Mower County transcript., 1890-05-07
Temperance Column.
MRR @, J. saoRTr AND MRS. y. y. CRANE,
&IDlTOR8.

Pledge Day at the Baud of Hope. Fri.
day, May .. st 4 o'clock, g, A, r. Hall.
Another medal contest at the court
house next Friday night. Let there be q
good attendance.
About forty delegates were present and
the one from our own union came heme
charmed with the beauty of our neigh
boring city, and delighted with the hos
pitality extended to her while there.
The Frccborn county convention which
was held in Albert Lea on the Goth and
SOth is reported as one of much interest.
Although the union was cry recently or.
ganized. the ladies who engaged in the
work are said to have done as we'll
as veterans"
The district president reports the Olm-
stead county convention at Rochester
last week Us the largest yet held, and
that much talent was shown in the papers
read, one of them, by Mrs. Dyer. being
considered worthy of publication. and
will soon appear in pamphlet form.
A fine complement was that paid to
the republican party by saloon keeper
in Pierre, s. D., when on closing up for
the last time on the night of April 80.
he hung long piece of Grape on the door
upon which was printed, ITO be resur-
rected when the Republican party is de-
feated."
Within the past ten weeks there have
been organized IN this district, which
comprises five counties instead of four
as stated two weeks ago, seventeen
unlons with an aggregate membership of
three hundred. This has been accom-
pllshed bv persistent, faithful work on
the part of those engaged in 1t.
Congregationalist: The legislature of
Ontario has taken important steps in ad
vance toward the prohibition of liquor
selling in that province. 1t provides for
local option, so that any city or town
may stop the sale of liquor by majority
vote. 1t forbids the traffic on steamboats,
and other vessels as far as the prov ncial
jurisdiction extends. 1t declares that an
application for license must be accom-
panied by the signatures of q majority of
the voters of the precinct in which the
the premises where the liquor is to be
sold are situated, and forbids the selling
of liquor to minors after their parents or
guardians have given written notice to
dealers. If these statutes are applied
and enforced, important gains must ensue
for temperance.
The fear or dislike of appearing singu-
lar by not conforming to the customs of
those among whom we are thrown is
often the cause of departure from the
course that conscience dictates. And yet
those who do thus dare to stand alone
for the sake of principle are esteemed
even by those from whom they differ. Il
is related that at a dinner party given by
| General Washington. at which, accord
ing to the universal custom of the period,
wine was served. an army officer begged
to be excused from taking glass with
his host. saying, Il have made it rule
| never to partake." Much surprise was
breach OF courtesy, but Washington thus
expressed himself: Il honor our friend
for his frankness and consistency IN ad
herring to q rule that can never do him
harm"
The followine from St. Louis paper
| is certainly worthy of being passed on
1T may seem strange, but it is never
theless true that alcohol regularly ap-
piled to the farmers stomach will remove
the boards from the fences, let the cattle
sow his fields with wild oats aud thlstles.
1t will take the paint off his building,
! break the glass out of the windows and
fill them with rags. 1t will take the
gloss from his clothes and the polish
from his manners; subdue his reason,
arouse his passions, bring sorrow and dis
grace upon his family, and topple HIM
into a drunkard's grave. It will do this
for the artesan, the capitalist and the pro-
fessional man, the matron and the maiden
as we'll; for in its deadly enmity to the
human race, alcohol Is no respecter of
! of persons"