Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1882 — Temperance. [ARTICLE]

Temperance.

No other town in the St Re, of its size, has a better attended or mere c nhusiastic temperance society than Rensselaer. Last Satmday evening the society met in the court house and the programme as published in The Republican last week was carried out. First on progiamme was a song by the choir. And let us say right here that the society owes much of its success to the excellent singing and appropriate selection of songs. Short speeches were made by S. Haley, ffm. Beck, A. Thompson and N. J. York. Miss Florence W ood declaimed a piece with much spirit and earnestness. 0. L. Price was next on the list for a declamation, and when called he came forward and began ” They arc taking me to t!ie gallows. mother, And Uiey’lt hang me till I’m dead”— and, we suppose, the thought of what might be, or the fear that he might not declaim quite so well as Miss Wood, so illustrated him that he forgot what came next, and after a vain attempt to recall the words, remarked that “lie had a good thing if he could omy think of it,” and took his seat. After a song by the choir he came forward and gave a splendid. rendition oi “the murder of Allen Bane.” Quite a number signed the pledge, and judging from . the attendance an ; uuerest manifested it is not difficult lor a stranger to determine how the people of Rensselaer stand on the temperance ci 4 ue uior.