Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-03-11

The meeting At Hancock Hall. on Monday
even NJ, wa smother grand temperance rally.
AZ The opening Of the meeting Al y O'clock
PRAYER wa- offered by Rev. Mr.. L,on.
President JOY >aI tina, he regarded the
large number Of persons IN attendance A.
mo-; encouraging evidence Of progress. lie
had today Witnessed most gratifying sight
which be called on tho Secretary TO exp am.
Mr.. Mcdonald ,aid that the President AMI
himself went over to the jail-hou-c 20 witncs,
10" splitting Of sundry package. of liquor by
srih DryereuX. Tho -.cri,ier' Wa. poured
out IN quanii.ic, a. follow, - ten-.aiiuu Acc,
81 WHISKY. tcn-EAlion kcc- Of rum. Dbl.
WHISKY. bhl rum. bbi,. ale and I Jug con-
tAinin, The "arieni." A SINAI, blow on ih, aic
barrels caused the bunc, and stream 81 %,
liquor Itself to shoot MANY feet into the air.
ihl- clearly demonstrating the eicrG;,tg
quAlr7 Of the beverage. tn" contents 81 these
several vessel. formed large stream. little
iidal wave in fact, which ran down 70 the cor
ncr IL jAc street. Your reporter thinks he j.,
justified 10 adding TO Mr.. Mcdonald lucid de-
>crp'IDn u the scene the following.
Dark as winter was the SOW
OF Iser tcye-sorcl rolling rapidly"
Mr.. Cole. in response TO call from the
President. spoke Of the old-fa.hioned revival
meciinc,: and related how q good old Deacon
once remarked TO some enthusiastic Young con-
yrri> that Tor 4 tug with the Dew! hc wa-
worth twenty Of thcm-mcAnins by the t.
mark that the Longer a man rc,i>ts evil tho
stronger he j. 10 resist. A man cannot be- 4
Dr,i and AN angel Of purity al the same lime
H. must be one thing OF the other. W shall
be Just whA; we make ourselves. Half WAY
measures IN temperance arr wore than moth
Ing.
Mr.. Lamprcy stated that the responsibility
for the evils IF intemperanoe rests upon the
respectable members Of society. and not upon
the rum-sellcrs. In every other case q wrong,
society j. willing 10 assume tho responsibility
Of crushing the evil. whatever il may De-.
Why should not ihis b. done in the case OF
Rum. We are aIl responsible for the ou,ragcs
perPetrated on society which grow out Of in
I temperance. We are less than men, II. stand
ing By. and witnessing these outrage-, say
We are not able To remove the cause and we
are guilty. if we do not 30 it. The man who
\ Kill, with rum j. a. deserving Of hanging a. he
who shoots with pistol.
I Mr.. Redman rejoced that be Is citizen Of
( the city II Ellsworth. Thi, is the greatest re-
form movement he had ever seen. 1t had been
said, and he had no doub, Of it, that thi- was
I the work Of God. He never expected to see
what he ha, seen. He felt grateful TO all who
have been instrumental IN bringing about this
much-needed reformation.
NJ. y. A. Joy said that too much praise can
not be given 10 the League. We have now
reached a point where success is certain if We
do our duty. ANY relaxation at this time
would be fatal. He praised the ladies for their
work in behalf Of the cause. He said he
thought the city authorities should require the
police force to shut up every rum shop in the
city within thirty DAYS on pain Of removal from
Office. This plan. carried out, would do the
work.
The next speaker was Mayor Grant. He
spoke Of the gratifying success Of the League !;
and Of the laudabie zeal with which the city
officers have discharged their duties. Every
rum-.eller has been visited. Every officer has
been active in promo ting the temperance cause.
More rum has been spilled than ever before.
The City Marshal has been yigilant-j udicially
the police judge has fai hfully performed all his
duties. The city authorities have always been
friends Of the League; but when its members
advocated forcible measures TO suppress rum
selling, the authorities felt compelled 10 hold
themselves aloof, not knowing how soon il
might become their duty TO suppress the League
itsef Mayor Grant gave the ladies of Ellis
worth and the Bangor Reform Club much
credit for what they had done TO prosper the
League. The Mayors speech was clear.
succinct and pertinent declaration Of correct
principles and sound policy.
A stranger said that he had seen much of in
temperance. A bar-keeper once told him that
: he had drank three times day for seventy
wears and had never become 4 drunkard-bui
the stranger learned afterward that sons and
grand>ons of this bar-ke eper had become hope
less drunkard.. He told the Young men that
total abstinence was the only safe course.
Mr.. j. l.. Moor made a strong speech in
favor Of temperance. He advocated the sup
preston of rum shops at all hazards. Some
temperance men seemed to be afraid of hurting
the feelings Of sellers. He thought they
had no feelings, more than a craven image.
"A lady from Hancock" was the next speak.
; er. She had had large experience in nursing
and had seen a good deal of liquor used for
! medicinal purposes; but never saw any benefit
derived from ii. She had noticed that its Use
Z in such cases had often created an appetite fol
strong drink
Mr.. Chilcott offered the following as motto
for the League, which was adopted:
: "Strike-tin the last armed foe expires"
During the evening a number of names were
added to the pledge.