Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1830-01-28

The society Ia NJ present rxerting through the me.
dium Of i,s branches ecicn, agency in tho cause
Of temperance by the distribution Of Tracts and the
collection Of statistical information Il 10 hoped tina,
tho time 10 not Gar distant when every family In the
county will be presented with Of these kind mon
tors and (what Ia already done In eomc places thai
this distribution will DO periodically repeated. An IN.
tcrcsting item Of statistical information WINS n, the last
meeting communicated by the delegate from Goshen.
The amount Of distilled spirit rc,aed in that town d..
ring the last ten years Ind been asccrtaincd TO be
36 400 gallons; the expense Of which was $20,Ol7.-
Allowing this to have been the quantity actually con.
sumed by the inhabitants of the town, (which Ia Ger
,ainly moderate csmaic,) VIC find the average M.
nua tax they have thus paid Tor the destruction Of
morals and health to be above $1,000 ia sum which
was asccrtnined TO DO S95 81 year more than MI
their ordinary taxes. Dividing this expense by 1886
the population Of Goshen at tho Ias, censusit ap-
pears tina, the yran, Alcohol has laid annual con-
rbu,on upon tina, people, Of about 81 G3 to every in
divlduaI, for ten years in succession.
Allowing this to be fair specimen Of the cOnsump-
ton and expense Of ardent spirit in the county gene
rally, (which from the character Of Goshen for tempe
rance is probably too low an estmae,) Il would APP
pear that the Al o67 inhabitants Of Ltch6cId county
have consumed 04,7lI gallons year, at nm expense
Of $75,5OO.
Now admitting that the temperance reformation has
reduced this expense Ihrce-fourhs for the last six
months (which IS even less than the reports Of our
delegates authorize US staie) it will appear that the
county has already realized, in half year, the actual
saving Of 3l2 SO, or a, the rate Of $566"5 year.
Dividing this sum the number Of towns in the conn
~, the quoent exhibits an average saving to each
town Of $2574 year. OF this saving the average pro-
norton to the smallest town in the county more than
$l2OO-.that is, upwards Of 5000 for the last six
months. A blind and obstinate incredibly may at
tenn, 10 dscredit these satcmenis but facts and fig
ures arc arguments that cannot be rcfuted. IL this
estimate no reference is made 10 the losses suffered
from proAigacy, waste OF time. m'smanagemen'' and
judicial the legitimate effects Of strong
drink. correct estimate Of what has been saved on
this scOre could it be made out would 60 10 swell the
above amount. The value oftcmperance associations
them IL above computation To their agency the TEN
perancc reformation must be, not exclusively but in
| great measure ascribed. The mutual pledges thu
entered in,o are what have contributed, more thar
any thing else, TO turn the current Of fashion, tina
mighty controller OF human conduct, and thus arres
that food Of liquid fire which has been inundang AM
devastating the country. Who then will refuse Il
share in the honor Of his couRtry's deIiveraHce, b.
Withholding his support from these ausOca,ionsi
IL s interesting well gratifying to note the pro
eressye change in public seu,inent-as developed b.
our county meetiugs-roIave to the buSiness Of man
ufacurnV and vending Intoxicating lqUors The feel
inc which now exists, commenced with 1spiTit ofmO
dest inquiry,--candidIy suggesting whether IL wa
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