Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-05-25
ELEVEN YEARS OLD
rHE brcNiKLDEEfoKS cLvH oEIKnRsrrs
It's ELTVENTH ASNivrRsAKy AMID
sruIciWs. Music AND rSrHusIAsS.

bat The people gave u their hearty support
abi cooperation and everybody Knows The
Impetus that The rtfOrm movement rcceiv.
81 AL over our State al that time. when
msu heard ihe story nom the lips Of their
cOnp,nious and were moved 20 turn from
The error % their ways. Many clubs were
then Organised that have since lost their
sxistsucs. yst The work that they have
dOuv In rsscuing lost men viii live amer
then II, Backasli Cub was one Of
those that came 20 stay IL has now q
msmbsrship OF several hundred. IL has
rescued AMI made good citizens OF many
Who were los In The Sums OF vice and In
Temperance and has pashed ooi beyond iis
borders ard organized other cluos ths,
have done an eqaslly good work.
Among 10 Presidsuts who have done
much toward carrying on The good work
which 10 has accomplished are tbe late
Charles wlthlngton. Dr. G II. BFiigham,
a. y. Warren. and others one OF The
secrets 90 The sacccss % the Bucknelt Re-
form Club IL The fact that u has been
heartily supported BY the citizens and The
chufchss. another i the fact that the
men Who we're "hrcught into the Hight ~
10 work and saw the error OF ihslr Ways
wtre men ~ determination and resolved
o. make 10 ne work Some ~ them
have already dore -. for since The last
Aunlv,f.afy % The clao. one OF those Who
~. foremost % slgu the pledge AZ The
rgsbirsiiOn eleven years sgo, has been
called o. BIZ reward. and n ever cham
plon of any cause died With The amor 90,
Il was Charles wilmington.
There ar mary other reasons Tor The
success. % he BaCknsld Reform Ciah, bot
whatever they may b.. u was an assufet
fact at Sunday that ever body from Tar
aui near vts glsd % IT, prosperity AMI
wanted o. hc'p celebrate ia eleventh an
uiverssry i.ong before TIE houf apFolui'
81 for tae meeting. The people began 10
caher from al quarters. AMI Al halfpasi
too The Baptist church wAs fllet. A.
Quarter - ihrse. when squire Jersey goi
ihs Girs Cab % singing. and Hofsce lfish
commsuced putilug In The "ine work on
the hsss vioi. enthusiasm was every where
pr,ssnt sni al were was happy ard glad
thsY hNf come.
Ths Rev. Mr.. Roberts. % Turner vi.
lage. RAJ q Chapisr from Romans Ani of.
fsrsd fsrvcui prayer.
President Holland OF TIE Backnsi Ciab
then made brief speech % welcome ani
iutrotucsd nroiher X. n waite. % Back.
fslf. Who spoke % tie work Zone ~ The
club ani congratulated them on The fact
that they ~ "lloli The FORT Brother
waite wsui on q show bow The fort hai
been held. sni Aiiribaied 10 largely - The
good f,fiure % ths cial. In securing Pre-
lieuts vho we're alive . The wofk, ard 70
Ia power hshird the thfone. The worns n.
A. I - ~. a D. -
'o'i temp rance var horse, Captain
Lewis nistcc. or Auhufu. The Caqtain
wks Ia NE h-si % tumof. an b. gvrial
face ADJ enthusiastic words SEEMED - 10
d.cais that BE- bad gfo~n yoangsr rather
than older Win he advancing years The
CAPITALS sA.i hat In Auouru they bad soms
good rsfortners AMI some unfortunate
ones SON. have slipped away ~ yield.
irg % The srtrgaiy 90 so-cAliri frisuds. A
iflsrf that tsmpis yoa 90 drink luioticst
irg LIQUORS istas cusseiest eusmy you can
have. lt l. rssfiy forty Eve years slncc
signet The oli wash.ugtoulAn pledge AM
have kegi 10 % thc letter since that time
brother DafgIs. % Turner. al hat 10
wAs eleven YEAR, since be Iniuei The Ten
psfaucc Army Ani BAD kept his pledge. III
spOle 20 TIE good that he Dlckne.t Club
hai toue 10 that place
nroihef Caiiahan. N Auburn, sAli
"Whfu Ne see What Tbs work has done
or you To- nuckfsii, the glesiiou arises,
ny has 10 not done The same for us Ia
Auhq-uf Ithiuk 10 i because we have :
community. many % whom have ysi q
isaru tie A II. &. % tsmpsrsncs. ant TIE
cisss Wh1 would WORK fof The cause AZ
q - a.
csuss d. nssfly tesi lu Aahuru.
