Buckeye Self-Sharpener Lectures Crowd on Temperance

Ohio, 1845

"Hallo! Merchants, clerks, grocers, landlords, bar-keepers, loafers, and drunkards — come up." Such was the exclamation made by an individual who stopped in the middle of the street last Thursday afternoon.

A crowd immediately gathered around, out of curiosity to see what 'crazy loon' it was that should interrupt the tranquility of our street. But curiosity was shortly turned into downright pleasure, for it was soon discovered that it was no other than Mr. Fiester, the Buckeye Self-Sharpener, the great Temperance Lecturer.

He lectured to an audience of some 50 or 60 for about an hour, meeting with some opposition from two or three persons who were evidently enjoying the bliss of being 'three sheets in the wind,' and who were unwilling to have their rights and privileges attacked in such a sudden and unexpected manner.

Mr. F. lectured in the Methodist Church that evening to a crowded house, and the next day in the afternoon, to the Temperance Convention, which happened then to be held. — X. Y. Z.

—Huron Reflector, Norwalk, Ohio, Aug. 19, 1845, p. 3.