Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-09-01

;ar for Boston.
Query: Ought not the friends of tenn
perance, as they have opportunity, to pat
ronize this and similar establishments
Yours respectfully,
A. G.. WASHBURN
Aug. 1886.
A story for Wins-drinkers Mr. Kit
tredge, in a recent temperance address in
this town, related the following anecdote:
A confirmed drunkard, who had but |
cents, stepped into a bar-room room to take
IL o'clock dram. He hesitated, however,
before calling for it-tor even the rubi-
cund visage Of the sot at this day bushes
at drinking alone. While he fingered, a
gentleman drove up to the door, alighted,
and walking boldly up to the bar, called
for glass of wine The bar-kecper
handed it to him, he helped himself, laid
down his four ence-ha' penny, and depart
ed. Our New- Highlander then stepped
boldly up, called for his white-eye, with
trembling hand drained the glass, laid
down his three cents, and then asked the
bar-keeper-"Wasn't that temperance
MANI Eyes" We'll, | thought so,
and if I'd had three cents more I'd been a
temperance man toe" W Chron
Reuben Fl. Walworth, President Of the
NewY ork State Temperance Society, has
called a special meeting of the State Socie-
ty, to be holden at Albany, the 18th of next
month.
From the Preston Temperance .Adrocdte
On Wednesday last, the celebrated pc
deslrlan, VIM. McMullen, undertook to walk
| 80 miles forwards and 20 backwards, in "a
| hours: he started at o'clock in the evening,
and completed his undertaking in % l2
hours, on the total abstinence principle. He
| has been about month a tee-totaller, and he
declares that he never found himself so we'll
after an undertaking of the kind before
| We have heard much about strong drink be-
ing necessary under extraordinary eXertIOnS:
let the above fact say whether it is so or not
Penrith. NJ. A.
Going to the Root of the EpH-"If they
were to make me a constable" said a re-
| spectacle tradesman, land saw rO1o in
the street, should let it go on. Instead of
taking the men into custody, would ascer-
tain from whom they got the article that
produced this effect, and proceed immediate
" against hem." This would be going to
the fountain-head, and would be the only
means of preventing a recurrence Of the
same disorder-D.
Temperance Academies--These admra-
bic places are now upon the increase. Sew
eral new ones have been opened in Preston
A small cottage is taken: from IS to "a
tee-totallers join at the outfit and rent. They
have usually two apartments, one fitted up
with desks and forms as a school, where
they teach each other reading, writing, and
accounts; the other is fitted up with table
and chairs, and is used as reading and con
versation room. Presents have been made
to these humble institutions; among others
a collection Of useful books, by G. Swain,
son, Esq.-Ib.
The SomoyedeS inhabit that territory
which extends along the borders OF the Fro
zen Ocean, from the White Sea to the mouth
latitude. They are the smallest race Of PEG
pie in the world, their usual height not ex
ceeding four feet, and are so ugly as to give
= rise to the Russian proverb, "There are mer
in the north who have dogs heads" Thei
eyes are extremely small, the mouth very
wide, and the ears remarkably large & long
They are amazingly strong and swift in thu
chase. The produce of their yearly tot
they dispose Of at their annual fair, which i
. held at the town of Obdorsk, 81 degrees O
north latitude, near the mouth Of the rive
- Obi, and at period Of the year when tn
sun is invisible for two months, and th
country buried in snow; yet with all thes,
disadvantages, the people flock in from hun
dreds Of miles around, to barter their com
modities principally for spurious liquors AM
tobacco.-From HdnderingS in Siberia
by French Merchant.
Hol0 Pdupers are mdde.-There wer
admitted into the Philadelphia Aims Hous
last year, 1913 paupers, in which number,
out of 10 of the adults, were Incorporate.
The superintendent ofthe children's depart
ment, states it as her conviction from clos
observation, during period of II years, tina
80 out Of every 100 children admitted int
that institution were the offspring of intern
= perate parents.-NeUspGper.
And yet the government of this city, Ii
censes every year, hundreds, if not thou
sands Of men, to Lee loose that fiery serpent
who, by his poisonous bite, destroys NOR
than sword, pestilence and famine. And
l. although by the bite Of this Venomous drag
# on, thousand persons, in one city are year
ly brought in the Aims House, yet this is bu
one item, and small one too, of the I'm
J speakable wretchedness, which is inflicted
upon human society, by his woful depreda
e tons. Who will God, the just Judge of tn
G earth, hold responsible for this unnecessar
IS wretchedness and wo ?-Zio't'S Herald
In Glasgow-educated, Bible-readin!
Glasgow-no tless than four hundred an
g eighty thousand pounds is annually expend