The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-14
Continued Hosti1ities on the Part
of the Women Of Ohio
Against King Alcohol.
Shall There Be No More
Cakes and Ale ?
Assaulting the Publicans with
Prayer and Preaching.
Curious OutgrOwth of Mod
eIn Civilization.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS
LONDON, Madison County, Ohio,


LONDON, Madison County, Ohio,(
Feb. II, 1874 !
This town is the county seat of Madison county,
contains about 1900 Inhabitants and is one of the
prettiesr places IN this or any other part OF the
Buckeye State. 1t has its churches. banks, good
hotels, three newspapers zone OF which bears the
high-sounding title, London Tines, ana has, or
had until recently, its thirty-three dramshops 1t
is the centre of what is called the Garden Spot OF
Ohio" The counties of Madison, Clark, Pickaway,
Champaign, Fayette, Greene and Union embrace
what Is known as
THE 'BLUE GRAss'' REGION
of Ohio, famous for its production Of fat cattle
and stock as the renowned 'blue grass region Of
Kentucky. To this luxuriant section the stalls Of
your New York butchers and the tables Of your
gastrOnome are indebted for their choicest sam.
pies of premium beef. The live stock trade of the
region extends throughout the North and is, Of
course, Of considerable magnitude. Many Of the
farms are OF 1000 and some from 5000 to 5000
acres In extent, on which are employed q great
many persons in the capacities of STOCK raisers,
farmers, laborers and otherwise. Once q month
there is held in London
A GENERAL STOCK MARKET,
not Ike that IN Wall street, although some spen-
uIu SpeClIucuS VI SHOTI HOTu DullS are frequently
seen on the square here. 1t is a very good horse
market too. Some fine, heavy draught horses, OF
the French and Clydesdale breed, are purchased
here for Northern service, and occasionally some
good roa1sters put in an appearance. As gen.
eral thing, however, the stock rasers in this
region prefer fat, muscle and substance in cattle
to style or speed in horses. On these stock sales
days stock raisers from Madison and the adjacent
counties, as well as purchasers from distance,
come into town to the number OF from 1000 to
5000, and a large amount OF money naturally falls
into the hands and pockets Of the iberal-hearted
stock raisers-thence into the Golfers of the
Knights Of the Gin Mill and Chevaliers OF the Bill
lard Cue. Here we have clew to the cause Of
this
GREAT CONNECTION
among the women in this town, reminding one
of the hard cider times, when 'Tippecanoe and
Tyler too" was the burden of the campaign
log cabin lyrics Of the day-thus, slightly
mended:-
HARD CIDER SONG FOR THE NEW CRUSADE.
AIR-"Litae Pigs Lay" &c.
What has caused this grea:
1t Is the ,sS BAL tin a;;rG ing On drunx,.
And with them we'll beat little yan1vsn-
Ven pslo s dup man Gin King in New
WHAT THE GIN KINGS RELIED ON.
II was upon these liberal stock raisers and their
retainers that the liquor sellers In London whole
sale and retail, have relied for their main support
and so profitable had become the sale OF the
ardent that the liquor and billiard saloons have
multiplied heavily within a few years, and O cor.
responding amount OF misery been entailed upon
the families OF their infatuated patrons, in some
instances leading to the IN timey death Of proms-
ing and wealthy young and old men in the vicinity
The dominions Of "Old Delirium" can boast of
fvova Oh
fat cattle.
In view OF this
TERRIBLE AND GROWING EVIL
among an otherwise honest ana thrifty population
the principal ladies of the place determined to or
ganize themselves into
BAND OF WORKING SISTERS
and proceed to use their best endeavors by moral
suasion, kindly remonstrance, prayerful solicita-
tion with the aids OF readings from the Scriptures
ana the singing OF touching hymns, to reach the
hearts of the nquor.sellers and induce them to
abandon their unholy traffic. This band numbers
104 OF the most respectable ladies IN town. How
far they have succeeded may be estimated from
the fact, as your commissioner was to-day in
formed by one of the Oldest and most respected
residents in London, that instead OF the thirty.
three regular dramshops that openly sold whiskey
ana other strong drinks in the town only three
weeks ago, there Is now
NOT A SINGLE PLACE
where liquor can be procured by the glass, and
only by the quantity in one or two concerns, the
consciences OF the proprietors OF which are meas
ured by the pint or quart, and whose hearts are
made OF such impenetrable stuff that the tears Of
all the women In the world could not make them
susceptible OF humanizing emotions Lager beer,
as we'll as light Rhine wines, claret, &c, are
equally tabooed. But the triumph over King Gam
brinus is not quite so we'll assured, as will pres
emily appear. AS an evidence of the earnestness
Of the people OF the place In this movement 1t may
be stated that
TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
have been raised here as fund to prosecute the
liquor sellers and otherwise enforce legal
In the efforts OF the ladies should fail to secure
junction of the rum traffic WITHIN the town limits.
What is said in regard to the determination Of the
people OF London In this connection may be set
down as the Determination OF the people OF all the
other places In the Blue Grass region where the
new dlspensation has effected a lodgmenr.
WHAT AN OLD INHABITANT SAYS.
One OF the Inhabitants, now an earnest ally in
the women's crusade remarked when a reason
was desired for the present antiliquor war in such
pleasant and Ordery-loOking town as London -
OLD NHABITANT-The truth is most OF us have
drank little whiskey. on and on. Stock rasers
road exposed to all weathers; the business is ex-
citing; they meet old friends at intervals, and
does not snap them asunder forever}, and old
Bourbon makes things pretty lively for o time.
But our people were
BECOMING TOO DIsSIPATED;
our grogshops were accommodating too rapidly; our
young men we're fast falling under the thraldom of
the Old tyran t,and sOmethingmus be done to check
the evil. The conception OF the present women's
temperance movement was good one, and be-
lieve 1t will have permanently good effect here.
II is true some OF the reformed may fall back again
into their old ruts II the liquor traflc should re-
vive, but others will, think, tread the new path
laid open before them by the removal OF temptation.
ARE THE Ex- LIQUOR SELLERS sTNCBRE7
'.DO you believe the saloon keepers who have
abandoned the business sincereY''
"ln some Instances. yes; IN Others, no. There
are, no doubt, hypocrltes among them as well as
among other classes OF people. But nothing Is
more probable than that man should betake him.
SELF to another avocaton Tor o livelihood when he
nnds one broken up, just as stage driver takes TO
the work OF brakeman when q railroad interferes
with his stage route, or as reformed saloon
Keeper takes to temperance hcturng for o con-
alteration when his business Is wiped out There
are some OF this class OF saloon keepers whose sim
certify may be questioned. But when you find, as
happens to be the case in this town, men volun-
tarily giving up the sale OF liquor and going INTO
the legitimate grocery business, although on a
limited scale. and m 40 vpa N