A Cold Water Raise

A COLD WATER RAISE.

Prohibitionist in 1830 Had Difficulty Raising His House.

A raising without whiskey- William C. Lemmon when erecting his house in Lima in June, 1830, carried out the principle of temperance so far as to state that whiskey should not be supplied to his neighbors, who assisted in raising the building. The men who aided in its erection brought the walls up to the floor when they demanded the customary drink. This Mr. Lemmon refused, presenting a substitute in the shape of water, which was not accepted. The men retired, and it was not until the subsequent week that the work was finished and only then at the solicitation of Gen. Asa Williams, who explained to the people that Mr. Lemmon's family should not suffer on account of the parent's fanaticism.-Chelsea Standard.