The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-08

TEMpERAscs.-Me Crusade at Bridge
port.-The call for temperance meet
Inn last night to be- addressed by Mrs.
Reese, resulted IN filling the Presbyterian
church TO its utmost capacity. The
meeting was opened by volur tary by
the choir, followed by prayer from
Mrs. Reese. After another hymn she
s.nounced that she had Just come from
GAINESVILLE, where some ESQ had signed
the pledge. She stated Chat she did not
desire any better heaven than they had
in q meeting than last evening when 50
many moderate drinkers and. others
signed the pledge. 1--WE are about to
have a Murphy meeting" said the
| speaker, 'and l want all the ministers
present tol come upon the platform"
The only one present responded by going
up. After another hymn came the ad-
dress of the evening of which the lead.
ing points were as follows:
The first statement was in regard to
cider being an unsafe drink, from the
TACT that we do not know how long 1t is
sweet. In this matter OF drink many
ladies are not shameless. Besides offer,
ing it to young men, there are many
who love to see their own fair faces re,
fected in the cup. Said Californis
gentleman at the display of wines from
mat State at the Centennial, "lf could
place beside this all the wreck caused by
WINE in California you would be astonish
ed at the number
| Mrs. r. stated that as she was born o.
foreign parentage, never till she was
woman grown did she know what 1t was
to be without beer in the honse, yet i
had been banshed from her fathers
house. Beer was intoxicating. The
Brewers Hall at the Centennial wa:
productive of great harm as much as Other
sample-rooms. Several instances OF beel
Intoxicating were cited, one especially
of a Young man who had never touched
drink till he was Il years old, and the
was ruined by beer. A strong appea
was made to the young men OF the 81
can quit if l will" class 10 come out and
will. Those who DO not drink were urg
ed to sign for their influence. Many Of
by signing could induce those who did
drink. Several incidents of pathetic
nature of reform accomplished by the
work in Pittsburgh were narrated. AT
tor another intermission during which
HYMN was sung and collection taken
up, Mrs. X. again spoke nsrrsting the
story of little boy in Pittsburgh saying
to his father as he went from home
Father please sign the pledge and bring
it home to me tonight" and the father
touched by the appeal signed the
pledge saying, if l had signed it
twenty years ago, l would have saved
myself just that much sooner. Another
incident is of bar keeper who wa
seized with an appetite fer reading thu
Bible, and so strong was it that he could
not resist it. He read till he closed hi:
bar, became q temperance worker and
established q church where his bar hao
been. "Hold the Fort" was sung with
vim by the congregation, during the sing
ing of which repeated calls were made
on all to come up and sign.
Mrs. Whitacre sang IN her inimltablt
voice and style "Whst shall the Harvest
be-" 1t held the audience spell-bounc
and was only marred byinterruption in
calls from the front TO come up and
sign, which should have been omitted
during SUCH singing. The enthusiasm
OF the meeting increased greatly toward
| the coae, but we forbear further report