Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-03
TEMPERANCE.
. (This column is devoted to the interests of and
is edited by the Ladies' OF the WOmen's Chris
tan Uempcrance UnionO
EDITED BY Mrs. +. V. MILES.

June Ii at 10 q. IN. Meeting opened
with devotional exercises. The fore
noon was occupied with business. The
list OF vice presidents being called, five
present responded and reported the
work of their respective nelghborhood
unions. That OF our pioneer union"
at Washington Springs has been earnest
and efficient though beset with difficult
ties. Juvenile work has received at
tention. also press work. Five papers
OF the county are giving q half column
or more to temperance literature sup
piled by the ladies there.
Waterbury Union is but recently or
ganized but has entered heartily upon
the work. May it prove a great bless
ing to that lively little town.
The Harmony Union issmall but has
come to stay and will do what it can.
One public meeting has been held and
it is designed that others shall follow.
Ourterrltorial organizer, Mrs. Barker,
was requested to explain the plan Of
auxiliary contribution, which she did,
adding some good suggestions of a
practical nature.
The noon hour having arrived, meet
ing adjourned. A shmptuous dinner
had been laid out on tasteful1y arrang-
ed tables in the hall center, of which
all were cordially Invited to partake.
The afternoon session opened with
prayer, Bible reading and appropriate
music, after which Mrs. Huntley, of
Harmony Union, spoke on scientific
temperance instruction in our public
schools, it's Importance us d means of
reaching the masses; forewarning and
thus forearmihg them against the sub
tie temptation and creating a sentiment
which shall make and execute laws for
the saving Of the nation. Mrs. Barker
followed with remarks full Of practical
suggestion upon the lines Of. work suit
ed to Dakota unions. We were then
RECALLED by some very pleasant exercis-
es by a nlmber OF little gitls, and after
good music the dieeting adjourned.
The evening session was well attend
ed, many more OF the Brethfeh being
present. Mable Worts and Annie Mar
tin each gave a very pretty recitation.
Mrs. Barker spoke most earnestly on
the work of the w. c. T. U. in repair
ing the wall over against each national
interest; drawing a parallel with the
course Of Nehemiah in repairing the
walls and gates Of Jerusalem.
Scatter seeds of kindness was rem
dered very nicely by ONE little girls.
"There's a curse in the land" came to
us as a note Of solemn warning while
"For God and Home and Native Land"
fell OF our ear d lovely inspiration.
Thanks were rendered the speakers.
and a resolution of thanks Was offered
to the ladies OF Waterbury for their
most cordial welcome and kind hospi-
talitty. So much OF good none day,
and tbs convention adjourned to meet
next month in Alpena. Con. SEC.
A Powerful Stroke for Prohibition.
Rev. DR.. Howard Crosby would dear
ly love to restrict 'free whisky" but he
is far too philosophical" to strike q tell
ing blow at giant iniquity. Miss Cleve-'
land, sister to the president Of the Uni
ted States, quotes the following from
the kid-glove doctor, and then proceeds
to comment thereon. Quoth the ever
end doctor:
l do not wonder that excellent wom-
en-, Whose husbands have become sots,
should advocate total abstinence for
everyonel We have heard a good
woman whose boy hsd cut his finger
nearly off with a knife wish that there
were no knives in tie world, and if she
could have her way she would have
them all destroyed forthwith. 1t is.
natural, and a woman's cry on such an
occasion eScites our .tepderest sympa-
thy. But who will count that an argu-
ment?
Replies Miss Eli Elizabeth Cleveland in
the New York. Sun:
The above paragraph, from "a calm
view. Of pr. Nelson" by Rev. Howard
Crosby, D. D, in the Evangelist of
March y, has most pertinaciously
haunted me ever since the perusal of
the article last evening. That this,
above any other paragraph, should most
impress itself upon, the impressible
mind Of one emotional. woman in. par
ticular, or Of woman as an emotional
creature in general, win surprise no
man: 1T is, as the doctor says, natural;
and am certain that multitudes Of
women besides myself are To-day smart
ing under these"calm" words, against
the imputation of which every fiber Of
the woman nature rises UP in revolt.
The male. animal is very fierce; the fc-
male Of all tue genera is comparatively
and IN general uncombative. but the
same science which tells us this, tells