Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-02-25

moderate drinkers and some more indulgent
ones. Twotempcrance meetings are to be held
tomorrow afternoon, and II is expected that
the ministers of the various denominations will
favor the crusade in their Sunday sermons.
An immense mass meeting is expected on Sun
day evening One wealthy gentleman has Of.
lered the ladies s 900 in aid Of the cause, and
others offer similar amounts.
At Carksburg, Ross county, one dealer still
resists but his trade is reduced to a minimum,
and his final surrender is considered certain.
At Millersburg the work is hardly begun. Two
thousand dollars have been subscribed as a CON
tngent fund, and it is thought the army will
he in the field Monday next At Springfield n
surrender was made to-day By dealer who
invited the ladies in, knelt and prayed with
them and wcpt bitterly over his past life His
formal capitulation occurs tomorrow and will be
observed as Jubilee The women have been
constantly at work all day regardless Of the
rain. and visited thirty saloons there.
Mrs NJ. G.. Carpenter, who leads the wo-
men praying band in Washington, fayette
county, o., relates that after they had been ut
work lor some time at the saloon Of stubborn
dealer. he lost patience, and rudely told them
To 20 home and attend to their own business
Thcreupon, the ladies' also lost their temper,
and told the fellow that, If his conduct was re-
peated, they would send their husbands alter
lin to enforce the law, as they were anxious
alfeady 10 do This did not mend the saloon
keeper'~ evil mood But when the ladies re-
tired and prayed over the matter until nearly
midnight. they saw, says Mrs. Carpenter, that
they had not acted in the spirit of the Master,
nor in accordance with the true theory OF the
movement Accordingly, on the next morning
they went to his saloon, admitted that they had
been IN the wrong and asked his pardon. From
II. I.It - fat agulYI and
on the next day he unconditunally surrendered
The adS who tells this story says she believes
that had She and her associates not confessed
their error, and returned to faith in the law Of
love, their victory would have been long de-
layed, if accomplished at all
new feature in the campaign Is pledge
that the women propose TO circulate among the
farmers, that they will neyeralow any Of their
/ grain to 90 into distillery
just when the temperance attack upon Gin
cinuati is to be made is not yet known, but the
| liquor element is preparing to meet it with q
determined resistance. The saloon keepers are
| loud in their threats Of insult, and the use Of
the hose-ppe upon the women in ease Of n le
male Temperance invasion. The brewers have
appointed next week a. time for definite ac
ton. They claim great damage from the new
movement. 10 the saloons already closed they
| furnished per day as many as 600 kegs Of
beer, and this loss Of trade is more than they
propose to stand quietly. One hundred brew.
ers and saloon keepers held a similar secre
session in Springfield, Thursday evening, will
similar results and appointments.
/ The progress Of the work in New York an,
Jersey City has not been most encouraging
though it is reported that over 5000 womer
have offered their services to the conductors o
the noon temperance prayer meeting, sine
last Sunday \ party of ladies who entered
most notorious den Of illrepute, n few night
since, with the hope of inducing the proprie
trcss and her girls to abandon their waywar,
life, were shocked out OF their senses by thu
mistress suddenly marshaing before them
long file Of perfectly nude women, and tn
would-be reiurmers heat hasty retreat with
out having uttered word or offered prayer
The prenouitory symptoms were manifesto
ut Pittsburg, Pa. Thursday, by two meeting
of women to organize At Philadelphia, pre-
parations are making for great religious re
yiyal, which is to he followed with temper
ance crusade, in which all denominations ar
to participate.