Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-05-11

Burlington by other power than the law.
And some had been closed, on Church
street, and their places were now filled with
other business. One rumseller had con-
fessed to him that the law was too much for
HIM, if it should be rigIdly enforced. lie
had long considered the brewery In this city
a nuisance but it was now closed, and he
did not believe any one present would ever
see another brewery running in Burlington.
lie liked to make speeches, though words
were cheap; but the kind of speeches he
liked best to make was to shut up rum
shop every day.
Mr.. Peter Smith, thought moral suasiOn
alone would always tail, as it did with the
boy in the apple-tree. /. took stones to
bring him down. lie believed, though, in
moral suasi0n as well as legal He was sur
prised and panied that, while so much was
being said and done, his own countrymen
should not come forward and join the Re
form Club. lie had used his best means TO
induce them to do so. The poor Irisimau
who earns his dollar or dollar and half a
day. he was sorry to say, spent more money
for whiskey than other classes. lie was
sorry to say that his own nationality drank
more whiskey than other nationalities and
they were very slow to come forward and
sign the pledge. If this country were to be
invaded by foreign king, lrishmen as we'll
as Americans-all together would come up
to drive out the invaders. But King Al.
cohol had invaded this country. and now
why did not the Irish come forward and
help put him down, as they helped put
down the rebellion. There should be gen.
eral crusade against him. Peter the Great
Lad . ha frat aruuado nd hta tnliOWara
a badge of red. lie saw that Mrs. Molloy
had introduced badge of red-s red rib
bon. And now why could not his people
the lrishmen-come up and join in this cru
SADIE. They could, If they wished. wear
the cross in red on the shoulder, and let it
come clear down through into their hearts.
Mr.. Smiths remarks were received with
much evident appreciation.
MIR. Moult0n gave his reasons for being a
temperance man. He had seen the terrible
results of intemperance from his boy hood
and its blight had fallen upon some very near
and dear friends. lie thought the young
ladies. in their associations with young men
had a strong influence, and urged them to
exert it on the side of temperance.
Mrs. Molloy said it seemed impossible to
say anything new on this subject. She
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The people here were in the condition the peO-
pie of London once were, after the ravages of
a plague. They met to pray and fast. and de
wise means to care for the sick. The Earl of
Salisbury being present said he was willingto
pray and fast with them, but, said he, ''let
US scrub, wash and be clean" This seemed
to illustrate the situation in Burlington.
Moral suasion without legal suasion was
unava ling, and so was legal suasion with
out moral; the one should supplement the
other. No one feels so deeply In the cause
of the temperance as the women; they
could work at moral suasiOn, but it needed
the men to work at legal suasion. The old
flag protected the most humble American
citizen, anywhere in the world; why then
could it not protect the rights of American
woman in their own homes? She referred to
the social drinking customs of the country,
saying a young man had asked her, What
shall we do when we get together. but take
the social glass; Have the young men
OF America, she asked, with all their
advantages-with the great book of nature
open before thence to such pass that
they must seek such means of enjoyment =?
She touched upon the wine cellars and wine
dinners of the wealthy classes-private
drinking saloons, as she termed them-and
denounced them as the fruitful sources of
untold evil. She spoke earnestly for over
half an hour, commanding the closest at
tentiOn.
Alter singing 10 the Work" oppo:
tunity was given for any who would to
sign the pledge. and few signatures were
obtained.
SUNDAY kyENING's MEETING.
The audience was limited only by the ca
pacity of the City Hall. 1t seemed as if
every foot of room on the foor and in the
galleries was occupied by some one standing
or sitting. After prayer by the Rev. Mr..
Ferguson, and the singing Of Work, for
the Night Is Coming" Mrs. Molloy, as had
been previously announced, spoke on The
use OF Tobacco"
she bad once talked with a
fourth rate clergyman, who sharply CEN
sured her holding temperance meetings on
Sabbath evenings; and while he was speak
ing to her, his mouth was full of tobacco,
and the stencil of his breath was intoler-
able. She told him he should first cast the
beam out of his own eye. She thought to
exhort men to cleanly habits that they defle
not the temple Of their bodies was gospel
work. She wanted to see the young men
of America come up to the standard
OF perfect, clean manhood. She gave
the history Of the discovery Of tobacco by
civilized people, and traced the various
stages of its Introduction and use among
the various nations. She spoke of its effects
on the physical system. 1t produced,
among other Ills, paralysis and Its evils
were hereditary. Ii was, almost invariably,
the children Of tobacco users that were
afflicted with spinal meningitis. 1t created
n deprayed appetite. and prepared the way
for the habit of rum drinking, with which
evil it was in close alliance. Its effects on
the mental and moral capacities were also
ruinous. 1t tended to degenerate race.
physically, mcatally and morally. Our
future statesmen would not come from
among the children of wealthy tobacco
users. but from the ranks of those
whose circumstances gave them neither
the means nor the time to indulge IN
the sensual pleasures which clustered
around this vice 1t tended To blunt the
Sensibilitics and make men immoral She
had visited states prisons end talked with
many of their inmates, ard INVARIABLY found
them to have been tobacco users.
MIS-. Molloy spoke for about an hour, and
was listened TO with the closest attention.
She was followed by DIR. ). Humphrey, and
Mr. Peter Smith. who made some pertinent
remarks, after which quite number o!sig
natures were obtained Tor the tobacco
pledge one of the signers having used the
weed for nearly fifty years.
Sunday evening lecture closed Mrs. Mol
Toys labors here for the present and she
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