Connecticut western news., 1883-08-01

and carried on the crusade. She related many affecting incidents of the crusade. One incident was as follows: A quaker lady, whose six sons had gone down to drunkards graves, visited the saloon where her sons had always purchased their liquor and she said to the proprie- tor, Friend, thee knows once I had six boys, they have gone from your saloon to drunkards' graves, cannot thee let me read the bible over thy counter, where they so often drank. Your saloon is the grave of all my fondest hopes, here my boys were ruined" The proprietor was so deeply affected that he poured all his liquors into the street, closed his saloon and never sold another drop of liquor. Mrs Buell. says, it Is easier to form than to reform and gave an interesting account of the work in forming temperance classes and societies for children. She recommended educating the children in the public schools to be total abstainers and told how the good work began in Maine and what it's results are. She l told of the labors to reform men and how hard it was for reformed men to run the gantlet of the saloons. She said reformed men and the youth of the land don't have one half chance for their life and their integrity as T.
 of saloons remain open to allure and entice them down to ruin. She told an affecting incident of an old man who had signed the pledge many times, and as often broken it, at last, in order to save himself from the snares and enticements of the saloons, he re- mained prisoner as it were at his own home, never daring to venture into the town where liquor was sold. She told how the temperance people must go to the source of the evil, to the legislature, and have the proper legislation ennact- ed to remedy this great evil. She clos ed with an earnest appeal to all, ''to come out and help us for God, home and our native land" At the conclu- sion of Mrs Buell's remarks, the quar- tette from Hartford sang "Rock of Ages cleft for me-" The chairman next in troduced
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 of Providence, R I. MT Conant gave a very able address, we can only mention a few points he made. He said Ca christian church is worth 100 policeman in any community if it is worthy the name of @ christian church." 7" He said on acquain- tance of his, wealthy manufacturer, was told that certain manufacturing property worth $I25,O 1000, was offered for sale at $25, ,OOO. This manufacturer CT went to purchase it but came home without buying it. When asked why he did not purchase it, he replied, "Why sir it is 3 miles from church and I would not buy it. at any price," That manufacturer recognized the value of a church to manufactur- ing community, and he afterwards pur- chased mill in @ town where there was church edific, although there was no services held there, but he expended several thousand dollars on the building and now regular services are held in that church. MT Conant said, "Bene- fits come to every home where the roof tree is protected by the branches of temperance. IA man can step into @ boat on this lake, (pointing towards the lake) but if he pulls only on one oar he will go round and round in circle, but let him pull both oars and he goes wherever he wishes, so with the tenn perance cause, total abstinence and pro- hlbition are two oars. The license sys- tenn strengthens and developes the i- quor traffic, this has been the history of it for 250 years in England The liquor dealers of New-York city have one quar- ter of a million dollars invested in @ fund which they use to defend their cause with and to influence Legislation. |" MT Conant showed by citing many in stances that the high license system is worse than failure, for it only forces men to sell more liquor in order to get back the money they paid for license. The city ofDes Moines raised the price of license from $4OO to 5000 and 75 men stepped up and paid their 5000. He exploded the idea that the licensed dealers will prosecute the unlicensed dealers, and related an amusing story to illustrate this point, and he quoted the reason, admitted by licensed dealer, why the licensed dealers do not prose- cute the unlicensed dealers, which was this; there is not licensed dealer in the state but what daily violates his li- cense and if they go for the unlicensed dealer, he will go for them. He asked if there was any one in the audience that could state an instance where li- censed dealer had prosecuted an unli- censed dealer. He said "Dean Swift says, when man is not reasoned into anything, you can't reason him out of 1t. /" and he showed how this saying ap- piled to certain opinions on the temper ance question.
 At the conclusion of MT Conants remarks the entire assem- ply joined in singing the hymn "Amer- ica" | REV OTIS RANGE OF GUILFoRD, CONN
 was next introduced and he sail ed in with his usual dash, enthusiasm and magnetism and soon had the audi