Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-04-17
TEMPERANCE SCRAPS.

OF their local crusaders the Learenworth
Ii9ies ieelinsly paraphrases: They
drink NOT, neither do they sin. yet solomon
IN all lis glory was not raid like one Of
these
The London Saturday Rerieic has an ar,i-
cle on the woman temperance crusade, en-
Titled Intimidation by Prayer" Ii say
tnat What chiefly desrrveS To be noticed
ahout this agitation il that it Is simply
i"r'n oi mol intimidation which, in an,
country where personal rights are respected
ana reasonable irrr,lrm maintained, would
,e suppressed at once by the authorities.
Ag''atorS, II declares. have no more right
I" pray In the STREETS in order to intimidate
private persons than to hold meetingS there
ior similar chject and it is necessary t.
re'he"her that weapon of this kind is ca
ihthie "i Il great variety ui uses beside that
"i crushing "ue set of ~hupEeeperS.
while the women are bu~ily engaged in
thinning nat the vine drinkers. the Califor-
ma " "Ins growers are actively engaged in
pruning th-ir Vines under the imprrS-iDn
That there viii be an unprecedented demand
i'r THIS S'a~nn'S product
The ladies ut Cleveland ha,, msd,, g. Lew
drpaiturc Tor the purpose of s,iuelchinr
Ming A!c"hr!. rwenty-cight ladies tuuk
each camp Str1l. entered saloon alta
m and stayed mtii lo -. IN. Stain. that
they had enlisted E'r tifcc Years.
Dr. Cay Ter. in a sermon in reply t. De,
Howard Cr'~h,. argued that mni-f,,..
drinking, tar from nriug better than L.
tai abstinence. led Ultimately t. the lntrul.
PeTstnce which curses the nation lie adj
81; - The devil always likes to quote n,in.
i-tcrs oi the Go-pel."
DI. Dio Lewis Lal a contest with rr....i
'i'i1nistS in MuSic Hall, Boston, on Il IT,
ecu; sandy evening. lie had an imm-u-..
audience, ani, though they kept ,l..,-t
enough - bile he rrcnunted the story uf th.
work IA uan and denied in very s,..i
hun"r,d WAY the ihcls a. to his char.iny
$50 night tor lectnring, they were Ir4r
'Ii!y di-,uidhnt and annuving when i,,s
touched ou prohibition. The Giobs .t,--
hin rlriit inr managing the mixed cr-ci
wy successfully. The luu he.san when Al,
uneasy ultra i'''f~,.rIge wanted e. know Al
tn doctor WA IN favor ui =, prnhih.t.,r,
law. DIR. Lewis at first answered r,a-i,r!y
that he worked ~llrly with the women.
wh1>e ret.ruatpry power Was i.,s, n..t
law. Bur, the question hein.; pres Il TO
>iid tliat, though th-- law ni tho tutur..
would hc Il Stri..t prnl.ibitOry law. it, -uact
wcnt at this time l. - hluudrr, and simply
htriu>c ,hc temperance men tlcm--i,e-
d:'!u hciitsc tliat srilins ram wi~ a ,',Iu.-.
the ~;Iaie a. stealing IL hnrs- Ia. ,',ai,-
Hau of tie nee, tin" Immediately -t-ri,--i
i'rvIFi e, GisLyaw any rr~iI,n~lht.it, h,T
Lewi-. l',d 20 >;.y that Se knew that iti
ln-in''--- o. the STATE Temperance All.tuc.
did r'iiryr Cling Il glass ui f-,.r Wa H.
rrimv ti.'.u lur-r-~tc-,liu- d.. Le~i- IN
%, ,iiatci> rctlrtai thst b. trln't Ak MY
h.l:, 10 o. responsible tr7 hi,n he stood un
ti~ uNu twp leg. u~uaiiy. IL believed ii
ali the statute lr,,h4 ul Massachusetts ware
brought IN aud burned 'hat there -h..uli
hc NOT 'ue single iIw IN the Stale u,,i Il
tie pr'hih:;uiN law :,i"n- Nrrr rninr;rj.
the milcuuium would hes'n Ani final.
th- G,ScuId> Nrrr Si.cneei.
