Daily Republican., 1886-01-11
FOURTH EDITION.
rhe temperance W orkers.


perance campaign In this city. Accord
ing to the announcement they CON
mem esd their WORK In the Odd Fellows
hall on Saturday evening, but owing to|
the storm that prevailed all day and
the night before, and In addition the
| frightiul accldrnt OF the morning that
ab 4orbed puDli attention, but a small
audience was present, the greater part
OF Il being com posed Of the ladies OF the
W.O I. u, who braved the storm for
the sake Of doing their duty.
Addresses were delivered by both
/ Messrs. NJ Ayhee and English, in which
they gave plan OF their work. Though
they md not got warmed up u the
work they sho wed Ia their brief remarks
that they were more than ordinary
/ SPEAKERS, and that they were devoted
20 the work Ia which they were en-
gagged MIR. and Mrs. Burnett and
Mrs. Maybe sang some appropriate
| hymns, and the au iieuo- joined Ia the
| chofu s-s. The speakers lack the fervor
and eloquescs OF Catcher, who came
To this city some eight years ago, bat
were equally as interested in the work
I in when there is an apparent solidity.
An unexpected large audience filled
| the 10 ser seats In the Opera House on
| Sunday afternoon. Had the weather
been more favorable the galleries would
| also have been lied.
The workers INTRODUCES tho exerc ises
| by singing Are Your Windows Open
Toward Jerusalem ?" The hymn was
new In this vicinity. and was sung
| with considerable feeling aad earnest.
ness. Mr. Maybee then read part Of
the fifth chanter Of Citations. after
which Mr. EuRlish led In fervent
prayer after which he sung as aolo
the well-known hymn, I've been Rs
| deemed"
Mr. Maybe appeared as the frat
speaker, and created a smile amongs
the audience by saying that their re-
| ception In Wilmington was cold one,
meaning OF course no far as the weather
was concerned. After abiding 20 the
| evils OF intemperancs as being vide
| spread, he referred 10 the great work
being don9 all over the country to
| couteract the evil.
| He said the voice raised against the
the evils of intempeI auce was not only
| the voiqe Of men but the voice of God
| He then gave his reasons TOR becoming
a temperance man, and going into the
| work Of rescuing his fello~-meu. He
had seen the suffering Of women aud
children through intemperance, many
of them living In luxury and living In
brown stone resideu ces, and To men tally
asked himself the question g Can this
thing go on ?' lie had noticed that an
element of American manhood was an
nndisauised ~ III pathy for the under dog
In the fight, and he began to think that
1t was high time the oppressed should
be- heard.
He was pleased with the interest
manifested by the people, because when
they begin To manifest In terest they see
clearly and intend to act differently He
thought there was not q drunkard In
the land who had not been deluded with
the idea that al Can drink moderately
and be safe HE illustrated this thought
by saying carriage builder places his
name upon his work because he Is proud
of it; the tailor labels his work for the
same reason. But the imam Of wealth
and high social position drinks immo.
derately, and his son thinking he can
do AS his father does, fails because ht
cannot withstand temptation. That
father cap hardly point 10 his son with
much pride, and yet he Is responsible,
for his sons fall. A poor woman com
PEELED TO take in washing to support he
children on sccount ola drunken hus
band cannot be a subject of pride fo
the man who sells her husband liquor
! Mr.. May bee said, however, that he haG
no hard words for any man.
His motto was, "malice toward none
j.. and charity toward ALL" and upon thi
he stood. Eyon saloon keepers haV
hearts, and IL was his desire TO help ant
! encourage them and to inspire then
, with hope and self-r6spect. The worl
. in which he WIS engaged was philan
thropic one. None will say it is no
q good work. IL was n noble duty u
lift the fallen and strengthen the up
right. There was too much of Cain Il
the Inquiry: "Am l my brother
keeper" aud too little of the split @
l | Christ.
i Mr. English then sang as solo: 18th
}, Ninety and Nine" after which GeorG
= w. Todd made the following announces
: meDts for meetings: Sunday nigh
Odd Fellows Hall, Monday, Tuesda
a and Thursday, Second Baptist church
Wednesday, Delaware Avenue Baptis
church; Friday, Central Presby terra
church; Saturday, Union M. f church
Mr.. Todd also stated that the part
e was here without compensation, whe
d a collection was taken mp for thei
beDsfit
y Mr.. English then addressed the aud
= ence in a humorous manner. II o though
i that while the authorities of New YOr
q threw adulterated candy into the Mort
n river they should not have spared the Il
- quur. he thought the fact that so man
n people had o1me through the snow {
y attend the meeting was a good omen
1 and he expressed gratitude for th
y prominence the public press had give
~ 10 ths work.
ID am waiting for the morning" wa
y then sung, when, on the invitation
o. Mr. May bee, about $50 persons can
y forward signed the pledge, and wei
supplied with red ribbons.
p The evening meeting was held In I'll
J Odd Fellows Hall. Mr. English bein
the main speaker. In his address
ar gave his experience AZ liquor selle
Mrs. Burnett and Mr.. English sang
duet, entitled "Dou't go out to-nigh
a my Darling" after which they we
!, Joined by Mr.. Burnett and sang "Tl
~ half has ne'er been TOLD" About for,
~ more signed the pledge and were dec,
rated with the red ribbon. Meetin
this evening at Second Baptist Churcl
30 losses by Fire.
6ve-story building In Cincinnai
occupied by Jewett 81 Adams, mani
I'd. facturers o burlaps andbags, was burn
CD early on Saturday morning. Jewett
Adams loat ahout Al0n 900. othar n