Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-20
TEMPERANCE COMMENT,

Fitted by the Press Supt. Of the W G
Mrs. Scovell, state pres DE- ut Of the
W. &. I. [. has again been in the
county in the cause Of temperance.
While in Arwater, she gave three very
Interesting lectures to the public aud
one parlor me citing for the local w.
G. T. .. Mr.. Himrod, who is now
working for prohibition in Minnesota,
gave one Of the hest of lie ctures, while
at that place, on Saturday evening,
March 8.
"Oh. this ''under world is fascinat-
ing in its ira gedy Of human life-fa-
cinating with the thought til at it's
ghastliness Of sin and sorrow might
be checked, yea, would be checked. if
our Christian voters could be made to
awake to the fact that the saloon
necessitates misery, crime, and sor-
rows inexpressible.
Oh! the task of trying to bring JOY
and sunshine into the homes wrecked
and ruined by rum. Oh. the toll in
trying to bring to Christ the brands
so nearly consumed by liquid fire that
only bitter despair rem aims. Could
you but hear the piteous cries of the
tortured souls within whose hearts the
fres of hell are already kipdled, you
would Cut IF your ri ght hand ere you
would vote once more with the brewer
and distil ler."
The first victory for tt e W. C. T. e.
in the new century is the abo fishing
of the army canteen. Even the liquor
papers give the credit (?] to that Or
ganization.
Neal Dow's birthday, March 20, will
be observed by most all temperate e
organizations. In 1897, the year of
his death, he said, Let US not waver
from our purpose: victory is at hand,
and will come triumphantly when the
chur III membership shall feel it's re-
sponsibility and lend helping hand. !"
DESTRUCTION RAILROAD.
Tioga A gitator:
The Directors take pleasure in re-as
surfing their numerous friends and pa
irons that the Road to Ruin is now in
good order. Within the last three
months, it has carried more than three
hundred thousand passengers clear
through from the town Of Tempe ance,
to the city of Destr uction: while the
number of way passe myers is encour-
aging. An enormous amount Of
freight. such as mechanics tools.
household furniture, and even whole
farms have ne forward. And the
that the Directors have resolved to de-
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Ct ut. tt e track has been much i'm
Co.'S. patent rail. The grades are re-
duced to dead level and the switches
brought to such perfection all along
the route as to jerk the cars in a mo-
ment from the main track, to avoid
collision with the Total Abstinence en-
CINE, and the Temperance train which
have recently caused 50 much trouble.
In short, we have spared no expense
to make it superior to any other Road
to Ruin ever established. 1t gives US
great pleasure to call the attention of
the public to the improvements in Our
engines. and cars. The old favorite
locomotive fine cham
Der of double capacity, aud patent
driving wheels, after the fashion of
old Juggernaut. Our wine cars are
models OF luxurious convenience, after
the pattern of the far famed London
Gin Palaces, where ladies, children
aud gentlemen of the first water, can
have all attention To keep up with
the spirit of the times, our whiskey,
rum and brandy cars have been great
ly enlarged and fare reduced to half
price. Onr cider, beer and porter cars
are exciting great attention among the
children. Our experienced engineer,
Mr.. BeliaL and our polite and gentle
manly conductor, Mr. Mix, have been
too long known to the travelling pub
lie to need any Recommendation. Iu-
deed, so swift and sparkling are our