soft
sning OF the brain. Does he think tn,
streets and sidewalks were laid out for tn,
especial benefit of the saloonists and theil
patrons2 It.yould seem SO, for it is no un
common thing to see the sidewalks in from
Of our saloons so crowded with loafers tha
ladies have to step into the street in ordel
10 pass. Drunken men and boys staggel
along the streets, insulting decent peopl,
by their, obscenity, and the mayor has new
er dreamed of riots and proclsmstions
But when few modest women appear in
couples upon the street, molesting no one
seeking only to discharge painful duty
in trying TO save their dear ones from de
struetion, the mayors diseased imagina'
tiOn suddenly perceises the seeds Of riot
OOnfhgVatioA aud the general disruption o.
society, and threatens the women with a
Proclaption. ,."oh man, clothed with a
little brief authority, how, in the face OI
Heaven thou dost play such pranks al
make the angels weep"
Berhaps little reflection would lead the
mayor to see that his threatened proclaim
alton would not in law be worth the troub-
lie Of writing it.
Let our noble women take courage
dwhom the gods destroy they first make
mad" The occurrences of the past few