Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-04-15
The Temperance Work.
The veteran Thurlow Weed, of New York,
writes thus to the New York Tribune concern
ing the Womans' tempernnce increment.

The veteran Thurlow Weed, of New York,
writes thus to the New York Tribune concern
ing the Womans' Temperance movement
lean neither speak think but with profound and
intense respect and admiration IL is a movement In
defence OF their children aud with the hope Of rec
ing their husbands their fathers and their brothers
II was nony conceived has been courageously prose-
cuted, and should rejoice to II crowned with sue.
cess Nor can bring myself to utter syllable cal
eulated 10 embarrass or discourage the generous
women who are endeayoring 10 rescue their homes
and their hearts from the blight Of intemperance
Archbishop Manning, the head Of the Cath.
Ollie hierarchy of England, called attention, in
a recent speech, to the dangerous proportions
which the liquor traffic was assuming 10 that
country, stating that the trade represents six
hundred millions of dollars, and that the in
fiueDce Of distillers, brewers and publicans was
growing more and more dominant over public
| opinion, over the electors and the elected, and
over Parliament itself The Archbishop
feared that the time would come when Parlia-
ment would be unable to cope with or control
this power that there was no Minister now
who would cope with it, and that any govern
ment who would venture to touch or try to set
tie it would be shattered.
Judge Ingalls,, Of the Court of Appeals, made
strong temperance speech at Troy recently,
in which be said
The best way to close the dram-shops Is to educate
anu reform the class which patronizes these places
Elevate the community above the saloon and You
close II forever. | believe In Holly Tree inns The
home circle must do It's appropriate work All social
ana EDUCATIONAL means must be pressed into service
The New England Conference of the Meth
odist church, which just closed its session in
Boston, unanimously passed a resolution pro-
testing against the repeal or mutilation of the
prohibltary law, or the enactment of license
law, and voted that the resolution be sent to
the President of the State Senate and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, with
the request that it be read to their respective
bodies
AT a temperance prayer-meeting in Worces-
ter, last week, the following remarkable incl
dent was related, which is fully corroborated
by the papers. 1t occurred at East Douglass,
Mass.
Two women called upon Mr.. Simpson at his saloon.
his business, receiving g No. neverD as replY one
of the women then said, ave have talked ali we can
her Bible she read, lie that Is often reproyad ans
hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be chi an ana
that without remedy" Simpson almost Immediately
large number Of Ohio cities held their
municipal elections last week, the question of
temperance being, of course, prominent issue.
The contest in most cases was close one. The
temperance. which was also in most cases the
Republican ticket, was triumphant at Kenton,
Warren, Mount Vernon, Lima, Logan, Den.
nison, Wooster, Van Vert, Urbana, Mansfield,
Lockland and London, while the anti temper
ance and Democratic ticket was elected at Gin.
cinnati, Dayton, Columbus, Sidney, Pomeroy,
Bucyrus, Shelby and Hillsboro. At Xenia and
Springfield the councils are tie. In Mchi.
gan the councils were about evenly divided be-
tween the Democrats and Republicans, the
former being successful at Niles, Port Haven,
Pontiac, Battle Creek, Bay City, Grand Ran
ids, lansing and Muskegan, and the latter at
Kalamazoo, Corunna, Fenton, Albion, Cold
Water, Ann Arbor, IIillsdalc, Grand Haven
East Saginaw and Alpena. The temperance
ticket was elected at Ypsilanti, the wbiskev
ticket at Flint, and the reform ticket At
lonia.
PHILADELPHIA, April 8, 1874.
The temperance crusade, which during the mast
few weeks has been attended with but yery few de.
yeiopments, experienced last night revival and mr.
rangements were made this morning for inaueurstin
an aggressive movement more extensive than any here
Insulated hitherto There were held last night and
this morning very large meetings. The work airesdv
enscted was reported as follows Fifteen hundred
and iorty-six dIunkards have signed the pledge and
ninety saloons have closed to the accents Of drawer
Seventy one propretors have signed an agreement 10
iorsake me liquor trade In future, and eighty.
oaItendefs have promised never to sell intoxicating
agreed g rent no more houses in which rum can be
sold Five meetings have been held daily during the
past 81 weeks In different parts Of the city, ii
agreed that committees Of two and three should visit
he saloons, not IN way calculated 70 draw crowds
but that they should interview the proprietors II,
secret, and In this way quietly influence them 10 re
allyn thelr running occupation. An immense number
OF women agreed 70 act In this capacity and started
Ing tomorrow, ~" " ''p'''