III Sm q. o. Turner. spoke % he
drawbacks iu LesiSon kni Auhurn an
aiiri'utsd 10 % The foreign element. Thsy
have - conisut v.ih an element NA'
az FORA. chrlstsuci. I've. dc. AMI AZ
buried IN rum TIE poctor then spoke Al
some iergth upon The temperance question
a. reviewed from The medical stauifoini
Hou So,ou Case vas The ueri speaker
cAllsi an evtJboty Vas GLAD 10 see Ani
tsar ron tie sage OF Chass's NILS. On'
womsn remarked that "uncie Solon's Ras
BABY wAs teAi Bot hls Temperance p loci
p'es were sound ani would live"
Urcie Solon said that be hAi deilghifu
ride - Buckfed ard u gave him gfeA'
pleasure 90 BE- present AZ The meeting III
wished % thAnk the Bucknsld Reform Ciu'
. fof What they bad done fof The Chase
Nils Cub. Some % your members haV'
/ passed away Bat he deeds that men 81
I I've sftsr ihsm Take coursge, yoa oil
/ b. guided BY wisdom and The daY IL CON
/ lug when there wiii b. q Walking earth
Quake iu The tsmpsrAnce cause. We as
a favored State because Ne have puolll
opinion on oar slde. We have the hearty
support aut co operation % the churches
/ This j. q question that Elects The masses
/ N.nsieen twentieths OF The wage worker
/ % this country afe the men Who are sufsr
iug frum this demon iutempsrarce. lucl'
/ Scion ssld 10 closing that be desired q
/ cal upon Mr.. Charles Thrill, The fresi
/ dent % The CAAse's Mills Reform Club.
Mr.. Tirril thought that AL bad v0fl
10 90 Anf that lntsmperAnce Was worse
than vAr In cur land.
Hon. George y. Hammond % Paris
made an eloquent address lie said
in part. The one question 10
you 10 ask l. this II.s the B9cknsii Re
form Ciub done you any goodi II 90 sup
port Il. Ifuoi discard IL Ills sure ths
something has done you good and II u 4
this Club you owe Il great debt OF graft
igte. II "A pleasure % come 70 you
village ate years and see The work OF re
formation that hAs been accomplished
This wofk should be kept Up fJr the ssk'
OF The young men who have everything De-
I fore them. that they shall not throw ava,
The brilliant prospects % lie for what
| For the sake % being cursed through NE
this they will oe-Au observation OF
sixty years tells me that these thlngs ar
/ true"
Bro. French. OF Turner. was glad q
bear that The Buekheld Club was It'll hold
| log he fort-ior IL WAS sad Intelligence q
/ ku0w that any fort. whether % temper
ance or religion. on any other good cause
bad been captured.
Col Albert ). Austin. OF Paris, reiateC
/ 10 an eloquent and Interesting manner The
account % his conversion 20 The temper
snce cause when the Buckdelt Club cams
% Dlxaeld AMI organized the Club there
lie spoke OF his war experiences aud allud
ed frslngy 20 the late Bro. Wilmington.
The Rev. {. y. Clark. OF Turner-sait
that while setting In iha, meeting be bad
/ felt Ike The Apostle Paul. "thank Cod
and take courage" said be Was some
thing Ike the mAn Who when asked II he
WAS musical replied II sing twc
'chgres-one Is Aud Lang Syne aud the
other isnt~ lie bad two speeehes-ons
WAS Temperance and the other wasn't
Yog say you are holding the fort, Why
don't roo capture another fortress-Don'i
lose cOursge because rum has been In The
world 80 many years. Sin has been Ia the
World more than six thousand years but