Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-05-29

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Seives bound to recommend every appli
cant who had accommodations, regardless o
the number applying or the amount of travel
i1is course is believed to be wrong. Tn,
authorities are. agents OF the public. anc
should recommend no more to keep public
houses than the good of community re-
CURES II more apply they should selec
me requisite number only, and withhold
their appreciation from others.
Inc law says the authority shall recon-
memo one or more suitable persons in each
town to keep>a public house or houses. >
ihe law also gives the landlord the priv.
iege OF selling spirits by the dram, and
"ltnholds II from all other persons. Thus
the law contempla,es as one main thing,
mat The lnn-keeper shall be able TO profit by
MS trade. But if the authority establishes
TWO or more taverns adjacent, where the
wants OF community will not give. more
man. one proper support, they iniure the
public by inviting the increase of tipping,
and violate the spirit Of the law by taking
from the one in-keeper the means of profit
ing by his trade.
Competition in tavern keeping in the
country operates the reverse of other trades
cnlessin large villages. II takes from eth
er lnn-keeper the assurance that he can re-
ailze a. profit upon commodous establish.
ment. For if by increasing his expenses
ne strives to out do the, other, he must keep
"a high and low bar1room, Gas Parks does in
Whitehall,) or he must send to the other
tavern large portion of his custom, and
thus It ottener happens that neither tavern
rs improved, but tippling is increased. The
consequence is, travellers are not SO well
accommodoted--th landlords toll to no
profit, and oftener than those of any other
class they become topers themselves, while
they set snares for their own children, gen
crate intemperance and tears around them.
and furnish increased business for sherif's
and justices, poor-masters and sections.
That as few taverns should be licensed
as the public wants will permit, is evident
iromthe reading of our law which author
lzes the courts in every instance to grant Ii
.censes in their discretion;' and is also
corroborated by the law of PENNSYLVANIA,
which enacts, Sec. Sd, No inns or taverns
shall be licensed unless necessary to accom-
modate the public
How long our laws will legatize the I'M
ION of drdm-shop and tarern is not known
but that they will be divorced is as certain
as that knowledge begets improvement
Until that time comes it is the duty of all
those who desire to promote temperance, to
use all lawful means to prevent the estab
lishment of such shops as dispense the
source of intemperance. And it is the duty
OF all those of the town authority who pity
or 'despise drunkards,' or have any com
passion for their relatives, to refuse to rec
ommend any persons tor inn-keepers who, it
is believed, will use the accredited means
of making drunkards.
Though taverns are necessary, the seryic-
es Of the landlord invaluable, and the laws
appear 10 contemplate that towns shall pro-
vide public houses, yet it is tar better for
community that towns should pay direct
tax TO enable the landlord to keep temper
ance house, than that high or low taverns
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should be located in town,-for either are as
certain to lure temperate men to intemper-
ance, as good seed is TO grow when planted
in favorable soil. But taverns could now
exist to credit without leaning upon grog-
shop for support, if those who say they 6 be
lieve in temperance, would be consistent
Let those uphold the establishment of
ram-selling taverns, who prefer witnessing
the effects of rum-drinking to abstalnng
from gratifying their taste for intoxicating
drinks-and say u
+ Let's grogrshops have where traYlers stop,
That they may comfort take
/ Where we also can get drop, 4
And hands with drunk ards shake
CLARK Rich.
shoreham, May is, 1889.
| Note. There were 81 licenses granted in
| 1887 to retailers and taverners in the Coun-
ty of Addison. Total fees, $l96 so. One
criminal case, the real fruit of rum-shops,
which occurred in the same County, the
same year, cost the State $l62 So.
Does the State make money BY granting
licenses?
Is a town benefited by having several
hundred dollars expended within it for grog
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