The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-10-27
MURPHY'S MEETING.
1t Was Again Largely Attended
and Strong Words of Adj
vice Were Addressed
to the ''PrOdigal
Sons.

Sons.
Oh fool not with the cup young man,
Nor be at night a pr0wler.
Remember you are under ban
Whene'er you "rush the growler"
When oil other subjects are ex.
hausted the temperance question Id
fresh.
The words that can be resorted too,
to sustain argument in that liae, are
ss inexhsustable as the appetite of
the old topper who sucked . bung hole
before moonshine was manufactured
in Arkansas.
Friday night an immense audience
of people coDgregated in the criminal
court room to listen to Mr.. Murphy,
the Temperance evangelist.
MIR. Murphy is an Irishman and is
not . reformed drunkard.
He don't know the difference be-
tween . brandy fizz and the essence of
old Rye, but is in favor of Irelsnd's
freedom and total abstinence.
Many came to the court room to
listen to the eloquence of the speaker,
who has had several laps at the
"blarney stone" but were compelled
to leave because they could not get
within hearing distance.
The meeting was opened by Prof.
Chance who requested the audience
to sing No. 166.
"Yield not to temptation" etc.
1--WE want every one to sing" said
the urbane leader in music, and DAD
Smith struck up . noise that was
about three keys higher than the bell
on the electric cars, and sounded like
the noise of the government rain
makers. Mr.. Murphy was mt salts.
fed, but stood on tip.toe and shouted
As be looked the audience in the face
-"wby don't you sing?"
After the singing had been con-
cluded, Rev. z. d. Black offered a
fervent prayer in which he prayed fol-
the youth Of the land, for the saloon
keeper, the tippler, the distiller and
the fellow who crushed the growler.
The last fellow needs praying for
. steady job.
After the prayer was concluded,
DR.. Black made Q talk and told q
story about an Irishman and another
about q Dutchman and then took up
. collection.
After the collection Howard Strykel
sang . solo with Prof. Chance at the
organ. Howard sang beautifully Of
course, % he always does and the
audience was greatly entertained and
applauded to the echo.
Mr.. Murphy then introduced Rev.
B. F. Boiler, who, the speaker said,
had Q secret to tell.
The secret was, that hereafter the
ladies Who were in the audience were
requested to take their seats in the
back part Of the house 80 - to let the
men who drank gin, sit nearest to the
fountain of Temperance wisdom. And
then be told . story about . young
lady who went fishing and caught
Charlie.
The good parson did not say what
the girl baited With, but it is suspected
that it was chewing gum or Jennesl
Millel's new tangled way of wearing
clothes that would allow her to gel
over Q barbed wire fence gracefully
when q man WAS near whose eye-sight
was not dimmed by the lapse Of many
years.
It was after eight o'clock when
Murphy stepped upon the platform
and spat upon his hands and com
menced to anslyze . mans appetite.
Then he told what . social animal
man was and how wonderful it was to
save . victim Of strong drink.
He said no harsh words or intern
perate expressions about saloon keep
es. he evidently thinks they ar
part human 1t least.
He said it was practical to fight fir
with fire.
No, Mr.. Murphy, the fire brigade
Of Sedalia fights fire the same day O
the fire with an able bodied stream O.
water and the fire don't stand any
show of success. Watch the boys tn,
next time they make run.
Then he took the prodigal son and
held bin up rs . horrible example o
q rebellious kid who ahunned the goo(
advice of his father and run awsy
from home. When he was away b
spent his substance in riotous living
in drinking, betting on the wrong
horse, buying December wheat viii
the expectation of the failure Of tn
crop in Norway, and BY running fo
alderman in the second ward on th,