The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-03
WOMEN VS.. WHISKEY.
Ohio Ladies on an Anti-BarrO0m
Prayer Crusade.
The Stifnecked Payni1n Threaten
Legal War.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 9, 1874.


aaies are zealousiy besieging all the saloon keep
e'e Win prayer meetings. One Of the German
s"'oou Aeepers mas signed their pledge and joined
!" WIN Tue services held IN his former barrOOm.
iue satae man mad hired a band last Friday and
trled TO give ball while the ladies' were in 'front.'
singing hymns and praying. Towards evening the
dancers went to the dwelling of the manager ana
told him they could not stand this They aban.
doned the holding OF the ball at his house and
went to the extreme lower end of the town to a
| hall that was away from the prayer circle
At Waynesyille Warren county, several saloon
keepers hold out, and 1t is said that the roncbest
men find it sometimes Impossible TO restrain tears
/ as the ladies knee on the flags in the cold or
! storm. picket Of ladies' watched the saloons ON
! Saturday night and immediately surrounded the
doors when any man tried to enter for drink.
one OF the saloon Keepers has sold his stock
to an active promoter of the crusade, and
he VIII move West Populations OF ladies
visit each saloon daily. ON Saturday, at
Waynesvie, the largest temperance mass meeting
that has yet been held assembled. The enthu-
siasm was such that the meeting continued Tor
over three hours. At one time the packed multi
tude masse to testify that they would
never cease their efforts Till the last vestge OF the
whiskey trairc IL banished from the town.
At London, Madison county, the ladies' are Visit.
ing the Saloons groceries and drug stores. The
druggists there have unanimously signed the
pledge. The saloon keepers number twenty-five.
some OF whom hostile and some nOn-cOm-
initial. If ordered out of a saloon, the ladies'
Immediately organize their prayer meeting on tho
Finley said, YES, we viii send the ladies to these
places ana II an insult is offered to them, II Maud
is laid on them, let us see 1t; let them dare to
touch my wife; we VIII rise as one man, and en-
/ force the laws OF our county,
meSt is the most intense ever Known in IN the VII
lage. The ladies' are making the rounds
OF the saloons o. daily, and az eacn one
to quit the sale OF intoxicating liquors One
OF the dealers capitulat-d, closed his saloon and
remainder OF the dealers have agreed to quit the
business as soon as they can dispose OF their stock
At New Vienna, Clark county, the incorrigible
and combative saloon keeper, j. Z. Van Pelt. dehes
the crusaders. He publishes card, saying:-"I
have not sold out. They can't buy me out, nor
scare me out neither wlii run; and shall attend
! to the lies that have been published on me as
soon as get through With the so-calied temperance
movement"
! have been organized TO Shut up TWO drinking Sd
looms in that village.
At Middleton, Butler county, the women for the
last week have been busy creating the ralding SEN
timeni.
mass meeting OF the members of the various
churcnes win he held. 1t is not expected that the
forty saloons will be crushed by moral suasoa
alone The sum of $4,000 is 10 be raised to carry
AT New Lexington, Perry county, the is Wig.
orousy prosecuted by about 100 ladies and l50
men. Immense temperance meetings are being
held, at which one OF tue speakers Is an eX-coone
who rehearses the story OF his downward career
as drunkard. The praying band or sisters 10
seventy-hve strong, and they go their rounus
every day but the majority OF the beseged reject
their OvertureS and conduct their business as best
they
At Hilsboro. Highland county OF the nine
closed, at least temporarily. or the four druggists
two have agreed to sell only on prescription OF q
regular ply sclan and the others claim to be regu.
lar Physicians. saloon keeper there named Dunn
has issued posters warning the women or Hills
bOrO not to ObsEuct his legitimate business.
Addressing the ladies by name, ne says:-"iOu
are therefore, hereby further notified that II such
the laws OF the State Ior redress and damage for
! the injuries occasOned by reason OF the practices
Of winch complain. Ali others aiding Or encour-
aging you, by means OF money or Otherwise, are
also notified that shall hold them responsible Ior
such advice and encouragement"
The iadles OF HisDorO however, have eight
leaders, each commanding band OF twenty to
forty and divide time regularly. If the saloons
Will not close under regular agreement they
purpose to keep permanent guard rom tins time
on until the people get accustomed 70 do With
out saloons.
Their success thus far has been only average.
The record shows that the co IONS, Of nquor
has decreased twothirds. The German press Of
the State tercely denOunce the crusade.
The Sidewalk Crusade to be Adopted
in the Bay State-t;umsellers of Wor-
cester to be First Experimental Upon
Clergymcn in EaIncs This Time.
BOSTON, Feb ., 1874.
Anew temperance movement-that of visiting
barrooms by band of praying men and women,
IN Imitation OF what said to be the practice in
some Western l0calities-was started In Boston
to-day by some twenty gentlemen, mostly clergy
men, Identified with the State Temperance Al
lance. They neld meeting at the Office OF bio
Lewis. There good deal of discussion
as to where the initial experiment should
be tried, Boston, Chelsea, Brighton and
other places being suggested as the proper
objective points. The Rev. MIR. wilson, Of
Brighton, now OF the Nineteenth ward Of Boston,
proposed that as the place for the initlatory step
to be taken. He said II was terribly infested with
sldering the SIZE OF It's population. There are be.
tween ninety and 100 ram shops. one thing was
In favor OF the movement, and that was, the min.
listers were unit on the temperance SIDE, and
would use their influence.
Dr.. Lewis objected, as this theory was not
adapted to the streets or sections or towns.
Mr.. Wilson thought that Brighton was particu-
larry the place for the first attack, and that
Wilson'S hotel shouid be the irst place for prayer
meeting.
Rev. Mr.. Sargent supported Mr.. Wilson. and
moved that in the Judgment Of this body 1t Is ex-
pedient to commence operations in Brighton.
Rev. Mr.. Wood, OF the Harvard street Church,
was not IN favor Of Boston as the starting point:
the , entire SoS clergy and he he ,a was fearful
have struggle in his own church.
! Mr. Brown, OF Chelsea, had an argument in favor
/ OF taking Chelsea. Rum is sold there, but the
| Alter lengthy discussion, in which Or. Lewis
strenuously argued taking whole town in the
Withdrew bis motion, and, on the suggestion OF Mr..
! 5. >. Foster, OF Worcester that city was substt-
tuted for Brighton. Mr.. Foster had no doubt
that the movement would oe crowned
by success there. IL was voted thaC
committee OF five be appointed, headed
/ by DR.. Lewis, TO visit Worcester ana inangurato
the movement in that city, and the following gen.
temen we're selected Rev Dr. Mcheown, Rev.
MIR. Wilson, S. ). Foster, OF worcester, and Rev.
Mr.. Wood OF Boston - ,
| DR. Lewis said that while most people called him
| reckless be was in reality most timid cautious
! person and he dared not so there without he had
| Zen GOOD workers the cause with nim, and he
moved that the committee be increased to ten,
which was done by adding the following clergy
men:-Rev. Messrs. Blanchard, ira u. Bidweii.
/ McCorney. Chevus and Or. Marshall.
| The meeting then adjourned.
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