Mayer Blake. Of Bangor. Ne. has yirli
ed To the petition ct the women, and urJei
ed tie hotel and saloon keepers o. stop sell
irs liquor immediately The women intenI
10 have tie city liquor agent naked over
the cual> %, legal examination. They hal
stunning meeting there, recently. manag-
ell very sharply by the wninra. ui ~ tuts
rcuar Sci that the "'i-cr~ had AWAY ex-
ru~td themselves from * cut.ug The pr,a,-
hitury law hy saying thll the public ~,.nTi-
Incnt Is not ar1u~ei 10 il. sud she " Do
they want any more sentiment than ttrr; -
here. t. night? M and they shall en-
force the law. for W. viii make them dn IL.
and ask yuu to a.re, with IL, ladies, thst
there = no such word n tail in the d!ctt..n
AIRY of the Bangor pray Ing bard
In Mddletuwn. Conn the wu'nen isi
meeting. presided over by the wife of pre>i-
dent Cummings. There WaS un Ltv1r h,r
the Ohio Odt-cl-dnur utuNcment, but com
mittrc wa~ appointed Ia confer with the
ministers. IL " hch al. the churrheS in,'!ui-
inc the Roman Catholic churches Epi-,-.,-
lal. Ui.iVcr~rii>r. Mcth.di~i Rnpti-i. ton
crc-a-iunal and A'ricun VI, ti,di~t. arr rep
resented
A';cr u,strrc dcih,ra;iun ". tho D.l
Levi SIgS,-tiun 10 ;nauluTatc Il woman
cru >idr ia Na~hiu. ton. the temperance
Leaders hay decided IA view "i the peculiar
difficulties likely t. be- encountered n,.t 10
adopt II. hrt iu make united ,ii,rt> To- ~
game ttmpe,ancr .'rirti,- sad induce
persons tn iiin them. Fr;tr~ atr entertain
I'd thar the prayer movement woaii ni--.
with the disapprutal ui member, ui Cot
sre>> ard thus injurc the temperance ,.au-.s
by prejudicing Legislators a.ain-t the
measure for prohibition which Caner--.- Is
o. be asked u ~sincti ~
ilt = i~t-ltuIt Nt Nfil . aroma n =
ira-e,t. an az; entitled - i.r the brtter -
rIrity Of l,amrn life IL provide, .i,i.
auy !'cr>'u who inanu.ar;ir,->. sells or ds.il-
IN >riri-u"u~ liquors r. drnk. uf m,
nairr ur kird, containing, i.irrIsn pr,.,-riit-
"r in-iciirut- pui~',n"u- g. ;l,s y ~trui shall
DC paui~;i'-,i WITH I've y.-tr-. i.u,ri-.,p,u,-trt
m tie p-niicrtiarN
The temperance agitation n.w >wr-rins
over the cuunjry recalls :i'c tact thai II -
Just thiTty- -uiuc years -in"c IA. Rev pr
Chccvrr pahli~he.i IN '.,.N-iri,,.r IN Stir.i
Massachusetts. that S.,ul.rful dream at
DlGc0H GES's DiSiiHerg. thr ,lirinr wa-
moh'ei f1r !; 10y the friends II t;,4 &c da=,
con- who was hit nl in the ,iti.l-. ,r.i
va~. he-;,!eS convicted uf libel. AMI --.ut 20
tEc c,gniy jail for ;hiriy DAYS Bat Ia
'' dclc.n'~ Business Nns destroyed. ti.i
the nation laughed at the wny It wA~ d,t,-
ilIudre'.S nt thousands If th,- pan,gj.-,
We're printed and EIrnpe n veil a. Au.r.i-
C.. enjoyed the >ljirs N.Ni g., .Iud,, /.
cariot. " Deacon Cii,-- hr,-anr tha u. ~
Infamous man that had livri since the y.
ginning of the Christian era D,-icIn~. t.
Il general thing, have gone out ~, the win
key manufacturing business slllin-~> aai
sin- making h'inS dc..'neii irc c,inpatihle and
the latter quite diSrrpatlhlr