Show r 1 GOUGH GOUGE IN HIS PRIME PRIM I MADE FRIENDS OF BOISTEROUS STUDENT AUDIENCE Men of Oxford University Recognized Manly Attitude of Famous Temperance Temper Temper- ance Advocate and Enjoyed His Hie Witty Rem Remarks John B. B Gough the famous advocate advocate advocate cate of temperance went to Great Britain ln in compliance with numerous demands from press and public When he appeared at Oxford the college students students stu stu- dents undertook to hiss him off the stage so determined were they that i J temperance should not be preached 1 there After enduring their hisses and cat-calls cat for about ten minutes he startled them all by saying I 1 can whip every everyone one of you one at a time This statement was cheered and then the young men began calling one of their chums to go up on the stage Soon Gough saw a young giant comIng coming coming com com- ing toward him As soon as he was Inthe in inthe inthe the center of the stage Gough shouted This is to be an intellectual battle and not a physical one Go on with your speech This This- suited the c college men and they began calling on their big fellow for a speech He responded by quotIng quoting quoting ing the epistle to Timothy in which Paul recommends a little wine for thy stomachs stomach's s sake ke and from this he ho deduced an argument in favor of the use of wine nine When he had finished Gough faced the audience and said This is not an argument but a farce Here is a young English giant weighing weighing weigh weigh- ing hg almost two hundred pounds who has never been een sick in his life Ufe who eats five pounds of meat ever every day and who can knock down a bullock with a blow of his fist standing here and talking about the need of wine for fur forbis his bis stomachs sake You'll have to send me another man The boys cheered Gough and then yelled for another man this man this time a senior and their ablest debater He went to th platform and called attention attention attention at at- to the fact that Jesus turned water into wine and advocated the use of it He delivered a speech which met with the approval of his fellow collegians and they cheered him re re- When he had finished Gough said This Is just the kind of argument that I came here to deliver and was delivering when you interrupted me You may drink all the wine you oan hold bold provided it is made out of of water wat wat- er as s that wine was Cheer after cheer greeted Gough and he was permitted to go on with his lecture He said afterward that they gave him greater applause than he had ever received ever received from an audience of young men Chicago Chicago Record Her ald Sunday Magazine |