Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-02-26

| ana plI1leSS VIII, anu lLdG6 IL glowing duu
| earnest appeal to and for the poor inebriate.
! He truly called Harrisonburg and Rock
| ingham the Headquarters of this great
revolution against intemperance, and call
ed the ladies the vanguard of the great
army. He feelingly alluded to last Satur-
day being the Bird anniversary of his join
ING the order ana thanked God he was now
an Iron-clad Jonadab, of which order he
gave a sketch taken from jeremiah, chap
ter 35. He was loudly applauded through
out.
Then came more good music by the band,
and at three O'Clock 2. NJ. the visitors
again were escorted to the various home
lodges and handsomely entertained, in reg
ular old Rockingham style.
OTHER SCENES.
AT 5 P. NJ. the band appeared upon the
upper porch Of Ehinger House and walked
the echoes with old familiar and new tunes;
and here let me say, that all parties are
agreed upon one point, and that is that
the Stonewall Band was the feature of the
occasion. 1t made your reporter proud of his
old comrades Ito the tones Of whose glori-
Gus music he has so often gone to sleep u1-
der Natures large blanket, in every part
of this Valley,) to hear the praises so
freely given by every one, especially the
ladies. And the band deserves it, and by
their manly and gentlemanly department,
and willingness to please, gained The re-
spect Of all here and did honor to Gheir
city, which has and will ever honor them.
ST $50 P n. The orders again formed,
headed by the Band and marched to the
depot, expecting to meet other orders from
Winchester and other Valley towns, but
were disappointed. Then came more
parading and music and then supper at
private houses and hotels and land all
went merry as a marriage bell.''
THE NIGHT MEETING.
At P. M. The Orders again moved to
the Court House and it was soon crowded
to oyefo wing, with as fine looking set Of
Jolly Virginians as you would like to look
upon ''upon summers day." The pro-
ceedings were dispensed with except an APP
propriate prayer by Rev. Isaac W. Canter
of the Methodist Church, and the Sons Of
Jonadab then sang merry temperance
ode with that roaring chorus, in which
hundreds joined, especially that good look
ing basso from Staunton.
SHORT AND LIVELY.
Mr.. Price then announced that each
speaker would be allowed only ten minu-
utcs, with short metre music between each
speech, and then gracefully proceeded to
introduce the Rev. I. W. Canter, who Ia
king the Virginia motto upon one Of the
banners ''Sic Semper Sc as an illustra-
ton, forcibly enforced the leading princi-
pies Of the Jonadabs and other temperance
organizations and closed amid great APP
plause. Next came Mr.. Jas. M. Dutrow,
formerly of Maryland, but now of this
place, who made one of the best speeches,
as well as the shortest Of the evening"
Then the Father Of the Valley Press''-
the venerable and gray-haired j. Harvey
Wartmann, of the Register" who is now
"living and shining light' in the order
Of Good Tempiars, was brought forward.
ly as usual, the words Of counsel and good
cheer flowed from him, like the sound of
softly falling water and were taken in as
cool water by a thirsty man. He closed
amid applause. Next in order came Capt.
NJ. NJ. Sibert, formerly G. S. Provost Mar
shall in Stanton, who fully sustained his
well earned reputation Of an earnest, Wig
orous. honest worker in the cause he held
so near and dear to his heart and hopes.
Robert Gray Esq. was next led forward
and was sorry he didn't have more than
ten minutes. unknowingly taking twenty;
so carried away was he with his feelings.
He delighted all by his beautiful illustra-
trait ons, and picture Of the TWO roads,
one leading, by drunkenness, to hell, and
the other, by sobriety, to heaven. Then
Major A. NJ. CARRIER, Jr., of your city, was
led forth, as q lamb to the sacrifice. He
opened with trembling. tribute to the la
dies, the gentlemen and the gallant kniehts
Of the grandest cause that ever
neryed brave hearts to gallant deeds in de-
fence Of the loveliest of Gods creation
Harrisonburg and his pride in addressing
such an audience. paid a tribute to the
gallant old 10th Virginia Regiment and
it's lost Coils. Gibbons and Warren. He
the made some practical remarks on erring
drunkards, and urged that the mantle of
charity be thrown over bar-keepers who
sell their souls TO the devil for a misera-
BILE mess of pottage and that we pray the
devil to be kind to this class and to give
them drink of water when he gets
them. cling with thanks and to
'Ploughman's phrase, God give ye speed,
That daily We grow wiser,
And may ye better reck the reeds
Than ever did the ADVISER
He took his seat, feeling that he had bet
| ter get Major Luck, OF The Spotswood, to
''put him in his little bed'' as soon as pos
sibe and administer Halls aptidote freely,
for fear of the consequences of this SUI
preme effort.
| Then a general invitation was extended
| to all to which none responded and loud
calls were made, Intellectually, for Col. G.
| T. O'Ferrall, and Major Newton of Stau-
| ton. and quite confusion of calls and
noises prevailed till the band struck up and
soon restored order. Then Major Devine
entertained the audience, in his usual
manner for an hour, the Orders returned
to their various halls the visitors to balls
at the Spotswood and Efiinger House and
YOUR reporter to ''his little bed"
SUMMING UP.
The results of this great meeting are
new Good Templars, II Jonadabs, and a
general stirring up of the great orders for