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Loraqua la document aat trap grand pour itra raproduit an un aaul clich*. il aat film* i partir da I'angla aup*riaur gaucha. da gauche * droita. at de haut an baa. «n prahant la nombre d'imagat n*cettairaK Let diagrammat auivants illuatrant ia m*thoda. h . f 32X * . ^ ^ j^4h*^..^^^^^ _' ^ ^ i;^ A^ *4^ „ ■ -I- if ^ej', Blblloaidg«»E HISTORY , Ls S6minaittt 6fieF"Qu4beot* S.Si^Pdg^'iy^W^. CAUSE I ANp REMARKS ON HYOROPAI^HY, RECHABI8M, TEMiiOQrVcB MiURANCR ' COMPANIES, SACRAMENTAL WISE flUESTUmip^C, ^CliT BEING PART IIT 4* v.. _ • ■. ^.,.^, :.l^, _:...!. OF. ■^. ":.„-, . :X ^ ■ '■-■/ .1.., WADSWORTH'S TEMPERANCE 3?^ r^^iy'm. " Tliie* is a bad business, pray d6 (hmsl d2^ MONTREAL: II I ^Af.^1 PRINTED BY J. C. BEOKBT, 211^ SAINTJf il^l STRr^-^ ^*» I MDCCCXLVII. f6\ p-^l' 'fSftr.^" V •4 . V r % / 'I "- ' , J i'/- ;<» *'../ -»" » ■ '■■ BW» .!'r < > {g wf y yT.?.'»g|^ga»P v - ; « s of the Temperance Cause In .Canada.— Its Present Position, an^d Future Pros- pects. CHAP. V. • ^ Incidental fienetits arising out of the Temperance Reformation. — Hydropathy. — Rcphabism. — Insur- ance Companies on Temperarice Principles.— Sacramental Wine Question, &c. &c. &c. / T^^^'ww'KtS : ■!- ■' '»r— * v., I \ ■K- i -i. ! '* ' ■ i X ■i ' / i i r 'f I :i Th. Ri« wd Pror<« 'f ^« T«nP«»" C.oM in Cfc The retro-pect of an enterpriw, involving lo much of the present happinew of man. as »hat now under consideration, cannot but awaken .n the mind feeling, of devout gratitude tojhe Author of all good, for the very great .ucce» lich has crowned the effort, of the early la- ^rrLin this cause, who bore « th, burden and ^ heat of the day." Foremost in this tank may be justly placed the names of the ««»•• J-weph ^. T. Osgood; Messrs. Cooper, J. f>ff^^^' " Hoisington. Greig, DeWit^ ^'^''R'^i Lyman, B. Workman, D. P. Janes. * •frew's Church S d f , P'raons convened in i,'^ •' copied bj Che subscribers, viz. ;- Art J Tf* o C0''8TITUTI0iv\ Art- m. The .blfpi,ilic papcrs»,l .^n St. An- \"g of Jane tonntcm^ •njrproam. 29 persons "'s result. ^ P»*mi8e, ccpt as a "iics, that us ; and their use limousljr real So- figoing isjdered 'ogoing w - nrcniiiblc shall be coiibiiUicd l.indu.K ^o loug an any pu- Im allows hiK name lo Kland among the Hiibscnbeni. ^ Art. IV. ThcOfficcrHof the Society Bhall he a Presi- Hidcnl. y.ce.Prcsidcnls. Treasurer, Secretary, and a Com. mit tec freight memberp. , ,, . a- Art. V,. The Officers of the Sociciy Khali be ex oJu,o mcmbers\»f the Committee. . n u . .«««. Art Vt^ The duty of the Committee shall be to meet at lea'st o\cc quarterly, to fill such vacanc.es as may occur in tl!Sr number till the annual mcrt.ng-.to add lu their numberif found cxp.ulient-to qoHect «acl7n« «»^ tistics relating to intemperance-to promote Hie fyrmation of branch so?kties-to appeal to the sense of the com- mmiilv by theVWcalion of statements, addresses, and whaiever^may LiglUen and correct the public nnnd on thc^ubjncf. ^,^\ . gjj^„ b^ j^„ annual meeting of th's '.ocict'iat such tii\ie and place as the Committee shall decide, wlien a rcpW t fhall be presented. Art y III. Thcre\shall be no alteration m any of the ' arliclt^ of this constitution, except by a vote of two-thirds of the members present at a general meeting. In the year 1829, we find notices of the organ- ization of\the lollowing t-^vecly & Aficaster, and Stoney^ Creek. ^• * 1830.— (^landtbrd, Trafalgar, t^elleville, To- ronio, HatniUon, Clinton, Ancastcr, Tliorold, Adolphustown, Cavan, Mcrrickville, Pblham, Nissouri', London, Ernest Town, HaUowell, Ot- tawa. Port Hope, Consecon, Kitley, Queen Street, Newmarket, Colborne, Wellington, North Gower, Sidney, CoV^iwall, Malahide, Union-street, Howard, Beach, Smithville, London Village. ./ *«AS&^)di£> !i. - Oxford, Esfluesin^ r, '"'''' Amcliasburgh, Gtv.Ilimbury, P,ckerin„ M . ^"'"' N""'' ISer, Yonge - J Millbrook, ] ?rborougii, 1 and^il, Esqiiesing isb)?Gofe. JcarboroV Eramosa, - sociiBties f* 10,000 supporf, — while the So- ascer- fblloM- were • viz. : Froit I i - >- Village,' StuMy, Famhamj Liprairie, Lacole, Lachute, Noyan, St. Armand'a, Dunhani, Sa^cre- field, Quebec, Siicrbrooke, Bolton, Godmanches- ter, St.^Andrews, Georgeville, Russeltowp, , NapierviUe, and Granb^. " ; - . St. Jams Street Jemperance Association, conmctedMth th^^Merican Presbyterian Church in Montreal, was first organized, early in 1831, by Rev. G. W. Perkins, on the moderate prin- ciple. During the cholera 6f 1832, out of 80 members only one died of that disease. The society ^as re-organized on the teetotal principle, March 17, 1834: nine years ^afterward.*,v in Septepiber, 1843, Uieie were'SSO namei on the . book, ^ter which date nothing appears t6 have been done. -^ ,^ \ ii ^ The Young Men^a Society, organized Nov. 20 183 1 , enjoyed a season of great prosperity ; but yet we find that, at the date of their second annual meeting, January 1, 183*, they numbered only 357 r they continued, nevertheless, to make considerable effort, and ' t^ere instrumental m savingsohie *« as brands but of the fire.' ^ The parly attentioi/ of the MontrearSociety y appears to have - been directed to theemi^loy- ' ment'of the press, as the most suitable means of '4 i! "r-- dissemi ■^ 8 [Dating truth on the of question • hei ^temperance, ComnJr.,- . ^ """"''e' evij, ^ Tfcree hundred anrf „i . ? ^ ?*"«'' «'vay, , *«'year,,«jJ„t;2r,o"^^-*'^'-'26of • y«>v, ooly 56 person, bad ,V' ", ^"^ "^ ""«' ''"^ a general ae Jin Lr "'''"'. there ">e cause. *' 'ne low gfate of The first Provinj,-^ *•- 1-o.ver Ca„ada!TiIr?r ''°"^*'«'''» MMont.a,.Peb;u:S'','^^^ ■"'-"e™. 