Ellsworth American., 1874-02-19


The ludie, of OHIO have undertaken to
suppress the sale OF intoxicating liquors
by assembling i'll saloons and grog shops
and there praying and singing. The
Iollowin. i, the account OF their success,
as published in the Boston GioGe:
The ladies Of Ohio continue to sing "A,
the liquor dealers, and those much
worried beings bear it with more or los
patience, according To their respective.
trlnprraInruts. The Iadic, are checrtuIh
undIscouraged ani continue TO tread tine
path ut duty in their own mclodious WA,
and aEow their determination never l.,
,wcrvc therefrOm until the last dealer
hl> -ucrumbed, to save himself from be
ing deatcncd by their bursts of sacred
song. At Morrow. Warren Count,
they reduced the tratii,. at least Oup-halt.
and ielt encouraged in consequence, but
being in New Vienna, whom the Ia
les consider n dreadful man, and whose
name Is Van Peit, reduced them TO IT,,
verge OF despair. Irst, he sworc at
them; then he organized IA praVer-meet-
lns ot hi, own, and besought the Lord
10 convert them, give them grace To-
mimi their own business, and catl>,
them to 30 away. His petition. not meet
ing with speedy answer, he became con.
viHcsd that heaven helps those who help
themselves, and pulled the plug out OF 4
barrel OF beer, flooding the ROOM The
ladies fled in dismay, went home and
changed their dresses, and came back
refreshed, and began again, infusing all
the more vigor into their devotioms for
their enforced recess. The next dav IT
ralned, and Van Pelt suddenly wuxcd
amlahle, aud arranged large beer kegs
IN Il scml-circlc outside the door,
on which the ladic, sat and >ang
and listened while hc cxhorted thcm
to depart anywhere, anywhere out OF his
neighborhood. Not caring to spoil u
third suit OF cloths apiece, the ladies
erected IA tabernacle, and, by way OF hay
ing something which would remind
them i'll future of their goodness in 1874.
They had their photographs taken, and
also Van Pet's, representing him stand
ing on the doorstep delivelinga u sermon
AT last accounts, Van Pet was obdu
rate, and the ladies obstinate.
AT Gallipolis, Gallia County, the sa-
loon-keepers extinguished the lights
when the ladies paid their visits and
hardened their hearts against HYMNS and
prayers. At New Holland, Plckaway
County, the town authorities provided
atcnt as siege headquarters for the lad,
les, but under what head in the annual
appropriations the expense will be
charged is not stated.
At Moscow, Clermont County. one OF
the saloon-keepers strewed the floor of
his establishment with red pepper and
I INDUCED himself in a little dance while
! the ladies sang; at their second visit he
! was gentle and fearful, state of mind
and body which, it is sadly feared, was
caused by the consumption of his own
stock and b> the red pepper, as he would
not promise to reform. AT Hilisboro. an
! injunction from Judge Stafford was serv-
ed against the ladies commanding them
to cease to use ga certain plank and can
vas structure or shantv" ON High street
for praying, exhortihg or singing, and
also to remove the proprietor OF the .a-
loon, entered suit against his assai
ants for trespass and defamation of char
acter, laying his damages at $4,000.
An injunction was also obtained against
the ladies who pitched their tabernacle
i'll front of Beck saloon i'll Washington.
In Greenfield, small visiting committees
have been organized, and drop into Sa-
looms at all hours, causing a speedy eX-
! odus from the back doors as they enter
the front, but not great diminishing the
number of persons that frequent the dit
ferent drinking places. In Wilmington
they have car which thev can roll
about from door to door, stopping where
they think it will do the most good.
Ridiculous stories are told of the advent
ures of the fair crusaders. Iu Wash
ington, one of the dealers said that if they
would buy his whiskey he would join
the temperance cause. The ladies
bought the wiskey, and he went to Gin
cinnati aud bought some more, saving
that his customers had always thonghL
that that which he had sold to The ladies
was too weak, and the last state of that
man is So much worse than the first that
the ladies are almost in despair. In
many other places the attacking parties
have met with treatment which, if not
insulting was of such nature that
nothing tut II virtuous resolve, or wo-
mems obstinacv in carrying out her
whilns. could have borne up against it.
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