The Worthington advance., 1876-07-20
THE 1,EMpERANcE 1fEETyvc,s

THE TEMPERANCE MEETINGS. =.
The ADVANCE processes to be local
newspaper, yet it makes no mention of
the very interesting temperance meet
tngs. -7;Jourllal. -. ~,
I've expected the Journal would, in
this matter, As usual, put on our cast
off clothing, camp down on the ground
we had abandoned. 1t was 80 in the
great land sale item, it is 80 in report
ing the temperance meetings, and it
always will he so. After we have had
All item and it has got old, the Ring
organ takes it up and publishes it.
After we have adopted feature and
abandoned it, the Ring organ will take
it up. -.
We have not for q year past reported
the temperance meetings because they
had sodeclined in interest and influence
that the public were heartily tired Of;
them. They were disturbed from time
to time by the rudeness of young row.
dies, or the gigs'ing and ill-behavior of
young people generally, and what was
much worse, they wore made the arena
for members of the Wortl,ington Ring
to come in on Sabbath evening into the
house Of God and make political capi-
tai. At least two or three members of
that Ring and aspirants for Office have,
Oh different occasions, during the past
year, taken occasion to ''set themselves
right'' on the temperance question, by
showing that they were no ''fAnatics,''
that they did not "go the whole figure;;"
in other words, that they wanted the
support of the anti-temperance or the
anti-prohibition elements, and they
wanted them to know where they stood.
We knew that this Worthington Ring
was laying it's paralyzing hand on the
temperance meetings and the temper
ance feature, as it has upon everything
else. The churches, the Sabbath schools,
the public schools, the temperance
meetings, the Fourth of July celebra-
tions, all must he made tributary to
this Ring, so far as they can make
them so. Not that they always sue
ceed, but they attempt it.
| "Tllc trail of the serpent is over it all''
| For these reasons, the genuine friends
Of temperance have not felt the interest
! they should have felt in the meetings.
The two or three clergymen who have
endeavored to keep up the meetings
have had hard work, because of the lit
tie interest taken ly the public.
We understand that an effort is to be
made to get the Executive Committee
to work and to bring up the meetings
again. We hope they will do so. When
ever the meetings become of interest
and begin to he power again, we shall
he promptly OH hand to report them.
The Indians have taken wings and
have all left this country. They were
quite thick last week in portions of
Murray and the northern portion of
this county lin imagination), and did
considerable damage, but the injury is
not general. S>me people suffered con-
siderably, and it is thought what cour-
age they have left will not yield more
than five bushels to the acre. The In
dians were degenerate species, and
were infested with a little bug or para
site in their hair.
The first blood is claimed for the
| Wortllington ADVANCE and it's sup
porters, who overwhelmed those ring
fellows over in Mobiles county, and
elected a full set of delegates to the con-
gressional convention. A. p. Miller,
editor of the ADVANCE. secured a seat
i'll the convention, while Soule and
GoodnoW watched outside Go.
Herald.
The Herald man is "way behind - in
news. That matter was settled weeks
ago ut our County Convention and pub
lished ut the time. Editors away off
in the little outlying villages must read
the ADVANCE regularly if they wish to
keep posted.
Mr.. /. n. Dodge, Of Round Lake,
hitched his team to i reaper yesterday
and started them. The rattle of the
machine drew their attention, when
they looked around, and, seeing the
reel rolling toward them, became fright
ened and ran away. Mr.. D. held on
and managed to turn them past the
corner of board fence, so that the
machine struck the fence, when he
jumped off. Several panels of the.fence
were borne down, but the collision
checked the team, and they soon
stopped. The damage to the reaper
amounted to about $25.
John Sykes, of Adams county, Illi-
nois, has purchased the Donahue place
on the West Lake, for $2,50O. It COM
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