The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-11

iuSIcooc III ana determination eVerV d8y.
They have secured pledges from all the druggists
and physicians In the place. Thus far they have
failed to close up any Of the saloons, OF which
there are about sixty In the city. MRS. Clouter,
the pr0prietress OF one OF the largest saloons has
made proposition, which is that II the ladies viii
buy her fixtures and secure tenant for her house
she will quit the business. The matter is at pres
ent under advisement Two or three other saloon.
lists are under conviction and promise to quit.
About eighty ladies were out to-day.
At Syracuse the ladies' were also on the war
path. Or. "
do LEWIS.
inventor Of the new system Of gymnastics. editor
OF 0-DGv and popular lecturer on temperance and
other topics, reached this city at halfpast six
O'Clock p NJ, ana is stopping at the Burnett House.
Your reporter on temperance called upon the
Doctor last evening and found him busy studying
the map Of Ohio, laying out q campaign in the in
terests of temperance. He was nanked on one
side by the Rev. G. B. Beecher, OF the First
Presbyterian church OF this city, and Mr..
M. P. Handy, OF New York, and on the other
by John Calvin Van Pelt, the celebrated young
convert to the temperance gospel. The Doctor Is
nne specimen OF the natural man. six feet high
and broad In proportion, with mobile features and
expressive eye He left Boston last Friday even
ing. Being detained at Cleveland, he delivered a
temperance lecture there on Sunday evening He
had few engagements In Ohio for lectures on
other subjects, but this woman's war on temper
ance having showed aside all other interests, he
now proposes to devote over two months exclu-
siveiy TO the work.
COUP D'ETAT PROPOSED
Business being completed at last, and the Doc
tors route laid out with tOlerable precision, the
reporter again essayed to apply the gimbiet.
REPORTER-What do you think OF the legal cases
raised
DR.. LEwIs-There never was a day since this
movement was inaugurated that presented such
golden opportunity as that now offered to the
ladies OF Washington and HillsDoro. For years
these saloon men have been violating every law OF
God and man. and the men have treated IL lightly.
Now, the ladies in this hottest Of causes Of mere
human interest have violated some technicaliJy Of
the law. The mighty law is appealed to ar once.
Now let the ladies' prove equal to the occasion.
Go 200 strong and kneel and pray before DR..
Dunn's store and submit to the law. ''The blood
Of the martyr is the seed Of the Church, Is there
judge in Ohio that would consign them to prison
or q constable that would execute such decree?
Then, should the ladies submit and be taken to
prison. rest assured 1t will not be for long. Then
every man in Ohio who mas spark OF manlness in
him would burn with shame and the free men Of
this State would rise in their might and say This
trahlc in death shall be crushed out"
RErORTER-I understand you to mean that the.e
1s q strong temperance sentiment in the State il
called out.
THE MOVEMENT OVERWHELMING.
Dr. LEwIs-Overwhelming sirl Overwhelmingl
1t is safe to say that three-fourths OF the
men and Observation-Disclosures of the ladies
are IN favor Of strong temperance meas
ures, they could be- got at without entang-
ling fQauQa. Rut<
sentiment put into actionf has business. His
eye is on that. has shop. His eye Is there.
G and have farm and merchandise, and they
go their ways saying, 'Its pity, great pity,
that men will debase themselves; bus 1t always
has been 80, and always will be co." But let them
see band OF women praying. singing and plead
ing with the rumsellers, and all at once this latent
sentiment springs into life. The man and the
citizen ia shamed and the Christian and patriot
alarmed for his country, and every one is impeled
to his best, and that is why justify this mode
OF fighting intemperance. know
IT Is NOT NICE.
1t would be much pleasanter for those ladies to
sit ct home and talk about the evils Of intemper-
ance. But must they sit at home while brothers
perishS No; they must come out ana awaken the
moral sense of the community Why, we are not
talking to convince the people OF the evils OF In
temperance. That would be pure waste Of time.
We want them to act upon what they already know.
Now, let the ladies of HllsbOrO meet the issue.
1t Is the crisis Of the cause. Two hundred women
in jail for the cause Of temperance-and 1t would
be but for short tme-it would raise moral rev.
olution such as this nation has never seen.
DO hope they will live up to the occasion.
'.MAssACHUsErTs DRANsHoPs CLOSED IN OHIO"
REPoRTER-where do you 60 nextf
DR.. LEwIs-To xenia tomorrow (Tuesday)
night; to Springfield, next night; the next, to
Lebanon; the next to Maysvllle, and after that
probably to Mount Vernon, Delaware Washing
ton, Wilmington and other places, as the good OF
the cause may dictate. was urged by o large
meeting in Bo ston to remain and lead In the work
there, but told them that the dramshops Of Mas
sachusetss can be closed better in Ohio than at
home. The battle has begun mere, and we must
follow the leading Of Providence.
AT THIS JUNCTURE Mr.. VAN PELT
departed, and the Doctor informed me that the
young convert intended to travel with him for
few days IN the interests OF temperance. Further
conversation showed that the Doctors campaign in
OHIO Is any thing but good financial movement.
His terms for lectures on other subjects are 500
q night, but when ne lectures on temperance he
charges, If at ALL only $50 or SIS.
Victory at Ripley.
RIPLEY. Ohio, Feb. 10, 1874.
The temperance work In this town is about
finished, and the ladies have been visiting sub
urban saloons with pretty good success. They do
not have full confidence in the promises made
to them, but win keep sharp lookout for
liquor selling. Means Tor conveying the ladies to
the suburbs have been provided, and the saloons
will be attended to regularly. Some OF the pro-
prietors are very obstinate. The ladies have found
some sad cases Of restitution resulting from the
trafrlc, which have been generously attended to.
A physicians pledge, binding them TO prescribe
liquors in cases only where there is bona Jtde medi
cal necessity has been circulated and signed by
nearly all the physicians here. The mass meetings
continue.
Splendid Temperance Text
CINCINNATI, OHIO, Feb. 10, 1874.
In o whiskey quarrel at Osgood, Ind, last night,
Joshua Mitchell killed his stepson, Emmett vande-
ver striking him on the head with an axe and
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