Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-12

How tho Prohibition Candidate Ate Ale
Soaked. Toast Tor Medicinal Purposes.
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette pub.
fishes special dispatch from Decatur, Ind,
this morning. giving an account OF how. sew.
eral years ago, DR.. Leonard, prohibition car
didate tor governor, RECALLED himself on old
ale at a camp -meeeing. The Commercial
Gazettes correspondent interviewed Meth
odist, whose name is not given, who was
formerly in the roofing business in Cincin-
nat, but who now resides five miles northeast
Of Decatur on a dDm. His story is given as
follow:
"At the time DR.. Leonsrd was pastor OF st
Johu's church, Cincinnati, he was sick with
dyspepsia, sa much 80 that he was not well
able to perform his pastoral duties On my
recommendation and tlat OF my wife he went
| to DIR. O. h. Newton, who has since died, for
| treatment. DR.. Newton said he could cure
him II he would follow bis advice. DR..
| Leonard said he would follow the doctors il =
structions. The physician told him that he
did not want him to eat a single square meal
at the table but that he shonld have some
bread toasted until 1t was burned,
| and sup up with II tumbler
| OF old ale several times day
got the ale for DIR. LeO,sri at Walker
brewery Shortly after that the Dayton
camp-meeting came on. DR.. Leonard called
on me and:.said. What are We going to do ?
We had both made M our minds to CO.
replied, Or Deonard, I'll fix that Ny Wit,
went to work and toasted him a great lot o
bread, and put three or four bottles OF th'
ale into my trav' ling sack. also put il
some tumblers. We went to csmp-meeting
Dr.. Leonard and would get up very earl,
in the morning. before anybody else wa
about the camp.grounds. woul'
take my grip-sack and we would e
off to the woods, away out of sight OF any
body. | would pull out a bottle OF the oil,
ale and some toasted bread. DIR. Leonard
would sit on log, pour out tumble of tn,
ale, and sup 1t up with the toasted bread anC
then eat the bread. DR.. Leonard would 81
there for half an hour. eating the ale-dippe,
toasted bread. Then we would 20 back Il
camp meeting and would sit down TO th
breakfast table. but DR.. Leonard would b
very careful what he ate"
"How many tm,s day did you and tn
doctor go to the woods to give him an oppor
tunity to sup ale2" | asked.
Three times--morning, noon and night.
"My information is that you went benin
the bushes"
DR.. Leouards friend laughed and said
"Yes, We went down into the woods-awa
off. where nobody could see us.
"And you are mentioned as standin
guard, to warn the Doctor OF anybody's al
proacb.'
"Nes, that's right
"Was the ale good ?"
:, alt WAS. indeed-fne, creamy old ale
.You took three or four quart bottles {
ale to oamI-meetIng for DR.. Leonsrd-ho'
many days did you and he remain nt camp
meeiing2'
Three or tour days
The correspondent adds;
As to the moral phase OF the ale inciden
DR.. Leonard's friends conscience is easy,
he thinks isno sin Tor anyb body, DR.. leonar
included, TO use alcoholic stimulants med
cinally, in good lsith, but he does consider
very inconsistent and uncharitable for ID
Leonard 10 berate others Tor doing the vel
thing he has done himself in this particula
aud he furthermore has nothing but censu
for DR.. Leonard for turning aside from 4
ministry Tor the purpose OF leading the Der
Z | ocratic Aid Society,