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Blue-grass blade., 1891-12-19
THEY FAILED TO VOTE.
New york's Chairman on the Election Les
sons of That Statc.

New York's Chairman On the Election Les.
sons of That state.
The reason the prohibition vote in
this state did not reach $4,000 is be-
cause the old party prohibitionists did
not go to the polls and vote.
New converts have been made in
large numbers in nearly every county
in this state, but our old men, following
the example of the republicans and
democrats, failed to vote this year.
From one town. l am informed, that
nineteen prohibitionists failed to vote;
letter from another prohibitionist
states that he met six men the day after
election, who have voted our ticket and
are prohioitionists, and they stated it
was impossible for them to reach the
polls to vote on election day. What is
true in these two cases is true all over
the sta e, which fact shows the neces-
sity of more thorough organization and
the carrying on of more enthusiastic
campaign than has been done this year.
The reports that are coming to me
are very encouraging, sever al counties
have already arranged for meetings,
and have begun the campaign of '92.
Organizers will be kept in the field by
| the state committee, and the work will
be pushed aggressively during the year.
| a series of conferences will be begun
at once. and conferences viii be held in
| every county in the state.
| Mr.. George II. Niver of Albany, has
| been employed in the executive COM
mittee to look after the matter of these
/ conferences, and to assist the counties
in arranging and carrying on their
work. An executive committee meet
| ing will be held soon, at which / expect
action will be taken for pushing more
vigorous campaign, beginning at once,
than has ever been carried on in this
state. shall urge upon the executive
committee the necessity of raising a
special fund for the purpose of carrying
on an educational campaign during the
coming winter The one great thing
necessary to make our principle sue
cess is the feeling of individual re-
sponsibility and individual work, and
the effort this year will be to bring
that home to the minds of our men.
FRANCIS Z. BALDWIN,
Chairman New York prohibition state
aomm1ftaa
Blue-grass blade., 1891-12-19

was delighted to grant his re-
quest, and the article will soon
appear.
/ received no intimation from
him as to what view Of the ques-
ton he would take, further than
was implied in his expression of
great admiration for my martyred
frind, Judge Richard Reid.
While l radically disagree with
Rev. Walton in his defence of
Calvanism, apart from that l re-
gard him as a most intelligent,
scholarly, honest, earnest, moral
and religious man.
l, for one, shall await with great
interest his utterenaces on this
point, so specially applied to Ken
lucky, and l believe that nearly
all readers of the Blade will do so
p. S.-The sermon of Rev. Nc.
Garvey appears in this issue.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-12-19

This is a pretty good joke with
in joke. In the latter comment
of the Transcript upon the or
biography of our new friend, the
"Independent," there is no indica-
ton by Italics or quotation marks
that the word grammer is not
spelled according to Hoyle.
highly appreciate the very
high compliment of Bro. Hutche-
son. but j would earnestly sug-
gest to him, that if the baby news
paper's name indicates any purpose
10 cut loose from Democratic and
Republican political affiliations,
he would probably do more good
70 himself and to his fellow man
hy running a straight goods Pro-
hibitiou paper.
Anything short Of a red hot
Prohibition paper, at Corinth,
would be merely another editorial
"rurai rooster" that would tell us
how Mr.. Johnnie Smith is going 70
see Miss Sallie Jones, that Brother
Chadband viii preach at the New
Jerusalem church next Lords day;
that Sister Sophauisby Shocks de-
parted this life, last so and SO, aud
was waited TO glory, with an an
gclic brass band in the lead, and
cherub- ON French harps; and with
heavy editorials Oh the phenome-
nal growth of this years punkins.
Brother, il that is your scheme,
please let up before you get a
good start, and come here and let
me give you q few pointers that
will beat that and give them a
queen. Send me your paper in
exchange anyhow, and let's sec
your scheme.
Let me tell you something.
Don't try to pick what you think
model newspaper and try to
make one like it BE yourself, be
honest, be natural, and don't care
durn what anybody thinks
about il SO you are dcad sure that
Won are talking plain old-fashioned
common sense and good morals.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-12-19
What the Lexington Transcript
Thinks About it.

The Democrats of Lexington had
best keep the party organization in
thorough working order. 1t has fire.
quently been the custom to relax all
efforts after the nominations, the nom-
nations being equivalent to an cleo
ton. As viii be seen in our news
columns, the familiar old dodge of a
citizens ticket is liable to be attempted
before the March election. Some
Democrats will go into this, and, as a
matter of course, all the Republicans.
In fact its following will be so gener-
ally Republican, that it may be recog.
nized as the same old cloven-fo oted
animal, masquerading under an as.
sumed name.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-12-19
GOOD FOR NEBRASKA.
The Prohibition Party Made Fine Gains
The Independent Stampede Ends.

