| Show csiba t FOR TEM PE ANE many societies to fight alcohol organized early in nations history WOMEN ACTIVE AS LEADERS john 1 B 00 cough u gai reformed drunkard first crus crusader ider to win famo fame by success at homo and I 1 i abroad when ilie alio movement which hns has now brought about prohibition begun began in uio the united states it was called tho the ten tern tie ite ronco ranco movement and tho the phrase temperance question embraced nit nil tho the problems in connection with the use and abuso abuse of alcoholic drink temperance pc nince of 0 course cours a primarily M artly indans moderation while prohibition ni as used ift ifa tins this connection menus means ft a form of att sumptuary legislation abolishing tho the manufacture anti sale of alcoholic liquors quoos in tho the early days temperance as loosely used I 1 sometimes sometime sIt it meant moderation and sometimes total abstinence many of thu first crusades were vero against spirits liquors as distinguished front from wines and beer early tempera temperance pledges were ofte attea n 1 framed to draw this distinction however tho the word temperance os as used in tile tho titles and constitutions of reform organizations toon hoon ca camo milto to mean total abstinence f tills temperance movement which show 9 blan of bringing about bl f tion in ili many parts paria of tile world ben bo gaff gan lit in tho the united states alio toniy perance pledge wag was in existence before 1800 possibly the first arst temperance society was organized by tho the farr farmers hers of litchfield county connecticut tit hi 1779 1770 in 1808 1803 a society was waa formed ln in saratoga county now new york tho the 43 members were pledged not to drlak drink rum gin whisky alno or distilled spirits except by a physicians advice in illness or pt public dinners under t penalty of 0 25 cents tile tho massachusetts society for tho the 4 suppression Suppress fori of bf intemperance was organized in 1 1 the am american temperance society fio clety vas founded in 1829 1820 thereafter organizations of various 1 kinds came thick and fast many of them securing larga larg 0 member memberships shipp among them were the sons of temperance of now york 1842 order of 0 1835 society of tho the washington washingtonians tans ians 1840 and good tem clars 1851 in 1873 began the womans comans temperance crusade in ohio yemen women held prayer meetings in saloons la in this campaign against this move ment grew so strong that in 1874 in cleveland the national womans comans christian temperance union was formed the sumo sama year francis murphys Murp hys duo blue ribbon temperance mission attracted public attention john B gough cough prohibition or temperance has made many men and women famous probably soi some no of these foes of liquor and tile the saloon will be remembered for all time among tile the names familiar to most americans americana in this connection tire are those of john B gough Neal dow francos frances 13 willard and carrie nation A all 11 four made inada their mark in widely differing waya and the personality of oc bac each it Is interesting john beough BG ough attracted public aten tion first ile he nehl achieved eved world wide fame and furnishes a remarkable ex ample of what in these daya Is called j a comeback come back ile he was barnin born in sand gate england in and died ia 0 frankford pa ila in 1880 1886 A quaker in worcester mass induced him to sign a total abstinence pledge this was the turning point in ills his career ile he set out to trump tramp new 13 england lecturing on temperance at 75 cents a lecture lie ile delivered dellver bd lectures the first year and found ahlm self locally famous ile he mingled the pathetic and humorous so successfully and made his lectures lec turea so entertaining that thousands who had no interest in temperance went to hear bear him for the next 17 years lie only on temperance and addressed more than audiences aud lences making two long temperance campaigns in england uc ile had the power over an audience that bilat cornea comes from expeR experience ence purpose and natural eloquence robert J ingersoll tit ot his be best at could sway sv ay ain an mote more completely than this reformed bookbinder next gough duent 1 hi ahli 4 attention to general lecturing and L t made a fortune ills his boot libove bech beca translated transit ted into many langula langu agus aa |
