The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-13
First Blow Struck for
the Cause.
MRS. HENRY SPEAKS.
Congregations of Four
Churches Present.

Clinton, Feb. 12-The first strong
blow for no-license was struck in towr
hall tonight, when Mrs. S. NJ. J. Henry
spoke to an audience on What shall
We do with the boy?"
The congregations of the Methodist
Baptist, Congregational and Unitarian
churches, were present. =
Mrs Henry was introduced by David
b. Ingalls, president of the Church
Temperance Union He referred to the
work Mrs. Henry has done as national
evangelist of the w. c. T. L.
Mrs Henry proved an interesting
speaker. She was forceful, rather than
vivid. She used the language of appeal
rather than the language OF denuncia-
ton. She condemns the liquor traffic be-
cause of the crime it causes, the in
jury it does to manhood and woman
hood, but most of all for the threat it is
TO the young. She demanded that
young men be educated to know the
evil OF strong drink, and trained not to
use it.
plic SoIlCluueu ny expressing the ear
nest hope that all within sound of her
voice would work and, when that was
possible, vote for no-license, in order
TO add Clinton to the number of Massa-
chusetts towns that have refused to
legalize the selling of liquor.
Elder A. t. Jones, of Battle Creek,
Mich, spoke after Mrs Henry He
dwelt upon some of the economics of
liquor traffic.
Mrs. Henry and Elder Jones are in
Massachusetts for the purpose of at
tending the convention of the Seventh
Day Adventists, which will open form
ally on Feb. IT,
The Clinton Temperance Union is
going to put in some big ticks for no.
license between now and March cleo
ton day. d. B. Ingalls,. president of
the union, is experienced in the work
the union has set out to do. He con-
Quoted the fight the union made in
1898.
He has a large experience in practi-
cal politics and knows the Tins and
outs" of the political game in Clinton
perfectly. He will he assisted by d
considerable membership in the league.
and by the hearty support of tine
clergymen. Rev. A. NJ. Osgood pastor
of the Clinton Methodist Church takes
more active interest, perhaps than
any other local clergymen in the
fight for no-license, bit all lend a
hand. The Clinton W. c. T. u, of
which Mrs. Hattie NJ. Sawyer is pres
ident, has prepared for an aggressive
campaign.
Some day before election, large
quantities of temperance literature will
be distributed among the voters.
Mr.. Ingalls, will not make a special
effort to get out the voters. He de-
ponds upon the fight between the
1rfje fs1-f hot 10 ok.
voters will be at the polls anyhow. His
aim is to reach as many voters as he
can with no-license doctrine. OF
course he does not neglect to see that
every man known as 4 no-license voter
is brought out.
Rev, A. M. Osgood regards Clinton as
peculiarly the stronghold of the liquor
traffic. He realizes that it is the only
town for miles around where the sale
of intoXicants is realized.
Leominster is a no-license town. So
is Fitchburg. Worcester is the nearest
place where the sale is licensed.
Clinton therefore supplies liquors to
a large territory, and to people in
number far exceeding it's population
If the latter fact We're not so incon-
powerfully true the no-license move
ment would have easier shedding A
great many taxpayers figure and urge
experience as proof, that as liquor will
be sold anyhow in a multitude of
kitchen bar rooms the sale might as
well be licensed, and the town derive
the benefit of the trade that comes
therefrom.
A conservative estimate puts it that
people coming from Leominster Fitch
burg and the smaller towns about
Clinton, leave at least $1,000 a week in
Clinton with the liquor dealers. Citi-
zens of Leominster and Fitchburg
leave no inconsideraole amount in ad-
dition to this sum with the clerk of the
district court.
Private "srapppy" Joyce, late
member of the Twelfth United
States regulars, is out, Of the
army now, but he has contract
ed delusion that all the world is
Spaniard. Last night, Joyce loaded
up with fireWater and tried to clean
out Burke's saloon on Main street. He
was having fair luck until Officer
James Craig came along ana took him
in.
A month ago Joyce was arrested for
participating in a free fight with
Michael Germans. He was fined SIS and
occupied one of the cells in the local
police station until his friends raised
the money. They raised it to enable
Joyce to join his regiment at Manila
The regiment never sailed, and Joyce
has remained in town to be the terror
OF the police.
Arrest also has no terrors for Louis
SchuSter who was picked up dead
drunk, last night, in the street. His
period of probation since the last drunk
has not expired. Schuster is lusty.
well to do, and black bearded. The
police dread him in his cups only less
than they dread 'Scrappy" Joyce
The succeeding storms are proving
disastrous to the finances of the trolley
lines that connect Clinton with the rest
of the world. The Worcester and Gin
ton has a more difficult task than the
Leominster and Clinton because the
territory through which the lines run
is much more exposed. Yesterday at
noon Supt. John Ogden had succeeded