, 1879-04-07


for tic past twenty-five ycars lad been Il resi-
dcnt Of this city.
DF. Charles t1awGtt.
Cnrrtsnnndenes St'p inrt 7ixn...
NoRw1cn. Conn.,, April 3.-Dr. Charles Jewctt,
one of the oldest nt,d most effective workers in
the temperance causo III the United States, died
hero to-day IN thc I'D year Of his aye.
lio was native Of Lisbon, ncnr this place.
Though his naino Ia not 81 wildly known Oh that
Of John u. Cough, or Of Neal Dow, he llas u.,-
questtonably accomplished far moro than either
uf them In working out Temperance reform, md
Is looked upon In New Euglnnd as one of tic
plonccr apostles in this movement. lie was n
nun Of enthusiasm, lisntcrcstetneas bencyo.
lonce. nnu croat tact. These qualities md hs
marvellous storytelling faculty gaye hsu, m un-
paraltclca influence with all classes Of society.
Ills smooth-s1aycn, strong Yankcc face, with ity
keen blue eye and cordial smile, was familiar
to thousands OF mcn from Nova Scotia to tho
Mississippi River.
Dr.. Jewett's first interest ia the temperance
cause dates from hts 10TH year: Ile was Study
ing medicine III bis fathers olice when tho luni-
pcrancc movement Of 1921 startod III tilc New
Englhnu States. Voting JcWutt's fMt1lcr 8ug-
Ecsted to him that hs preparo II protest against
w further sale Of llquor III their own town OF
Reelection nml observation induced In tic
prcparatfon of this. ,l,rotest lc.l 10 the COR
ylcttol1s that thereafter directed his wme lifc.
Tho protest to the sclcctmcn was written III
verse. One hundred copies were secretly printed
Mt night at tho fatllcrts expense, a,ll publicly
posted on house u.l trcr, a.n. stcaitLily
slipped under -pcoplo's doors arutlnd tic VII
insc green. In 1877 Il local Temperance so.
and Ills father were members. BEGINNING
the prncttco OF bis profession ut East Grenn.
wich, H. l., In 1Sso. he Immediately
devoted himself to the new cause In a
qlntet ~ 'Yay among ILLS personal ncqua!t1.auces
ltverc1 June 8 1859, in Everett. H. l., supporting
Lcv! Meek, Baptist rdur, in the assertion that
moderate drlnlicra exercised II 1,,oro pcrnielous
inilnutIca on sos|ety tliHn; ;drah|sards For ecY.
Khouo Island, his ntacc Of residence bui!.g
ellanEed to Centrevillc. in the Town OF Warwick,
In 1885, aud to Providence IN 1910. In 1887 he
vas appontea ngcnt for tho stato Temperance
Society Of Rhodc Island, anil abandoned the
raacticc Of lnct!lcine but tho tinaueal crash ot
that year left 50 uaNy persons his drbtors, nl,t
bis own tlhati~es ware so affected thereby, tut
iIu rcsumcd practice in proylicnce. During MI
ltverlng addresses to local societies. liz received
no conlpensaluus for his lauur, however, al
though hls e1pcnses were paid for him. Aside
from his addresses, l'c did much good by writing
saLiro Oh tile rum-seller md run, -irInkcr.
Two incidents Of lntrrest Ia this pertni Of llis
llfewero Ills conversion from IN ocgnstoral drink
cr 70 an absta,ner, anu his thoughtlcss plrtici-
Ben johnson, u llard drlnkcr, excused his own
Indulgence Ill E3n antI water nflrs u days work
by citing DR.. Jcwett's rare but ut.concenlctl uso
Of glass Of wtuo aftor long anil futlgu!Dg
ride. The halt.tauntiag comparison lcd Dr.
