The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-12-11
pATApsoo ITEMS.
Temperance Meeting Large Hogs. &c.


A temperance meeting was held at the Pa
tapsco NJ. E. Church on Saturday evening last,
the object of which was to arouse q temper
ance sentiment in our neighborhood, and to
obtain members and charter for a division
of the Sons Of Temperance at our place. DR..
Charles Billingslea, of Westminster, the G.
w. p, VIM. l.. Wilmington, of Anne Arun-
del county, and Rev. W. q. Babcock, were
the speakers. The meeting was opened by
singing and prayer, after which DIR. Billings
lea was introduced. He said that the tenn
peranee issue was.at hand, and the time had
come in this country when every citizen OF
both sexes was called upon to take sides:
That there was no middle ground and should
be no neutrality in the issue. The liquor men
were organizing and holding secret sessions
and we must organize also in every district,
town and hamlet, and be ready when the fight
comes. And the best way to do it was to Or
ganize divisions of the Sons of Temperance
all over the country. He appealed 10 tne
audience, which was large and respectable, to
know upon which side of this great issue they
would be found acting. He spoke of the
origin of the Sons of Temperance and OF the
good effects of the society in moulding pu6llc
sentiment He spoke earnestly and lald
strong foundation for Mr.. Wilmington, who
followed in forcible and truthful exposition
long way for no other purpose than to try to
show to his fellow man the evils OF strong
drink, and to recommend a remedy. The
liquor traffic in this country was fraught with
so much evil, and was the growing cause OF
so much misery that no human language
could defend it and no conscientious man
could sell it to his fellow-man to ruin and de-
grade him. No drunkard can enter the king
dom of Heaven, therefore it damns the soul.
He said whiskey was made to support class
of lazy fellows (the liquor seller who grow
fat upon the hard earnings OF the poor labor
ing man. He drew a contrast between the
boy sent to the store with twenty-five cents to
buy sugar, muslin or stockings and the one
sent with the same amount to the rum shop
to buy whiskey. In the one case the family
had the benefit of the money. In the other
it was worse than thrown away. 1t was use
less, however, to waste time to prove the evils
of strong drink, as every sensible person knew
its tendency. And no person ever became
better off by using alcoholic drink, and no
argument under heaven could be produced to
prove it beneficial.
How to cure it The best way he thought
was for the people to place themselves under
some restraint or in some position wherein
they could use an influence to improve public
sentiment and thereby elevate the human
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temperance societies throughout the country
wherein the members thereofcou hold stated
meetings and inculcate a temperance senti-
ment would exert the greatest influence in
that direction, and that division of the Sons
of Temperance in this neighborhood would
be of great benefit, wherein the energies and
influence of beautiful woman, conscientious
men, and down to fourteen year old boys,
could be enlisted in the cause. Rev. Bah
cock closed the exercises in a few very APP
propriate remarks. He showed that the great
expenditure of money for intemperance even
among the laboring classes, and the wage
workers, bred most of the discomfort now so
rife in the country. After which several per,
sons gave their names as charter members of
a temperance organization.
Lewis Leppo killed two hogs which weighed
39S and 494 pounds; Salem Martin, one, 458,
Mrs. Bolte, one, POI; Jno. Hartman, two, BIZ,
81; ]. A. Bush, six, agregating 1876, and
one weighing 1913; David Abbott, three, 373,
419, Alb; Nicholas Leppo, two, 10, $50; Jno.
Taylor of T., two, $50, S25; VIM. Taylor,
two, 331, $50. Last Wednesday over 1900
pounds of pork were shipped from our station
to Baltimore.