The New York herald., 1879-07-27
PROHIBITION IN CONNECTICUT.

INTEMPERATE HARANGUE IN HURD's GOSPEL
CIRCUS ON WHEELS BY pUGILIsTIc Ex-
GIN DRINKEn-A FIERCE STRUGGLE IMPEND-
ING AT THE OCTOBER ELECTION.
[DY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
NoRwIcH. Conn, July 26. 1879.
S. W. Caleff. Boston newspaper man. made q
temperance harangue hero to-day in Hurd's gospel
tent Rev. Hugh Montgomery. radical prohibition
st preceded him and stigmazed the local paper here
for not noticing in its columns his meeting
last night. The HERALD. however he seemed quite
satisfied with for the publicity it gave him to-day.
Calef then took the platform. and in q vociferous
Ananncr thundered away against editors in general
and tho HERALD in particular. He hourished
q huge and his energetic fist in threatening
manner. and extolled his pugstic abilities beyond
comparison He claimed to be ready. and, indeed.
anxious, to fight duel-'pistols or foils"-wth any
editor who dared to cricise his pet hobbies dead
shot he claimed to be with derringer. and told Of
his travels and gin-drnking exploits in Europe and
America but claimed now to be reformed man.
He, however, has failed to control his tongue II he
has mastered his appetite.
PREPARING THE STRUGGLE THR POLLS.
The license and anticense factions are stirring
up the voters here preparatory to the October cleo
tions hence the arrival of the gospel circus which
the HERALD mentioned yesterday. Caleifs violent
remarks only lulled to-day by the timely inter-
vention OF hard shower. The license advocates
here perfectly satisfied with the operation Of
their opponents They will not interfere with them
Int stouty maintain their own arguments that pro-
hibition in Connecticut has not fulfilled the prom
Uses made for it. 1t is an undisputed fact that
both beer and rum have been sold here free
and openly the past years. while the resolutions.
although pressed with vigor. have met with signal
failure. The Schenck beer test cases all ended in
acquttals for the Dealers and since then the article
commonly called lager has been al open beverage,
sold without license or restriction. The license
advocates promise to secure the services OF promi
nent speakers before election and then to combine
all possible forces and carry the cities in Eastern
Connecticut. The temperance1 party also Is alive.
and some of the leading spirits will talk
prohibition in the churches and the gospel tent
They will hardly gain point IN public sympathy
however, IL the speakers are all as warlikc as the
foaming Boston editor to-day. Neal Dow and
Captain Cyrus Sturtevant, of Maine. will follow in
the line OF orators i'll due that the excite
ment which is already aroused IL quite likely to be
continued for some weeks.
ATTRACTIONS TENT.
The gospel tent. which has created much curl
osty. is pitched on Baptist Church lot on Fair
are already quite nuisance. and some
of the services have been disturbed by
this noisy element. requiring the services
of rolicemen to maintain order. This feature Of
running the gospel wheels Is recent invention,
but there already four different shows of the
kind in New England. Hurd. the proprietor, has
pictures OF the panoramic order. which he presents
to his audiences and uses as an attraction. The
funds necessary for maintaining such an ex-
hibition inot trihing. but the peo-
pie satisfied to contribute enough
orthodox Christian said to-day to the HERALD
porter that just what good will accrue from it he
could not imagine, but he supposed there
''churches enough in the city without running re-
ligion 80 near the ground" Jonadab Mission is
the title the crcus-like wagons bear and from the
flagstaff floats banner, IAN for Christ" Hurd, q
short time ago. sold out mis- interest in gilded bar
room in Boston. and has since travelled with this
show.