The Tipton advertiser., 1877-05-10


the chair as before. Besides there wer
additional attractions: Crupp, yea
| before the man who was lending I,
liquor selling an air Of respectability
was upon the platform to the left ant
rear of Squire Tomple; old Bunley
who a year before had been response
bic only as container of alcohol, bu
now respectable citizen and book
keeper to Squire Tomple, occupied tn,
secretary's chair; Tom Adams acted
as usher in one of the side-aisles, anc
dragged all the heavy drinkers up tc
front seats; Harry wainwright wa.
there, with a wife whose vail was not
thick enough to hide her happiness
Fred Macdonald, who had spent the
evening of the other meeting i'm the
Barton House bar-room, was there; &C
was Tapelmine, appearing as i'll a,
ease as a porker in a strange field, but
still there; while i'm side seat, close
to the wall, sitting as much in the
shadow of his wife as possible, SO as to
guard his professional reputation, was
Sam Crayme, captain of the steamer
Excellence" 4 number Of "the
boys were also there, and yet the
church was not only not crowded, but
not even full. During the year tenn
perance had been guided from the
hearts to the pockets of a great many,
and this radical treatment had been
fatal to many an enthusiastic soul that
had Heretofore been blameless in its
own eyes. Those who attended hea rtl
some music, however, which was not
deficient in point of quality: they
heard a short but live address from
old Parson Fish, on the moral beauty
of temperance life, and an earnest
prayer from that one Of the Barton
ministers who had during the year
done nothing which justified the men
ton of his name in this history, and
then the audience saw Mr.. Crupp ad-
vance to the front of the platform and
unfold large sheet Of paper, which
he crumpl"a in his hand as lie spoke
as follows:
Ladies and gentlemen: Having
been requested by the chairman of the
last meeting to collect some statistics
of the work accomplished in Barton
during the past year i'm the cause Of
temperance, | invite your attention to
the following figures:
population of township last year,
three thousand two hundred and six
ty-five. Signatures to pledge at last
meeting, six hundred and twenty-sev-
en- [applausel; signatures of persons
who were in the habit Of drinking at
time of signing, two hundred and
thirty-one; number of persons who
have broken the pledge since signing,
one hundred and sixty [sighs and
groansl; number of persons who have
kept the pledge, seventy-one lap
plausel; number reclaimed by person.
al effort since meeting, forty-six Tap
plause amount of money subscribed
and applied strictly for the good of the
cause, and without hope of pecuniary
gain a faint hiss or twol, five thou
sand one hundred and ninety dollars
and thirty-eight cents tremendous
applause] amount which has been
returned by the beneficiaries without
solicitation, twenty-seven dollars
laughter, misses and groansl. OF the
amount subscribed, six-serenths came
from fre persons, who own less than
Dne.afieM part of the taxable property
Of the TOWNSHIP -
The quiet which prevailed AS Mr..
crupp spoke these last words and took
his seat was, If considered only as
Iuiet, simply faultless; but its dura-
lion was greater and more annoying
than things purely faultless usually
ire, and there was general sensation
Of relief when Squire Tomple, who,
Turing the year had not made any
display of his charities, and who was
popularity supposed to care as much
'or dollar as any one, slowly got up
on his feet.
my friends said the Squire, "Tm
more than ever convinced that tenn
perance il a good thing hearty APP
plause and the reason | feel so is,
hat during the year I've put consid-
erable money into it; and where the
.reasure is there shall the heart be al
so [dead silencel. I've made up my
mind that hurrahing and singing for
temperance will make hypoorite out
Of saint If he doesn't use money and
effort at the same time l like n good
song and a good time as much as any
body, but can't learn ofa single drink
ing man that they have reformed. At
BUR last meeting there was some good
work started, by the use of songs and
speeches, and you have learned from
the report just presented, how much
lasting good they did. Money and
work have dons the buainess, my
friends; talk has helped, but alone by
Itself it has done precious little. This
lesson has cost me great deal; and as
a business man, who believes that ev-
cry earthly interest is in some way
business interest. advise you to learn
the saMe lesson for yourselves b, fore it
Is too late
Such q pail Of cold water never be-
fore was thrown upon the Barton
hearts aglow with confidence; it struck
the leader of the band so forcibly that
he ratified off into yankee Doodle"
to aid the meeting in recovering its
spirits; even after listening to this in
spring air, however, it was with a
almost desperate that the
audience scanned the countenance of
rarson Wedgewell Ms he stepped to
the front of the platform.
Beloved friends" said the parson,
'.'the ress.lt VI the past years work in
ths portion of the Lords vineyard has
indeed been richly blessed, and l shall
ever count it as one of the precious
privileges Of my life that l have been
permitted to take part In it. ['Hurrah
for the narsOn!' shouted q man who