Th e late John B. Gough.
..'■ The toilpwing is f rom "Men of the ; Time":— •••CJdugl.^hn' lß., Spprn at Sandgate, Kent, Auefust 22, ? 1817. In i 829 he emigrated tO:NewTork,4earned^ the trade of a book-binder, and fell into habits -of intemperance. In October^ 1842, he was jndiieed , to aitend^ 'a'temperance meeting/ Here he' took the pledge of abstinence, and soon began publicly to advocate the principle* ( i> His - reputation ag an, orator spread- thtough the United Slates and, Canada, and reached Engjand! In 1858 the. London Temperance League invited him » to visit Great Britain. The visit, intended to isist only six weeks, was protrafcted'td two years; during which he advocated 'the cause 01 temperance throughout the island. He then resumed:: his labors, m America.; In 1857.be again, .came to England, and lectured with, still greater^ jsuccess until iB6O, when fie 'returned v t6 America. He now began to lecture on iotlie'r" topics witH JEfreat success, acquiring a large income,, and' having an elegant ;residense'ffear { Worce3ter,-Ma3s¥ch"'dsßttß. ;'ln 1846 he published his "Auto-bio-:gi:aphy,"^n4 .afvofiujfe of j* Orations " m 1854. livte73- hp announced* that he was about to leave' the field 'as a public lecturer '; but he has subsequently ap> appeared at intervals down to 1878, when he again visited Eripland\
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1670, 29 March 1886, Page 2
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208The late John B. Gough. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1670, 29 March 1886, Page 2
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