The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-02-26
The TEMPERANCE CRUSADE.
extracts From Correspondents ette,s
IN the Cincinnati Papers,
AT HILLsBnRo- Ohio

about that time. Of course the de
lay is very vexatious, for as nearl,
all the praying women In the towl
epjoined, the street work. is dropped
1t Is a matter of policy that it bt
omitted while the decision is pending
but should the Injunction be sustain
ed, it will be held matter of prin.
ciple to proceed as before, and take
the consequences.
While not participating in the
woman's movement, still cur Roman
Catholic brethren here have been
actively cooperating Herewith.
Their pastor, the Rev. Father Dono-
hue. has been untiring in his efforts
for two years or more past to secure
sobriety among his people.
lie has, | am told, succeeded in
getting all but three of the members
OF his church to sign the pledge, and
the result of his work is very marked
among the Irish portion of our popu
lation as they show a determination
not only to abandon the use of intox.
icating liquors, but also to uphold all
movements towards ridding us of
the evil.
AT GEORGETOWN, OHIO.
One man on being approached by
the ladies had nerved himself for the
shock with the electrifying fluid of
his own establishment. BY his side
sat glass halt full, ready to be
swallowed as soon as the burning
effect of the other had cooled. When
asked if he would quit selling liquor,
his response was suggested, no
doubt, by the inward burning, No,
not till hi freezes over
On the first round the ladies found
beer wagon at one of the saloons
pilOted by timorous German. 'At
once they surrounded him caught
his horses by the bride, and began
to sing. The frightened occupant of
the wagon had never seen things
done alter that fashion. He was
delirious with fright. His first move
was to partly unhitch his horses. He
then hitched them again, and reached
for the horse blanket, threw it first
onto one horse, then onto the other,
then back into the wagon. He then
climbed upon his wagon seat, and
began beckoning TO the by.standers
10 come TO his relief; but they would
not help worth penny. When,
finally, he was released, be put WHIP
To bis horses aud went out of town
on double quick, tossing his hat in
the air, complete victor of the scene.
A few days later this same man
was driving into an adjacent town,
with heavy load of beer. Two
mischievous men were riding in a
buggy just behind, who were eye
witnesses of his imprisonment by the
ladies. To try the effect ofsong on
their Teutonlc friend they began the
hvmn the ladies had sung. AT once
he recognized the tune, and, becom.
ing alarmed, put whip to bis ov4r'
loaded steeds, and went into town
on the gallop.
AT COLUMBUS, IND.
The Society of Friends are the
most prominent in the work here,
and many of the ladies come IN from
the country for miles around. Their
first meeting was held one week ago,
and since then they have assem- bled
daily at their church at half past
a. M, for counsel and prayer, during
which the most prominent business
men close their business for one
hour, and many of them attend the
meeting. From the church they in
procession make their visits and ap
peals in the same manner as does
the Ohio army.
In the procession today were
about one hundred and twenty ladies
and thirty or forty gentleman. The
fact that there are in this place o.
thirty-five hundred inhabitants
twenty-five saloons and five drug
stores parhapsl accounts in part fol
the fact that there were so few mer
in the ranks.
| AT LANCASTER, 0.-.THE LADIES' CATCH
ING TARTAR.
Loud cries for Col. John M. Con
nell filled the hall. His appearance
greeted with the most vociferous ap
plause, which rang and rang again
before he had made an utterance, al
the large concourse of some sever
hundred of our most respected ladies
and gentlemen expected something
eloquent and stirring from him, anc
they got it--particularly the stirring
Col. Connel's remarks, ss near as w
were able to get them, are as follows
"MY DEAR LADIES AND GENTLE
MEN IF a lawyer is what you want
will offer my services gratis while
IN your city, but if there is to be
woman's crusade you may count m,
out, for / will be on the side of th,
side of the liquor dealer. The law i,
ample to protect as all. have boys
five of them, and many Of you Iadle
have boys, and if you want to saw
them following the footsteps OF th,
erring, oh, for Gods sake, accomplish
their salvation by the winning ant
gentle Influence of heaven. Do no
degrade yourselves by allowing a :
of wild, silly, fauatical temperate
devotees to delude you into move
ment so degrading as that now il
progress over this fair State.
"There is no one who can proven
me from smoking this cigar, or pre-
vent my dear good lady friends from
drinking their tea and coffee, an,
there is no power, religious or other
wise, outside of the law that can pu
a stop to the traffic in liquor. Befor
| stop, some ofyou will get some
thing you won't like. There is NJ
moral influence that can be brough
to bear that will have any effect o.
the liquor traffic. There is but on
way TO put stop to it, and that is b.
adopting license law. Any othe
mode will only prove ephemeral an
spasmodic, like the good old Metz
odist revivals, where the ministe
would cry out, "Take him out an
shoot him or he won't get t
heaven"
eff you want to succeed, make it
: matter OF money. For money wi
do anything, even to the commits
of murder; run the risk of incarcer,
tion, burglarize your house-anythin
bad or impious that can mention
The only thing that induces men t
sell liquor is the money there is in il