Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-21
GRAND RAPIDS, WIS. THURSDAY, JANUARY "a, 1875.

said, what am I amid all this vast
creation ?' A mere speck scarcely
discoverable from the steps of yon ho-
tel not more than half mile in the
distance Suddenly a hand was laid up
on my shoulder, while the words fell
upon my ears. "Jchn you are man, ,
and then was my soul uplifted from
out the depths of my despair.
His denunciatiou of the moderate
drinker" was one of boldest and most
prominent features. The moderate
drinker is usually of phlegmatic
temperament, whose steady nerves en-
able him to walk as straight, and
smile as blaudIy, after drinken dozen
glasses as after taking one, while he,
Of the lymphatic goes reeIing along,
beastly drunk. before he has consumed
the third Of that number If they
be church members, the former is re-
tanned with honors while the latter is
excommunicated, thereby punishing
him, because by force of nature, he S
not able to make barrel Of himself
and yet retain his equilibrium.
His appeal to the ladies, maids and
matrons, controllers of public senti-
timent and customs, must certainly
have touched sympathetic chord in
the hearts of many. Spoke particular
ly of New Years day and the round of
calls attending It's coming wherein
wines and brandies figure prominently
in most houses, and urged upon his
audience It's di8continuance, There, and
also at parties ladies could and ought
to take their stand for prohibition.
No doubt many Of them would meet
with much opposition. from husbands,
brothers and sons, but that by contin-
I ued perseverance, they would succee d.
for most husbands know the force Of
the eouplet-
when she Will, she agjU, You may depend on
When she wont, she aoont so there's an end ont
and finally yields the palm of victory,
however ungraciousiy. Feeling how
great responsibility rests upon them,
5000 young ladies of Cleveland, have
| pledged themselves not to associate In
any way with young men addicted TO
the use of, or in any way connected
with the traffic of alcohol drinks.
That but little in the way Of refor-
nation can be done without the hearty
cooperation Of the ladies, we do not
need Il Cough 80 tell us. He made no
aIlusioa to the ''whiSky war" that has
been fought so successfully by women
throughout some portions Of the West,
an omission which Z regret although
his silence is ominous. Said that the
curse should fall heaviest upon the one
who entices to the first cup thereby
creating an appetite.
He regretted his inability to reach,
through his lecture, the real drunkard,
through the inequality Of social rank,
existing in the country; but if they
the people of Morristown-would get
him an audience Of that class during
the coming summer, he would lee
ture to them free Of charge and hire
the nall himself He here gave New
York and Morristown people a clever
rap on snobbery, which was received
amid audible smiles. As an illustra-
tion Of bigotry attending the divis-
ion of society into denominationsl cir
cles, and the utter imposibility of hearty
cooperation on questions Of reform
he said, if a temperance movement
were set a3oat and some were asked to
assist II It's management, their first
question wou,dbe what is yurr par
tic-u-lar religious belief?" thereby
making sect stand in the way of nor
al culture Or progression in any form.
He thought faith, prayer, and firm
determination to resist unto the end
the surest means of deIiverance from
thralldom worse than death.
Tioaughyut his lecture there was
thorough sprinkling of stories in
which were combined pathos, despair
and ridicule, any portrayal Of which
would be futile.
E. AS