28 doctor, and, ol '^"'^'"-22 T»renty.se»e„,ocie.,4r!.n ?. ^'■S'""'^^""'"- I» March, 1835 itp'^'"''*'' *250 members. * "d i« May of ,h,t *;^ "f 7«'y Ocuiated. r^'^^''«^..h,^ro„rs.;::;;^,^j^ i ■%, ^^ '' hence, •culation of distribution enlighten ntion, and onsterevil, Progress, saddening ed aivay. V he pledge ber 26 of 'of three ed, there ce ranks, state of vention . St Cha- nt — 22 ienjen. mbers. ilated, " sr ap- In it out Recordy ubichwftsp u blidhcd for ■i cause. .o«tf tliel first /-k *v.« l^Sth dav of June, 18^5, »>« i » at St. Catherine's, in the Uore u^ » „pw vds of ^ Big,at«res «er^cb,a.ned^ in Auaustofthi»year.tr.*;// m the 'f *•' Caprain ^ ^o the So. ^"^'•'•ul silver "^ of his ex. '^^opereal ^nds. The ^'* Pub/ica. ^''c meet- '««Baird, ^ 'nission- the cause rites :^ JO' well 'cs have nceKc. 'ff train 'telling, L fully increased. The *^'«*'V®"®". 1;"°":^ dav-Sunday» ' death) are generally ^ept g~ng mght ^«^ W ^^^^ not excepie ' ■ ^ wnen jt-drd fa/; ./ ^^* "'^ universal;. . * ^''c do. P'edge wa, ,Vf ''*"' Passion, t/ *"'S c^'cu- T^-'ne te:;r%''°^-i«'Wt:'l '?'>''. toot """•^ 'eiueld r '""■•^ '"« heir of '"""«- 1 ; ? »•* > ^Mihu^ cause jest and a 5 ve «f^8 ci/c/tcd b J ;^^'encc of the ^^ "lat the do. 'eat. ' • ^^iidr of ^ disposi- "g calcu- ''ace, and * ''arther f ,t/read- ' '^ad a ore cor- 5n took ^in^ to oinva- er, the sober more iHizar N y / ' Jn the spring, tho Aicnds of tl.e cause be- ean again to lift up their heads and eonsider new plans of «sefolue»s-and in this they were much cheered and encouraged by reports of the ■astonishing success „f Father Mathew sefforU in Ireland. In in.itation of whom the Rev. V. I'helan, of this city, and the Rev. C Ch.n>quy| of Beauport, followed by others, estabhshed temperance societies a.Aong.t the. Irish and a French Canadian p.*pulation in this province,, which soon enrolled many thousands, and ex- . erted an extraordinary influence in rendermg drinking- usages unpopular, and din.imsh.ng • intemperance amongst the masses i whilst the celebrated Mr. Buckingham in his travels through this country, endeavoured to enlighten the higher classes uponVhe same subject. H ■ The price of the AdvoiaU was this year re- duced one-half, and its cirbulation doubled. Mr William Morton was employed as a city dgent; members of committee laboured as tra- velling lecturers, and public meetings, soirees, and pleasure trips, contributed each in their turn to the advancement of the cause. - ■ , To leiven the public mind as speedily and .extensively as possible, the committee resolved < ,;■■■ f • / ,1 :) . . li H .'»'« free of expense, an Iff T'T"^ ^*o- I man ^200 .0 3000 cop,e/lni,S,.""* """"» «" fr«m ■A #>0*n«^ '•"Be a,; fab;;;^/'"'''" •• ^^i'f- «" and "tuden^/?''*"^' « man" 6f^,Irr "-e He? ^'^y^^^^^^'t^f^:^ £ XT'^e"""' --" ieVer^4^^^^^ nc|princip]eflr; and if ^on and gchool Prance jJdvo^ hich was Jcept "^^^nt of frcn '«»y Pjaces a ''ne effort to "cepr^rafls. ' nine diatil- endsof tiie BvouB evils^ 'ng dfink» inded. In "•om the the teach. act upon •onto, the 'Wng tee- ' t'»e coll- ie Upper ^ it is to "oth^r8. >f influ- 08 from motives ; t in the rn Dis. .Wind- are all and if ! '" '"' ??LL Iho .hoSu be a pattern to tHfie^- p,e, the Distnct *°»^ very ^^^ „„d London ^evte cafuL «..ic!. furnish Wod and accom- modation, but sell no liquor. The Annual Report of the M<>"''f^ S^'i^^ ,.„,_« The Comroiltee recognize the St. Jam^» &*emperanceA^c.aUona.ausef^^^^^^^^^ nUters of religion thr^..gho»^th«b«^^^^^^^^^^^^ 'V^:.^X,IlT.t pLed with a variety iX^t" th^N IntoL'e insunces they have ■ oliilted precious <>HP»''""'''"„,'^[jT.empe- -hSpinghand to the great enterpt.se of tempe "*So.-Upon the Union of the Province., the ijontreal committee, finding their opportumUe. and responsibilities alike increased, resolved upon I^Ssreat effort., viz. :ftr.^^ t / ^^•^t^i^^li^ MB Iff in ir I' 'I \. ""We. every J7. '""' P'-ce. ,s (^^ ^'oondJthe ••eiHrinii • ' j"*^*' of parl(.„ ^ "*'"• every I "i.>d 1 "''*•■''"«« '"ortjL ^-Py of the ^^'ne time .V -'^ ^""^^^^ reno,* "^'^'^^^ '^iies, there w pro .i '" '^oman rnir i- ^'*e United P ''^^"t 30 000 . . ^^*'»o'ic "Toughou/.t " 'Ionian Cn . ^ "*"'«•• A /e,v e« ^" """""•y. were ''" '""''^''-^ /^■'g'' "^ insfe """•■-"ce ''h?'-^: e'oquen; "•"^x'vhom, '."'^ "","'6er of ^.^f" '"exislence ^'"'«'' Province ;*;«">? second,' 8" «hem, every "*' minister of ^"opr of the ■^"ochus; a„d " »■«'« every " <*f 'eviving '6 montfj of ^'•'»g 13,618 '^- 4tt/ie "'^ Ca(/,oi,c '^''eJVfon- ''e vv^jole. sociehes • Jccessfu/. ♦ ^<1* t/iat is 1508 .. k« «A.iM onU learn that twenty had vio- fc tSeU ?edg?and they had all confe..ed 'tt^ irrw wUlT tear., and promi«d to be tee- tneir «""' , :.!, the exception of. one ff ^ho h: "nde^td bad goU to Bo.ton. ?he* Bood fraits of this great and holy enter- „rl«iM already crinspicuoa*. Tradesmen who'^ tT,r^^»d Vnuandered their week'* wages m drlXnnt. S debaoeher,-. on Saturday night ^^d SnndM.tbused their wives when they camo home and been iick all Monday, Tuesday, and Sps Wednesday, were now work.ng d.lHsently S Monday morning to Saturday night, and Srineine home their earnings to a happy (amdy ^ that comfortable clothing, chUdren going to 1. 1 .n^ a ffood ioint of meat at table could n"?w be seen? Ihere^here was nothing but ragij now be seen, "» . .