Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-04-08
The Temperance Crusade.

day evening. He said, that the Obi,
movement was original with himself, an'
was based On the profound faith he hel,
in woman's prayers. "When New Eng
land gives over d%evising methods morC
consonant with the tastes Of New Enslan,
people they will 60 en- and do things the,
do out West. 1t will take sons time t,
get over that hallncinatiOn, but he hopeC
to live to help in the crusade here. Tn,
objection is always made that 'womeI
should not get down in the mud and howl.
He said one single wife living with
drunken husband has mere violence ant
sees more that is Rough and coarse anc
animal in one day than all the women viii
see in a year of crusading against dram
shops. He believed that saloons, grocer.
les and drug stores could be closed ID
Boston, so that a single drink could moi
be bought"
Ap enthusiastic temperance convention
was held in Fitchburg, Mass, Thursday
afternoon, Mayor Norcross presiding. Ad-
dresses were made by Miss Clifford, the
Quakeress preacher, and two ladies' from
Worcester. After tho convention about
one hundred ladies held a meeting and af-
fected an organization fer the purpose of
inauguratlng the crusade 10 Fitehburg.
At one of the late meetings iu St. AL
bans a letter was read from Mrs. John
Gregory Smith, in which she said | re.
greet that the state of my health renders
it necessary for me to be absent from
home at this interesting time, though l
hope the movement will not be so tran.
silent that | shall not yet be able to add
my small service to that of the pioneers
in this humane effort. l am r~ejoiced to
learn that the action of the ladies' of St..
Adams has no. been Of O sensational Or
%spasmodic character. God was not in
the whirlwind, nor 10 the earthquake
but he WaS 10 the still small uoice." Cen
tie persuasion is almost always the best
weapon wherewith to attack the folly and
sin Of our fallen humanity, and woman is
especially adapted by Providence for its
efficient use. The temperance wave has
often proved the precursor of the coming
shower OF divine mercy, the outpouring
Of Gods gracious spirit upon a m
ty. l earnestly hope that such may
prove our happy experience. Please add
my pane to that of the others of YOUR
band, and count upon my aid to the ex-
tent of my ability.
The Work continues in the West, and
one can hardly say that it is abated IN
any quarter, although there are certainly
few uccesses chronicled. The light is
waxing hot in many Illinois towns. The
women Of Chicago hold mass meetings.
a d resolve to circulate the pledge, but
accomplish little as yet. In Springfield
the crusade has begun and the Personal
Liberty League (he regular old Massa-
chusetts P. l.. L.) are getting up indigua-
ton meetings, chiefly under the manage.
ment of Germans. The mayor Of Buoy.
rus, Ohio. instructed by the common
council, has issued a proclamation against
the wonen's public praying, but there
were three bands of 35 each out. that
very day, in defiance Of his authority.
AT Crestllne, Saturday, the wife of one
suiooonist joined the woman in PRAYER,
and begged them to come daily until her
husband gave up tho traffic. There is a
good deal of life in the movement in Mich.
igan and Adrian, Ann Arbor, Manistee,
I psllanti, jackson and Port Huron are
scenes Of earnest labor, in the usual sort
saloon visiting, obtaining signatures to
pledges, and large meetings, at which ar.
ue t speeches are made. The temperance
question is apparently to be the ruling is.
sue in the coming charter elections it is
lhe case IN Adrian, Lansing and Ypsilanti.
No stronger evidence has been furnish.
d. this year certainly, of the progress of
emperance reform than the recent legis.
alton in California. One bill, which has
been perfected, Introduces the principle
local option and forbids all liquor l. /
'ense, Another measure prohibits the =,
OF bills for liquor sold at retail. i
All this In a country ''that was hoated q
nto civilization on whiskey," as Rev. q
iioratio SIebbins says, certainly shows S
advance in public sentiment and the I
promise of one in public morals. !
4 r
"A horrible tragedy has just come to a
lght in Smoky Valley, New. A man i
allied at the house of one Christopher n
and, receiving no response, d
open the door, when he discovered a
u the door the naked body of Mrs. Reck- !