The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-01-22
VOL UME 26-NUMBER IS.
Prom the Cincinnati Commercial
The TEMPERANCE REVIVAL

Prom the Cincinnati COmmsreialr
The TEMPERANCE REVIVAL.
The Movement Begun NJ v aShinstop
SpPeading-SalOOnS Visited nv la-
dies, aHd Prayer Meetings Held.
SABINA, o., January I3.-We are
/ having quite 3 temperance revival
here, after the style OF the Washing
ton revival. Sixty-six ladies, who
are enlisted in the cause, 90 from sa-
loon to saloon, holding their prayer
meetings with good success. The ex-
element has grown intense, but still
everything is done decently aud in
order. The public generally sympa-
thiZe with the movement The meet
/ ings are large and enthusiastic. The
good work is still going on.
GALLIPOLIs, o., January l3.-Our
/ city Is ablaZe with the temperance ex-
element. Every day last week meet
/ ings were held, and 3 Woman's Tenn
I peranee League organized Saturday
( a procession OF ladies, numbering
Heighty, visited the most prominent
saloons, where they prayed and sang
and appealed to the propFietors to
stop selling liquors. Where doors
were closed against them, they held
prayers upon the doOrsteps. To-day
they visited the wholesale houses
where liquor is sold, and made the
same appeal, and wound up by a call
at a saloon known as Robbers ROost1
where they bought out the stock and
emptied the liquors in the street,
while the bells or the churches rang
and men loudly cheered. Pledges are
being circulated. A mass meeting in
Aleshire Hall tonight is crowded to
Overlooking.
WILMINGTON, o., January l3.-The
raid on the whisky shops in the town |
has been the alI-absorbIng theme for |
the past week. On Sunday the sa-
looms yet unsurrendered were closed |
and guarded during the day and night !
and all the drinks sold are done on
the sly. The meeting Sunday night /
was immensely crowded. To-day the
war has continued, and tonight every |
drinking place in town is prOfessedly I
closed. Those places closed without /
proper pledges will be guarded until |
the good people are satisfied that not |
one more drink can be found in the |
town. On Saturday purse OF Sl59 |
was presented to Rev. James Kendall, |
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, |
by few friends, under the lead of |
JEFF Hildebrant, for his active interest !
and work in the suppression of the |
liquor traffic in the town. Elder Ken |
dali is out of charge and was only /
visiting the town when the move \
ment began, but he went into the |
fight calamity.
At Sabina and Clarksville the same /
kind Of movement has begun, and be-
fore many days they will be rid of the
terrible evil.
NEW VIENNA, o, January l3.-
The temperance question, which has
been raging for some time 10 Wash
ington, HillsbOrO and Wilmington
broke out here few days ago. Mass
meetings have been held daily, and to-
day was the appointed time for the Ia
dies to visit saloons and hold prayer
meetings. The church bells were all
kept ringing while the procession
passed from one saloon to another
Everything passed off satisfactorily
and quietly until the ladies reached
the den kept by man named Van
Pelt-the wiekedest man in Ohio.
Crowds of men and boys fiocked
around to see II this demon in human
form would carry out his threats pre-
viOusly made. When the ladies en-
tered the saloon they were ordered to
leave in so many minutes. Not to be
frightened, they commenced their
devotional exercises. When the
words, "May the Lord baptize him
with his holy spirit,D were spoken,
Van Pelt hurled a buOheI OF hlthy
water at them saying "G-d-you,
pH oaptiZe you" Several buckets of
water were thrown, but the ladies
heroicalIy stood to their post, al
though drenched with dirty water.
Water falling, beer was thrown by, the
keg, until the ladies were compelled
to retire to the outside of the door,
where they concluded their devOtions.
Meanwhile Van Pelt stood at the
window relieving himself OF all the
filthy epithets known to that class
Of men. When the procession start
ed to leave, the door was thrown open |
and all invited to come in-that they
could have whisky by the pint or
half-pint to suit customers. Great
indignation is felt at the outrage, and
it is highly probable that the saloon
Will be totally annihilated and num-
bered among the things that we re.
HILLSBoRo, o., January I3.-The
temperance movement is still the
great topic of interest, not only to our
own town people, but throughout the
whole surrounding country; for our
whOle-hearted women, nOtWithstand-
ing the very disagreeable weather OF
the past week, have continued their
daily visits to the prayer-meetings in
the different saloons. They have even
been received with pOliteness and con-
until yesterday morning,
one salOOn-keeper, shutting the door
in their faces, refused them admit
tanee to his saloon. Nothing daunted
by this rebuff, these brave and earn
est workers held prayer-meeting on
the pavement in front Of his door
This, to say the least, was very i'm
polite way of treating the ladies, for
certainly nothing was gained by il ex-
cept an unenvisble nOtOriety.
The bars IN connection with the FL
licOtt and Woodward Houses have
been closed with the intention Of their
closed if the movement Is
entirely successful. OF our four drug
stores three sell Intoxicating liquors
only on the prescription of n respon-
sible physician, while the proprietor
Of the fourth has made q proposition
to the ladies to sell strictly according
to law, which was not accepted. On
Friday last all our physicians signed
an agreement pledging themselves
not to prescribe any intoxicating
liquor when a substitute can be used,
and then only after seeing the patient.
The Changers at their recent Coun-
ty Council heartily indorsed the ae- /
ton Of the ladies, and pledged them /
selves to support them in this great {
moral reform.
The Town Council, at the petition
of large number of citizens, passsd
last week stringent ordinance, which
will effectually stop, the sale OF ale, |
beer and whisky by the drink. This
ordinance goes into effect next Satur-
day.
The wide-spreading influence Of
this movement is alarming our whis-
ky sellers, for never before has our
been so thoroughly
aroused on this momentous subject.
A few evenings ago they met and or
ganiZed an association, raising 81 300 /
for expenses, and retaining the ser
vices of two able lawyers. IL is fur
tner reported that several Cincinnati ,
wholesale liquor houses were repre-
sented and pledged 5000 to aid in
keeping our saloons open, andpledged i,
themselves for as much more ifneces-
sary.
Over a thousand persons assembled
in Music Hall last night to listen to
stirring an eloquent speeches from
Messrs. Dean and Morehouse, OF
Courthouse. The regu- |,
lar merning meeting at the Presby- !
terian Church this morning was large
and enthusiastic, and one hundred
and ten ladies are now visiting the
saloons
The more obstacles and difficulties /,
In tha u-au the nnnra AaEarninad and