^ort time ago. In- d eTmi woAmen could now get » much- toA Tne by seven men a. they could be ore "" 6irt° tnd the men were saving money fast, ^^vlt • adH be, • there are some among you X^trteTtUtmtr"stob.ak^^^^^ a„dr5JoiUf{bey.-^<^*/;^^^^^ were not to "''"y"^^ " n^^-^v ,ho was too • lISHnTlS^ti: %V^% earth him. "Sand herefore employed "ge"'" t» ^° ^" trork They were rather to pray that theae Ten miJiOe turned from the error of their > • B S^ ^ T .X, 2a P-1 ^pn so far e„«^j,iar «*s zpoJ^ M"'t?reijf" «l..^r :?"ffU8e. tf-^l"^*'"' »he„ i"' «^au \ - ■fcg.;. =***^ : be of ,„-?">»<' 'ne time, •pa,/:/'' «'asteft,r,ej ?"«='« wa, '68 aronnd r poison, i fouion of "•ected In , \ ' parishes •'«« «du- 21 « ^ rui Beauj^iiftl where/ since temperance has flourish- l^yob, attended by 289 children, hare fi^ Second, St. Gervais, where there ..^ ^ a Temperance Society and twelve schools. Ahdthird, Lisle Vertepvhich has always been famd^Uft for the temperance of its inhabitants aiid'where education prospers. The reason is plain. We know by careful_calculati6n,s/thlU the money expended for intoxioating-dfinka in each parish may be estimated, on the average, atJSl^OO per annum. Let this sum be econo- mised) and even a part of it will be enbugl^to Buppdrt education without in any respect .dinai- nishing the comfort of the people, or taking away ^rom them any thing that is necessary or useful. It. is with temperance, however,, as it is with all other social imprbvemehls— it needs the aid of public, opinion, and' the best means of turning that opinion into ll^eydesired channel is association. Let those theft who ^desire the happiness— the regeneration of their country, has„ten to form Temperance Societies after the ed^ple of Beauport and St. Gervais, and they will merit the title of benefactors of their race.^ « Intoxicating dsinks did not cost the parish of Beauport less than £1800 to -62000 la^t •year ; and this year there will not certainly bfe jElOO spent for them. The good which results from this galutary reform is incalculable in every point of view. Togive you an idea of it, I may mention, that in 1838 the habitaiis had only the means of instructing twenty.five or thirty chil- i2 /-' •1 ff^ v^ ■<^,pi^^SiAsS*> =*^ « , V f :x r ^' t R (OS '^iN ^1^ ? ^4) m^^t.. i; 'f 4. r ti< ''yT v::"^ " " ^ * ' 22 !l I f, p, . -J* a later date V».J d^'^^'^'oii." '^^ "»" •"ght of tbi S ""■ "'e flm d'7,'' « «oc%; ''©Sides ihp ivr . ^'^^nct of m1\ *°cieties arr. 'Terrebonne and % *^'' §°<«' ' «„ J f.' S'- Joh„. ' success." I "** "«'i excellent f * *''<»« to , "^'>e.«in,[,ernf "' P'»,r..a^L » ai fe£ ii ajJk^ 24 % h ^ 1 'fmperance matter,. •'onaWjr „^t • « measure which uii«.. ■'ttouffh .1. Seneral on» i ""que* •>«% in ioM- "" ''^"'""e very effi • '''"'- ^N -.S;"*- ■ '^ Paiclcircu. »^- And we Advocate ajKi ^'^« of t«^o ^ocumenej ^®''- James ^ ^'^e Tem. ^^ ^Ml oot ^' hundreds 'Meetings '^ Society ^'80 estab- '"^ espe. "•^ and of the •^ them, Conven- es pre- s were !)e in. s fs of Temperance Societies knowingly to sell grain to t distillers or brewers to be made into intoxicat- ing liquors, or to rent places for the manufac- ture or sale of such liquor., and that they ear- nestly recommend the subject to the considera- tion of Temperance Societies throughout t ho ^Province. , > « That this Convention strongly urges upon t .temperance Associations, the necessity of estab- Fl^lishing Temperance Hotels in all sections of Uie Province, and recommends all persons Iriendly to the cause of morality and temperance, to sup- port them to the utmost of their power, in pre- ference to places where intoxicating drmks are ^ « That contemplating the influence which office- bearers of churches have in those congregations to which they are attached, we deem it their duty to discountenance the use of intoxicating liquors by their precept and example ; and that the various Temperance Societies withih whose sphere of operations such official members re- side, be earnestly requested to direct their at- tention to this matter. , ,u * ♦! « « That this Convention is of opiniori, that tlie nianufacture, sale, and habitual use of intoxi- eating liquors, is inconsistent with Christian duty; and would respectfully recommend to the churches of this country the careful and imme- diate consideration of this matter. « That the importance of imbuing the young with temperance principles, calls for the most -¥ h as^^ku ^« A. 't , t >' "nl ri- "'•<' SaL,r .'"^o 'each »^?'''"'«°n do *en of ;h"P'''"«"w princfo;, ?""""">'•». «o f "That II. '"•O'ica.iog Ifcied.'?"""'' """l therefore ou^hV '"l." ^ ""git to be abo- wnsed places fo, .j^ 7 '"*"'«"" J 1,229 b ''wn-H^d place, w '"'« »f «quo„ 34/''" ^^*om ^as entrusted the I. ^'"'"'^- • L I of temperaDcc f-operaU of ^Convention do ■» of Week da '''O'oinations, t^ "P°« the chii. 'e iemperance nce stores and yanance ivit/, *'?