The Portland daily press., 1880-08-17
Maine Temperance Camp Meeting.

RICHMOND, Aug. 16.
Sunday was red-letter day for Richmond
Camp Ground, and thousands availed them
selves of the fine weather by being present at
the State Temperance Meeting The teams
from Augusta and Brunswick brought nearly
1000 on to the ground The Henry Morrison;
from the Islands. brought $50; the Sebenoa'
from Bath, 250; the Della Col Inns, from Au-
Dresden over 600. Besides all-these nearly a
1000 came in their teams. 1t is estimated that
there were fully 5000 people present.
At 8 o'clock, Rev. W. S. Jones, of Auburn,
conducted temperance love-feast in the taber-
nacle. More than hundred gave their expe-
rience in temperance. The 10 o'clock meeting
was presided over by r. w. Dunn. Rev. D.
w. LeLacheur preached to the largest congre-
cation that has been on the ground for years.
The sermon was a sharp, clear and decisive ac-
count of the results of prohibition in Maine;
and the ablest effort, by far, that had thus far
been given. His text was in Exodus, 21-29:
I" But if the OK were wont to push with his
horn in time past and it hath been testified to
his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but
that he hath killed man or woman, the OK
shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put
to death" According to Mr.. LeLacheur rum
is the OK, and the temperance people of Maine
have been trying to kill him. They have par
TALLY succeeded, for where there used to be
thirteen distilleries in Maine before the law
was passed, supplying two gallons of liquor to
every inhabitant of the State now there was
not distillory. In 1882 there were 1900 proo-
shops; now not more than 500. Death from
delirium tremens used to be 200 every year;
now the widest estimate is but so. So if the
OK is not dead, he has been sorely wounded
At ] O'Clock there were temperance prayer
meetings held in the tabernacle and Augusta
tent; the former led by Camp-meeting John
Allen, and the latter by Charles M. Bailey
In the afternoon Hon. 7. r. Simonton, from
Camden, addressed an audience of 3,OO0 who
listened with close attention The lecture was
an ingenious and able argument in favor of
total abstinence from intoxicating liquors, in
Guiding wine. He took square ground that the
Bible, by command, precept and example, is
against wine-drinking. He quoted very hap
PLY from Xenophon the opinion of King Cy-
rus lat the age of twelve years., that wine is
poison. His subject was further illustrated by
many historical examples The remedies for
these evils were pointed out, among which
were the pledge, sympathy for the victim, and
the law for the seller of intoxicating liquors.
At the close of his lecture, A. j. Chase, G.
w. G. T., made brief speech.
In the evening they held an old fashioned
rallying meeting in the tabernacle. Rev. c. F.
Allen, d. D presided. Short and pithy re-
marks were made by Messrs. Buffum, Osgood
Potter, Sanford Berry, Page, Prescott and
Wentworth.
The good order through the day was especial
ly noticeable. But one person out of 6O0O was
arrested, and he was let go on promise of bet
ter behaviour.
top. m. all the visitors had LEFT and the
residents of the ground were left to quiet and
repose.
MONDAY.
The barometer and the enthusiasm of the
people continue to remain high, alth Jugh the
audience OF to-day is very much smaller than
that of yesterday. There were no meetings
this morning until 8 o'clock when the Temper
ance Canlpmeeting Association held their an
nual meeting for the transaction of business.
The election of officers resulted as follows:
President-R. w. Dnnn OF Watervile.
Vice Presidents-David Potter of Gardiner.
B. f. Gaslin OF Augusta, S. r. G. Tycross of
Dresden.
Secretarv-C H. Berry of Topsham.
Treasurer ID. w. LeLacheur of Biddeford.
Executive Committee-Beni. Wing, E. r.
Drummond, M. G. Prescott, M. Preble, J. K
Osgood, James Robinson, Joshua Nye.
The time of holding the next meeting was
lett in the hands of the executive committee
Rev. J. Benson Hamilton of Lewiston gave
very eloquent and pathetic sermon at the
forenoon service from Psalms, Sc: 8-"Put
thou my tear into thy bottle.' The speaker
Sald ne SnOuld 'Qlmly outline the black
shadow of human woe and direct our attention
to sims most successful agent for its production
intemperance is the ruthless evil that breaks
up the fountain OF sorrow and deluges the
world in tears. AS the rum bottle is emptied
Gods bottle is filled with tears" He por-
trayed the pathetic side of the evils arising
from intemperance with great power.
Rev. David Boyd of New York closed the
meeting with brief speech.
At O'Clock ex-Gov. Dingley treated the
causes and remedies for the evils of intempeA
ance in a mastery manner. The causes were
Q the desire of every human being for what
ever promises to give present benefit or pleas
ure or to ward off and drown present discom-
fort or sorrow; (2) prevalent erroneous popular
IDEAS concerning the nature and effect of alco-
holic liquor when used as beverage as we'll
as medicine; 81 peculiar physical effect of
the use of alcoholic liquors in rapidly strength
ening the desire for them and at the same time
weakening the power of resistence; az influ-
ence of drinking, social customs, and drinking
examples; G) the temptations of the dram
shops. The remedies were education, moral
or legal suasion, one Or all of these as the
cause may require.
The meeting closed with ralying meeting
at the tabernacle at 7.30. During the past
days over $50 have signed the pledge and
started out for temperate life. The whole
series of meetings has been ably conducted
and productive Of much good.