The Prohibition Party Made Fine Gains
The Independent Stampede Ends.
Returns from Nebraska except four
counties give Post, republican, IS, 357
votes; Edgerton, independent, 69,S16.
For regents Marble, republican, and
Dellemand. independent. are probably
elected Returns from fl counties, so
far returned, give Mrs. Bittenbender
4, 161 votes. Her vote will reach 1000,
and probably 1900 Our vote for re-
gents will exceed Mrs. Bittenbender's
vote, as the fight was made on supreme
Judge The total vote is 80 per cent.
less than last year
As far as Nebraska is concerned the
stampede to the Independents is over.
Their failure TO take up prOhi bitlon
and suffrage caused their death as a
party.
The executive committee of the state
prohibition committee unanimously en-
dorsed the plan of the million voters
agreement and will help push the work.
The prohibition club organization was
also urged and will be pushed
II. c. BITTENEENDER,
Secretary Nebraska prohibition state
committee
Blue-grass blade., 1891-12-19

The tendency of certain classes in
this country to ape the manners and
customs OF the English aristocracy has
long been a subject for just ridicule
among sensible people. One English
custom recently imported in New York
is something more than silly. 1t is the
custom of engaging young women to
serve in barrooms. A gorgeous gin
palace on broadway in the neighbor-
hood of the post Office has the credit of
introducing this new and attractive (?l
feature of the rum business. The daily
papers of the city have treated the IN
novation as if 1t were the great joke
of the season. While there is no prob.
ability that the barmaid will become o
regular feature of the American saloon,
the custom, so far as it is observed,
can only add one more great evil to
the already unnumbered evils of the
grog shop. 1t is uncomfortable that
any honorable or respectable woman
would accept employment as a bar
maid. Certainly no woman could LONG
retain her honor and self-respect in the
atmosphere of barroom. a
Work
Blue-grass blade., 1891-12-19

At a certain railway station, an ana-
ious engineer came to the door of tbs
baggage car, and said: SIS there any
thing for me?" After some search
among boxes and trunks. the baggage.
master dragged out q demijohn Of
whisky.
Anything more?" asked the man
yes" said the temperance baggage
man. there's gravestone. 1t must
surely belong to you; for it ought to 60
with that liquor. Good Health.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-12-19

You are right in bouncing the
editorial " We" and calling your
self 81" in writing, just as you do
in talking. The use of ave" is
not only an affectation and piece
of journalistic tomfoolery, but is a
great Inconvenience.
If there is anything that dis
gusts me in the newspaper bust.
ness it is to see some cross road
jack snipe who is the country cor
respondent of some one horse
newspaper, talking about "We,''
and get up a nom de plume, by
spelling his real name backward
so as to make it read Ssakcaj.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-12-19
PROHIBITION NOTES.

THE provincial assemblies in the
famine districts of Russia are propos-
ing to close the drink shops to prevent
the peasants from spending in drink
the money gwen them for relief Bet
ter try the same means TO prevent the
next famine before it begins. N. Y.
Voice
NJ. O. NELSON has resigned the chair
manship of the Wisconsin prohibition
state committee, and Prof. C. f. Cronll
has been elected to fill the vacancy. \
meeting of the state committee has
been called for Decem Der 80, at Madi-
son. A vigorous campaign will be in
auQurRte
Blue-grass blade., 1891-12-19
TIL. silence of the Religious Press

This nation sends more cargoes of
rum To Africa than it does missionaries,
and there are scores OF the natives de-
stroyed by alcoholic poisoning to one
that is converted to christianity. Yet
where do we find the protest in our
religious journals against the compile
ity of the government in this iniquity?
We may well inquire whether the parti-
san zeal of orr religious teachers and
leaders oversdIdows every other claim,
and whether the liquor power is able
to exert political influence so poten-
tial rs to even seal the mouths of the
religious press to this unparalleled in
infamy? How can Il man endorse this
condition OF tn ngs and profess to Ice L
christian? How dare any intelligent
christian 90 10 the polls and give his
support To n continuance of this infer
nal business, and on the following Sun
day insult God by asking Him to over
rule His own act. while ne prays for
the upbuilling of the Kingdom OF Right
eousneSs in the world? The ungo1ly
league of the church and the saloon
must be broken or the church Will be
destroyed and the nation with it.-Tri-
Weekly Standard (Proh.) Milton, Pa.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-12-19

