The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-02
The WHISKY WAR.
Incidents and Triumphs of the Crusade
L, at. ms Il Is carried ON In Ohio.

The whisky war in Ohio continues
with unabatel yigor, and fresh move.
ments are being inangurated through
out tho State. The Cincinnati Com.
mcrcial relates a description given by
u refugee, who has arrived in that city
from Macarthur, Vinton1 Co., Ohio,
where he had sortof club.room where
q game Of cards could be played and
drink Of whisky taken. He was driven
out by the woman's war against whisky
and cards, He said: "They climbed
up TO my place week ago last Friday
night, fftS.four Of them, young and
old, rich and poor, some in rags and
some in fine harness. Each Of the fifty.
four women came up personally and
spoke to me, and hoped I'd get q new
soul, or course / had 10 treat 'em po-
litely. There was only one lamp burn
ing in the room when they came in, 30
I lit another for them, 10 make Il
lighter. Then they took out their
hymn books and all began TO sing to.
gether. One or two Of ,em led, and
the rest Joined in. After. they had
sung fifteen minutes or 50 they oil got
down on their knees and prayed. There
was one woman there who could pray
loud enough 10 bo heard all over the
village, which has only eight hundred
inhabitants. A woman would pray and
the rest would join in with an a.a.men
"a long and loud one. One OF the
women that prayed was seventy years
old. She prayed so long and strong
that she. got herself all Of o tremble,
and had TO be lifted 10 her feet and
carried down stairs. One time they
called oil got down on the outside, and
sang and prayed" .4d
Reporter-You closed up, finally.
Mr.. G.-There was nothing else To-
do when they were carrying on that
way. They closed everything in the
village down to an oyster saloon, where
the folks were in the habit Of playing
game OF cards to see who'd pay for the
stews, q place where there wasn't
drop OF liquor sold. ,ii1.B4iI
Reporter-How do they treat o fellow
Ia their prayers? y-..'.,., G5-a1I
Mr.. G.-They are very kind in their
prayers at first. They pray for a fel.
lows soul, and then stick petition
before him. II he don't sign TO quit,
they pray for lightning to strike his
shop, 10 Gt1a @ sdi. r1 .np'
Z "a correspondent describes speech
Of Van Pelt, delivered In front Of a
saloon in Morrow, Ohio. He says
evan Pelt launched into the most un.
reportable speech have listened to for
some time. Hetold Of the eyils he had
Witnessed in the saloon business, the
ruined men lie had known, and the
misery 1t caused, then gave eomically
unphilosophical explanation OF Why
the great God put tile stimulant into
the corn, ifhe didn't want men to use
IT, stating that peaches contained
arsenic, enough to kill men, 'but 1t is
no sound reason why man, because God
put brains into his Il lead that lie could
do 1t, should distil this arsenic. out TO
kill the human nation OF the face Of the
earth. s' * .fod idtrmD
In subsequent speech Van Pelt.
made one astonishing statement: That
tho liquor dealers In Cincinnati had
oifsredIt to supply him with liquors free
Of cost for one year II he would hold
out. s,9. "
IA correspondent from shelbyyille,
Ind, says: On Wednesday, Of the
saloon Of George Deprez, while the
large number Of women were engaged
in prayer and singing, o noval and pc.
culiAr emotional incident occurred. Mr..
Deprez had, rs has been his custom up
on every occasion except the first visit
Of his lady friends, politely opened the
door OF his establishment and welcomed
in the crusaders. There was the Gus.
tomary singing Of hymns, succeeded
by frequent prayers. In the interim
between these one OF the ladies address.
ed the remark, kindly, To the proprie.
tor, :" Mr.. Deprez, you are too intelli.
gent o man and too much OF o gentleman
not to acknowledge that selling liquor
is q great wrongln Mr.. Deprez made
,answerby saying, Unexpectedly:
"Madame, lido not lay much claim
to; being gentleman 50 long as ! am
engaged In this business /; and II I
should be the very first 10 quit IL to
oblige the ladies OF Shelbyville, IL
wouldn't surprise me" t awse1 N
This was gratefully accepted by the
prayerful people as q great and prom
ising concession on the part Of Deprez.
While these Interesting matters were
transpiring In Deprez's saloon there
were present two deeply attentive spec
tators leaning against the tall bar Ia the
rear of the room. These men, James
Thomas and one Lacy, were moved by
the spectacle Of the pleading women to
ask for their prayers, and they were
given with deepest pathos and sympa-
tketic eloquence. Thomas and Lacy
knelt during these solemn scenes, and
when they. were concluded these men
were overcome with remorse. Jim
Thomas came forward TO say, in grief
heavy words, al am not sure all Of you
know mo, though some Of You possibly
may" i,ai Wy tsns .s.l
To this several responded, eve
know you, Mr.. Thomas, and our SORROW
Is all the keener." rii
"well, then" he went on to say,
"you remember me when was o pros
porous and well-to.do merchant in your
midst, living happily with o dear fam
lily in my own pleasant heme. And now
you leok upon the wreck that l am
another warning against intemperance.
My family were compelled to 1y from
me, and arc broken aud scattered1iny
children, God knows where all my
property has gone. lam in poverty, IN
disgrace, and confirmed drnnaard.
Oh, ladies, Ihope you will all pray for
me, and close up these gaping tempta-
linna-.fhasa hnndreda and thousands