Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-06-14

The Flower Mission committee Of the
w. C. T. y. will meet in the social
room Of the Congregational church.
every Tuesday from 1880 to $50 p. m
The regular meeting Of the W.. c., T.
U. will meet at the residence Ct Mrs. r.
NJ. Lowry Friday at 8 o'clock, June rs
Every member Of the Sparta, Wis.,
High School graduating class, seven.
girls and two boys, wears the white.
ribbon.
Mrs, Mary A. Woodbridge recently
addressed number Of meetings in
Brooklyn. A strong revival of interest
in the old UNIONS and the organization
of several new local societies was the
result of her visit.
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One of the worst features of the
whiskey saloon is that screens are kept
upon the doors and windows to prevent
those outside from seeing what is going
on within. II is not deemed necessary
to obscure any other business In this
way and the natural presumption Is
that something is going on within tho
saloon that the public should not 500.
The city authorities of Bloomington.
Grant Co. have passed an ordinances
prohibiting saloon keepers from hnv.
ing or using any curtains, blinds,
screens or paint Oh saloon windows or
rooms adjoining, or using anything that
will prevent seeing the inside Of tho
saloon from the street This is rs IL
should be-, and tho authorities should
he commended for their Judgment in.
this matter. II whiskey must bc rold
in a community let it b. done openly
and above board tho same as any other
kind of business Witness.
Where is the right place for a saloons
Where is the saloon wantedP II not
the fashionable mercantile establish
ments what other kinds of business arc
likely to be helped by the proximity of
gin mills? Let some one name them.
Is it the baker, the tailor, the shoemaker
the butcher, the milliner, the book
seller? DO any of these find il Of any
particular advantage to their trade to
have a grog-seller come and open shop
beside them? What surroundings are
necessary in order to to justify tho
opening of resorts for loafors, OF
drunkard mills, OF dens for the. propa=
CATION of vice and crimep What heigh:
borhoods shall be selected for the estabs
Iishment Of places for tho debauchment
and ruin of men for the destruction Of
families, for the making of paupers and
felonse Which is worse TO open
saloon within two-huhdfed and fifty
feet Of a church or school Or to open
one next door to house, in froiit OF Il
home, or under homer What is there
that should make grog-shop stencil
IN the nostrils Of the public on one street
and swcet-smclling SAVIOR on anOlhcrF
What should make it an ugly blot on
The landscape in one locality and
hing of beatty In anotherp II the
wealthy and powerful cannot endure
he presence of the grog.shop, VIII they
iclp to thrust them on the poor and
veakP Are the tenement districts
he homes of those who are already deep
Town in poverty and misery, are these
he proper places to set the saloons9
Are they needed here TO help men live
.urer lives, to make homes happier, to
strengthen the weak, to cheer the dowH-
east, TO guide the erring7 Who shall
axe upon himself the responsibility OF
declaring where the people shall DO
cursed with the presence Of the grog
hop? These, it seems TO MS are praeti-
al questions and VIC would like to have
hem answered. N X, ObSylSF,, mis-
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