The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-03-29

and after moment of inevitable des
pondency he realized that Crupp ha
come for the purpose of doing good.
Mr.. Crupp,n he said, turning hi
head suddenly, and regaining pol
tion OF his earlier expression of coun
tenanee, Il Ito not fully comprehen,
your intention. but see it is good
May ask what the people of God ca,
do for these beings who have been un
der the dominion of alcoholic
and break their solemn vow :
Awful awful :" calculated the min
ister.
YES said Crupp, ''tis awful, bu
on the other hand there's some that,
in earnest. There's Tom Adams
now--he that drives the brick-yart
team. Toms good, square, homes
fellow, and he loves his family, bu
don't see how he's going to stol
drinking. He can't work without it
-leastways, he can't work along tn,
way he's working now. Deacon
Jones ought to give him easier work
to do until he can bring himself rounc
| but Deacon Jones won't waste his
money in that way, if he is n member
| Of your church. Then there's olo
Bunley: there isn't anything to him
He's been drinking and drinking and
drinking this forty year, he says, and
yet he was well brought up, and he
can't keep himself from going Ia
church every Sunday, He's go. some
children that amt grown yet, and il
some Of the storelseepers would only
give him credit withou. ever expect
ing TO see the money again, the old
fellow wouldn't get down. hearted 50
often, and maybe he could quit drink
ing. As fur as taking care of his fam
lily goes, he isn't good for much the
way he il: he horrows from soft heart
ed fellows who can't afford to lose as
well as the stofel>eepers can, and may
be he steals sometime5-i don't say he
does, mind. AT any rate, the biggest
part OF his support comes out of the
public, and as the public can't help it
self, il ought to be sensible enough 10
try to make the old chap feel and act
like a man.
Bless men exclaimed Mr.. Wedge
we'll, who had through all Mr.. Crupp's
delivery sat erect with his hands up
on his knees, and his ewes and mouth
wide open, II assure YOU, my dear
sir, that never had an idea that the
success Of temperance cause depend
cd upon SO many conditions, and
also beg to assure you'-here the rev.
erend Jonas proiiered his right hand
"that | appreciate and admire the
spirit which has prompted you to eN-
anime this subject in many bearings,
and enieavor to throw light upon it.
Bat surely all ths-the mon who, as
yol express it, have been drinking
surely these cannot be contrained to
continue by conditions similar to
these you have instanccd. There
must be some who, If only they exer-
cise their wiil-power, will succeed in
putting their vile enemy under their
feet. -
YES, replied Crupp, "there are
such. Lots Of young fellows drink
only because they think its smart,
and because they haven't got man
enough in them to stop when they
want to. They're like lot of wolves
-plucky enough when they're to-
gether, bat live rooster could scare
ene OF them ii he caught him alone.
Pm going 10 look out for thak crowd
myself; they need somebody TO preach
TO 'cm wherever he can catch EN-,
and | know where they hang out.
But i'in not through with the other
Kind yet. There's Fred Macdonald,
he's going to be the hardest man to
manage in the whole lot. Good fam
lily, you know-got a Judge for faith
er, and ambitious az the, ambitious
as Napoleon Bonapart. He's in with
all the steamboat fellows, and whiskey
is an angel alongside of some things
they carry. They'll ruin him, sure.
Steamboating looks like something
big to him, you know; ii shows off
better than country stores and saw
mills. It's no use talkin' to him; I've
tried it once or twice, for | know the
steamboat people of old; but he as
good "a told me to mind my own busi-
ness. Now if some of the business
men could get up something enter
prisiag and put Fred ut the head Of it
on condition that he wouldn't drink
any more, they might make money
bad. TN put some money into the
thing, for | believe in Fred. OF course
he'll have to be watched little, for
he may be too yenturesome, but he
can get more trade, and get more
work out of his men than any other
man in this country"
"Mr. Crupp," the minister said,
again taking the hand of the newly
made reformer, and laying his own
left hand atiectionatcly upon Mr..
Crupp's right elbow, II cannot find
words adequate to the expression of
my admiration of your earnestness in
this great moral movement. But |
must confess that your treatment of
the subject is one to which / am utter
ly uuaccu5tomed. have been want
to regard intemperancc solely "a an
indication of an intirm will and de-
praved appetite, but your theory
seems plausible-indeed, / do not see
that either Of our respective stand
points need be wrong. Bat with re-
gard to the employment ofthe reform
atory means you suggest, I am not g
capable adviser. 1t might be well for
you to consult some OF our leading
business men"
That's what I'm going to do re-
piled Crupp. And I'm going to see
the doctors, too, and all the other min
listers. What ! want of you is, to
back me up; preach at these fellows
that are well enough off to make
themselves useful
"I'il do it.' replied the minister