Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-07-31
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quate idea of the scene. On one side a |
score of elegant ladies, singing with all |
the earnestness of impassioned natures;
a few yards away, knot of disturbed |
revelers, uncertain whether to stand or |
fly halfway between, the nervous Beck, |
bobbing around like a case of fiddle |
strings with hundred pounds of lager
beer fat hung on them, and on the fence
by the ladies cold-blooded lawyer and !
an excited reported, scribling away as if
their lives depended on it. 1t was pain /
full from its very intensity.
F'The song ended, the presiding lady |
called upon Mrs. Wendell, and again arose
the voice of prayer--sO clear, so sweet, |
so full of pleading tenderness, that it
seemed she would, by the strength of
womanly love, COMPEL the very heavens |
to open and send down in answer a spark |
of Divine grace that would turn the sa-
loon-keeper from his purpose. The sky, |
gan to clear, the occasional drops of rain |
ceased to fall, and gentle south wind |
made the air soft and balmy. 1t almost |
seemed that nature joined in the prayer. |
Again the ladies sung,
Are there foes for me to face
with the Camp-meeting chorus:
50. how love Jesus,
Because he first loved me-
AS the song concluded, the lawyer sud
denly stepped forward and said: Now,
ladies, have a word to say before this
performance goes further. Mr.. Beck has
employed me as his attorney. He can not
speak good English, and l speak for him
here. He is engaged in a legitimate bus
iness, and you are trespassers on his prop
any further you will be called to account
in the court, and l can assure you that
the court will sustain the man. He has
talked with you all he desires to. He
does not want to put you out forcibly, as
that would be unmanly, and he does not
wish to act rudely; but he tells you to go,
and, as his attorney, l now warn you to
desist from any further annoyance
'FAgain the ladies sang,
Ny soul be on thy guard,
when Miss Annie Ustick followed with q
| fervent prayer for the lawyer and his
| client; but they had fed the scene, leaV-
ing the house locked up. After consulta-
ton the ladies decided to leave Mr.. Beck S
premises and take position on the ad-
! Joining lot. They sent for the E'taberna-
cle,'' a rude frame building they had used
in front of Slater's saloon. This they
erected on an adjoining lot, put up i'm
| mense lights to illuminate the entrance to
the beer garden, and kept up guard
from early morning till midnight"
For two weeks religious services were
held in the Tabernacle day and night,
and the women were constantly on duty,
at the end of which time an injunction
was granted Mr.. Beck, and the Taberna-
Gle was taken down. Suits were then in
progress. against the two beer sellers, un-
der the Adair Law, and judgments were
being obtained in various amounts, the
ladies appearing in force sin the Court
room during each trial, thus giving their
moral support to their suffering sisters.
On Friday, February 6, another man
opened beer saloon in new locality
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committees, and thus spent the day
Next day however, they took up their
stand in front of his door, continufn G
their services late into the evening, at
which time their force was increased by
the entire congregation at Mass Meeting,
who chose to conclude their services in
unison with the watchers before the sa-
loon.
Temperance was still the pulpit theme
on the Sabbath, and on Monday morning.
February 9, all the business houses were
=, closed from to g., to attend the business
mems prayer meeting. Large delegations
were present from adjoining villages, al
that early hour. At the meeting there
z came a messenger from this man stating
that he would give up his business, which
: announcement was received with cheers
1t was then decided that all who were
: not enioined from sodoing, should march
out to Mr.. Beck's beer garden, where the
proprietor met them at the gate, and af-
ter a brief consultation with a committee,
: appointed for that purpose, he publicly
announced: sFYou comes so many quits
[ will never sell any more beer or Whis-
s kv,'' Again the crowd gave vent tC
their feelings i'll cheers. Messengers
S were dispatched to the women who re-
: mained praying in the church, to joir
them. All the bells commenced ringing
y and the procession, numbering 200 strong
q started out to Sulliyan's beer house, now
| IL. oiro oil in Tn
:, ship. Marching up Court Street the mum
IS Der increased, and amid the most pro
a found silence, the men and women pur
a sued their journey. About half way
s. there the man in question was met an(
+ interviewed. He asked two days to con.
slider, which were granted. The pro
u cession then returned, the bells all TIN
Is time ringing out their chimes upon tn
Is crisp morning air. Meetings, mornin;
{; and evening, continued with unabate(
l, interest, and at each came to us the CT.
:, from other points "COme and help u.s.
- On Wednesday morning, February IL
y = at mass meeting in the Presbyteria
~ Church, Mr.. Sullivan came and pub
III liclv pledged himself to s'quit foreUer, tn
Il liuuor business" A general rejOicin
u and thanksgiving followed this surrende
of the Fslast man."
to Thus through most of the winter {
IL 1874, no alcoholic drinks were publicl
a. sold as beverage.
or AsDr. Dio Lewis had signified his il
tentiOn of again visiting our place o
ne Tuesday, February II, that day was al
:. pointed as one of general rejoicing an
is ments were made for a mass meeting
OF be held in Music Hall at P. M. At l :;
y, a thousand people were gathered at tt
ne depot awaiting the arrival of the train :
'e' Promptly at the hour, DIR. Lewis, accOu
si- painted by, quite crops of newspap
81 men, alighted from the car, and w
y greeted with music from the band al
rs cheers from the vast concourse of peOpl
:, who Immediately proceeded to the Ha
all There the address of welcome was ma
sre by Mrs. M. G. Carpenter, and after t
m response by DR.. Lewis, the remainder
rn, the afternoon was spentin general spec
'ry making. The evening was occupied
ire listening to lecture by DR.. Lewis, a
me the day fitly closed by an informal rece
ny ton given the orators of the occasion,
Ihe the home of one of the crusaders.
pre- At the spring election for Mayor a
wn City Council, Temperance was made
II, issue, and, from motives of policy, I
me Temperance men brought out conser7
tive candidates. The other party did |
al same thing. The whisky party WI
gnC successful. and emboldened by that 81
nj nj cess, many of the former saloonists grt
the ually reOpened their business. Sil
Cne that time five of these men have gone
ras1 render to God an account for their v
reu lated vows.
nor ssThe word of the Lord is true from
lgs beginning'' and che that being often
r@leu @ proved, hardeneth his neck, shall sudd
oii ly be destroyed and that without rel
dy."
end, The summer was given up to the def
you of the license clause in the new COnsti
ton which was to come before the I
veet pie on the 18th of August.
US Mass Temperance pic-nics were pr'
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the firing zeal of the workers was crow
the with success on election day.