The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-08-21
OLD ORCHARD.
Consolidated National Temperance Camp
Meeting at the Camp Ground.
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 20.

w EDNESDAY, Aug. ~.
This has been one of the most delightful days
of the season. The bright sunshine of the
morning was a relief from the cloudy, dismal
weather of the past few days. The dust has
entirely disappeared and its place clean solid
paths appear.
The attendance at the meetings has been
large and today there were at least two thou
sand people on the ground.
The O'Clock morning service was led by
Rev. I. Luce Remarks were made by MI
Starbird of Portland, Mr.. Martin of Gorham'
the latter advocating strongly against the use
of tobacco, Miss Esther Pugh of Ohio, MIS-.
Hart and Mrs Darlington of Providence, r. l.
Mrs p thought we had better pay more atten-
ton to the heather of our own country, III our
own midst Dr. Ball of New York thought
private, secret bar far more dangerous than an
open bar.
The 10. 80 a. IN. service opened with singing
by the choir, followed with prayer by Rev. Mr.
Gates of Kennebunk, and another chorus,
"Gospel Bells" by the choir.
The president of the meeting stated that
Rev. G. Newell Kellogg of Jewett City, Conn,
was advertised to speak, but that he had not
made his appearance from some cause I'M
known to the committee, and Rev. Mr.. LIE La
cheur of Biddeford had consented to occupy
the forenoon hour Mr.. LIE Lacheur was intro
duced and said his platform had three planks.
The first plank begins with B. and is the Bible.
The second plank begins with b. and is the
ballot The third plank begins with z. and Is
the pledge. His first biblical illustration was
of Noah getting drunk from the wine made
from the products of the first vineyard. lie
also asserts that every case OF drunkenness
spoken of in the Bible, and there are many,
was from drinking homemade wines The
ancients got drunk upon homemade liquors.
The domestic wines of today are great curse
to all ages in society. God has placed drunk
enness in the list of vilest SINS 1t is in the
same list with adultery and witchcraft 1t is
the parent of two-thirds of the crime today.
No drunkard can enter the kingdom OF
Heaven.
The second plank of his platform is the bal
lot. The ballot is the yes or no of the people,
We should look well TO the names upon our
ballots before we vote for them. We have no
right to abuse our candidate till we prove we
have not voted for him. He thinks the fish
legislature, as he called it, referring to the
Saco Sandy Brook smelt business, which took
up so much time last winter, would have done
much better to have spent their time and
thoughts upon the greatest of all, the temper
ance question. He does not belong to any po-
litical party and consequently can and shall
say what he peases. He has the temperance
question at heart as much as any man in the
state of Maine. He says the Republicans say
the Democrats are bad and the Democrats say
the Republicans are bad He asks the Green
hackers where they come from andhe finds
that some come from the Democratic party and
some from the Republican party, and they all
agree that both the Republican and Democrat
ic party are rotten. Now if that is the case are
not they, the Greenbackers, the quintessence
of rottenness. He says let's see which party
furthers the interests of temperance. The
Democratic party has clause in its platform
that shows itself against prohibition Take the
Republican party, such men as eX-Govs. Per-
ham and Dingley, Neal Dow, Gen. James A.
Hall and others. Where are the leading tenn
perance men of the state, in which party?
tell you temperance men of the state of Maine,
look well to your ballots.
PAtNsASN
''pledge." Every intelligent man comedies
the pledge good thing, and that all would be
better off with their names on it, whether they
be drinking men or not. 1t is the strong prop
in the hour of temptation. He believes there
are ministers in the state who will not sign the
pledge.
In closing he says God has branded the rum
seller with the mark Of the murderer, and he
believes justice will be done him when the
day of Judgment comes. He wishes them to
take his platform, the Bible, the ballot and the
pledge, and go out into the world and work.
AT 1.3O was held the general meeting of
praise, led by MI. McIntire of New Hampshire.
Remarks were made by Mrs. Hartt, Pugh,
Clark and Stevens.
The 2.3O p. m. service opened with singing
by the choir, prayer by Rev. 1. Luce, and
song by Miss Hall, daughter of Gen. Jas. A.
Hall of Damariscotta
The president of the meeting, f. G. Rich,
ESQ.,, of Portland, introduced the speaker of
the afternoon, L. L. Durant, Esq, of Mont
pelier, VT, whose theme was "The crime OF
moderate drinking"
Mr.. Durant's lecture was history OF per-
sonal experience from gilded halls to the mean
est kind of Jersey lightning. He is Neal
Dow man. If the prison won't do for the rum
sellers, tWist their neckS. He says the moder
ate drinker is the "worst pill in the box yes,
the nastiest and most dangerous. The audi
ence listened in close attention nearly an hour.
After Mr.. Durant came the contribution;
singing by the choir brief remarks by Dr.
Ball of New York, closing with the benedic-
ton.
The 30 D. M. hour was taken up with short
speeches by several reformed men, and others.
The programme for Thursday is as follows:
8 o'clock, praise meeting; 1870, general dis
cussion of the temperance question by num-
Der of talented speakers; 2.30 p. M, address,
''The Liquor Traffic a National Curse and
Reproach,' by Hon. Lot M. Morrill,.
The 7.30 service will be announced during
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