^^topaero. **»« traffic in guard wit/, '» a l>uj5iuess [emion, pro- lan all the wtiite book *® ^ abo- giving the ^^^ mem- • 341 un. ic; 2,423 senting a digest of these reports, ttite as fol- lows:— 1st. On the agreement of the Reports respect- ing the bad efFectsj resulting from the me of in- toxicating drinks* In all the places from whicji testimony is received, the use of the poison is followed by pait, or all of the following cata- logue of calamities, viz. : severe accidents; pro- fanity; disease; Sabbath breaking; domestic misery; lawsuits; the banishment of widows and children from their homes to satiafy the claim* of the tavern-keeper ; suicide; inanity' murder; neglect of family religion ; d^rtidn of the sanctuary ; the loss of valuablefl,Kff ;^d wretchedness perpetuatec} to the third ^^J^urili. generation. (y^ Froni the reports it appears that ^venty-six person^ some in high, and useful stations, have gone down to the drunkard's grave, during the past year. Three of these were burnt to death, while intoxicated ; several were frozen to death ; several drowned; and others cdrried off by the drunkard's perpetual terror, delirium, tremens. Could we publish the gad story of each of these 76 persons, who that read it would again lift the intoxicating cup? Tremendous as these con- sequences are, in their nature as well as extent, the half has not been told. Many of the Re- ports, with a modesty for which our opponents must give us praise, in stating the evil resulis of the drinking system, say, <* it were perhaps in- Bft ■.»-*•- ■ "!^!Jiij-iK v s r 28 \, '■! stoti,.ic^o^!^e Avals „7'^/''''° "■«»-'"«'< cannot be X^ned u„.il »h 'r''V'"'"S "<>»»« day cijspiosethe^™ """'"'C light 6f th2 last 'he^ Repo"pu ^?:'lSf ' °^ T"*"' Abatinenc. %ree in- »ying'ha?2{ "k"';?'"""'^ '^'"S «' fitter Iha^ X"^^K!;-;«« i^-finitely "npreasidn is !rainin<» JL.7i- ', ^ general cause. The hiahJr^^if " H" '*'"»"• »»" »he with respect! Wco„s„™'^r'"n.?" "8""' " Ijquor /greaU;tehe7''TaiSl?'T'''« doped for want of busiri«« DnI!. .•^*-^""- " in many inslances reSi "°™«''"c c»^fort taste for rational^r^ '"'' '"ereasedXA hundreds "ho werr,S^»^.f' , '» '"^"ifested^ and the ^0°!? I™'^i°'"t'''«'"''*'ve» have been SoMfnllT "L oon«rn,ed inebriates death. Farmers «;f '!"'"f'"^<"^t'ie jaws of - the worktagof ,he?r T^ ^""f "'*' >*«<"• ■•» ' '? >>« manifesreVttTburrrkl: '"L'' '"*^' abstain from the obn^xTouTanre e t°s""'"f places the people have rali.!i r j ." »*veral been established t!™„ ^ H',' ^"^ """« have tainmenrvthere .iTnS^'^™"?* Houses of enter- of Us dX'cTvettp'oZr "^ "'"'«'" - -y pl^7a'Te Zr:S/' »«'««d '" -any I ^ ^?Y5!(^-*^T^i^-^g?^|i ^^u^g^^^it. ^-,^5'tt^-T^T3%^«i and in many in, oxicating liquors "ght of the last Ptal Abstinence. ^ mous. They all ence iainfinitel,^ m. A generaJ n favour of the \o regard it ^to^icating vern8^a^ aj6an. mestic eomfort increasedAA Miianifested 1^ t to themselves lied inebriates rathe jaws of the ^i^n in I desire be^s ;n wfcio totally^ e. In several ind there have ases of enter- bought in any (iced in many there is less ' Jiave com- oved thereto, acehadhffn 29 demonstrated to their minds. Families once distracted and impoverished, are now enjoying peace and plenty. Several distilleries have been closed as useless and hurtful. Many ministers of the Gospel, formerly opposed, have joined our ranks, and like Paul, now preach tlie truth they once persecuted. In some congregations an ardent desire is expressed -to obtain unfer- mented puieguice of the grape for the commu- . nion. A determination has been formed in many places to inquire into the present system of license. It would appear that the sale of intoxicating drinks is not necessary to' public health, and experience shows that to license men to vend « ardent spirits," &c , is to hire them to make drunkards, and spread poverty, wretch • cdness and criiie over the land. The minds of routh are implessed with the folly and danger xdrinking;;thi8 is esteemed in some places one^ the best results of the efforts in behalf oftem^ahce. Another good result frequently mentionedMn the Reports is, that some who , were once dhmkards have become successful \4vocate8 of tokl abstinence. These are the men^that cm ^eak, and therefore they are the men that aught to be heard. The traffic is be- coming disreputable. In many places where in- temperance ODCe reigned in its worst formj there is observed a hew and increasing attention to the worship ot God in the 'church. There is not one Report ))ut contains evidence of the good whif h ^V p r'n fiiples have effected. CtVil, 'I ?6 w couM not aliendlhem. * ""^^ese good "'ill^Towlk!'"^* **'""'"' fro™ agenj^ "now the general stoto „«•■■. *" "^eporis, out the country .._ ^"^ °' "■« <«use through- EwS Si-'^^r-^nee tour th, . »f «ocietie» K T"""" '"' "-e part of ,fc^i»«'- 'be teT^uS"!^"^'"'"- obtai„eM'"'^'e W^rf^""* iicense Tfc' P* ■■■« ""stinff dnint Z P^"""* Countr of Q. "^'"'e 'n formf.^^ "■"" "ot ducted bi aAS ^.l"" but «»,^anZ"«* -nd member of I P^'w»*..' fe ^J^'' ""»' con- "' a^hui-ch keep, p.^:,^';:?' PUce. . dt ,^ _ ^ It fol/oiv ccr- S«rexertion8. these good enis' reports, »»jse through. through the •Pletfed with "^ '0 some good cause, \ ^y eoer. -oce of 20 visited 23 ;I«v^red27 ' 'James to ®*'©«» pro- andcircu- ^"•acts and *o induce w wines^ persons ' without tnustnot ';in the ' •Jes and iat con- 'iace, a *« I have now completed my tour through tlie Prince Edward District, cluring which I have held 24, meetings, seen 275 pmoiis sign ^4lifi dedee of total abstinence, and obtained 26 new iubscribers to the Advocate, exclusive ot some who sent through the Post Office, and others who will soon send. ^^ ^ "^^ J"« J^?v^S since societies were first formed in this D.stnct on total abstinence principles. At present the old ground of abstinence from^ distilled spirits only, is almost totally abandoned ; there is not, I believe,oneorganized80ciety on this principle, and^but about 150 scattered members. Nearly all tW friends of our cause, although. admitting that a great amount of good has resulted from thfe operation ^f the old system, fe^l c^n^in^ ^ of th; proprietV of greater self-denial in order ?orecJmthe