The daily gazette., 1880-04-08
From the N. Y. Herald. ~ ysaIl
Brave Words for temperance.

Brave Words for Temperance.
ITS ADVOCACY BY THE AMERICAN UNION
!, AT, HAvERLx g. s.sTHBATRE-sToRIKsT
COUGHS CRUsADEs,
The American Temperance Union
seetnssto have hit nponl the proper way
to popularize the temperance cause by
making meetings attractive and inter-
esting as well as Instructive, Every
Sunday afternoon before three O'Clock
Hsverly,s Theatre 10 crowded. snd
sometimes late comers rcapnos even pro-
cure Admission. This was the case yes
teiday when the meeting was more
than, usual y, iIapori ant. n The principal
members Of the Methodist Episcopal
Conference. now In session In this city,
were present, aEd the feature Of the ger.
vice was an address by one of their num-
Der, Rev. DR.. j. II. Carroll, Of New burg.
The utle Of hts discourse was 'The
Young Man IN Chains" and 1t was bis
aim 70 depict the terrible and all-de-
ytroyipR power VI drink This he did
with exceeding eioquence and effectivee
ness, In a hery, iInpassi oned manner,
resembling and fully equaiiing the
noted John B. Cough. There was mag
netism uithe ospeakerisl ad,iress, and he
moved the large audiepce alternately to
eooto oh4 hoaA W utc pabuO1 unu uto
humor. ThS speaker held that We have
means enough 70 fght intempefance.
All that Is needed v that they shall be
vitalized and vivifed and used with
more tact. There 10 plenty of consuming
zeal, but u 10. not always tempered with
knowledge. He deprecated the bull
dOzing style Of Temperance argument
aud counseiied pers uasi5n aud entreAties
rather than threats. ''If met drunken
man on the street, grabbed him bv the
collar, and said, Here, you scoundrel,
You are going raight TO hell philoso.
ply teaches me- that there would be two
rssults--one positive. one negative. The
negative would be that his heart would
NOT be broken, while positively my
head would" !" ni He eounselled careful
judgment. i"Be ye fishers OF men, !" said
he, and proceeded to hken temperance
work to the careful play and nlcety Of
successful trout hshing. On illustration
selected because SO many of his hearers
were clergymen and notable trout 6sh-
ers. MIR. CARROTS iecturs apounded In
picturesque illnstratIon anecdotes, re-
csuuted graphically and powerfully.
,''-,i .'.'.~ An ABUSING STORY.
Speaking OF the necessity Of tact, he
told an amusing story of Mr.. Cough,
wbes be went TO Oxford to address the
students on temperance. A few even
ings before an eminent man was to have
delivered lecture at Oxford on "The
Evils,of Tobacco." The boys got into
the hall an hour BE- foreLaud, OF ch with
what DR.. Carroll drolly emphasized M
a"collge piper In his mouth. The time
for tine lecture arrived, bat IL the lsctur-
er did, Ii was never discevered-he was
not visible through ths fog. The stu
dents seut word 70 Cough that when he
came they wonldn't have temperaoe,
and advised him TO not persist in 'lectur-
ing. But he went TO the hall. For
twenty minutes he spoke In pantomdme
Finally he stepped- forward, demanded
British fair play and offered to whip
every one of the 800 singIy. This order
was loudly cheered aud promptly ac-
cepted, and . big six foot athlete was
sent up on fhe stage. Cough, who 10 q
liJt1e man, backed of as the big fellow
approached him and explained "My
friends, you evidently misunderstood
me. This is to be an intellectual coll
test, not prize 6Rht." Tho students
ohsered again o. this evidence Of the
AmerIcans shrswdness and ordered the
debate %, proceed. The college lad,
ance champi On. He was at disadvan-
tage, bus he quoted Scripture and re-
miuded the piucky lecturer that 1t was
one Of the apostles who wrote 10 Tim
othy-a young man, too, like themselves
TO take a little wine for bis stomacb's
sake and for his other intrmities. The
lads shouted vociferously at this, and
waDted'to know how Cough could get
Cough slowly examined the six-footer
from top to toe and then said, "My
friends, look At this athlete, this fellow
with muscles like steel, who can WELD
the club of Hercules, VINO can bend an
Eneiishy oman's bow, who could knock
down an OK with the blow of q hammer.
He Is the personification Of health and
strength, but he thinks he needs little
wine tor his stomach's sake" at1