Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1894 — HONOR TO NEAL DOW. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HONOR TO NEAL DOW.

His Ninetieth Birthday Is Celebrated with Great Pomp. Neal Dow, the great temperance lecturer, Tuesday celebrated his 90th birthday, and the event was celebrated

throug ho u t the civ ili ze d world. Exeter hall in London rang with praises of him, and every temperance organization in the ■United States did as well pay tribute to the aged reformer. In Portland, the home of ( en. Dow, the c i ri c

authorities, the churches and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union united in celebrating his 9Gth birthday. The Governor of the State and several of Maine's Congressmen assisted in the celebration. In the West noted workers had charge of the celebrations. The English gatherings were presided over by the president of the British association, Lady Henry Somerset. Gen. bleai Dow was born in Portland, and early in life began his career as a temperance agitator. He was among Maine's first soldiers to respond to the call of duty and achieved renown on the battlefield as well as in the forensic arena. It was in January, 1850, that he took the office of Mayor of Portland, on the first temperance platform ever made the occasion for a successful political fight. In August of the following year ne had the satisfaction of seeing his years of agitation crowned by the adoption of the Maine prohibitory liquor law. From this time he was known as the father of the prohibition law and followed up his agitation in almost every State of the union, with comparatively little success, as the results have shown. Gen. Dow lives a rather secluded life, his son attending to almost all his correspondence.

NEAL DOW.