intemperate, and save the rising generation. Che reformation, I am convinced, is steadily gaining ground among ^U^ cla.s^. All tlie minist*»rs of the three branches of Me- thodbts, e^ht in number, in the District are teetotalers; and are advocating the cause n^ore oTts. The same remarks wil apply to t^e Presbyterians. The ministers of the Quakers particlilarly the orthodox, are also fnendlr to the causc'but from their petTuliar ecclesiastical polity, or perhaps other views, their members ieiierklly, decline enrolling themselves. The Sime remarks will nearly apply to the Disciples, a -kind of Baptists, a small but respectable so- ciety of whichexists here. Every physician in 32 "iV a^e, IS an^onathe fori,! /''*'«e on W «f temperance/ T*^^ /^'eroost in the cau^c* " Tie result of W,ca»eDc.V,» ■ bew added. " *"' "'"' 'bo" 1%00. o,em. ^ 1842 3 r ^-«-e«.ing deli' TKi^'' '» ■»««' '"o mit.ee re.olved to ,•«„':, ^ T"'*' "■« «»■»- «f o««e « previo^; "':"'' "^""""".te.d gratuitous distribution ;;«? '" """■t'on to the "euominations in Grlrt &'"'" °' *«^^«i>t ^-•••'on,tio„..„ppj;„f;'^---^ Tiie first JireniU T " ' e-Wedihis vear bv a , ^P'«'"«« «c.nic iri, 2000childrei. hwa, al.^f/ """^ ''"bou^ >» been -ne.ed ::;:2f '^-!>-«'«».a»d WWV^^'^" the Whole I > jealous ac« njer period • 'ce Edw-artl.' edged t^j, the cause*" ih 18414 -n- Cj;- ■:/■ / am) produced io a]f«i,- -if . '» ''•«»ocie«e./X^'^'.'^»««Hbe« added '"••y and agent of T J K«'"<«ng Secre- ' Society, pi^4 alf! '■"•' '''»-P«""'«e Canada West, on .e^J"", "■"■"^' ago. ,o '»'"<^''. •-ot.vithsu.ndS"^ ""^collecting .„„,, , 'aw portion of the nT, ""! '^"PatWea of a ">«'y enlisted in ttT "' Canada are ac- "■i-ion ha, resulted! foT""*"'"'^- «" about 10,500 pewon/. „ **"* ''•'"'''*«'» «o , obtained to .1.0^ con' ' """'«"'»"'«■«, -" d-ationa reS S'«" "' "■'*«»«'. ?<»"" of arrea,^. stl^' . *'' ^''•' on ac f-^d- Wel.aetL'toT'^'^''^^^«»> diate result of agencL.V''°""""'«-'''»«'e-- -840 meetings held °lf, ,!''«'''*«'' "o-ths «ie above agencTr." '^ Ab'^-ence. Of -^--'-'aine^;ra.^;t> •# 'e«ulto, viz.: ^hera added •*'ng Secre. ''emperance •''^* ago, (a Bcting tour, r uniavour-, ^thies of a daareac- use. Hia tance tra- ivered to nd names iieetings, J on afc* oimme- ' 'Jwgrcat months >er8 ^n- Je. Of ken by us aer^ -t ^ocie*Y. ir ho- grea^ r , v ■^^^ part of tlio year, whose labours, in connexion with former efforts in thatDialrict, have resulted in the establishment of 4-7 Societies, embracing 7,000 m^mbern. The Irish Roman Catholic Society numbers''5,400-2,750 of yfhoxa arc teetotalers. The Society lately formed by the Roman Catholic Bishop numbers 1,400, all tee- totalers, and in some Freiich Canadian parishes, the progress i^ even more striking : in that of /IJtgawd', for instance, we are informed there are^ 2,600 teetotalers.— The result of all thesemoye- mentj and influences, and many others which we have not space to mention, haa been most cheering. A year ago, the estimated number of teetotalers in the country was 30,000 ; at the beginning of this winter the estimate was, upon the best information we could collcct^OO,000!^ apa as the cause has been making rapid pro- gress since, and as every person gained naturally influences others, we may^ conducle that it l-j much more humcrous now, and likely to in- crease rapidly •" ' . 1843-4.— The cause advanced steadily this, year, as will be seen by the extracts from re- ports below :-^ ; ' . ^'\ f< AUbough recognising to the f«ll 0xtent -tbi 'J'-ii'" V « , H Mff' '■ k ,' \ w^ - - i' Hi"" I- ' ■I w ■ 1^ «<% for i an Agent (Mr. De Bol^ f '•'"'"^ '"•P'oyed 'he Toronto Sooieiv h« i T "" "'•ole yeir • t"ct hasenffacrpH *k , . * *"e Newcastle lli/ Pl2p5 miles, often in verv h«H ^"'■**' '^veiled ^f-eties, obtained 1627 lr''?l''""ed 170 pledge ad 623 ^r thSCfe"""i? '" '*« At no former nor.*/^^ • T**^* •riesavs— '«al«n, in CanadaS it"h ""^ '!i'""-y "' 'ee- hundred and twenty .hon.«n^ f'""' "e »re a may safely be mZed^'^'^ 'iTK ^'' '»"' V> 'wge a body, plel«J T; 'B® '"fluenoe of alnt wenee: «. «.«„,ib.y fa,t .„d — p ' '3^;-' W: Ifoice in dig, «ays the ve been un- its to. keep in, the fieW, *nd impor- great defi- >y the em. , ^e district 1 on has, for employed \ •ole year; r. fiungay astle Dis- ^ieghorn ; by Mr. (lave em-' rear. !„ ^ ent forth ' he whole oHecting in which travelled ited 170 to • the i says — of tee- ^earea ret thi« ence of tinonoe lid pal- 37 pably plain ; else why, I ask, .do those yho re- fuse to join us— instead of denouncing y aa uUraisls, or pretending pity for our insan^at- tempts at the final overthrow of the demon^s reign—ofier a variety of flimsy excuses, obje« tions which hiive been a thousand time» refuted, and then close by saying, < It is a good cause, I wish it well, but ray niiDd is not yet made up to join/ Yes, well may ;Our conquering hosts exult, wliether retrospectively or prospectively, contemplating the work to be accomplished or already done. Oh! the multitude of broken ""hearU now bound up-^starving, ragged and ignorant children now provided for— wretched homes made comfortable— ruined characters re- gained — shaken constitutions >estored — pro- strated energies quickened— seared consciences convinced— hard hearts melted— many, very many who were far oflf, have been,, from a change of circumstances and associations effected through the adoption of the pledge, brought nigh, and are now * rejoicing in hope of the glory of ^ God.' And what a prospect lies be- fore us, iven « an open door which no man can - shut,' nay, nor the * gates of hell* shall not be able to prevail against us while the God of Jacob is our trust, and the Lion of the tribe of Judah is on our side. I would not be understood to say that all our societies are prospering, but I do say the majority are. The systematic and -tyelH«eeuted arrangements oL-moat of them produce a two-fold effect : first, the stability of -f", *- 1^^^- .',' I' .