The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-01-01
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A friend of ours at Mountain Lake
has almost. supported his family with a
few cows, while his neighbors have
been dependent onsail from the State
and other sources. T:.@ @*z4.z4r. u ~ -
The Press for years has been stir
ring up our people to undertake a diff
ferent kind Of farming, and we shall
never become really prosperous as a
community when our main dependence
is wheat.
MONTHLY TEMPEeAN CT MEETING:
The regular. Monthly Meeting of
the MOBILES County Temperance Union
was held on Sunday evening last at the
Union Congregational Church.
The meeting Oh Sunday evening was
one of the finest the Temperance Union
has yet held. The Church was filled
with IN interested audience, and the
proceedings were unusually dignifed
and impressive. Rev. B. II. Crever,
presided, the Union Congregational
choir sang an appropriate opening piece
and Rev. J. w. Lewis offered prayer.
Mr.. Crever made few opening re-
marks and then introduced the Rev.
III. B. Tuttle, who said that at first
glance, on coming to Worthington, it
seemed strange to him that we should
have Il Temperance Union in county
where there was no'zliquor saloons.
But on reflection he saw the need of
such an organization. Temperance
workers had changed somewhat their
plan of operation, and instead of direct
ing their main efforts towards REFORM
ing confirmed drunkards, were now
endeavoring to keep the young from
falling into drinking habits. These
children are the future men and wo-
men into whose hands is to fall the
work of the next generation. lie saw
therefore how important it was that
means of influencing them and keeping
them from falling into Incorporate
habits, shoull he kept up.
Elihu Smith was next called out.
He said that when he was thinking of
locating in Worthington, he mentioned
the temperance feature as one of the
inducements. The friend with whom
he was conversing expressed doubt as
to the success of the effort, for other
communities had started out upon the
same basis and 500 1 abandoned it. The
speaker thought it rested with us to
maintain it and we should not abate our
efforts to keep up q strong tempera1 nee
sentiment. He then mentioned all i'll
congruous sight which he witnessed on
ship-board, viz :: Il company of mission
aries just starting abroad in a vessel
which was loaded with New England
rum. He alluded to the fact that when
the pledge was circulated by the ladies,
there was probably one-third of our
people who refused to sign it, as show
ing that We were not all willing to
stand committed to the temperance
work
| A number Of the Sunday School chill.
dren then sang Il song, ''Sp.. rkling Va
ter.
DR.. Geo. O.. Moore then read paper
on ''What's in an Atmosphere. lie
showed first what atmospheric air is
under different conditions. But the
atmosphere with which we have to do
tonight. said the Dr., is Il temperance
atmosphere. lie then showed what it
is, how to create it, how to perpetuate
it,. why the necessity Of it, and what
it's effect. We should all show by oul
words and acts that the sale and use OF
Intoxicating liquors is contrary to our
ideas of responsibility and honesty and
the results repugrant to our sense of
decency and morality. The young ladies
have share in the creation of this at
mosphere. If they discountenance the
use Of liquor and decline to associ.
ate with young men who drink (the on.
ly safe way for them to do) tell you
there would be rafting among the
dry bones and a speedy abandoning OF
the habit. We shall endeavor to give
the Doctors paper in full next week.
Rev. W. NJ. Bear was next called
out. He had been and always would
be heartily In sympathy with the tenn
perance feature of the community.
There were tens of thousands of drunk
ards to day who would give anything
and everything they possessed # they
could rid themselves of the terrible
habit of drinking. Therefore the inn
portance Of doing everything possible
to prevelt men from forming such hab-
it's. He dwelt earnestly for few min
utes upon the Importance of our look.
ing we'll to the ground we occupied as
a temperance people.
Rev. J. w. Lewis was next called out.
He had been absent for Il few weeks
and had seen great deal of intemper-
ance in that time, In one town visit
ed i'll the eastern part of this State
there. were 80 drinking saloons and tie
burden of prayers at the prayer meet.
ing he attended there was for deliver.
adce from the evil Of intemperance.
lie thought we might maintain the
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