The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-03-01
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rEMPERANGE.,
THE CRUSADE IN TENNEsaE.
THE HOME Or ANDY JOHNSON
- AFFLICTED.

fCorrcspondencc OF the Courior-Journal'l
Two saloons in Greenville--those ot
Goss & Campbell and Mrs. Ward--hoii
out against tho PRAYING. enemy (how
strange that sounds y and manifest no dis
position 10 surrender. They are both be-
ssirod from the early hours Of morning
until far into the night. Tho old soskers
cannot get their usual "eyc-opener' nor
mid day horn, and are very rroSful In
consequence. They are sorrowful because
they are sober. Ii lie a novelty not pleas
ant. If, porchancc, they slip INTO one of
the remaining grog-shops by tho back way
--sneaking through . slyly cponed door
| like thief in tho night--they are met at
every bar by tho praying ladies Tho
glass is filed, but no sooner does tho topper
slave essay to raise it TO his parched lips
than
| A GENTLE HAND Is LAID uroN ms ARM,
and he 10 asked, in II tone and with tears
Satan could not resist, to pass the bover-
age by. What q position IL this for n
soskor Of forty years standing In front
of him, within his very grasp, is tho inno'
cent-lo oking fluid his morbid insides crave
| with N craving no man knows except tho
| topers, and resting on his half.uplifted
arm ia n fair womsps hand, and in her
eyes tears, and from hor sweet lips the
| words, "Dontl don't, for Gods sake don'u'
| Surely tho man who can resls. this and
swallow tho liquor must have II cast-iron
stomach, steel nerves, bluntod sensibilities,
a hard heart, and feet that already take
hold on hell.
THE POPULAR sENrlMEsT
in Grconvillo is altogether on tho sido OF
the laiies---tho ministers are for them, the
lawyers are for them, and tho merchants
arc for them. The sAloonists here tried to
get the lawyers to apply for mn injunction
but not one Of thom will touch tho case.
WHAT WILL ANDY 10?
We tremblo for Andy johnson when
we think, what IL = crowd of tho fair one.
should run at him with tho pledge Al
j. 10 a born gentleman, and would moi
like TO refuse, and s,ill, YOU know, HI
wouldn't like TO sign.
MRs. WARDS SALOON
ia ut the end of the plank walk, near Thu
depot. She has a good stand with II gooC
stock of whisky on hand, and can talk u
tho ratio of 800 words minute. While
the ladies sing and pray she stands in thu
front door and jsbhers nv though hci
, tongue was hung in the middle. Taken
! altogether it makes n curious spectacle
, and the windows of tho passing train
arc all thrown open that tho passenger
may contemplate tho proceedings.
Tho high resolve of Mre Ward 10 keel
open at all hszards and sell all tho whsk )
demanded, has awakened u throb Of graf
itudo in tho breasts OF tho Knoxville deal
ers. She is u sort Of "broakwater foi
thom. IL che holds out nlnntully IT. will
break tho force Of the woman's crusade
and perhaps savo Knoxville from visit
But if eho surrendcrs, tho legion of ladic
will sweep down on Knoxville and ain
and pray until the saloonists horo wi
note u terrible falling of in custom. Hay
| ing NIL thoso things in view, thcy hay
/ na'd, ".o'N, ssns'..s.is &C. > 49,. : ~
n with many expressions of regard and cr
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