*.j ■■•" ^' . las m» . %"* ' '*«"■«' place fl„,i ^ ■ ^' ^° straight Prw° A^^P »}• Pledse^ r «r^' ' I">^d, help '*»' bft ^r&r"" P'-«'ai's to a 'ttf'"™ ^^V^ed ,0 prove it tofcr'""*- ^ «"-'«"- ,^»te™ir ;■;-'• i^^ - "»^aft #-''• ^ of emploll inisards still ^^ are tho- 'odregene. 250 driinfe. '^^'"g^, and '^"ce with roved cir- ro straight -ordjielp ' appetite or Water '^'de from ?»-eat ex- ™'^y and ' endea- abit and - design ardand claims^ %ment P^ that al, but a^gra- rvates s that heart. 39 Heaven? Surely hell is its birth-place and^tlie^ devil its progenitor. * Fools make a mock at sin; and no wonder: but how can temperance men treat with levity and indifference, a subject, the transcendant importance of which consist:* in the fact, that « drunk£nness\is adammng «n. « It is a cheering fact, that all the mimsters of the Upper Canada Conference and Episcopal Methodirti-a majority of the British Wes- leyans. New Connexion and Primitive Metho- dists, also of the Baptist, Congregational and United Secession Church . Ministers, are tee- totalers. A larger number of members ol '^ churches are noW united with^is— the remainder will also, it is to be hoped, join in the course ol a short time. A Provincial Convention is highly approved of. A Provincial Union is also re- commended to be formed at the Convention, embracing the interests of the whol« Province, having a large general committee, and a """"^I executive committee, who might publwh the Mvocate, employ a Provincial agent, and if possible obtain Dr. Sewell's plates, to be sua- pended in every public Institution, Academy, and College in Canada.'' ^ " During my tour through the Home District, ^VJ another agent, " I have visited thirty-two societie8,^^icihembrace.^,256 members ;^^ travelled 300>iles, delivered 33 addresses, ad- dressed about^eoOO persons, and rj^me4^^^ ua m cs to th e plodge ^^ ^^I' ^^'^J^^ W^ut of efficient lecturers, are declining s^dly, \ '-'■» xQ**-o — ^ Provincial T« ..'■on. called b^ ihe Mo„ LST"?'* ?'"'^'^»- • "ported was „„|„ He"", ,»*"'"''• """ "■e Delegates were ve , f!" i^'"^'^ «^' '*'"' W^"' «'«' •" 'he seTond .1 ""'*'«' column -"mated tfrey wouWhlvetT *"''■■' "^"^ ported full ._ ^ ^'ood had all re- . > .' . \ ,'-■■■ Kemlt of Reports |->e,«.T ;,^,e„, . 3,838 £runkardi. " V ' • • 5,175 ""»'">•'"•■ '^H^y- mo Estimated results . fo>tlie 150,000 15.000 . ' 50,000 \ .4-?.- ! / * - n upandde- ave occurred J» abstinence 'n the toirn- torn ton's ac- I have been [s associated ■» 'itf labourji ^- J. Koaf, are appre- 'e city, and Bomplished eConven- , 9. was held ieties^hat 600, and e tbe re- ^ colunin as it ivas I all re- 6<1 results (he ''ovince. to ■ <> ' One of tl)e chief objects in holding this Con- vention, was the formation of a Canada Tem- perance Union ; but, so great was the difference of opinion on several important points, that the cohsideralion of this business was uidefinitely postponed. .1 The Committee of the Montreal Temperance iociety, in the hope of calling more attention to the Temperance cause than has yet been be- stowed upon it, took the liberty of presenting an address to the Governor General, vyhich was very graciously received. In the course of cpn- versation with the Committee, His Excellency made some very valuable statements and re- iriarks, which ought not to be lost. In eulo- gizing Temperance, aftd showing the uselessnegs of intoxicating drinks, his Excellency stated,* that " during his residence in India there was not a case of drunkenness amongst thp native troops, who in fact used no intoxicating drinks^ and yet were remarkable for their health, strength and activity. He was also deeply impressed with fhe importance of the revolution which the Tem- perance reformation was calculated to produce in every department of social economy." The RecoldtDg S e cretary writes;-- ' :_. 1 *±. «< Well may it be inquired, * Watchman, what >4*" ^ .hi£„L.i|kl la^^ i'^^jj ansivi •^r, 66,000 are ™.i T'*''^« 5 of this n..m •uteen year, ^f agf Thf 'pf/ ''«"» «'" 'o Montreal Teinpefe„~.^ tow cause .rgraduanrT"'''''"'' « »he t^ 'Wiwe business is to m^' "f '"*'- « »% fo^ »ent time, under tJ,--.?' "'"•* '*'>o at tlie n^' "e-ders. and u,^« V5«|!'"«" »f "«.n«fatU^ of avarice. copid% * ^j'"/,?" "''Wo thepowS pund and press g^ v!o.o,f .""•""' '» "=4 Ws «Ws year says-! ■''^""^""'P-^nt Society • " T/ie want of « tn.,^n- ' "^ "wce has been Ie« felt n "^^ "«*»' WOi for 'ro- ^'atfict and other Aaso- '.yf-^ 43 'generalre.- tours, and t'g'nforma- concerDinrf jre 150,000 'this num- 00 female . ^^n five to dopted by * J^niver- reqiainiAg '«:6» to ge- on^ofthe' ^« at oDce Tiie in- 1 the tee- hougJi4t w^ily foe, the pre- ^aturers, e power ^eep his Society ^ro- praise- AsiSo- their respective localities with much vigour and luc^. %o,ne of these D^t^'Jf ""Stlt ° ch particularly distinguished, were .t »f 'J«' »' «^ mention of them on our part might appear in- vidious towards olhcrs, who have, perhaps un- known'to ua.been-equally faithful. ■ -. •° The. best thanki of the Committee are due to zealous and indefatigable friends m vanou. parte of the country, who have greatly increased ?he previous lis(ts from their respec ive Ioc»l"'«'- ' In -other places again, » la™«»»»"« ?