Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-11-13
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bottle of whisky IN my pocket for fif-
toen years and never drank''a drop of
it, said Milo Bosworth, a well-known
citizen of Cleveland, Ohio. "When
1 was young mani drank pretty
hard, in fact, Twas drunk Eabout all
the time, but when I got married I
thought itsswas time to call halt. I
went down to. Chagrin Falls on lit
tie business, and before I..came home
stopped at Beard's'ggrocery, as was
my custom, and had my flask allied
had made up my mind that that
would be thel last liquor. I would
drink for fifteen years ;SbutT when I
got into my wagon I fell to thinking
about the matter and came to the
conclusion that there was no time like
the present and I just put that bot
tie into my hip pocket, and there I
kept it for fifteen long years, and
during that long time I never touched
a drop of liquor of any kind.
swell, about twelve years after
that, Cough. the great temperance
orator, was advertised to speak in
Cleveland. The posters informed us
that the meeting was to be held in
the Presbyterian church. Young fell
lows probably sneverHheard of that
church. It was large, wooden
structure, and stood on the site of the
Old Stone church. OF course we at
tended the meeting which was on the
Sabbath, and 1 kinder took a notion
to Cough and asked him to go home
and dine with us. He accepted and
after dinner I took out the bottle I
had carried for twelve years and asked
him if he would have a drink. I just
said it in fun, but great guns you had
ought to seen that man. He turned
first red and then white and finally
gaaped out the words:
Put it up. I can't stand it. Put
it up say, before disgrace myself
L was frightened, and put the flask
in my pocket IN hurry. He didn't
say anything for fifteen minutes but
sat with his head between his hands.
Finally he looked up and said:
"My friend, I am truly sorry that I
should display my weakness in your
house, but sometimes I have an I'M
comfortable desire for liquor, and
when [ saw your flask would have
given my life for drink" But, he
continued, Z understood you to say
that you had carried that bottle and
had not drank anything for twelve
years?'
" That is true,' I said, and then I
proceeded to tell him of the cIrcum-
stances of my swearing off. When
he heard me through he said: You
are just the man I am looking for,
and want you to go to England
with me- Of course I was taken by
surprise and asked him te explain.
He said he had long wanted a reform
drunkard to travel with him and lee
ture, and man with my will was
just the chap he wanted. Well, I
talked the matter over with my wife,
and she said she guessed she could
spale me a year or so, and the upshot
of the thing was that Cough and I
formed partnership whereby I was
to receive handsome percentage of
the receipts, and we started out.
ALBANY was the first place where
we were billed to lecture, and I tell
you there was crowd there to hear
us. Cough had advertised the re-
formed drunkard feature for all it
was worth, and I was regarded with
as much curiosity as the dime muse
UNI freaks are to-day. From Albany
we went to Boston and finally to
New York, where we bid goodbye to
America and set sail for England. A
stop was made In Ireland, and in
Dulin the largest hall in the city
wouldn't hold the people. I gave
those who were on the outside tickets
and had them come the next night.
One way of running the lecture was
to have Cough make an opening
speech, after which he would intro
duce me as the reformed drunkard.
I would step forward and as a start.
or, would slap down my whiskv bet
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