How The Word "teetotaler" Was Coined

The late Rev. Joel Jewoll, of Troy, ■ Pennsylvauin. is said to have , natetl the word "teetotaler." The story goes that a public temperance ' meeting in Hectoi-, New York, in 1828, he introduced into th epledge the let"0. P." for "old pledge," wliich pledged against distilled liquore, and "T" for "total" including both distilled and i'enmented liquors. Wheu names ■weve be:,ng toJcen a young man lu tn the gallery said : "Add my name and 'T,' for I am T-totaler." Mr. Jewell adopted t.ho won-d in speeches and writiwg. Some four yenrs later ao Engi:luuan named Dick Turner cmployed tíiie word, and its orisin bas al-o been claimed for 'him.- June Tadiies' Home Journal.