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Show Temperance .Meeiin.? ai .i ... i ? Hyrum, Cache Cu., D" Bishop Evan R. Owen ot Wells- j ville delivered a lecture in the l, LIvrum meeting house Sunday pi evening. The Bishop also had i ( with hitn Prof;Mitten and a quar- f; tet of young men, who at differ- - ent points, of the lecture, rend- j ered suitable songs in excellent style. The first topic dwelt up- j on by the Bishop was practical ) education. He showed the value ? of mental culture and illustrated the effects of home influence and j training in all its varied forms, j The second part of his lecture ' described the effects of strong beverages, and the evil of the j (drink habit The Bishop had j a small vial of alcohol and show-jed show-jed how it would burn, and depicted de-picted its deadly effects on the I numan stomaca. ine startling statistics the speaker presented respecting the cost of alcoholic beverages consumed in the United Spates were an interesting feature of the lecture, there being, be-ing, the speaker! said, a billion and a half dollars spent in drink annually. The blow that Bishop Bish-op Owen dealt strong drink and ignorance will-be seen and felt. The house, though large, was filled to overflowing. The?e lectures on the firist Sunday night in each month, "are becoming becom-ing very popu ar They were inaugurated in-augurated by President Parkinson. |