River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-07-03
Temperance.
CONDUCTED BY THE W. C. T. U
For God and Home and Native Land.

| FOf goa ana home ana AuttUe Lttft0.
Regular meeting of The w. C. 4. u.
on Friday afternoon at the Baptist
church.
A Gypsy Encampmens of the w. G.
7. u. will give a supper and Gypsy
entertainment ON Thursday evening,
July 10. Object, to raise money to Sc
cure the services of Miss Francis Will
lard or Mrs. Mary B. Willard for a
lecture some time this season.
"Am | my brothers keeper an
| article by Anna L. Dickinson in the
Union Signal, is worthy of careful
reading.
The temperance fight goes on in
more than one city. At Madison,
Wis. the saloon keepers were arraingn-
ed for violating the Sunday law and
] were all released or granted postpone
ment ON some pretexor other. The
only man fined was one of those prose-
| cutting who CHANGED to draw weapon
| when on detective duty. At the same
! time we read that by the casting vote
of the mayor, the city council of De-
catur, ILL.,, has decided to revoke all
saloon licenses. So wedo not lose en-
tire confidence in human nature OF
the oflic holding description.
| All W. G. Il. US will regret the ina
bility of Miss Anna Edwards to re-
| turn to Wis. for further work at pres.
emit. From the State Secretary we
learn that her extended labors have
laid the dear lady on a sik bed at her
home in Cleveland, Ohio
Thus far it is affirmed that about
| 700 Iowa saloon keepers have closed
| their saloons preparatory to engaging
| in legitimate business. 4 prominent
| wholesale and retail firm IN Daven-
port have decided to close out their
stock and have advertised their store
| for rent.
| FROM THE MAIDEN ROCK UNION.
The last Friday evening of June
brought about the monthly mass
meeting of the Maiden Rock w. G. T.
| u. The many vacant seats belied its
name, and was reminder that sum.
mer pleasures had awakened lively
interest in moonlight rides and straw
berry festivals, leaving the temper
ance question far in the background
But the faithful few" were at Their
! post, and as ''leaven, leaveneths the
| whole lump" we trust that the influ
ence of this meeting will be for good
The new anthem For God and Home
and Native Land was sung and proved
to be all that has been said of it, grand
words to soul stirring music. But the
solo by Mrs. Thomas, Have Courage
| my Boy to say No, was very pleasing
and as the GLORIOUS rang out clear anC
strong from the choir, there was
hope that those words might echo il
the hearts of our boys when the rub.
wine was pressed to their lips by til,
tempter's hand, hare courage to sd1
no. Oh what salvation is wrapped VI
| in the folds of the two letters of tina
tiny word no.
The meeting was addressed by A
NJ. Hutchinson, NJ. ID. His addres
embraced the ideas of radical tenn
| perance Doctor. He started out witt
the declaration, that the liquor traf1i
had too long been bolstered up by TIL
medical profession which had beer
one of the greatest obstacles to tn
prohibition movement, but by tn
| llRilL VI oClclltilC III Ootl dt1On q luta
ical change was being wrought, prov
ing his statement by quoting Target
from eminent medical authority. I'll,
ranked alcohol among the deadly POI
sons, and admitted that the manufac
ture and Importation of fermente
and distilled liquors might be dispens
ed with in medical practice exceptin
a small quantity of alcohol in the pref
aration of certain tinctures. He spok
rapidly for an hour, and then told u
that this vast field of inquiry ha
scarcely been entered upon and spok
of the necessity of educating themas'
es, and keeping the subject CONSTANT
/ before the public; and we say emphat
icaly let us study, let us learn a
: about this deadly foe that is defilin
the God imaged temple, pulling dow
! the foundation stone of home, an
| sapping the life of our nation.
A. r. c., Sec.