The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-24
HIS CLOSING SERVICES
Captain buttons Last Lecture
on Temperance.
|. 0. G. 7. is ALL RIGHT
The Order Does Much Good in the
World--Shun Drink as You Would a
Snake-Its Bite Worse Than ths
Sting of an Adder.

Captain Dutton last evening closed
enthusiastic audience Of more than 800
was present and frequently punctu-
ated the speakers remarks with APP
plause.
Captain Dutton said: Tonight ends
most remarkable meeting-the most
rousing temperance revival ever held
in Anaconda. When I first came to
this city the croakers predicted dire re-
suits when we moved down here in the
devils territory. When l come back
mere next summer to visit the grand
lodge of the I. 0. G.. t. 1 shall again
address you upon this vital subject.
You boys who have signed the pledge
won't have easy sailing. Keey away
from saloons or you can't resist the
temptation to drink.
In 1852, in New York, a few noble
men and women organized the first
/. Q. G. T. lodge. The order rapidly
spread, but the great civil war stopped
! its growth for time. After the war
the movement spread all over America,
crossed the ocean, and it now covers
the globe. The little subordinate ritual
is now printed in II different languages
The cornerstone of Good Templary is
charity. The Good Templar who
would blackball a candidate who is
trying to rise from his lowly position
is not a Good Templar. The auxiliary
of the !. o. G. T. is it's Juvenile Temple,
which throws its protecting arms round
the young, pure and virtuous. and pro-
tects them from. the snares of the
tempter. The work has a great mis-
sion, and is certain to succeed; look at
its wonderful growth-to-da it is
tramping all over the world.
THE Good Templars have done much
to restore brotherly feeling between the
North and South. I thank God that
now we have, owing to the late war, a
country as solid as time-all are now
brothers under our fieg. What God
hath Joined together, let no man put
aSunder
Twenty three years ago lone
woman, member of the /. 0. G. T.,
said she believed she could do better
work outside the lodge. She has
girdled the world with white ribbon.
Francis f. Willard is dead, but her
memory will endure forever. If the
women of this nation would tread in
the steps of Miss Willard, the world
would tremble
"Fraternal orders are necessary to
fight the devil. What would be the
state of the country if it were not for
the churches? The church is the
grandest institution in our free land
and the saloon is it's worst enemy. The
I. o. G. T.. is doing a work out of reach
of the church, for people who will never
go to church, join the lodge. Every
man who stops drinking helps the
church. Come. join our ranks; when
you look in the manly faces of our
young men, and know you can call
them brother, you feel more of man.
Our joyous young ladies will be there
to cheer and help you. When a man
makes up his mind to be a man, he can
be man if he wishes. One never
knows what he can do until he tries.
There are men here who would have
fat bank accounts if it were not for
Whiskey. The cost of joining the Good
Templars is within reach of all.
Did you ever hear a saloon keeper
speak well of the I. o. G. It's? No in
deed! His job is ruined by the ia
natics.'"
Captain Dutton closed, saying: II
desire to thank the audience for it's uni
form quietness and order I never be-
fore spoke to better behaved audience
than this one
AT the close of the service 25 names
We're entered on the proposition book
of the I. o. G. T., and upon official
count, it was shown that $50 Anaconda
people had signed thetotal abstinence
pledoe