Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-03-27
VOL. XII. NO. 81

d,'eu' Inc Chairman said Nag. RI can,
lot, said ne, appreciate man 70 all @
ON as drink This was as .vn.. pr
FOR having been one Of the Rosfd
wo years, previously. had tound ,E LOi
MIR. Conant was Of The same oo;n; .na'
myself He says in his renIv '",o Ts as
authority having prof,ed sons Inc
experience of last year, &cn T DI me
: profit slip the 'Squire's mind ~ 'nls
rOtsd2 has his mind changed s;ncs 40 40
voted against approbating2 Or Is he
employed by the other party 10 defend
them against what be considers riehtp
wish him TO tell the readers of the Tsls
graph, plainly, whether his views hav.
changed since the fifth instant; or wbe,b'
er his sympathy is so strong for the O.
posite members Of the Board, that h, rH
plead for that uhich he considers 4orona,
As 10 selecting The man who would msla
the most prudent use of his power of sell.
ing the poison. | think The au,hor,,
Judged pretty well. For l guess he w.,
the best calculated to select customers Win
could carry off their loads, and | oues,bs
would make the most money by il too,
guess he sold more liquor the last yea,
than either of the other Inn-keeners IN
town! But II the authority though, 9th
; erwise, they We're not to blame in selpc,.
| ing him if they thought some one nra
: sell, as stated.
Deacon Conant continues, -"Can NJ,
:, Holcomb, as temperance man, who ba,
t experienced much of the evil of the fre,
q use Of ardent spirits in his own person fo.
e merly, recommend it as the safest course
TO promote temperance, to select the mos
+ abandoned man we can find, ard ammo.
+ bate him as suitable person TO keep
1t house oil entertainment, giving him full
s power TO spread far and wide The evil Of
a intetnPerance q No, Sir, | can no.. |
l. would have respectable man 10 keep 4,
: house oil public entertainment, ac.ihsvl
l. selling rum. | would also like 10 have
y my language quoted correctly. Islid, Sc
y lect the most abandoned man 10 I'll run
l. instead OF Keeping such house as men.
toned And stand ready 10 drsrni mr.
lie position against any man who admits ito
D. be morally wrong 10 sell and use inloKi.
eating liquors as common drink. AIco.
ID mol has Tor centuries been looked upon
as with suspicious eve 1t has been one d
ef Salan's deepest laid plans, TO get resperl
he 61taty appended 10 the traffic in it as
I'll drink. Laws have been enacted In diff
liz ent ages of the ereoture's existence, ma
IS ing II penal to sell to a man. when he HI
~ been injured by others, that is, drawn I'M
The stream and pressed with and by til.
Us crowd, just 10 the verge of the yawuing
ne gu phi. Yes, all hands must let go Thea,
e. aud let the man paddle out the bcS, way
he can. But how can he get out2 Tie
> L crowd are pressing behind, and he need
power from on high 10 enable him to exr,
ne cate himself Whereas, had he seen oag
Ire those who had just arrived al the brcake,:
ne where the waters bound, foam, and BE-
IT. GIN to roar, he would not have bccn draw.
ef- IN by them. 1t was up. among the smoo,5r
"a respectable waters that he entered. aud l.
&c ing charmed by the smooth gliding d
no the element, and the attractive com9ia'
"u ne was In, he needed not his danger uia.
", ~ his strength failed aud he plunged ITO
ne the awful gulf below. THIS, all are awls
as has been the mode of making drunaarlis
Hu and the way many have ended their dt-;
on have been frank TO acknowledge my IT,
l'u ror. said, in an article published %
led 400. tha, I IA do " y"
icy solved 10 take different course. Ba
10 my resolution failed And did not So:
=" coed until l fully realized that | was
1', sinner, and called upon God for aid Ia
,nu temperance address published Oh and
O. ION OF August 1886, l again men:OaA
nv that | had once travelled that road AMI
~ "o'c, Deacon Conant, from some caua,
publishes again. He probabl ts
-ep knows his motive have charity 10 Be-
my lleve he would not have done it, bad hs
" rtneited more before reminding the PeOf'
. 'en OF ia third time l can say in irah'
. ~; mat 1t is somewhat more than three years
81, SINCE | have drunk any ardent spirit, an
n' ooout that time since have USED any
- 10Tac9fiaS liquors as drink If he tll
~ say SO OF himself, am glad Of IL
- never had natural appetite for L. b"
r. was drawn into the habit Iy the rssPft'i'
Ctc drinkers. Since succeeded in breaE
&c. Ing The charm, my feelings have been
~ strongly enlisted on the siIe Of tola az
=; StInence from all intoxicating Liquors as 5
1:I drink. have also seen the need OF KEEP
; - ing respeetabitity array from tie tTafe',"
me only sure way OF getting rid oil in'
evil. believe in order 10 do away any
IVY evil, that evil must have IT'S cloak iaEea
~ I'll ifom l.-be exhibited to the public g'lI'
,M IN all It's naked deformity, that The PeOp,s
III may know what 1t is. And Rad 'ns
'su voice of the screen Msnders," wOaD
70; speak until the people throughout Toe
-, whole earth would wake up, open ihrl'
oe eyes, ana see the only tenable groUna,