|r";y 'P' nears to reisn. We would respectfully 8agg«»t n"«n to ou' "-"""y Wends which, where.t LsTeen adopted, has worked ad""'"?' '«;• to obtain the aid of « Comm.ttee^f larf«« m Drocnrine subscribers for the Advocate. \ •^ « Replrteof other societies in Canada, s^far as received, have been published in the^dw- Satt, stating that nothing of very marked int^ T^l has taken place throughout the country, .f w1 except a remarkable revival in Sherbrooke, Cantda Etat, and the rapid rise of the Indepen- deTorder ofBechabites, which, so far as it promotes the temperance cause, is deserving of ""M^lJJIJ'^'conaning ourselves to sperfcjng .nd writing against the licence system^ and the trafflc, wewouW earnestr, recommend that active efforrt be made throughout the length and breadth of the Muntry to soperwide them by the/sstab- Ua hmeot o t temperance hou s es, t h n proYimp g -^ ' tt < ■■;■<■ V, ground gai„V»o^5 b^^|"»^»«5?/''«« . I "a,o W 'hefioIdof.,avelLr;e„t ' r'''''^^ «od extending of tJ,p„,' "^ *""»■'>'"« '<««' societies and un " •"" "'^"''"d on <•- «mi.ed pen I'rr' T! "' '""'"' »""" "derable advan.ag^ T^ '"""■*" "■"' con- states— " '^""''•e*' Beport. «?:«gf» of intempenuThF' •"»"»«ch as t^ ^«^f"'fflS«L^^^^^^^ "re^P»P"'a"t2Ut' "'"''"^'■'f--- al! % of 'Pe?Atf{^1: l"^"*^ "oth. ■ "'•excq.tion of t^^C^'^J^' y««r. »tt .y"" lro« Pft ih«-5*^ M«^*!»i ■' ■ :.v^.-^^^•■p■:;:*^.. ■ '■■■■'I- - -■':;■ ■•':■-' Hoice loiefetias been follow^ t a ^ r^^^^^ emrfoyed travelling agents daring the P^» J'" ^ith an encouraging me.«.« of ?"«<=5^' "•^^'y* . _: Gore, Home an^l Simcoe, Miaiawd, Johnrtown, Bailiurst, . Newcaitje. ■ 5 irMTh last, a n- organiz^^n w»cg- menced at Kingrton called a '.^'^^J'^^^ ranee Society,' for the purpose "f ""P^^'je '*'* moraVcondition of the tailor, on he great J^k«*.. We Kkve not heard of the results. In Toronto > anew Temperance Hall is in conroe of erection. ?he Corner rtone of which was laid on the 5th Oct^^r Vast, with much ceremony, and under vetv favourable circumstances. j :« ^« A & Auxiliary Society was fo™f '»- June Ust, its object being to recl,,m the .ntem- .«rkte. and to rel eve the necessities oir the re O "^riate. A.v«Uing c6mmW.e. con- sirttnit of fifteen ladies, was appointed, wno dffi the city into sections, for thepirpoM of 4S as many families, shops, &c.. a. possible. rf^cUwi^<^ocates have been distribu ed, and *'*"'•""..".. J «,hii>h we trust will not be 7 conversations hcM, which we »r ^^^^ altogether unavaihng. 1 be ^^'^ r* u thev thev are generaUy well received, although they _ _ J^mwt V much to discourage them. . V I^'-IloWin writes — ^ ^ ^, V "In the order of.a kind Provide^^^^^^^ j • / ?«"e8on the pla.for7,?rf"''''''' "'"' «Weadvo! '"« 938 nam'e* to^bf'' ,f;;''<'e«'dcd in obteL. ^I5_13g. for the MvocL^i^'^r^ «o«eoted fir better ,„cce«:C^./«<>"Wl.8ve„fel,ed "?« districts weU orgaS ^^ v'^' '" S^""""; To^nship,^ and the fri!nH^ '*"*' ""^ Oo^ termined (osive (h» ,. "'''' ^PP™' to be d» " dn-ven fro^'tele^f,?^'"^ "<' "j'^ter untut ' "> --eceive a plan kr renewed ^r'''"'"'"^ Perance cause. The ^^ . *"" '" *''« Tem- and submitted plans for th ^"7 "*'' "■" ""'«». ♦the Society. th^L t J '^"'^ "P^""'-"" o^ ■•ancetracts-thecitvU ■ '"""'■Tempe. "•n.o -arda-and eveL filr r?' '" «•« "-Med . *W'«ra appointed foT S ^ '* "" '■''™»''«d by f ..\ V as agent ich time I ant^ was [bleadvo- in obtain. colJected ^e wisiied a" under ™ motion ' expect er of all i the la- district. ;eneral ; •e front be de- , intil lie meet- Jmbly, Tem,- rules, ns of pub- mpe- ided i by CO- ^ in this work, and it was hoped that their influ- ence would be powerfully cjftrted in promoting thiseflfort. ■ . -^ '■'"■'P ■' '&'''-^ The Montreal Juvenile celebration this year ^s honoured with the presence of the Governor General, who addressed the ehildrcn in the most encouraging manner. ^ In the upper part of the Province there ap- pears to be a dSiposition to effort— especially at Whitby, Toronto, Gobourg. Perth, and some other places of importance. At Niagara a new Tem- perance paper has made its appearance, called the « Fountain:' the winter season being the rtiost suitable time for effort, it must remain for anothe^r opportunity, to record the success of the current year. ■--'T "- - . CHAP. V. ,: ;■ ■ - • Incidental Benefits iii2rtg out of the TemperanceRefor- mation-Hydiopathy-Rcchabism-Ioaurance Compa. \ niea on Temperance principlcs-SacraracnUl Wme (Question, &c. &c. &o» - HYDROPATHY } OR, HYDROATRU. i^ We may here just nofice an event ^^j^^^J^ plaee in 1 8 42, t ha t may i n s o mo moixmre open */ i , V,. t\ ' / X 48 •yes of the public to their Prr„ • b'e»ing8 of cold waler aldT '" '*J"*"''« «•« Vid element i„,£S^;J-'^!.--f. he measure unfit for h,.^« ^^® '^ ^ gi^at - JveofGe™a:;iE-^;»'»e«.