THE FEILDING CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1879. THE LATE MEETING.

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THE FEILDING CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1879. THE LATE MEETING.

Thb meeting held on Thursday eyeyiing ;to discuss the; question whether it is :desirable td h>ve more publicihouses '• la Fwilding is destined, we think, to- be 'produciive df t good results. The meeting traa one. qf the. most, numerous .and : "enthusiastic ever held m Feil4inj?. Sir WitiiAM 'Fox detivere^aii earnest apcj • eloquent address on the v eyils of intemperance, carrying" his . audience with him -Ri^vCpnti'ast of thft.teejtotal'Statesi of Maine and Vermont ip America with tHe Old Country was /cry telling, aud Ins answer to the objections raisod against the prinoiples. ; he adyqi J cates, full and., conclusive. ., ; . Mr. ; Ha.lQOMpE followed "m ;v speech full of "ftanfiib.le remarks of a", practical .rather' ftia^'^Hebitetical fiature; "' '■ This is a phase i of the question which we: venture to thinlc -has been too much overlooked ?by the. earnest and enthusiastic apostlee of -l»n\per>uce.' quits agtee with Mr &jllcou£b tb>t thU.hest; way'bf checking the growing evils of intemperance is by : providing altrartionu. ■Take Feilding for instance, without -ai Club, without a Library^ whafc is there calculated, to weattUa man from the aljlurement of the publia-house P >;None whatever. We> all know that laboring men require i relaxation ot '-'some kind," ? and' wherjj* no other nifcans of iunpeent recreationexist^,; recourse; is naturally rhad to the public-houseV 'rT-lia practical \ suggestion .offered by MiN^HiiooMaß ' (will, ;sr.e. fee'lyisure. ; commend itself to ievery^re2ectii?g-- person: m tjie district. |" Th^e drinking ikMis of our irac>^' a s Iwellas the' eVfls _whj(*K follow m thsir Hrain, as/ certainly as night follows the l.day, a/e.freely admiUe,d by all, an.d the^ j .question hpyp 'thetse best be . cbjaek^il' ! |and ayarted has p£<l»te increasirfgiy en■gaged the attention of our philanthi;opistfli. We believe that.the most powerifulagen,t|or achieving this dejir^d'end will ,%^that sketcb«d by namely 'by establishing a Toffiperance^ ;Hpt«l, ait vattietjGlyLhj jsj^,^fer the 'labors of tHe clay %ere ovet; y oiihg men wo.ttld . be v able to enjoy, innocent or instr.uctive.recreation without being subi ject $0 $? influeiice pi coutaminatiin^

suiTounclings. That such an institution vfoulcl. be duly appreciated,- and • met-t with adequate support, cannot, for a moment be donbted; There are hundreds of young meu who spend on the average £20 a year m drink without corafortj who would, be only too glad to pay their £2 to £3 a year to b'p able to enjoy .a nice quiet .game at chess or rlraughLs m the lon'vj winter evenings, or a read of the leading Home and colonial papers. -Tlie scheme is well 'worthy the attentionfof tli6^e". wko lfare the welfare of the tovrn and district :-at heart, and we hope .to sec ; a large at- . tendance at the meeting 'on Saturday night, when interestins; details will-no .doubt be fnrnished;v Those who enjoy comfortable homes, surrounded with M usuries, though not requiring such a retreat'v as the one m contemplation, should not stand aloof, but should.aid !with ' their subscriptions and .patronage a project which, m our opinion, is calculated to do far more good thah ; anjthing hitherto started m Feilding. ;