Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-09-30

COCKS crow. and the bell TlnE. followed tN"
direction Of the sound and came ont Into
the Nailham road, near the house 81 Nj.
Gpota.r. about three miles from home.
Ihc lad /, low safe and sound hut will uo.
soon forget hi nights expoIieLce.
Report Of the Ladies' Temperance Aid society.
The afternoon meeting &c ibc All society
Wa, hol len Thur day >~pt. 2@I. instead of -ar-
urlay the 18th. the regular day far th. m.,f-
ing. Tic meeting was opened with the ti.u-
81 eyorciSe-. Mr.. Crossrnau AMI Mr. Preftis-
gave an interesting account Of ;Ac Iru.ai.
work in Bangor: but We viii deyot. fhc ,t.ac-
10 the report % BE- evening meeting a. i,r-
hag- the public viii De NOR interested ia this.
At the evening meeting The Reform Cluh. TAs
League and the y. Joseph Society were w,.
represented on the Stage.
The meeting was called 10 order by %. Pro-
ident. Mrs. Whitmore. the opening oN.-s'-r-
singing, and PRAYER by Rev. Mr.. Garrctson.
Mr.. Cro,,man. President Of the Bangor CRU
sade WIS introduced. She was happy to ae-
cept tho invitation to assist the Ellsworth lAI,-
in tin, goriou, worh Eloquent speaker Aal
spoken on the evil az intemloranoa. hut Ma >
had never toldus how to rii ourselves of This
evil. bu, neither hcr>l or Mr.. Preui4s, wrre
public speakers but workers in the cause. >cek
ins The fallen and oAicndin. 20 them the help
ins hand. Heretofore there had been too much
talh and too little wo rS. y u moral reform, =
have suffered persecution. and even thu lAII,-
Of the West. who lTst started tins Cru-.Vi,
movement had been laughed and jeercj al bt
some. but do not De- discouraged f,r there l.
much work 10 be done. some thought ihi
work next the chur, b. but Mr.. {. thought &,
was before the church. for it was a mean, q
bringing some there that had not been 10 :
church for year ana never would have gone IN
the condition they were in bforc signing the
pledge.
4 great many people call themselves temper
ance people. but have Wine in their cellar ami
cider on their table and would not attend our
meetings. bat would strongly resent being
called anything but temperance people, but to-
tai abstinence was the only safe way. There
were also some that called themselye. re,pecta-
bic that would not join W. in this work but PER
hlps il was because they had not thought the
matter over. and if they were TO come 10 our
meeting they would become interested. Tor no
sane person could give 4 candid thought 10 the
Subject and not see the evil effects Of rum. Thi-
was such a glorious work. that the speaker did
not zee how any one could help being interested
iffor no higher motive than that when we are
helping others We are helping ourselves. Peo-
pie complain Of the cost Of Temperance. but
viii pay the expenses Of Jails. station Houses
and the like. but still not complain Of For rise
up against and drive rum, the cause Of all these
expenses. from the land. Three pint- Of rum
had cost the County Of Penobscot live thousand
dollars.
We often heard temperance called an Ola
story, but A. one Of the ladies at Old Orchard
Beach remarked. show u new Kind oil intem-
peIanee and we will show You new Kind n
OF tempe ance. Mrs. Cro,,man closed her re-
marks by hoping We should 60 on in thi,
work until every moderate drinker was a total
ab-tainer.
Mr.. Joy. Presiden, Of the Reform Club was
the next speaker, he gave much credit Of this
movement TO the ladies, to those that first star
ted in thi. movement in the West, this act had
been criticised by some. but it was an act that
had ennobled the sex more than any other.
Mr.. Joy in behalfof the Club thanked the ladies
for the interest manifested in this work.
Mr.. smith next made few remarks.
Vim. .. Mcdonald, President Of the League
was called on aud informed us that he hardly
expected to say any thing. but wa, always ready
TO say word for temperance. He had seen
4 a
condemning rum drinking more than ever. The
speaker closed by hoping the ladies would
come forward and sign the pledge.
Mr.. Chilcott was then called for 10 make a
few remarks, to which he hesitatingy respond
ed. After which, Mr.. Garretson came forward
with encouraging words. The last speaker
was Mrs. Henry f. Prentiss, Vice President of
the Bangor Crusade, she was happy to be with
Us and say few words in favor of Temperance.
She did not claim to be as active worker as
some. for she had never visited the Station
house many of the Bangor ladies had done,
but she was deeply interested in the work 4;
each morning at the Station house three out Of
every four signed the pledge. Six hundred
had Joined the Bangor Reform Club. and at the
end Of six months out Of the three hundred
regular attendants only thirty-two had broken
the pledge. The moderate drinkers think
/ themselves safe and beyond all danger, but Mrs.
! Prentlss compared them to person walking on
precipiee, in danger of falling at the most I'M
expected moment, their only safety is in total
abstinence. The meeting closed by singing.
! The music by the Emerald Band added
much to the enjoyment Of the meeting. OF
course but small part of the remarks have
been given but we think all may see from what
is given that the meeting was most interesting.
The Woman's AID Society will meet next Sat
urday afternoon at three o'clock at the High
School room. SECRETARY.