„.. •Juced, with good effer. ' "^ "'"*' '"«• ">'">- i "«"r,as a me.h^':f^':f"""^r''««er. . Elabo„.teintbr.,aUo,S2 rrt'''^^^- . overrinto Enriand »„ i * * '^'' '"■»"g'« -'heaa,ep£j^:-^''„^it...i^,. We proceed ta notirA *h^ • totalism-IameX *" """""'«'"■ ^^'th Tee- / acquainti with the ^1^*^ '"'""'P'^^ ^o thote ' 'niportance to the 1«|J^ " '* "'^ "Serial have a Benll^^"* 7» '^'^^^^n of cold V^d exter- diseases. n brought PubJished' stitiitions . th equal a very lined in th Tee- ibite or th(«e* work- aterial Aould - ^ case from which hia family may 49. draw a small* imifiediale provision in case of his death . This subject has attracted the attention of those concerned in it in Great Britain for a considerable length of time, and Benefit Societies of various kinds have sprung up in all villages and districts of the land. One 6hormous root of evil, however, in these institu- tibns lay in the prevailing drunkenness of the members; the waste of the CommiUees through the use of strong drink at their meetings ; the im- practicability of the drunkard making his regular *)eriodical payments ; and all these causes orde- strbction were rivetted by thp arcumstance of the publicans for their own interest— finding it expe-- dient to act as the instigators and founders of most of these dubs, to be held at their own houses, where the imperatiye drinking usages, rules, footings, and customs of the club, renderei| the total ruin of the institution in multitudes of cases inevtoe. All this fearful mass of evd and confJsipn has been to * certain extent reme- died by the institution of Rechabite Tents, which are Friendly or Benefit Societies called by th^ name and founded on teetj*^ principles, and for the use of teetotalers alpne; and the breaking of the teetotal pledge and ^ban4oninent pf its m M I I I -i"^ 60 nature is thus :1. ^ ^ ® pennanent over and biidL 2 T\ "'"' *«•"»«•«"». temperance cause. "" «^'^«'' «» Ae national ^gether, and formed a St ! ^T ""''^ Society; b„t as it ^a' d^Lfi, "*""" ^"""fi^ «>e benefit of such 7LT, - ""^"'""^"^ ' « ^s determined, t^r°r '° f "'^ P'^oe". ' tional Society, on the 1 . ,' ^'^"'* " ^a^ all %.evil conseqnencea „»« ^ ' f«e/rom '"eir being conneSSl^,? """■« ''«"» " from the dHnking hablof S T "' '^'"' •-periority of an insti „!; i'rtheT^"- ^"^ =" Association, the member of 17."**' *''^''«' 'o the p«vai,ing drint;hawra'n1 "T "t"^ must conseqnenUT b^ m„7u ' ^ '*''°* f""* '■»«<»«ic«ting liquorsTjl '"" *^ «*« "^ of -^. / iiege of fie- »re of wh^t permanent teetotaKwn, incident to onsiderable lie national 5rst united tal Benefit to extend er places, sh aNa- lent priii- free from 'ingfrom 8 as well -ro. The :; ; ^pendent similar ' tddicted ' « funds for the ! use of 51 ineurted so ftequently by the untimely dea*8 of druntorfs, is at once apparent. Then the ad- vantagea «icured to to Association .n the shape of attention and teliefin sickness, the enjoyment of brotherly wigard at periods when most need«J. and the consciousness that the w.dovv and or- phan wiU enjoy the fraternal affection of the Brotherhood, are strong inducements to many to unite in it. ■■ ' ' \ ■[■ ■"■•■' ■■'':■ ■ ■ tIFE ABB MAW!»E ASSURAHCi. ^ Another highly important institution in con-^ necUon. with Teetotalism has been est«bhshed.~^ We refer to the United Kingdom Temperance Provident Institution fo^ mutual assurance^of lives, annuities for old age, endowments for cM- dien. and deposits of money to accumulate as^ the Savings' Banks. This Society '« >to^^ uader Act of Parliament. As the value of te^. total life is greater than that of ordinary l.fe, rt has been judged proper to take advantage of tha Circumstance and to instiiute the above named Society for the exclusive benefit of those who^ abstain from alcoholic liquors, and who, m con- sequence, may be fairly presumed to have^ the - means of availing themselves of .ts benefits. Vj h ■■>'' ■',*::..:%:.■■ i ■? li "H . w*i -Ki ..f»e»*'Wpwr*^'»r'W«'i 62 N V of this insticulion shows L """ "*P»« , than thirty ^, certLh • '"r^" "'" "" '<"» "•■•urns, and i„ Tot r '" "" "'"'"^'"» P'e- clailhs by del Jr °?'"^ """»^«' The • •'«'« only Zj£"f,*^ «"'>•'««' yean have ^ported at:„;^t'=i;7/f: f" '*^" - ""der that of la," yL T ' *' "*"' '^ ««" ■office, dunvr^^.'^rr'L"''""*^' : testimony to the 8..,i»ri ./ !.^ y**"*' "a strong vention," and fntiji l"*^"' " '^»'^'''« Con- dial support of 7^f JT"'^" "^ "•* «<«- of science, ft , 1,1"*"''^/ '«'»P«'«"'«' and «on w,II fori ' . .""'""^' **« «»«« '•netitu- «ale«i„ ikellr"'"''?''!''"''^''* «<> «e««o- have done ""'' "' *« ««=habite Societies , A merchant says. « A hn»# «• l>elavan waited Zn to^ ?'"' ^""T^"' **-•• ' nies in New Yorlr n! i ^"^^ranoe^Compa- ««ablished ail""' 1 «^r' T^'"*'" -» - 'kep^miUmoTveLlld " ' P«' ^'e-t of - n vessel and cai;go, at the compte. t ■ , / » I- \ tion of the voyage, in cases when vessels were sailed on Temperance principles. The working of this plan has beeiv, that ship-owners and ship- masters have been generally induced to conduct their vessels on Temperance principles, and, a great improvement is manifest in our seamen and shipping. By adding IP the dividends wehave paid for the last eigi^ars (the period in whi- vi^, that it is botb to use^CQholic SacraiiK 54f uhs&ript)ira] wine in the administrati inexpedient «nt%f , he Ld«i>8 Supper. Tl* \-- 'ion of the . P-Pe, for „,foWd drunU' ;Xtt "" - e^«el3r desi^ble i„ the view^l .tiH" persons, i . : c t "^^J inking "■'■■''■ . - ■- .^ ^"^^^ 0R6ANI2ATI0KS. . • ness and death with total abwmence^I ouiers , and last, though not feast, the coloured people are coming to the re8c,«. Ja ; """^ "'#5 ■■ ) \ ''#" ;.^ M- '. ^expedient tionoftHe There arc iKariy im^ the Sacra- toxicating this prac- avemade the vine" * thinki ing s, «lVe societies, of sick- 'here are perance, d a host 5<>Ioured forming brothers ■A-. W ■;.»>■ A, ,, .V ;■ >,# is Nr \ • «•• - . ■- i ' i V ■♦■^ . / ' "'* « ♦ V S^' ."- • ' *i -TT" 114- ' i hi f .#^ i if m f Tii! ducted b/^^.'t.io'i' but I/ani^^«* and member off P«««w»*..' fo ^J^ ''"'»» con- «''«' of ,ch„^eh ieep3 p^-'.'lf'- place. .