The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-01-24

son implicit obedience to conscience. .
1T is an immensely great thing, SAID l
John Brown, of Ossawatomie, "to do t
exactly the best you know how Ihls {
is precisely what Neal Dow was taught {
to do. "Whoever resolves to do all his
duty, and not merely part of it, said
Lord Bacon, sis Immediately conscious
of the presence of the gods An aure-
ole of that presence has been the secret
of Neal Dow's power.
He was total abstainer from youth.
He was educated in the Portland Acad-
emy and the Friends New Bedford In
stitute. Justin Edwards of Andover,
Massachusetts,, was one OF the flrsC TO
interest him in temperance work. AS
a member of the Maine Mechanics
Charitable Association, while yet a
young man, he opposed the admission
of rum seller who applied for member
ship, and after protracted discussion,
secured his rejection.
A thrilling incident in Neal Dows
early personal experience fired train
of thought and action which led to the
enactment of the Maine Prohibitory
Law. The moment of the crystalliza-
ton of the main lines of great career
. is always worthy of minute study. "A
lady whom he knew sent to Neal Dow
- note expressing wish to see MIN.
Her husband was a graduate OF Har-
,, ward University, and held an import
ant office in the United States service.
He was dipsomaniac. There was
= large family, whose only dependence
, was upon the salary of the father. His
chief had warned him that he could not
retain his position unless he improved
his habits. The wife said her husband
= went to only one shop to drink, and II
~ the keeper would not sell him any, she
I'D could keep him in the house until tit t(
appear again at the office. MIR. Dow
went directly to the rum shop an(
asked. is Mr.. Blank here?" mo,
said the rum seller. But hearing voice
in the back shop, Mr.. Dow opened tn
door and found the husband in grou
,E- of drinkers, pulled him out, and state
the case to the proprietor, and begge
him to sell no more to this man, Decaus
otherwise he would certainly lose hi
situation, and his family would be witt
out resources.
"It is my business to sell rum,' we
the brutal reply of the barkeeper.
tho have a license to sell rum. [ shall sc
and it to any one who wants it and has tt
bie money to pay for it. l support n
noo family by selling rum. want none
s vour advice. When l want it I'll SCI
.re for you; until then, keep it to yourself
"You have license to sell rum, ha
soA you?" Mr.. Dow replied "You W
NV sell it to any one who can pay for
ouov will you? You support your family
-, Of destroying the families of others,
r+o, you? Heaven helping me, Ill see II
In cannot change all that
;r+b Taking the poor drunkard by the ar
-. +ho he led him home, and from that no
49, began a war for the determination
,,.,v,, the grog-shops. He resolved to ma
~, the liquor traffic in Maine an outla
/ MS dCCOuIIU VI eIlO IelhAO"o AAAOA~>>
-. which fired him for the war, | hs
aouo given with literal adherence to sta
Thin ments authorized by himself, and p
1iro posely without amplification or emil
rioan lishment.
and John Wooley, in an address OF wonc
full vividness, given in Chicago at
- noos Temperance Temple, has told th
6re+ facts in way to make them glow
o+hor burn from within like the heart
,.tore crucible. 1t was in the flame OF rit
= tho eous indignation at the legalized w
~, ~ edness of license that Neal Dow's
~ j., was raised to white heat for prohibit
,onr- He had been taught the trade of
~ ho ner. AS DR.. Cuyler says, he now
10 of up the chase of the wild beast OF
iof in liquor traffic, and pursued it with
Smou success that he flayed him alive, tai
of tho his hide, and nailed it to the doc
+hon, the state-house at Augusta.
. Fox He began his efforts by ten y
,ittier campaign for the education OF the
their pie. MAINE" Neal Dow now