Sharp County record., 1883-09-27
One of the most pathetic and inter,

One OF the most pathetlc anu lhCer'
esting occasions of the season was Mrs
Fritz'S temperance lecture at the Meth
odist church last Tuesday night. After a
large crowd had assembled, the choir sung
a splendid piece, when Prof. 7. l. Hsrren,
in his usual polite, gentIemanly manner,
introduced tho lecturer to the audience,
wa9, in her plain, mild, intelligent, Chris
tian manner held it SO spell-bound
that pin could have been heard dropped
or the floor. The manner in which she
depicted this great curse, soul and body
destIoyer-strong drink-and why she,
who was an Invalid, had undertaken the
arduous task Of lecturing in behalf OF
temperance, was enough to bring the
whole house to tears and cause wives,
sisters and Others, whose husbands, broth
ers and friends were tampering with the
Intoxicating cup, to weep and pray God
to obliterate the last drop Of this terrible
demon. She said when she was child
she saw that rum, which her dear father
had become a slave to, was carrying him,
as we'll as many others, rapidly to his
grave, and that she had frequently fell
unon her knees and. in her child.like
manner, begged him to cult drink; that
these sincere pleadings made deep and
lasting impression upon her deer and al
ffectionate father, though he did not quit
drink till many years after, when 1t had
wrecked him and almost sealed his doom
that he told her, when q child, begging
him to quit drink, that she would make
good temperance lecturer and that On his
dying pillow requested her to work and
lecture in the temperance cause, winch she
promised to do, aud which promise she
had been, and was now, fulfilling, to the
best Of her ability, only regrettlng that,
on account of Ill health, she was not able
10 do more. At the conclusion OF her dis
course, she offered pledge for those to
sign who wished to be temperate, live
long, happy and prosperous when some
thirty odd went forward, enrolled their
names and received the badges. May
Mm. Fritz soon be restored to vigorous
health again, give US another lecture and
accomplish much good in her landable
cause, is the wish OF the REooRP and all
Others who desire temperance, peace hap
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land.
Don't forget the aherif's election
next Wednesday; come out erybody, and
ler "the longest pole knock down the per-
simmon." Don't be so careless and indif
ferent as you generally are about special
elections; but let every voter in their re.
spectiye precints turn out and vote, to the
best Of his ability, for the best interest
of the county, and not merely for friend,
regardless Of qualification Or the countys
good. In this enlightened age if there is
single voter in the county who votes for
his friend, and his friend only, not caring
cent whether the county sinks or swims,
we would say to all such, instead of going
to cast vote that would perhaps damn
your welfare as well as the county's, get
your friends to send you to the lunatic
asylum and have your diseased mind cured
before its too late. Away, away, with
all such internal voting for a man "be-
cause he's my friend, is poor, needs the
Office, and although he is not competent
to fill it, he'll do no harm if no good;" vote
for the man who in your Judgment will
make the best officer, whether he be a plain
unassuming bosom friend or naughty,
proud aristocrat; and if you want to do a
favor for friend or some poor charitable
object who is not competent to ill an Of
fee, for your own welfare, your family s
welfare and, last, but not least, your
country's welfare, Go it through some
other channel than by voting for him. We
don't want men in office who can neither
do no harm nor good; but we want men
who CAN, and WILL, DO GOOD, let them be
the poor peasants from their smoky hut5
Or the millionaires from their palatial
mansions. These, and these only, are the
kind of men we should elect to fill all
the various Offices, from township consta-
bic to president Of the United States. So,
friends, enemies, fellow citizens and all,
turn out next Wednesday and endeavor
to vote for your country's welfare, not
for pet friend, end great will be your
reward in this world and (perhaps) the
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