The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-12-20

speak was presided over by Daniel
Walford. who is still alive and engaged
i'll the good work, being II member OF
Hope Lodge, Good Templars. After an
opening address by the presiding officer,
the audience was called upon for five
minute speeches. Many were made,
but the material giving signs of being
exhausted, Mr.. Walford resOrted to
direct personal appeal and, addressing
person who was modestly seated in a
remote corner of the room, said: Per
haps our friend in the corner will make
a few remarks. The audience instinct
ly, of course, gazed in the direction IN.
Dictated by the speaker, and saw the
gsunt. uncouth form of very tall man
slowly arise from seat A half-sup-
pressed litter ran through the assem-
blage at the appearance OF the indi-
vidual. He was clad in homespun gar
ments of a grayish color, which added
to the quaintness of his aspect. So
leisurely. did he rise from his chair that
it seemed as though he must be about
seven feet high. His complexion was
sallow, his cheeks sunken, and his hair
and beard were black-the latter slight
ly grizzled. But the most remarkable
feature was his eyes; they were deep
sunken in the sockets, jet black, and
they glowed like Goals of fire, and i'm
pressed me with the fact their pos
SCISSOR was no ordinary man. Well, at
last he had risen to his full height, and
he was seen to be of much more than
average stature, but slightly stopped.
After deliberate survey of the audi
ence for minute or two he began to
speak, and tell you it was not long
before the litter l spoke of gave place
to murmurs of applause and admira-
ton, and he wasn't restricted to the
tiye-minute rule either. l can only give
a mere outline of the address. He dWelt,
of course, upon the evil effects of liquor
drinking, and illustrated his speech
with many amusing anecdotes, but
one feature l recall very distinctly, and
that was tribute he paid to his mother.
in which he said that whatever success
he had attained and whatever force he
had brought to bear to resist temptation
he felt was due to the principle of self
reliance inculcated by his mother; that
she always taught him that he was re
sponsible for his acts, and could do
either right or wrong as he should
chose. He said furthermore: In the
far West, whence l come, rum has not yet
made the ravages that mark its dread
path in the crowded cities of the East,
and | trust there shall never be found
wanting earnest men to warn the piOn-
eer that his labor will be useless unless
he excludes from his presence the dread
destroyer, rumn These were the words
of the speaker, as near as | recollect;
but [ recall distinctly the concluding
sentence OF the speech, which was as
follows: 4 am from the far West on my
way to Washington, and my name is
Abraham Lincoln None of his hear
ers had ever heard the name before, but
all realized that the owner was an able
man. When the meeting broke up Mr..
Lincoln passed out with the crowd, and
| never saw him again until Twas intro
duced to him at the Astor House in
1861, when, as he said, perhaps pro-
phetically, he was on his way to Wash
ington, to the Presidency and to his
death. ~. l. Telegram.