Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-03-19
The WOmen's Movement in Cir
eIeVille.

By the annexed paragraph, which
we extract from the Circleville Herald,
of the 18th of January last, we were
led to suppose that no effort on the
part of the praying women of that
town, could produce any moral refor-
nation there, and, in fact, that there
were very few, if any, praying women
in CircleYille-that is, if we were to
Judge from the extract referred to, and
which we reproduce below;
Some of our saloon-k keepers have re-
ceived notification that they will soon
be visited after the manner OF the
raids at Washington, Wilmington and
other places. This is probably hoax,
origin ating with the young bloods, "
who desire a sensation far more than
a suppression of the saloons. The
CircleVille saloons will not be closed
at any period, nor as long as there is a
demand for their liquors by almost the
entire population of the city. We hap
pen to have considerable information
concerning the denizens hereabouts
and their habits, but we are unable to
recall more than ten or a dozen who
are strictly total abstinence men and
il is an unpleasant fact to record that
hundreds of our women indulge in al
cohohc drinks in the milder shapes. A
procession of Circleville people com
posed of those who ''taste not" &c,
would not be a very imposing demon
stration, numerically speaking.
Facts have been developed since our
neighbOr penned and published the
above extract, that show how little
pent humanity knows of the future.
The good women of Circleville,-iu
the true spirit of modern reformers,-
have organized Temperance League
and by their prayers, their songs, en-
treaties and wOmanly tears, have in
duced a number of the saloon keeper ri
in that place, to abandon the liquo
traffic. They are actively and sue
cessfully at work, in spite of all the
diacouragements and obstacles thrus
in their way by those who feel no in
terest in the well being Of the human
race. The druggists have signed thu
druggists pledge, and one saloon afte
another is yielding to the good infu
snce in behalf of temperance and NOR
Rlity, where, few weeks since, it wa
thought the place was beyond tn
reach of moral influences.
But as to the feeling on the subjec
of the suppressi on of the sale OF in
toxicating drinks, and the enthusiasm
in favor of the measure there, tn
reader may judge something from the
following paragraph, which we cliI
from the Circleville Herald and Uniol
Of Friday last
During the past week a series O
largely attended and highly interesting
mass meetings have been held in thi:
city. At the meeting at the Methodist
Church, on Monday evening, a Tenn
perance League was organized. Otis
Ballard, Jr., was elected President
John A. Lutz, Vice President, and E
B. Bauder, Secretary. The meeting
on Monday evening was addressed by
Revs. j. II. Phillips, j. Chambers, DR.
Ballard, and by Thomas Orywood an(
Mrs. Moore.
On Tuesday evening the meeting
was held at the First Presbyterian
Church, and speeches were made b,
Revs, II. j. Camp, j. Chambers, AM
J. H. Phillips, and also by Henr
Piper, J. G. Doddridge, Samuel War
and W. II. Yerington.
On Wednesday evening the grea
meeting of the week was held at tn
Methodist Church, to listen to speech
es from Revs. Carpenter and Hirst, o
Washington, where this great move
ment originated. Both of these gen
tlemen made eloquent and effective ad
dresses, which gave a new impulse t.
the work, arousing many who hav
heretofore been Indifferent. They he'll
the closest attention of the immens
audience, and were on all sides CON
mended for the service they rendere
the cause here. The church was 3
full that very many who went ther
were unable to gain admission.