Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-04-11
Letter, from Ohio.

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MWAsu1NGToN G. H., Fayette Co!,O.
- . March 80, 1874,
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IT, .&N'HIn compliance with
O. request Of some Of my Frederick Co;,
friends, to letthem know something
about Fayette. county, Ohio, 7 con.
cluded to do SO through the columns
of your valuable paper, provided Of
course it meets your appreciation to
give space to a short letter. | shall
not in this write much of the county
but devote my time to short history
of the whiskey crusade at the Court
House, the starting point Of the now
almost national whiskcy war. Wash
ington G. II. The county seat of
Fay"tte county is an incorporated vii
lage of 1900 inhabitants situated on
the Cincinnati and Muskingum VAL
ley R. r., 100 miles West of Zanes-
vile, and about Is miles North East
of Cincinnati In order to explain
the beginning of the whiskey crusade,
it is necessary should diverge little.
Our town has Literary Association,
which during the winter season, tavors
the community with q lecture, once
month, from some Of the ablest Lee
turers the country affords. Itwas by
and through this association, the tenn
rerance fever was instigated. DR..
bio Lewis WAS engaged to deliver Il
lecture, and he chose for this place
his pet subject, 1ntemperance. The
evil Of which he presented in such
force, that it went home to the hearts
Of our christian women, as it never
WAS seen before. In few days, a
temperance meeting was called at the
NJ. +. Church, to take action towards
forming Woman's Temperance Lea
que, or rather organization. The
most Of the denominations represented
here, joined heartily in the work es-
pecialIy E.v. Carpenter, Of the Pres
byterian and Rev. Hurst, of the NJ
+. Church, aided greatly in eilectlnS
the perfect organization, which proved
us efficient in beseising the enemy,
under its efficient leader, Rev. Mrs,
Carpenter The work was done 10y
prayer and persuasion. These noble
christian women meeting every day,
and going in squads, singing, praying
and entrcatinS men TO abandon thl-
wicked traffic which was giving us 80
many broken hearted wives and hun
cry naked children; and now a Il re,
suit OF their labor We have not dram
shop or saloon in the Court House.
The three druggists strictly adhere to
their pledge and not a sill can be
bought only for medical purposes,
which must be precribel lay Il Physlr-
ian. After the surrender here de-
tschments OF our League, We're invited
to visit other towns, and help get the
work under way. They visited very
many towns, and saw many strong
holds Of King Alcohol surrender, and
now they can look back on their
labors here as we'll done. Many are
the fervent silent prayers offered for
the salvation Of Drunken Husband
reclaimed; or noble boy savea-and
not Il meeting can you attend either
as prayer meeting or preaching but
you hear prayers and thanks offered
for the good work performed by those
noble temperance Women. And now
of the business of this famous Wash
ington G. H., shall add a few items,
and am done. We have four chur-
ches, and one organization-They are
Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist
and Catholic and a Lutheran oryani-
zation. 1t only began its organization
during the past year and as yet has
built no church, but uses the large
and Commodious Music Hall for
preaching purposes. We have a Union
School Of four grades presided over by
a Professor, an assistant and three
teachers, 1t is quite credit to the
town. We have three Banks, two
National, one Farmers & Mechanics,
Three large Halls, planning Mill and
Sash Factory, a Woolen Mill, Pork
Houses and a large Grain Elevator
We have almoss an over supply OF
Stores: consequently goods Of all
kinds are almost as cheap as in Gin
cinnati. 10 Dry Goods and ii Groc-
cry Stores are always ready to serve
your wants, 8 Hardware, Tin, Stove
and Tin shops, two Boot and Shoe
Stores. Three Drug stores are always
ready to keep you healthy with fresh
drugs. Neither are We wanting III
the Professional line. Nine able Law.
yers, eight efficient Physicians and a
full corps Of lesser practitioners.
Then we have two live newspapers
whose Editors are ever on the alert tc
tell US all of our faults. They too of.
ten quarrel during the political con.
tests-one being a Democrat and the
other not. The business portion o
our town has the most commodiouf
rooms | ever saw outside of Il city
Col. Sam. Geoman, dry goods merch
ant, is now completing store room 4C
feet front by lG6 deep, J. L. Nande,
man & Co also drv goods merchants