West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-07-11
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A GRAND DAY.

his lnGTOuuCIlOn, Guo SPEAKER gov
fast hold on his audience at the out
set, and so held every listener with
growing interest to the close.
The speech was more of an elo-
quent boquet of rhetorical dashes
1T the Ubiquitous foe, than an at
tempt to reduce and dislodge him
Sy an argumentative siege and log
ical fusilade of facts.
The exhortations to persistent
practical, personal WORK, were well
and pointedly put, and the reme-
dies, Agitation, Information, etc,
urgently pressed. Keep picking
at it," said he-"pick it full Of
holes and when it cries loudest it is
nearest whipped"
The vigorous enforcement of ex
listing laws, was insisted on with
much force, and the Importance Of
educating the children presented in
IT'S strongest light. Of the many
bristling points in the address,
there seems to have protruded some
sort of an unfortunate little license
peg for the liquor advocates to hang
congratulations on, and this peg,
the Wheeling Register of course,
seized and appropriated at once.
1t was claimed by the Register
that the Reverend orator declared
in favor of licensing the "Hell" he
no elo4uently portrayed, wherefore
the Register was pleased and hap
Ply.
AS we were busy at the time no
ting down other points, and failed
to catch the exact words of the
speaker, in his brief reference to
license, we forbear for the present
to, comment, lest we do injustice
somewhere. Meantime, Prohibi-
ton goes on all the same.
At the close of this forenoon adj
.lress, Judge Ferguson was called
eat by the chair, and briefly review
ing the duties of the Temperance
Reform in West Virginia, showed
the necessity of diffusing temper
ance news and facts, ard urged
the Importance of subscribing for
and circulating the FREEMAN as an
indispensable helper in the cause of
Prohibition.
THE GRAND CHARGE MRS. FosT Err
OF Iowa IN COMMAND. s.
APP. NJ. the skirmishing was
renewed The stirring song, mo
Compromise, was splendidly render
ed by the largely increased choir,
PRAYER was offered by Rev. Mr..
Cox, OF the Pittsburg conference,
Sweet Bye and Bye was sung, and
for second onset the great audi
ence welcomed with applause,
THE WOMAN ELOQUENT.
We have before us notes of Mrs.
Fosters over whelming address on
this her second appearance duri ng
she two days meetings, but we find
them utterly worthless for any pur-
pose of reporting her. We might
20 through picking out choice ex-
tracts here, and striking points
there, but we should only mar the
harmony of the finished address as
itwa3 heard, and miserably fail to
give our readers who were not
present any idea of this wonderful
woman's eloquence and power.
For two hours she held and
.vay,.d that vast audience at her
own sweet will, and there was not
an ear within gun-shot but caught
every word she said. High Lii
eense," "regulation," and all such
silly nonsense was swept away by
the dextrous strokes of a mighty
woman marching on with the Pro-
hibition broom.
THE EXPERIENCE MEETING.
Later in the afternoon was held
a most interesting Temperance
Experience and Conference Meet
ing, conducted by Rev. J. S. Pome-
roy.
Rev. w. r. Long spoke words of
cheer.
Mr.. Foster. of Iowa, gave vivid
account of the closing of the sa-
looms of Clinton, Iowa.
Miss Jennie Smith told of her
part in the recent glorious Local
option campaign and victory in
Annapolis. Md.