The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-07
Rev. Mr.. Horton breaches a
Powerful Sermon.
Many Societies Met Yesterday
and Held Annual Elections.
Funeral OF Mrs. George Papineau Water
Pipes are Bursting-Notes,

Embury M. +. Church was well filled
last evening to listen to the address In the
good government series being delivered by
Rev. Mr.. Horton, pastor of the church.
The subject of last evenings discourse was,
ssSaloon Substitutes" The reverend gen.
tlman, upon ascending the pulpit, took for
his text: ''Instead of the Thorn Shall Come
Up the Fir Tree, and Instead of the Brier
Shall Come Up the Myrtle Tree. Isaiah
55:13.
Mr.. Horton spoke in part as follows:
This text is delightful prophecy OF the
beneficent work of Christianity in this
world. How grandly the words of Isaiah
have been fulfilled time would fail us to
tell.
We are interested tonight solely with
this suggestion of the text, viz: That 1t Is
the mission of the gospel not merely to
extirpate evil, but to supplant it with
good. Instead of the thorn and brier-
symbols of the hurtful, disfguring youths,
thriving among men, shall come up the
fir tree and the myrtle tree, representing
the useful and the beautiful institutions
of christianity. The work of reform must
be constructive as well as destructive. We
do not underestimate the work of destruc-
tion. The time is always ripe for the ex-
puIsion of the saloon from civilization.
The task of substituting something for
the saloon is a formidable one. Few OF us
appreciate the patronage OF saloon.
Francis q. Peabody says the figures show
that 226, 1872 persons, equal to about one
half the entire population of the city,
patroniZe the saloons of Boston every day.
The aggregate annual expenditure by
these people would amount to $6, SOP $50.
Coffee taverns have long been in success
full operation in England. In New York
city coffee taverns have had fair degree
of success. In Yonkers, New Rochelle,
N. Y, and Bridgeport, Conn.,, efforts have
been made TO counteract the influences Of
the saloons.
Some years ago p. c. Complea of Cincin
natl, said in substance, in the course of a
lecture before the trade assembly of that
city on the subject of drinking at bars. If
your mechanics, workingmen, clerks and
railroad operatives must and will drink
whisky, their wives ought to force them
under pain of suit for divorce, to do all
tippling at home; the woman should COM
pei the man to buy all the liquor by the
barrel; put the wife in charge; make her
barkeeper.
She should sell to her husband; he
would, when the barrel should be ex-
hausted know that, in given number of
months. .Ihe had consumed 45 gallons of
liquor; that he had paid to his wife S5O2.5O
for the stuff at retail, which had cost him
S112.5O at wholesale. Still We face the fact
that, whether necessary or not, the saloon
II ~4z.,.a
power. / believe that our churches, busi-
ness men and temperance societies, should
form a stock company to test the feasibility
of saloon substitutes.
Suppose we were to begin with bright,
cheerful coffee and reading room. Is that
unpracticable? Can you say, Behold the
dream cometh? Is there not need of it?
A city of 10000 without a reading room !!
Suppose we put one on Central street, say
where Mr.. Harding had his dry goods
store. ''Saloon Alley'' it might be well
called. Would it not be light shining
i'm dark place? Put another on Dexter
street. Put another on Broad street under
French auspices. All our churches, tenn
perance societies and individuals inter-
ested in temperance reform should get
together. Party lines, UNCONVENTIONAL
lines should be obliterated for the COM
mon veal.
Think of Cambridge, Mass, for ten
years no-license city, the largest city in
the world that has adopted and persist
emily maintained such a policy. Roman
Catholics, Unitarians, Universalists, etc.,
are a solid phalanx, the iniquitous foe.
Such union we need here, and for it's
glorious advent / watch and work and
pray.
My frieuds, when we begin in dear earn
est the substituting work which have
limited, new light will break upon the
temperance problem. Not that this work
will solve the problem taken alone, but it
will form a part of the ''all things working
together for good" which, please God,
shall some day clean the city of the ac-
cursed traffic in intoxicants.
Consigned to Earth.
Mrs. Clara, wife of George Papineau,
formerly of this city, was buried yesterday
afternoon from her late home on Read
street, Pawtucket. The deceased was in
her 23rd year, and during her brief life
had won the love and esteem of all with
whom she came in contact. The devotion
of her friends and relatives can be attested
by the number and variety of costly floral
OUerlnRS pldCeu dDOut tne lONeIy OAK cas-
ket in which the remains rested. The
funeral services were held at the church of
Our Lady of Consolation, and the sacred
edifice was filled with mourning friends.
The remains were taken to Mt. st.
Mary's cemetery for burial. The bearers
were William Hart, William Donohue,
James Osfield, and Frank Campbell.
Among the more prominent pieces OF
flowers were large Heart, with the word
Husband" on the base; Pillow, with the
word ''Sister'; Boquet, Mrs. Slade; Sheaf
OF Wheat, from friends.
Nominated Ohicers.
The Christian Doctrine Society connect
ed with the Holy Trinity Church, held an
interesting meeting yesterday morning,
and nominated officers to be voted upon
at a meeting to be held on Dec. 20. The
nominations resulted as follows: President
James McCloskey; Vice President
James Carney; Financial Secretary-James
Kelley. Rocordiny ySccrofarv-phfIipE Eo-