The Blandford and Wimbourne Telegram. — 1885-02-06 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

MIN. EVERETT.  A cr )wdel meeting was held at the Soldiera' Institute on Tuesday evening, when Mrs. Everett, of Dorchester, delivered one of her excellent addresses in aid of the temperance cause. me Rev. Mr. Meigh occupied the chair, and was supp )rtad by Mr. Everett, Rev. T. Bell Salter, and C.ilonel Carey. After singing the hymn, " Rescue the Perishing,' the R3V. Mr. Bell Salter offered up prayer, and thea addressed the meeting, giviug some admirable advice, Another hymn followed.  Mrs. EViIIETT, who, both on entering the room and on rising, was applauded, commenced by saying that most of her time of late hal been spout in reading the apers and telegrams, and she was sure they all felt sympathy with her brave brother. (Applause.) The only thing that gave her comfort when they were without news of him was a passage which was read in one of the lessons oil the Sunday—' They shall not h Inger or thirst ; neither shall the heat nor I sun smite them ; for He that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall He guide them." She took these words to herself and found comfort, for had not these gallant soldiers been lel, and had they uot found springs of water? When she read in the papers how they longed for the water, she only wished those in England loved it as they did. If they did, these temperance societies woufd not be required, but they did not, and they hoped that these meetings, which they were holding all over the land, would et um the evil caused by drink. It was perfectly lawful for them to take their beer or their wine, but when she saw the evils to which it led she said to the fathers and to the mothers, "Train up your children that they shall not want it." They were not barn into the world with the drink wee) upon them, but 60,000 drunkards died yearly, and the ranks were filled by the m ,derate drinkers. She advised her hearers to avoid the drink, and said she would go so far as to say, if the doctor told her t) take wine, " Please, Mr. doetor, go to your cupboard and give me something else.'' She knew he coul 1, but he kuew that they liked the wine. (A Voice. He knowe his p ititnt4). (A laugh.) If their only boy had a desire, they would sacrifice almost everything to cure him, and yet they trained him to take this unnecessary dru4. Many a man of genius, and many a by, who was the pride of his father, ha I fallen victims to the drink. Mrs. Everett then recital in a beautiful and very impressive mariner " lo it nothing to you, 0 ehristiaa ?" ft—in Kerton's Temperancs Reciter, the last verse being—  Up, Christians, up, and be doin:. Risa from your base repose, If you take not tha i,a t of your Saviour, You take the purt of Ms foes.  r These word', she said, spoke for themmivea. She Was remin iod of a young mm who was on the I lan.l rescued from drowning at gre at peril t ) those who saved him, and she thought of the noble hearts ready to risk their lives to eave oae, and yet ths drink was killing men at the rate of one in every ton minutes. If they could show such synadathy for one man, lot her arouse in them sympathy for the drunkards, who were dying in thousands yearly. Tao evil was gr)st, end they must work shoulder to shaukbr.  I and f five Aernrniln would  itect, e4mrs. 3roc, r the ntrd , pro)ncie I ty to  mben night night ba a  re on 1 the mud Idred ig on prowho  She wheu I into ilt of I, the  diere' tt, of nes in Itigh  Mr. Ling, ' thea [vice.  rifica %Weil an of .f his Mrs. prosau VerBo  There must be organisation, and they must band themselves together and beg all to some and join the eociety. Teey wanted those who had influence, they wanted ladies and everybedy to leed a hand hi the great work. There were many Etanibling blocks, end they had a mighty foe to fight, but she was thankful for their eucoems in the work. She noticed at dinner parties a less inclination to drink, and those who did t leis wine generally now made come sort of an apology for doing so. Tney had therefore to fight, they had millions entrenched againet them, and they had fashion against them. Every me tlng like that made its mark, and they had Cr et on their Nide. If those who started the societies 50 years ag ) c .uld Are what was new being done it would make their hearts rejoice. The habits of drinking among women hod greatly increased, and a society had been Ittreted for the preservation of children from cruelty. Two of the able judgea, Mr. Coleridge and Mr. Justice Hawkins, had asserted that nine-tenths of the crime were to be traced to the drink. £14,000,000 were pent yearly in thia useless luxury, but they did not require it and she was a good judge on the subject, as only three years ago she Was in the habit of teeing her wine at dinner. Mrs. Everett then described how she became an abstainer through going ti a temperance meeting at ILirchester, and he advised her hearers to give up the drink for 9 or 12 months, and If at the end of that period any one found he could not do without it then she would allow that he wad one in 99 who could not give it up. If they could 4fet the women in Portland to join they would soon have the men, (Hear, hear, and laughter.) She did not believe a wife could talk a man into it. but she must go gently to work, and nit u)s her tongue too much. (Laughter.) They must not be rough, for the men c Add not stand that ; thay mast lead them, and then they could do anything with th,m. (Laughter.) After an allusion to the United Alliance, in which were chronicltd the mui dere, suicides, and other horrors committed through drink, Mrs. Everett repeated a new version of an old say. log