That is the utterarce of news.
paper that has recently announced
that IFS political opinions and
preferences are for sale.
We could buy its support fol-
$500, but with its "ree-cord" we
would rather have its opposition
than its friendship.
We have unfortunately got the
Lexington Press on our side, ant
it will be pretty hard on US tC
have to carry that.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-12-19
L Adopt the Editorial 'We." and
Write an Editorial to be
Called. s'Our Money
is Giving us
Trouble

We have been in constant dread
of losing our life. ever since the
ne IS about Russell Sage reached
us. A letter to us has lately been
published in our Blade from a
young lady who mentioned her
Usage CROP" and we have been ac-
cused of having said some sage
things. These facts of themselves
are sufficient to attract the atten-
ton of the public to US.
This having been done, the fact
that men are daily stopping us on
the streets of Lexington, and put
ting two dollars into our breeches
pockets, until it becomes tax on
us to keep ourself in suspenders is
becoming so tlagrantly notorious,
that we are in constant eXpecta-
ton, CONSERVATION. trepidation, in
timidation, obfuscation, hallucina-
ton and anticipation that some
burned crank will come along
with a dynamite bomb as big as a
beer keg, demand that we shall
Immediately hand him 81 100000,
and before we can possibly get oul
hand into our pocket and pull out
the sum demanded let the blasted
thing go off either Intentionally
or by accident, and scatter oul
mortal remains over two or three
squares of Lexington, or the hal
of Dog Fennel.
On one occasion we "did" New
York, with a man who knew the
ropes. We walked up and down
Wall street from Trinity church to
"the Battery" IF that is at the
other end of it; and if not it sound,
well anyhow-and we went into
banks, just like you could 60 into
oyster stalls down by the Jersey
ferry-if that's where they are
and he slapped those heavy coon'
on the back-John G. Fremont
aud Nathaniel Z. Banks were run
ming with us that time-then h,
introduced us as Colonel Moore O
Kentucky, or Reverend Doctor
Moore of Kentucky, according a.
he knew the man to be pious o.
not, and we looked at their "tick-
ers," flung ourselves back in bro
catelle and Russia leather, TOLD
them we were going to build ;
railroad from Maysville down tn,
Ohio river to Cincinnati, an,
asked them how many millions o
our bonds they wanted.
We have been a great railroad
builder-that is in our eye-whil,
the mere matter of sordid materi
alizatiOn was LETT to other capital
lists. Our two friends Judg,
James Y. Kelly, and Editor Jobl
A. Bell, both of Georgetown vii
tell you that we are the parent. OF
the fathers side, OF the Queen 4
Crescent railroad; in consideration
of which fact, and of the furthe
fact that we advertise for it W,
have free pass over that roat
from Cincinnati to Florida, an,
New Orleans, and have to kee,
travelling to get paid for our ad
vertising and thus keep from los
ing money.
We were once also the guest o
the Duke of Sutherland-o
rather of his head steward.
Things like this, in connection
with our personal afiluence, conse
quent upon the editing Of tn
Blade, enable us to sympathiz,
with such men as Russell Sage, an,
We tell those who have only NOR
ordinary amounts of this world
goods, that the dynamite bomb o
Damocles hangs over our head
all the time.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-12-19
SALOONS AND POPULATION.

The Numbers of the Former Greater IL,
License and Local Option States.
The Chicago Tribune, with charac-
teristic unfairness, endeavors to prove
that the ratio of saloons in prohibition
states is greater than in other states
To do this it publishes the following
IA HE.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-12-19
GENERAL GLEANlNGS.

