The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-23
VOLUME XXXIv,---NUAIBER 313.

r atYaTtiaes tha baT'E0om ~ plriiceES
: criNfniS to all the drunkards made by
! that bsrroom. Say amen now. Loud
! cries OF "Amen," amen" want to
make you wake up, A preacher that
don't thunder ont against this pernir'Ous
traffic is negatively pGElictps criRltlis to all
. the devastation that whisky IL doing.
! Such Q preacher is sold out 10 the devil
. from head 10 heels. Sow whisky, reap
drunkards. This 10 country Of the ma,
, iority, Did Yen kIoE thAt2 Whenever
! a majority Of this country says anything
j the minority has got 10 come to time on
j II. Nov II temperance has Just q ma.
, joTity OF one to walk up and vote, whisky
has got to so out, and II the other crowd
don'G like IL they can emiPFate, G0d blsss
them, Laughter and cheers. 0nn
brother said where will they emigrate toP
There was fellow, legion OF them, that
emtgrated once, They went into herd
OF swine, but wouldn't want to put that
onthehogs this time. Laughter.l
DESIRABLE LOCATION YoR A LIQUOR DRALEn,
Now, brethren, II l ever sold whisky,
and will never sell it, but II were, l
would want to go to o town like Wheeling.
would want q Presbyterian elder for
Mayor, q couple Of Methodist stewards
and Eve Baptist deGcous for CounCllmen.
And then ! would walk up and say, II
want license, aud get them all to slgn II;
and when | come TO die would say:
"Wiie, put my license In my coftin," aud
the first thing when walked up would
think Of my license, and when the Lord
took me to task for selling whisky would
say, "HeEe is my license; am q poor ig-
norant creature, didn't know it was wrong
TO sell whisky, aud here Is my license
signed bya Presbyterian Mayor, Matho.
dist stewards aud Baptist deaCons," aud
God Almighty would put tue whole she
bang In hell together. Sow whisky, reap
drunkards. l say, in the name Of hell,
that people with families to raise have
been sowing that kind OF seed
enough. dou't think we have
ever contemplated this traffic
in its right light.
! said in Chattanooga, Tennessee, THAT
nobody but an Internal sCoundrel would
sell whisky, and nobody but an In
fernal fool would drink It," raised
a row, ol course, and they Cursed
me all around town-when wasn't
there. l said would be fair to anybody,
even to you liquor dealers. said nobody
but fool would drink. That's a hard
thing to say, but only some kind OF
handles will tit certain things. Now, down
in Georgia, in my city, agentlemau waked
up In jail one morning Just as the jAilor
walked in. "Where ali l." he asked.
"Yon are in jail, was the reply. "What
lorW "For murder" "Who have l
killed" "Your vile, SIR" And the isl.
low staggered back and fell on the floor
and 1t was an hour bsfore he came to con-
sclousness, aud then he said, go out and
get o mob, and tell them TO take me to tho
iirst tree they find and hang me, for Ihave
killed the best wife man ever had" II
whisky would make q man do that
would anybody but an Internal fool
dring 1t. LCries oE"No," "No."
TIE PROOFS opPRRRD.
They say Imake reckless assertions. III
don't prove my assertions will take them
all back. Now, said |, "You liquor dealers,
| lwtllhavet 10 attend to your case. You have
bsen damninR me all around here all day.
You have sold whiskey here for ye.rs, and
drenched this town from center to Circum-
ference. II you will como and meet me
In the study OF this church tomorrow
morning We will 60 up street and see that
dlsconsoiate woman with her disconsolate
children, look at the bare floor and the
scanty furniture and the rags that hang on
her and them, aud observe her swollen
and tear.stained eyes. Then we will have
her tell US how she was raised In peace
and plenty; how she married steady and
industrious man, aud then will get that
woman to tell you how her husband com.
menCed to drink, and went from bad TO
worse, until he would steal the
hfty. cents out OF her baSket that
she had saved from the day before, To buy
whisky with, and leave her and the chill.
dren without a bite 10 eat that day. And
how he was convicted OF felony and sent
tn the penitenliary for a long term OF
years. And then we would put our ears
one by one TO tho poor wom I'M heart and
hear the blood drip, and drip, and drip.
And then would aak you to say whether
anybody but an Internal scoundrel would
do that kind OF work. II you say "yesp
will tske back what said on my knees,
They didn't meet ms. Cries OF mo"
"no.h1
Il an going to stand up for the precious
woman and children oi this country or
die iu the attempt. Cties OF "amen."1
In my city was denouncing the Hind
tigers ave have voted for prohibition
and you arc s,iling on the ely, you Internal
old scoundrel, and will put you In jall
or the penitentiary, or 20 there mysOli"
They got md, Of course,,and | said: az
would as soon 70 into q fight with mtngy
bull dog as to fight with you. Thirteen
years ago you could have got anything out
Of me you wanted, and got 1t quick
DYNAMITE OPPOSITION.
They put dynamite under my buggy
house and tried to blow It into eternity,
and said they would put dynamite under
my dwelling and blow II up and my wife
and children II didn't shut my mouth.
And | told my wife what they said. That
II | didn't stop denounclng whisky they
would put dynamite under the house and
blow II up with her and the children. And
abe said: "DsnouuCe l.. II have 10 die
| would as soon go by tho dynamite route
as any other way" Thank God fora wife
who has grit in her soul And SEQ a lot
Of internal lies in tho newspapers about,
prohibition in Atlanta. There are two
places that have license that last I'LL tho
ilrat Of November, and then We will have
prohibition right. They wrote tho letters
and cursed me, and damned that old tent,
aud made their threats what they woud
do II came down there. And my little
boy, Bob, said: ado you reckon they will
hurt you, iather2" said: " don't know.
But 1 would rather be dead lion than 10
be thousand live dogs"
The only way you can get rid OF me will
be by the hand Of the assassin, and II you
stick your blade 10 my bosom when lam
asleep | will be In heaven before YOU get
What ID man going 10 growl about he
gets 10 heaven a little ahead Of time am
going to stop this deluge Of damnatIon III
eau. All tho church Of God needs 10 wine
Il out ia her conscience aroused and sand
in her gizEArd. l am like Mahone.
When they asked him what ho weighed
he atlgWerel % hnnAral nnnnLS' Int