Year: 1874

1t is probable that intemperance will
go down as did slavery in this country
in war and blood The brutalizing eff
fects of slavery seem to be surpassed by
the effects of intemperance. In Cincin-
cinnati matters are coming rapidly to a
head. We take from the. Gazette the
accounts of three or four days operations
in that city last week:


During Mr.. Halls absence, a bowling
yelling mob of between one and two
hundred men and women gathered in
front of the house, and INDUCED in
noisy and threatening demonstrations of
all kinds. The owner of the premises
from whom Mr.. Hall rents his house
then entered the house, and in tone of
authority ordered the meeting to dis
perse, saying he would have no praying
in his house, as the crowd on the outside
would tear his house down. The little
band of worshipers was finally compelled
to seek shelter in Mclean Chapel, out of
fear for the infuriated rabble


At the West end Garden the wife of
the dry goods dealer next door, who
made herself very conspicuous on Tues
day, was again promptly on hand, this
time with pasteboard box covered with
a wooden table cloth, with which she was
mimicking the actions of an organ
grinder Officer Meade was remonstrat-
ing with her, and appealing to her sup
posed good sense, when he was reinforced
by Capt. Churt hill and Lieut. Kelly, with
a small detachment of police, who soon
cleared wide passage way between the
ladies and the houses. The crusaders
and the crowd on the outside were re-
galed. meanwhile, with such variations
on old familiar songs, as: Hang old
temperance on a sour apple tree, Hang
those women" &c. One fellow held a
glass of beer over the heads of his COM
panions, and howied parody on THE
Fountain of Life" a favorite Sunday
school song. In the saloon of Frank
Mayer, one of the noisiest of the noisy
was deftly deprived of his watch by a
fellow beerite. At another place an ell
derly man in a barouche tried to hire a
eolored man to throw lime upon the
kneeling women, promising to give him
reward of five dollars, but the artist of
whitewash declined most emphatically
A great deal of exhorting was done here
all along the line, and the ladies found
quite attentive listeners upon the streets
and pavement.


About half a dozen men and women
and several scores of children crowded
around, and the bowls of the men with
in, the idiotic yells and screams OF
laughter of the women, the shrill notes
of a clarionet sounding from an upper
window, and the cries of several babes in
arms soon produced a perfect babel OF
noises. While German lady, member
of the band, led in prayer, all manner OF
indignities were heaped upon her and
the other members of the band by the
women The men contented themselves
with drinking, holding the beer out OF
the open door, and inviting t cir friends
to drink. They next visited Mr.. Roth
well, few doors distant, but were locked
out After a short service they crossed
the street to the saloon of Frank Mayer,
who had scented the danger from afar,
and when the ladies drew near they
found him deluging his newly paint ed
front and clean pavement, with stream
of water from a hose. The ladies stop
ped next door and begun their services,
when the hose was turned upon them an
instant and y few received a wettin g.