, 1874-02-06

creatures and to Thy llonor. No again, In tho
mouths and wisdom III our hearth WHEN VIZ i:yt 10
THIS lo this our dear brother. Wo imrloro Tlco to
ns Ssore sar n we a nnt ~ % S;o oc% r%
Nth power Into tho hcurt Of ttln dchr brcr, that o
@ 1may gy" up @ ts terrible s TINT lns 40 ong kept hin,
hearts Ill mercy contlcaccl to move upon tho hcart
u tiis nun, TINT he may longer cnla,ger l,iH -
oy d. for s e ii o Ills is tso hffs ta @ Il
II thc caso Of 10 much sin antl aufsering. . On,
Lorst hayo wc not secn md anorcsl enough u this
tor, Often yso know tlta ear brother faa trelnbie
10 did, saying: "do ihy why for thia Tina; % when
have more eonyontont aoaaon will nonl for thee"
L9rt. bless t'1!s mn that e!ts writing lcro. Glyo
hcan!y aud Importance; and grant him power to con-
ysy, lhat truth unto oers to .tho good Of their
any are opsndent apcn itn; thnt Il iia @ owi, 5 so,!
were al that he impcried, It were enough, but that
sn1 n l1ct ,nohr to h% for esse truth liz cSlo
7 GS e. RSsss psrses y o "n Ss
a hsro assembled ad ay mcct u asan at At lily fly
right hand, NO nsk for JeAus' nake. Amcn,
Ihoro was very little singing, but hotwoon tho
tono Of most Of tho prayers Indicated tint they
lscro delivered by QuhkorosscB at tho nud Of
two wcolss' labor. tho only progress made has
boon inducing tho drug atorcH to promise to Holl
only for 1nedleine NED messrs Tom Franoy win I'm;
por, and Tim Iidtly tic thron 'wichedcst nlon,n u
will sell liquor, mud dcolino to agn any Pledges
80 no saloon Inns been closed. Tho citizcnY np-
pear to to think that tho saloons nro not too
many for place Of this size and find ut lcast
as many opposed or indifferent as thoro aro oar-
nest In the work.. III this movement losing its
power as it spreads? It begins to look 1ilto it.
GERarAN ACCOUNT OF THE OPERATIONS AT FRANK
LIN, O..
1tamssbarg corresponlcnco e tho Cincinnati Courier
r4t
In tho noighborlng town Of Franklin, tlo
shameful acts of tho eton1poranco-won.c nro still
In full bloom. On last Saturday the women
camo to, tho saloon, Of ph. Weber, anl
mud o'clcck, before they Htrcamea in, antl
at onco began to sing and pray. There wero
from fifty to aoycnty-1iyo women progont, a1lil
1hoy dragged with them nm old latly Of 90 yoars
tho saloon boforc three parsons put in m mp
poaranco. They remained IN the saloon until 6
o'clock in tho evening. Mr.. and Mrs. Weber
quietly permitted them to 90 on with thcir Rongs
md prayers but during o. pause Mrs. Webor
told t1ona to bctake themselves away, as they
returned jeoring, spitcful iaugh.
Mrs. Weber, novertholossa, attempted to close
tho saloon but a man na1ncd Jacob schorzer
took n seat full before the door. Tho powerful
woman tllcroupon attempted to pull tho fellow
away. when two mon spraug forward, and ono Of
them struck tho woman acrous the haud will, q
slungsl1ot with sucll violence as to send tito key
flying ont upon tho sidewalk, 30 tlat it was long
before 1t could bo found. Tho woman thorenn-
on hnstoned to the Marshal in order to got nid
from linn, but ho only laughed Of her aad snid
~ bolong to fhe other parity" aud TINS Mr,
Weber must, w]lcthor llo would or not, suffer tic
whole praying mud singing company In hiB saloon
all day.
Monday morning early tho women ca,no ngain
md bosieged tho Weber snoon for short time
then they divided up into two parties md be.
eiegod two other saloons. Wo in NIlamisburc
had meanwhile hoard Of tho nlrair, md ton oil
nB went ovcr-not to help tho women sing aud
pray, for two bolong to tho other party" We
for littlo wllile vlowed tho swintllo from the
ssroett but this soon disgustel us. Fortunately
| our friend Potor Webcr still had d back dool
open, through which wo got into Tho na1oon
Soon after This, howeyor, tho wo1nenngnin hogal
10 sing md pray, aud as wo could holp ot,raolyc
in ITO other way, We also began to sing, and tl4t
beautiful aong, Die SCUM orwacl.t {'rho Silt
nwalics), "Als ich an einom Som,nmcrtag
lWlcn upon q summer day., "Grad' nus don
Of ike import wore Blng will, clear voices, and
| Of courso, between tho songs O. drink was hntl.
ThoBo outside made fearful grimaceB. Thor
were about fifty to sixty women and thirty t,
| forty mon. Of whom onc-ilalf wero Assistau
| Marshals, probably as q protection against "
women canlo ngails, aud slug and prayed al t'a.
in front Of tho house. Wednesday tho seem
was repeated, only, nj 1t was cold. they has
brought along I. small stove, which they p1ncct
| upon tho sidewalk, 30 that they could warn
Themselves. In conclusion, would remark tLu
there aro two large tnalt-hoaacs in the village
Tile owner Of one, Mf. G. Schcnck, takcs. Iii
wifo md daughter to these paccs III carriag
| overy morning, aud takes them homo again a
| night.