In the Bible Christian denomination
there are between two hundred and
three hundred ministers, every one Of
whom is pledged total abstainer.
THE way to cure yourself Of the
drinking habit is to stop. The dumbest
brute in creation knows when he has
enough.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
RIcHLAND, N. j., rejoices in being
free from the saloon cErse. One was
recently opened there, but the church
people rose en- masse and protested 50
effectually that it was soon closed
The commissioners of the Lancashire
lunatic asylums state IN their annual
report Just issued that although
drunkards are not generally regarded
as insane, it is question whether the
habitual tipp,er might not with advan-
tage be considered an irresponsible
being. and treated az such" They
point to tho fact that In not few
cases the only cause that can be de-
tected for a patients insanity is the in
temperance of one or both parents
Journal of Inebriety.
Nix. e. blackjack says: "The female
market is overcrowded, and wages
thereby reduced. largely through the
drinking habits Of men" Mr.. Charles
Booth said: Factory girls are fire..
quently the daughters Of drunkards. u
In a workshop in London where twelve
women were employed. four of the
number were found to DO wage-earners
because Of drunken husbands. A gen.
tleman employing seven hundred WON.
en- and girls in London said: II can state
for fact that a large number of oul
female employees have to seek work be-
cause of the intemperance of their
male relatives"
AN American physician calls atten'
ton to the fact that the free use o.
apples is an excellent means of pre-
venting the appetite for liquor. For 9
number of years he has treated patients
suffering from dipsomania by requir
ing them to eat apples freely at meals
and to take an apple whenever the ap
petite for liquor was experienced. He
claims that this free use of apples is g
complete antidote for the appetite fol
alcoholic drinks. On principle we dc
not approve of substitutes; neverthe
less, no objection could be offered tc
the use of SO harmless a substitute as
ripe, sub-acid apples of In
ebriety.
TEMPERANCE laws in Norway ar,
unique. A correspondent describes the
regulations observed in the cities. a
syndicate may be formed to sell
licenses conditioned on the giving ny
of all profits beyond Eve per cent. or
the paid-up stock to benevolent OBJ
jects which depend on voluntary con
tributions for support In Bergen. ,
city Of so. 600 inhabitants, the syndicats
has capital of $40. 0OO, divided into 4O'
| shares, which are owned by $50 stock
holders. Shares are at premium and
the profits are fully 125 per cent Since
the year 1875, $330,775 have been dis
tributed in charity. Seats are not al
lowed in country barrooms. neither il
Longing permitted. Prices Of liquor
are posted in the saloons and each day.
sales are reported at night to thu
agent for the syndicate. Drinking ant
crime have steadily decreased since tn,
introduction of these stringent laws -
| CopQrerationalist.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-12-19
Prof. Haruack on Communion Wines.

Temperance sentiment very properly
requires unfermentcd wine to be used
in the eucharist. Just now German
scholarship, rs represented by Prot
Iarnack Church History, Berlin uni
versity), the greatest living authority
in his department., is considering the
propriety of substituting water for the
wine. Dr.. Harnacl insists that. as the
eating and drinking III the Lords Sup
per are wholly symbolieal, water is as
symbolic as wine, AMI may be lawfully
substituted In proof OF this he shows
that Justin Martyr used water and
bread, and that from the second century
onward, until Il decree of prohibition
was issued, sects, both heretical and
orthodox, did tho samc.-Western
Christian Advocate.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-12-19
SALOONS AND THE CURRENCY


An Issue That Means More Financially
Than Free Coinage.
Rev. L. T. Porter, Baptist pastor of
Longmont, Col, writing to the New
York Voice, says:
For the last two years there has been
much said and written concerning the
volume of currency per capita in this
country, and ! believe thinking men
generally have expressed themselves,
if at all, as believing that it is made
quate to carry on the business of the
country. Whether for political rea-
sons, or from fear of falling under the
ban of those whose power to accumu-
late wealth is greatly enhanced by a
restricted circulating M edium, their
true sentiments have been made know
by their nervous fears when this coun-
try was shipping gold in large consign-
ments to Europe last summer, and their
undisguised rejoicing at its return this
fall But we must not forget that this
return is attributed TO a animation
of circumstances that are purely acct
dental SO far as politics and parties are
concerned The fact of needed in
crease in our circulating medium is APP
parent and recognized by most econo-
mists, and yet we as nation tie up a
very large per cent OF what we
have in n business in which there is no
possible profit to the people. The re-
tail trade of the saloons is 81, 600, 900,
900 in round numbers annually, and
this trade is conducted more nearly on
Blue-grass blade., 1891-12-19
W hisky Did IL.

Seldom have Shakespeare's words:
"Oh that men should put an enemy in
their mouths to steal away their
brains!" been SO strikingiy illustrated
as in touching incident: One of the
best Greek scholars in New York is a
guard on the Sixth Avenue elevated
road. Not long ago famous professor
in one of our leading universities pub
hshed . volume on certain features of
the ancient Grecian dialects, of interest
only to scholars. The L guard referred
to above wrote to New York newspa-
per pointing out several errors made by
the professor in his book. He signed
himself Sixth Avenue Elevated Guard,
No. -" For a month, writes a New
York correspondent, watched the
badges OF the guards on that road as l
made my daily trips back and forth.
One morning ! was rewarded by find
ing the learned man I sought "How
does it happen" asked, showing him
my card, "that you. a Greek scholar of
first rank, should be doing such work
as this?" He looked at me sadly, and
his red face grew more flushed than
usual. II was the best Hellenist of my
year at Dublin" he said MY Greek
is still what it used to be, but my ca
reer has been ruined by-whisky."-
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Blue-grass blade., 1891-12-19
PROHIBITION STATES.


