It was on the occasion of the visit of Barnum’s great menagerie to this city on the 28th of June that the ladies of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union struck a telling blow for temperance and reform by organizing an immense temperance restaurant to accommodate the crowds of people who gathered in from the country to visit the menagerie, thus preventing them from visiting the saloons and groggeries, where they would be exposed to temptation. The mammoth tent, capable of holding five thousand people, used by the Michigan Conference for camp meeting purposes, was tendered for the occasion. Beneath this immense canvas temple were erected fifteen or twenty tables for the accommodation of guests. {4T 275.1}

Det var på foranledning af Barnums store menageri i denne by den 28. juni at damerne fra Kvindernes Kristne Afholdsunion slog et godt slag for afholdenhed og reform. De organiserede en enorm sundhedsrestaurant for at huse de mange mennesker, der kom fra landet for at besøge menageriet og forhindre at de besøgte saloner og drikkesteder, at de ikke udsættes for fristelser. Mammutteltet, der kunne rumme femtusinde folk, brugt af Michigan konferensen til lejrmøder, var egnet til denne lejlighed. Under denne enorme teltdug blev der rejst femten, tyve borde til at beværte gæster.