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A~TEMPERAWOB FAIR,Work €I the W. C. T, U. at'tbe Onondaga / Exiumuiiz).JSWfJor (\f tho.8tamlard;'Ig'may, not bo generally known that the ofUcoraoftho Onondaga Agricultural Society very kindly gvo us pottnlBtrtpn to put up our tonton tbc raft* ground to. distribute) drinks of bright sparkling water and distribute temper. anco literature—adding to tholr gonorosity by giving complimentary tickets to tlie committee. having this matter in charge. We folfc the morn anxious to do justice to this kindness, astliid iti tho ilrafc Instance in the hiatocy o£ the Onon*daga County Fait hold under what may bo called tempo run co ant id com—the bill prohibiting tho BOlIinE of intoxicating drinks at lairs throughout the fiJtat© only becoming a hiw lust winter. Wo aro of ton told that prohibition PwMW^-let UH BW. At the fair Inst lall JUtcon policemen wuro detailed lor Horvirm on the ground and it is said they. were kept buay, .Thisyea? there wore but throe men for time service. This year ■ at *1 o’clock oil Friday afternoon, the lust day of the fair.but three arrewtu for dnmkcmiow were rcpcirtodaml it was a- common remark that u ' iViorfci orderly, gon.ri-imturcd crowd were never ‘assembled on tne J’uIr ground in the memory of tiio'otricit inhabitant.”MojkUuL tho day before the fair, any quantity oC heer wan brought on the ground and drunknil day, mid bonaw'wore, made Hint It would hojuild every day of the fair; Tuesday i minting six pliui.ee opened whore beer could bo^ot—ano where H was pushed through :i Jiuio In the tfiuca—but our temperance women were on tho .Uni t and though they thought thumHolvus wondrous cunning, live of thorn wore onb by one ioi'tctod uut and obliged to clone up. -Oni; lushl out. olidming that ho was outside of.tho LWJ yards that the law leijuireK, and it w;i* not I until actual measure mount wore inside by our I gentle frigntl* shewing time he v.;»s '• oulv IPS jinccK outside I lie fair ground*.! nticl lujcidnmn memrtgc* ax changed m 11 nilIroiji jiolicu heaiiuimruu'*. and rlmdly t-hiil thepresident of our: of our Won ion’s L'mons will's! mi ilie Idili'f of I'ullun ;i)id laid the 111 utier he-loro lii 111 in nil detail*, Hint the Too wm dually vuutuil. , ., Our e;lsk«i’lciMvatoj'wasHhr.»iiilly puirouizeil, thuiitfiuds if pagus of tionpunntim IILimiiiuio were cU.drlbnted, jilmoKt Invariable thankfully received, many ctmoiiraging rum arks bn our work nmrlo to na and in our hearing, and with tired bodies but thankful hearts thill we are pennltlcd iLHlmt’e in the work nC I lie uarloifs mleiupMon from the curse of strong drink. w« record us the result of our experiences ar. the Ohohdaga CounLy Fair thac prohibition duca prohibit. , W. l\ T. U.Hyracws, September!!».
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Syracuse Daily Standard
Syracuse, New York, US
Sat, Sep 29, 1888
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