The daily gazette., 1877-05-09
The Temperance Move
o.s.-s.r lnent.
ANOTHER LARGE MEETING-A NUMBER OF
SIGNERs.

ANOTHER LARGE MEETING-A NUMBER OF
sIGNERs.
Notwithstanding the threatening aspect
OF the weather last evening, the Institute
Hall was again crowded to overhowIng. and
many hundreds were turned away, being
unable to gain admission. Mr.. q. w.
Wells presided, and previous to the meet
ing being called to order the hymn "Bing
forth the royal diadem" was sung. The ex-
ercses opened with prayer, by Rev. q. NJ.
Pegg, followed by singing of Jesus will
save" and ~ love to tell the story.".
Rev. j W. Lighthorn, OF New FORK, was
the first speaker OF the evening. He COM
menced by saying that this was an age of
progress. He then referred to the great
deeds that had been done since the creation
of the world, how steam had triumphed /;
the electric telegraph had been made sue
cess. aud mighty bridges had been built to
span great rivers. A few years ago q dark
war cloud arose on the horizon, but the
| strong arm OF liberty drew the sword from
its sheath, and the cloud was swept away !;
all these undertakings had been successful,
but there yet remained great curse upon
| the face of the earth, and that was the evil
OF intemperance, the great enemy of pro-
gress. He deprecated the idea OF people OF
good society, men of Influence sancLioning
| the sale of such a great curse to society; but
the time is coming when the everlasting
| covenant will come down, and chain this
great monster, and we will then be his
master. He closed his remarks by calling
| upon those present to arise, trow off the
grim monster, and sign the pledge. At the
conclusion of his remarks, the hymn "Let
| the lower lights be burning" was sung.
The next speaker that was introduced,
was the well known DIR. Jester
He commenced his speech by saying that
be had drank TO much benzine, not one
| half of those present knew what it was to
be drunk, but those on the stage, (pointing
to them) and he knew what it was. He
had drank from 81 % brandy, (he did not
| state the quantity for that amount) to three
cent gin. When said to him "Jester why
do you get drunk 2" he could not answer
| them neither could that good man Stephen
A. Douglass, and many other great men.
He knsw of a man out West that dealt in
timber, and every time that he went to buy
timber, he always got drunk, and one day
the man from whom he was purchasing
asked him why hekalways got drunk when
he came to buy, and the answer he gave
was "well don't know why, but it makes
the trees look bigger" Mr.. Jester then
stated that he had been in every jail, from
Portland, Maine to the Rio Grande, he lad
drank in the finest hotels, and graduated
down to two drinks for five cents on Water
street. He drank 50 much that at last he
had been locked up in lunatic asylum,
but he had now signed the pledge, and
with the help of God he never intended to
touch another drop. He closed his re-
marks bt saying that he felt that there was
some great work for him to do, something
greater than selling tooth paste. In his
heart he was, christian by theory, but not
by practice. and he asked the PRAYERS of
every one that he might keep the pledge.
The hymn "Sweet bye and bye" was
then sung after which Il. B. McIntire,
Joseph Cox, and Nelson j., Lee made
short addresses, calling upon those present
who had not already signed the pledge to
come up, and put their names down.
Mr.. Butcher, was the last speaker, and
he exhorted those present to sign, as II
wonld be their salvation. They were not
only saving the fallen, but they were saving
peoples souls. They intended to carry on
the meetings until the great temperance
work would sweep across the city, and for
ever blot out the great curse of rum.
The meeting closed with the singing OF
the doxoiogy. and The benediction by Rev
A. D Davis.
During the evening large number walked
up to the platform, signed the pledge, and
were loudly applauded.