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Lee     .livered at the Oregon Engine house No. 3,    Vard, Milwaukee Sunday evening Jan. 11, 1   , by I A. Lapham.
Ladies and Oontlemen--
A desire to comply with     -easonabl..
quest of the president of this "Oregon Tumperanee League," to
do ighbor, as a finnd, to you and to the imporpan
cause in which you ,ed? and a desire, at least, to at
tempt  all the good I can rather than any consciousness of abil:
to instruct, interest or even to amuse you, are the motives that
have decided me to appear* before you on this occasion.
Should any of you receive additional c    ye or inducement to
pe       Ln the t ■ virtue     .mor,
ace and happiness, both here and hereafter, by anything I can
say or do on this, or any other occasion, it shall  certainly be
ally and promptly said and done.
Unaccustomed as I am, hi blic speaking, you
must not expect, that -what I have to say shall be in the most graced
ful style of oratory? or oven with a pleasing and agreeable mann
of delivery.  I shall only claim credit for hon     of purpose and
sincerity in all my s taternentsi.
After what has been ;    ited to you from     desk on
iQ;' occasions, I  need not attempt to show the deleterious effects of ' alcohol ic drinks upon trie physical     nzation and constitution oe'      man bo. y? Jets upon the moral
and     pons nature oJ     soul ?*jfl© !■_*.- the disastrous effects upon
business afffairs, the p     y or estate of individuals.. Tries-