Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-03
THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE.
A Slightly Larger Audience at the Ba2ti'
Church, Last Night.

A Slightly Larger Audience at the Baptist
Church, Last Night.
About one thousand people assembled i,
the Baptist Church, last evening to listen t
Mr.. Murphy. The church building at fr.
vas progressively warm, and among the J.
dies fans were in general requisition, wall
the gentlemen suffered quietly or else wipe
their brows with their handkerchief an
lOpged for breath OF cool air. The meetin>
wss inaugurated with the usual deVotiona'
exercises, Mr.. Murphy reading a few verse,
from Proverbs xiii and Rev. Mr.. SlO;r
leaoing in prs;e r. Rev. Shott then
made a brief address, in his character.
is,ic earnest manner appealing II bis hear
us to recognize the great evils and miseries
resulting from intemperauce and to quickly
get beyond the reach of danger.
The audience sang Jesus Lover OF Ny
Soul" and Mr. G. W. Bags followed With a
5lief narration Of the temperance work in
Wellsburg, where he passed Wednesday
evening and a portion ofyesterdsy. He said
he meeting had been in progress there for
about three weeks, and over 500 men had
signed the Murphy pledge. Applause.
To-day" be said, the town election takes
plsce; the temperance people have q full
ticket in the field from Mayor to Street
Commissioner, and at 3 o'clock this after
HCoD ] hear there is no doubt OF the cleo.
ZION Of every man on that ticket" Ap
PAUSE Mr.. Baggs soon had his audiencA
worked up to q wonderful pitch OF enthus
asm, and closed amid great applause.
Mr.. David Z. Hall, of Pittsburg, at one
80 eolNNn Eaa.ar - H. N--6- W.
was introduced by.Mr. Murphy as a man
who had discarded the business Of selling
and drinking whisky for a life of sobriety.
Mr.. Hall said there was as much difference
between q life IF sobriety and a life Of drunk
eDDess, ssthere was between the electric light
and a tallow candle. The speaker proved a
most entertaining talker. Among other
anecdotes he related the story Of a little trip
be once made to the fever and sgue district
Of Indiana. He had, by a great effort, KEEP.
sober ten days in order TO make the trip
Well. he was q little alarmed al seeing the
people shaking and shiyering around, and
be went to his sister, whom he was visiting,
and asked what was q specific for the
trouble. why" she said, "a little whisky"
That prescription just suited the
speaker, M he at once got q
jug of the medicine. He got pretty
full from the contents Of that Jug, as q pre-
esutionary measure, kept full all the way
home, for fear he might catch the ague on
the cars got some money at home and VEN
on 10 Philadelphia, was drunk for a month
and at the end Of that time he had spent all
his money, and was feeling a good deal
worse than if he had had the sgue for six
months. The medicine was 'nogood," and
he advised everybody to keep away from it.
Nj. Murphy then spoke for half an hour
in the most entertaining manner, drawing
from his seemingly inexhsustable fund OF
snecdote and incident, gathered during the
many years Of his experience, frequently
drawing bursts Of hearty laughter from his
hearers to be quickly succeeded By grave
faces rs the humor occssioning it changed
to psthoS, and closed with 8 brilliant perora.
ton, which drew q storm of applause.
A very large number OF gentlemen, some
ofw ON have been steady drinke:s signed
the pledge.