The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-29
Tho crusade at stcubcnville.

The Crusade at Steubenville.
The street movement still goes on a
c,enhenyillc. Tho saloons are not al
closed. but the women arc still on the
wsrpath. Nearly every issue of the pa
ners contains an official report of the op-
erstions of the League at various saloons
tbe dsy before from the pen Of the Re
cordipg Secretary. The work that is be-
ing done is not kept secret. The Sec
retary lets her light shine every day, and
the people ere kept fully posted. The
ssloonists are no doubt very weary OF the
visits of the fair crusaders. Saloonist
FLoro, for instance, shows signs of de-
cided aversion. he has been in "durance
vile" the Secretary tells US in yesterdays
Gasette, and seemed very reluctant to
see the ladies" on Monday. But he final
" yielded, and allowed them to enter his
saIoon. They asked him 'if he would
not take his sign down." and he said tc
them (no doubt thinking of verse in
scripture) that no sign should be given
them. Not for the present at least. "Said
he might after a while, but he would
nsusr sign a pledge" The crusaders
"tslked kindly with him for awhile"
and then moved upon the saloon
of Mr. ENGLE. They found Mrs.
ESGLE "much aggrieved with the state
Of affairs as regarded her husband" And
no wonder, seeing that her husband, like
the unfortunate FLoTo, had been, and still
was in "duraDce Vile." We'll may the
sentimental and sympathetic Secretary re-
mark, as she does, that "it certainly is not
pleasant for her to have her husband
away under such circumstances" The
Secretary also improves the occasion to
remark show much happier they would
all have been to-day if they had not vio-
lated the law" She also adds line OF
Scripture to the effect that those who will
trsnsgress, "their iniquities shall return
upon their own heads"
However, Notwithstanding Mrs. ENaLE
felt go badly, we are told by the faithful
and minute Secretary, that "she shook
hands kindly with the ladies when they
went out to pray on the sidwalk." We
suspect that she was glad to shake hands
with them ever SO kindly seeing that it
was the signal for their departure. After
holding services on the sidewalk the
band moved on to CoRCoRAN's saloon.
CoRcoRAN stood IN his tent door, like the
patriarch on the plains of Msmre-to re-
ceive the visit of some angels unawares-
and standing there he talked with them,"
and made known to them, with much
plainness OF speech, that "he would never
sign pledge" and furthermore that "he
considered the whole work humbug."
The Crusaders, hearing this, but moth
ing daunted, "held prayer meeting On
the sidewalk, several prayers being Of
tered," after which they moved on to the
saloon OF Mr. HUTTERLY. This saloonist
they found sick-whether sick of the war
fare or sick at the stomach, one or both,
the faithful Secretary omits tossy-but
we presume little of both. She remarks,
however, that they did not remain there
"as they did not wish to disturb him."
but moved on to "DUNN's on South
Fourth street." Here "they were received
very unklndly by Mrs. DUNN" and there.
fore the Secretary, with the natural par
tislity of female for the sterner sex, re-
marks that "Mr. DUNN is surely the bet
ter half in that establishment, and is a
gentleman as far as he has the liberty to
show it." AS for Mrs. DUNN, it seems
that she so far forgot herself as "to push
an old lady from the pavement" and to
threaten the crusaders "with cold water"
At this point the Secretary could not re-
frain from expressing the wish that the
gentle Mrs. DUNN could only be persuad-
ed to keep nothing more harmful than cold
water" and remarks also that the crusa-
ders "would rather be drenched each day
with water, or even with whisky or beer,
than to have the burning, bewitching,
deadly poison of intoxicating drinks Civ.
en- to their husbands and SONS, madden
ing them in life and destroying them in
DEATH"
Leaving the rude and inhospitable Mrs.
DUNN, the crusaders visited Mrs. EVER
ETTs place of business. What they saw
there, and what the Secretary said about
it we append entire, in conclusion of this
article as folloua.
This woman keeps one of the worst
houses in the city, and we think that il
the men or man who furnishes her with
liquor to retail to others, could first take
one look inside her door with christian
view, he would never let her have any
more, even though it did help in some
measure TO keep up the idea that God Rum
still rules in our city. Just to see the
land dirt, and ruin in that house,
and the dear little children-five of them
lying around here and there asleep. One
quite sick, looking SO wan and distressed
as she lay sleeping, that we could almost
see death written in her face, and we
could not help feeling how kind it would
be If the dear Jesus did take her to
Himself, but we do not know what He
may have in store for her. 1t may be
that through the means OF this glorious
temperance work she and many more
little wretched ones may be brought out
of fhia terrible school aF vice and he