Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-31
Anii.Iiannsn Meotinas,

lOT quarter Ol century IN tne lauuaOlt
undertaking Of persuadng men TO do
away with traffic that results in good
to no one, but on the other hand de.
moralizes AMI kills its go 900 victims All.
nually--was the first to address us on
Sltur lay evening last. She made some
very fine points in tho course Of her
address, In one of which the traffic was
well illustrated in the fable OF the cat
with a thousand claws It had claw
fastened In every branch of business,
church and STATE. She had also dis
covered that temp people were
very modest and retiring when called up
on to contribute their monty, time and
influence II behalf tf the cause Of tenn
perance.
Her address was delivered from store
box, In front Of Capt. CHAMPNBY' drug
store, and was interrupt from near the
beginning to the end with bands of string
music on two opposite corners of the
street, with j. r.. TYLER as chief fiddler
in one, having taken the place of some
member of the band who had refused to
play for such purpose. There were
also men made drunk and sent into the
audience for the purpose of disturbing
the meeting, while others were engaged
in getting up dog fights on the outskirts
of the audience. And some one showed
his appreciation by hitting the speaker
with clod of dirt. None of these out
RACES interrupte the speaker in the least,
on the contrary it seemed to strengthen
her voice and bring her to retaliation of
the importance of temperance missionary
work in this place.
The next address was at the same place
on Sabbath afternoon. by Hon. j. L.
NINToN, yett ran !, ,cturer in the temper
ance ecu IS from Wisconsin. L, ace and
good order rrevaicdfhroughout his dis
course, viii h was Il qucnt, mild, and
conclusive. The sp 'aker proceeded to
quote from the highest to the lowest
authority to Prove that int, importance
was the greatest evil in the land. For
the sake of argument he # religion out
aud proved c0nclusive'y chat mans duty
to man require him to engage in some
other business than keeping place for
the demoraliz ttion anl ruin of his
brother. He did not believe in harsh
language against the saloon keeper; it
was the traffic lie WAS engaged in. lie
put to the audience these three plain
Questions, with request 10 have tn Ill
a severed by any gentleman present, but
they proved too knotty for any one to
attempt to unravel:
LIST. Don't the business Of liquor selling as
snch, cease TO be business the moment il
ceases to tempt men from their lawful calling,
to the grog shop to make iders and worthless
loungers "t ,hem, If not paupers aud crmna Is?
2t. Don't the business of liquor selling, as
such, cease to clnthc the liquor seller and his
family in silks and brnadcloth the very moment
it ceases to clIthc the families of others in
rags?
81. Don't the business of liquor selling. MS
such, cease 10 feed the liquor seller and his
family the moment it ceases to starvc the lami-
lies OF others.
Mr.. VINroN addressed another quiet
and attentive auniepce at Haskins on
Monday evening, and was we'll recciv,
ami listened to again at Maumce on
Tues day evening. He has eng Ig,m mentS
for Bowling Green this evening. Tontog-
any OIL S bbath afternoon and at IIaskins
again on Sabbath evening. We advise
all to turn out and hear INN.
The next meeting here was held as per
announc :ment at the sam place on TIic,-
day evening, with r V. G y. THoR>TOv
as the first speaker and the Rnv. ". j.
TRIMBLE following. The an irnce lis
ened with CLOSE attention. fpr two
reis ons, lSt). that the question was one
IN which thty had a deep interest amt
a Z, 4 "a
that portfon of the Brass Band had
been hired TO take stani on the oppo.
site side Of the street and play as loud Hs
possible TOR the purpose Ot drowning the
Yoic"s Of the speak RS, which rendered II
necessary 10 draw close To the speakers
in order to hear distinctly. We are pre-
pared to give the musicians credit for
doing their plrts W II. between the short
Intervals in which they adjourned to
filled up with beer. And If we C puld
only wipe the black spot from the history
OF our town we would bs well sati,n d
with the results If that much of the
camplign for and against lie nse. for
they made far mole votes for the eau so of
temperance than dill the speakers with
their able arguments,
We have passed through several n0liti-
cal cimptigns in good m my d fl rem:
cities and towns. but Il has been reserved
for MS TO witness for the first time con-
duct so unbecoming t. pIhlic spoa GERS
In the discussion OF a public queslipn in
which the people should endeavOr to get
all the in o mat on possible t. voteIn-elli-
gently and fDr the best inter SITS of the
STATE. It is exp cted that every village
and city will have somr men in them that
will have TO ne restrained blythe authorities
who, according to our system Of govern
ment are placed In powtras gulrClirrs of
the publ. veal hut when some of III, So
anthnritl's participate in such outrages
AMI others enc )urage and wink ut them.
what will he people think? Oh, sham,
shame!
we musf confess, after witnessing the
division in the temp rance ranks, that we
were yet undecided which way we should
vote upon this question. until we herd
hlth sides of itdiscusseh on S dur,lay and
Tuesday evenings. We are now ulv
prepared to vote. and we think inteii
gently upon the q IeStion. And we trust
that Wood county will flstcn the seal #
condemnation upon all such off ial or
Il lofii 5ial musical arguments as tht Sc up
on the 18Th of August next.
Wood County Bible Society.
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