Jewctt to sec tho necessity for entirely d!scou-
tInul'lg tho pse Of cyen lighter 'iauurs. On his
removal to Centrcvllla llo brouEltt with him Il
barrel Of cider nloru tsan ha ncrled for vinegar,
mud sold It to man Of "hose hnb!ta as Kiirw
nothing: Tic purchaser soon became shocking.
lyfntoxicated with tic cider. Az the tosynspco-
plo haa long tAkcD especlAl u!fort ~ prevent tllu
poor fellow 0btainshg liquor, tho Incident cro-
nssa sl a decided seasation: w.t.,
secured his SERVICES ~ d lecturer at d snIury of
sl,ao0 yeur. Two years previous to this tlteru
iMd been widespread Temperance excitement
IN that statc, WHICH eliminated III tic
was repealed In 1870 through .ic cilurts of
the who1csalc dea!crs, lnti tho muttcr Ut
license was thus lott opt!onaI with tho Gpunty
Commissioners. Contnencug at Dedhalli.
working systematically al1 over the State, ind
DR.. Jcwett succ0cdxI IN nerslialiny tho Com.
tntssioncss OF ono county after another to sto,,
thy sale. until every une Of tlIetn had VI ldrtl
botoru 1916. Meantime DR.. Jesett dAl mush to
orpaulze aud deyolop nlaua for pro,notI,Ig tko
work 6y securing revenue Irom local societies to
be Devoted to disseminating Temperance truths,
an official paper ot tlc Uninl, iE.a Temperance
Joaraai, was regularly published, " whcls
every nlonlboF or society was expccted 10 buU.
scribe. Thus tho paper secured circulation Of
M,0o1 III two years, md tic ulnsa,,ar u.Nl truct
70,ou, moro. But tl1e rivaIry OF the Washington
movement now csgnp 10 b. talt a by taktn;
chltssttH Gnton. crippled It's warls seriously.
Ihc sal!cnt feAtnrrs oI t1Iat movement Wcrc thu
tteliinnl made On tho clergy Tint they mako
tenps%Eanre % church movement, take tlIn ca!lso M
NH|I ri
tntal abstaiuesa from church uaeEnLer-
shtp. THIS was regarded by Dr..
Jewett a. grave mistake, as i really 70
% pelsd Il'uny rs'nistors who would othe5Wtsu
proved OF tllc adoption OF ritual an t.G tarsna'
,lon Of secret societies callc.t Sons Of Tcn'prr-
ancc which WIS tllt outSrowth OF tllt lSaltltnorn
T Hoy9as1 a3s aov IL SsasSs " Y Gss sysTs III
Neal Dow, at,uug tl1u oarior champions II tcu-
ptfanco III Nuw Eilglai,l. a.rcrd with Dr. Jew
cit herein III theury an'i practce. Thu Washing
a Pa ase ay e 70 'p,' xo
royreNcntled strongly In lSl5, thu REVENUES n{
tho Massachusetts, Union beeonlIng Impaired by
the alienation uf lnany of It's allxii!urIes, Dr.
Jewett resigned Ills oSlt1on, and iu 1917 accept
Htata Temperance Society. At tlut time theru
ErFn A0 extensive Or ByatemhtIc operations iu
tho State. lto ran'atned there eighteen months.
and then res!sncds owing 10 The criticism of a,i
intltscruet n,enapr Ut itlp EXECUTIVE Hoard,
Subsequently, ha :lsbored In Connecticut few
.nontns. and then retired tron tou.porunco work,
insenainE TO foeutho tile practice Of medicine,
but small farttwas presenleI him III Hlillbury,
Mnss.. by thu'trntDtalcrs oE That State,
When Neal llnw sreure1 tho t,assngu Of tho
Maino law III lsb. Jewett went tn that Stint utd
a!nel tiAt ptpA.btttsnist With Lectures. Hu also
delivered a1uEessea IN the causu since then III
Vermont, NsW brunswick, Nova svutiA, Luwcr
Ganatln, New YORK. New Jprsey, pennsylyuniu,
MarYlahl, Iowa, lftIlots. Trnnessee, Michigan,
ulRl M!nutsota+ III resided tn eaeh of the sty-
cral Western States for fuw ycAEs, subsequent
Y III New York G'ty, u1stl In ls72 casno back to
NorwlEh. Con,l., lew miles from bis old hunlc,
to sptht lila declining ycure. During a!l this
tiua llo Eas been eugagcd cl!cay III unremunvr-
atiys Temperance work, and during Ills ,lluras
of the past few mouths has suffered from III