Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-14
THE GOOD sAMARITANs

1 Opening The Fall And Winter Cam | paign Nm The Atheneum-Interest- ing Exercises.
 l The Good Samaritans held their first rally for the fall and winter campaign last evening l at the Atheneum. Through some inadvert- ence general notice of the meeting was not 1 given through the newspapers and the result was that the audience was not as large as it otherwise would have been. As it was, how ever, the body of the hall was we'll filled and there was quite respectable number in the galleries. It was very gratifying to the off, 1 cers and members of the association that 1 their good work was recognized by such well
 known business men Hiram Camp and J.
 B. Sargent, who were present and seated upon the platform with the officers and
 speakers of the evening. They hope that
 other business and professional men may fol-
 low their example in the future
 l The meeting last evening was conducted | by President Luddington in his easy off-hand | manner that added interest to the exercises | of the evening. President Luddington in l opening the meeting stated that they were l disappointed in not seeing one or two gentle | men present that had been expected to ad- | dress the meeting. They were, however
 he said, not without speakers as they always 1 intended to guard against any emergency of ! this kind that might arise. The exercises | opened with singing followed with prayer by Mir. J. A. Moore. Rev. J. H. Amies was 1 then introduced and made forcible address which was listened to with deep attention 1 On the conclusion of MT. Amies' address a volunteer orchestra that has recently been formed, and who propose to give their ser vices without charge, played a selection which was very finely rendered. They re- 1 fr, . Luddington after they concluded. Then came sort of Glove feast" or ssex- perience meeting," in which number of men who have been. rescued by this society 1 from lives of intemperance briefly stated | that they had signed the pledge of this
 society, some month ago, some six months ago, while others stated that it was year or two years since they had taken the important l step, and during this time they had been true to the principles they had espoused and | they intended to be faithful to the end This 1 was most interesting part of the evenings exercises.
 After the Hove feast" Captain William G. l Dickenson was called upon by the president for an address The captain responded and said that when he signed the pledge it was predicted that he would not keep it three days, but nineteen years had passed and dur ing that time he had never faltered or sWerv- ed from the good resolutions then taken The speaker continued in very interesting 1 manner, closing his address by reading the report from the COURIER of Rev. Father Connaty's address at the recent c. T. A. B. convention in this city.
 Miss Jessie Taylor was next introduced
 and recited in very pleasing manner a se-
 lection entitled "The Escape" It represent ed a dying convict, brought to prison
 through the use of strong drink, deliver
 ing to the surgeon who stood over him his
 last message to his friends. It was very
 affecting poem and well delivered.
 MI. Charles L. Cone was next introduced
 and with his zither brought forth such sweet
 music that he was encored and gave another
 selection, to the evident delight of the audi
 ence.
 Little Mamie Dion then sang pretty song
 entitled 'FGo to Sleep my Baby" She, too,
 was encored and repeated.
 During the evening an invitation was ex-
 tended to those present who had not done so
 to come forward and sign the pledge, and sev-
 eral young gentlemen responded.
 The interesting meeting was closed with singing "Praise God from whom all bless ings fiow."