The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-08-16
OLD ORCHARD.
Consolidated National Temperance Camp
Meeting at the Camp Ground.
FRIDAY. Aug. 10


| vigorating The refreshing shower of yester-
| day was heartily welcomed by jewellers upon
the grounds particularly. The exercises OF the
| day opened at 10 o'clock a. m, with singing by
| the choir from the National Temperance BOOK
| ''Stand up for temperance" The rehglous
| exercises, Scripture reading and prayer were
| conducted by Rev. DIR. Quimby editor OF the
| Gospel Banner.
| After music by the choir with solo by Rev.
| Mr.. Bolton, Mrs. Darlington of Providence,
| R. l., was introduced by the Association Pre-
sident, Hon. Sidney Perham. Mrs. Darlington
| objected to being introduced as a native OF
| Rhode Island. She had been in Rhode Island
| and been identified in the work of temperance
for three or four years, but she did not propose
| to 90 back on the the old Pine Tree, her native
| State She had no charity for kid glove tenn
| perance She did not believe in picking up
| the dead and leaving the wounded birds. IL
| may not be our boy our relatives boy VINO
| has fallen, but he is somebody's boy Who7
| ever he is our duty is the same. She finds 1t
| harder to get women to sign the pledge than
| men in all instances She saw more drunken
| ness among the women in Providence during
| the last three years than during all pre-,
| vious years of her life. We should
| take a lesson from the birds. The old birds
| watch carefully the growth OF their young ana
| tend them carefully lest they fall while they
| are learning to fly. See that our chlldren are
| not only properly fed and clothed but watch
and dictate their habits Teach them to go
| alone and above all teach them to shun all that
| intoxicates. Teach them the simple old pledge
she learned in her youth, ITO all we pledge
| eternal hate, 10 all that can intoxicate"
| Following Mrs. Partlngton's remarks Rev.
| Mr. LIE Lacheur of Biddeford in short and
humorous and we'll chosen little speech asked
| for liberal contribution to meet the actual
| expenses of the evening.
| Following the contribution came the princi-
| pal speaker of the morning, 7. r. Simonton
ESQ.,, of Camden whose theme was "Wine and
| evils" 1t was treated in an eloquent and
scholarly manner. He did not deal in denun-
citation of the drinzer or the seller, but forcibly
| portrayed the great danger of the wine cup.
He said we need these grand organizations we
have to-day, the Good Templars, the Ladies'
| Aid Societies, and, above ALL for their ex-
| perience, the reformed mems clubs. We want
| to-day less pride and more humility. He
| bespeaks for the reformed men GOOD bless
them,') the warmest sympathy of all honest
| tenn perance men and women Of the State. He
thought that if a man must take wine to
! drown sorrow. the sooner it browns him the
| better, and that he did not know OF any
quicker or more effectual way than to go over
| to Portland and get some of the stuff that may
| be found in some of the dens OF the city. lie
| referred very eloquently to the reformation
| of John B. Cough, and then asked How
| shall we stay the tide of intemperance?" His
| answer was ''Stand up for temperance every
where lat the saloons, at the watering places, at
| the fireside and even at the communion table" y
| He showed by Bible illustrations that it was
against wiI.e drinking in all its FORMS The
| lecture was delivered in pleasing, easy man
| ner and finely illustrated with incidents from
| ancient and modern history
| Following the remarks of Mr.. Simonton,
o. B. Chadbourne Of Saco presented the pledge
| with few well chosen remarks, quoting He
that is not for us is against us The man who
will not put his name upon this pledge is not
for or in favor of it, and must he not neces-
sarily be against it?
The womens meeting at 1.3O p. m. was held
in the Biddeford Grove Temple, and led by
Mrs. Clark of New Hampshire. The subject
| under consideration was "Woman's Work for
Women" Addresses were made by Mrs.
| Duren of Boston, Mrs. Hartt OF Brooklyn,
Mrs Perkins of Vermont, Mrs. Jones of Win
throp, Me-, Mrs. Lawrence of Massachusetts,
and Mrs. Stevens of Portland. The meeting
was one of unusual interest. They are held al
this hour each day with addresses by different
ladies each day.
The afternoon service hour was changed tc
go o'clock. At that hour this afternoon
about 1000 were seated in the grove. The
exercises began with singing by the chorus Of
"Hod the Fort" The religious exercise was
/ Cd b.rR Paw To T,acbnur of RiUdefOrd
followed by song by Charlie Hale, the blind
boy, and chorus by the choir. In the absence
of the President, Capt. Coyle of Portland was
made President pro tenn, who introduced the
speaker of the afternoon, Prof. Geo. e. Foster
of New Brunswick.
| Prof. Fosters theme was "Intemperance il
relation to National Permanence." After
complimentng Mr.. Simonton's remarks, the
speaker spoke of the wonderful development
of life and said there were laws that regulate
animal and vegetable existence. National life
is regulated by its own peculiar laws LII
picking out the best man in the audience, he
would say take the man who is the most indus
trious The next thing he would ask for was
the most intelligent man and the best morally
developed backbone. The three chief thing
\ he would ASK IOT Ill Lldl WOulu NO liuuouy
intelligence and sturdy moral purpose. 1900
men are yearly taken away from the productive
classes by legaliZed rum-selling 600,V0 mel
are every year made idle and non-productivt
by drink Intemperance takes away the higl
| ideal motives of labor. There are three kinds
of ideness-indolent idleness, wasteful idle.
| ness and CT minal idleness. The shoveling OF
| malt and other ingredients into the vat is
| criminal ideness. The sale of this malt after
| it is made into liquor is criminal idleness
| 10000 children in the United States are not
| in schools because of the drunkenness of the
families they belong to. The gilded palaces O.
the country afford strong temptations to the
| collegian. The moral sentiment is the basis o.
| the man. In every man who has formed
| the habit of spending his time II
saloons a deterioration of moral sentimen
has taken place. No young man can go into
| one of our gilded saloons and come out with
some deterioration of moral sentiment. Twenty
! seven hundred young men and MANY boys and
| girls were counted to have gone into one OF the
| beer gardens in the West in one day. Every
side of the free sale and use of Intoxicating
liquors. Rakes and libertines always
on the side of intemperance. Every brothel
keeper holds up his hands and is always found
on the side of rum-selling and beer-selling and
drunkenness. One of the greatest evils in the
country is the greed for gold. So long as this
greed exists so long will it be very difficult to
stop the profitable business of rum-selling
At the close of Mr.. Fosters speech Mr.. o. B
Chadbourne was again introduced by Capt
Coyle in few humorous remarks, to which
Mr.. Chadbourne as happily responded, and
still more forcibly presented the pledge for all
to sign. The exercises of the afternoon closes