Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-01-08
.GOUGH'S TEMPTATION.
The Great Reformer's Natural APP
petite for Liquor.
Stories OF tho Famous Man Told by Ono
Who Was Associated with Him In tho
Temperance Workable Bos-
WDrth's whisky Bottle.

Milo BoSworth, o woll-known citizon Of
tho South sido, who is cighty-fivo years
old, to O Cleveland Leader reporter
when I was q young follow L drank
prctty-hard, in fact, 1 was drunk about
all tho time, but when 1 got married I
thought it was time to call n halt. l
went down to Chagrin Falls on q little
business, and before I camc homo I
stopped at Boards grocery, as was my
custom, and had my flask filled. l had
mado UP my mind that that would be
tho last liquor I would drink for fifteen
years, but when got into my wagon l
fell to thinking about tho matter and
Camo to tho conclusion that there was
no time like the present, and / just
put that bottle in my hip pocket and
thero carried it for fifteen long years,
and during that time never touched 4
drop of liquor of any kind.
"Wcll, about twelve years after that,
Cough, the great temperance orator, was
advertised to speak in Cleveland. Tho
posters informed us that tho meeting
would DO held in tho Presbyterian
church. You young fellows probably
mover heard of that church. 1t was q
large, wooden structure, and stood on
tho site Of the Old Stone Church. or
course wo attended tho meeting, which
occurred on tho Sabbath, and kinder
took notion to Cough and asked
him to go dome and dine with us.
10 accepted, and after dinner 1 took
out tho bottle l had carried for
twelve years and asked him if he
would take q drink. l just said it in
fun, but great guns, you ought to have
seen that man. He turned first red and
then white, and finally gasped out the
words:
"'Put it up. can't stand it. Put it
up, I say, before I disgrace myself 1
wa9 frightened, and put the flask in my
pocket in a hurry. lie didn't say any
thing for several minutes, but sat with
hi,' head between his hands. Finally he
looked up and said:
My friend, | am truly sorry that
should display my weakness in your
house, but sometimes | have an uEcon-
trollublo desire for liquor, and when l
saw your flask I would have given my
life for q drink. But he continued, Il
understood You to say that you had car
ricd that bottle and not drank any thing
for twelve yoGrS?"
""Hhat is true,' said, and tacn pro
seeded to tell him Of the circumstances
of my swearing off. When he had heard
ne through no said: you arc just the
man an hooking for, and want You to
so to England with me- Of course 1
%as taken by surprise, and asked him to
explain. lIo said that he had long
wanted reformed drunsard to travel
with him and lecture. and that min
with my will was just tho chap he de-
-,
with my wife, and she said that she
guessed she could spare nc for year or
60, and the upshoJ Of the thing was that
Cough and [ formed partnership
whereby l was to receive q handsome
percentage OF the receipts, and wo
started out.
ALBANY was the first place whore we
were billed to lecture, and | tell you
thcre was crowd there to hear us.
Cough had advertised tho reformed
drunkard feature for all it was worth,
and | was regarded with as much GU
rio3ity as the dime museum freaks arc
to-day. From Albany we went to Bos
ton, and finally to New York, whore we
bid goodbye to America and set sail
for England A stop was made in
ireland, and at Dublin tho largest
hall in tho city wouldn't hold
tne people gave those who were
ON tho outside tickets and had
them come the next night. Ono way of
running the lecture was to have Cough
mako an opening speech, after which
he would Introduce mo as tho reformed
Grunkard I would step forward and rs
D starter would slap down my whisky
aottlo on the table and tell the audience
how long had carried it. Aftor that
wo would call for people to come for
ward and sign the plodge, and there were
dozens who complied every night. In
England we were worry successful and
we remained there three years. At the
end OF that time was getting little
homo-Sick and wanted to SEQ my family.
$50 told Cough that 1 guessed would
quit, and we looked over the books and
settled up. l had $11 900 coming to me,
and brought every cent Of it oack to