LICENSE AND LOCAL OPTION STATES.
Alabama. .....1 saloon to every Lisa people
Arkansas. .......l saloon to every ], 10 people
South Carolina. 4 saloon to every 1853 people
Mississippi ......-.1 saloon to every 1,0l7 people
North Carolina. II saloon to every a17 nsn,,-se
This is a comparison that doesn't COM
pare, says the New York Voice. To in
stitute comparison between Iowa and
Alabama, Kansas and South Carolina,
Vermont and Mississippi, Maine and
North Carolina, arouses suspicious OF
intentional deception, tecause the con-
ditions of life, climate and the character
of population are SO diverse. The com
parison that naturally suggests itself
for Maine and Vermont is with the
New England states, and for Kansas
and Iowa with other western states.
Fixing up such a table, this is what we
get:
PROHIBITION STATES New England.
Maine. Il place OF sale to every ZOE populat'n
Vermont. Il place OF sale to every SIS populatn
LICENSE STATES New England).
Massachusetts, saloon to every sos populatp
Rhode Island. Il saloon to every Ia POI .ulain
Connecticut......l saoou to every 24l populatn
N Hampshire E. Il saloon to every 249 populat'n
PROHIBITION STATES WESTERN
Kansas. :. Il place of sale to every sci populatn
Iowa.......l place of sale to every 45i populat'
Dakota place Of sale to every 49i popu attn
S. DakoCn.1 place of sale to every 1876 populate
LICENSE STATES (Western>.
Minnesota..........1 saloon TO every $50 populatn
Nebraska.......... saloon to every*Ill populatn
Missouri..---...l saloon to every 81 populat' n
Colorado. ........l saloon to every Isl populat IL
This showing for Nebraska is due in part to
the padded census.
The prohibition states either COM
pared with their neighbors or with
themselves at prior period. under
license, show very marked results even
on the face of the returns. But these
do not tell the whole story. A place
of sale" in prohibitory state means in
most cases a drug store or town
agency where liquor is sold on ply
sician's prescription. Frequently. also,
the figures for a prohibitory state repre-
sent saloons that We're started in viola
ton of law and were closed out in a
few days. In the license states the
figures in nearly all cases stand for
full-tledged saloons, running the whole
year round 1t must be remembered,
too. that in most of these license states,
especially Massachusetts, Connecticut.
Missouri and Nebraska, local prohibi
ton prevails over a very large aggre
gate area
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-06-09
GREENWOOD.

Eecen,iy while fencing In the wool.
and doing other Kinds 90 work ". sav
several Interesting creatures, among
which wrr, a hc,igrhog. q quarter grown
rabbit, q gray squirrel and = partridge
.liiing on eleven egg. The rabbit va.
. fine little animal With white strip Ia
al. Fac. and - tame a. Ia allow himself
o. ~ caught. We told him something
about the Wild animal. that live on such
pretty little creature. aud then let him
20.
Glad to know therr I. On b. a railroad
direct from BANGOR up Into Aro".iook.
N " had h~eu built forty years ago, or
as soon az the value 90 Nrco.took ,oun-
~ h-,ame known, that part OF the state
would d. worth millions 81 dollars more
to-day than u l.. Beiter early than late,
and better late than never.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-06-09
FASH aEIhEl.

Double team. loaded with .port.mer
are passing daily.
A severe frost June s,h killed corn
tomatoes, etc.
MI. I.llllsn klmbsii has returned
home from IIcrlln, y. a., where .he has
BEEN attending school.
I.smonte Cole IL visiting friends al
bangor.
Jane. Bsrtlett's horses ran away last
week attached "a q heavy harrow. They
were not frightened but seemed Ia b.
having good time.
Mrs. Grace swan from Locks Mills
IN. moved Ia her fathers, W. y, Browns,
Tier aunt, Miss May sanbcrn, !. Visiting
her now.
Irving klmhail visited Of W. =,
wight's, West Bethel, last week. lie
has the agency for two family paper.
and q book entitled "Room AZ the Top"