Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-08-12

great utility The funds had nearly rrb-
led those ofthe preceding year, the amount
received fos temperance objects being
about u, 400; the expenditure about H.
500, including the tract depot and the
agency part of the establishment
Many distinguished individuals ad-
dressed the meeting; the following are
brief extracts from some of the speeches
G. S. Kendrick said" Ii had been as
serted, that the number of drunkards in
this country was 60O,OO0. He would
venture TO say that the persons who made
that statement, did so without any grounds,
without taking the trouble to ascertain
whether it was fact In his parish, gu:
Of the 1900 inhabitants, 1868 were
drunkards. (Hear, hear.) If that was
taken to be the case throughout the king
dom, what an awful number should they
have-upwards of two millions of drunk
ards (Hear, hear.) 1t might be sad,
how could he ascertain the number In his
ineighborhood that he could not ascer-
tain the private history of every indlvldu,
al. He would tell them how he ascer'
tanned it-by sending round to every
house and inquiring, How many drunk
ards are there belonging TO your family |!
Cloud laughler) and they told him. ICON
liLued laughter He told some friends
of his how he intended 10 acquire his in
, formation they said it would be very
GOOD evidence if he could gel it. but how
could il,be got! Now he (Mr. X hat
tried, auI he had got it, Cheers and mos
4 valuable information it was, and no on
would deny but that it was fairly and lie
: Ultimately obtained. He would give then
an instance of the peoples readiness
+ communicate the fact. In one house,
E collier was asked, How many drunk
Il ards are there belonging to your family
S Well he said, don't know-you pr
J. them down, and | will tell you daughter
n there's my son Jem, and there's John, the
there's Joe, and Will. aud Andrew, (cor
lie linued aughter) then there's myself, an
= the cd wo nan, you may put her do"
a too, for she gets drunk ds well as the re
lie of US (Roars of laughter.) Ii had BET
IL calculated that one-genth OF the drunkar,
J. die every year he meant TO ascerta
or whether that were so, but if 1t We're, l!
k persons 10 his parish die every year fro
h, drunkenness. 400 had died altogether
he the last year, and if 1876 died of drunk,
ip, ness, nearly half the people diLnot di
as natural death, but committed suicide
o. Hear, hear) This fact alone would
90 enough to make him telotaler, and
= all he could to make the rest OF the NO
hat so. (Cheers) There was another v,
90, important Consideration, and that was
I'VE beneficial effects that tetotalism wo
)0,- have on the morals Of the people. H,
rm hear.) They had heard it said that /,
and tllsm kept people f'om the house
re- God. In his parish there were s.;
ing persons who attended places of worsl
So and 5,31I who never did he had ing
me ed into the histories OF many oil the laI
md and had invariably found that they ~
and drunkards (cheersi) 1t was usual tn
.ng- for numbers to be turned out of the :
lere lie house Just at eleven o'clock, before
and vice, in a state Of drunkenness. L
lev could not go to place Of worship
por- could not worship that Being who s
nse- Dfunkards shlll not inherit the king
The of heaven, but they wandered about
the place till the legal time for geJ
spir drunk arrived. he blushed TO say
ium there was time for getting drunk.
DIS Mr.. Alexander stated, that, all
alive 10 teetotallsm in Suffolk; they
So their public meetings every week,
EN- their members meetings every aite
bsti- week: thew were not satisfied with
per mo teetotaiism in their county towr
ding were endeavoring to engrah 1t int
.sary market towns and villages throughor
ester country. And in consequence OF
xeter great desire at Ipswich to attend
DIage meetings, and the great difficulty
Stan tanning comfortable situation, pa
n of been proposed and carried into efteC
laims raising large building on purpc
gence hold those meetings in; loud chez
uallv that building was now rooted In, an
such few weeks would be finished, and
super be capable of containing not less
e Sec 1000 individuals. (Cheers.) He
,ich It donbt that the building, large as
atoms would be very generally filled; for
10, 900 week passed without considerable
naries mentalon to their numbers.
untry, It is estimated that 10000 indy
been in Great Britain alone have alrea
lers- come converts to Inc religion o.
sn-in who were free drinkers, and nevel
Mt mo- within the sound of the gospel uni
ms and yerted 10 total abstinence.
70 mill. But, Messrs. Editors, perhaps ID
report important intelligence Dy teIe,t a
that the learned of England have
FoR- ed up the discussions Of the past
on the this country, and vindicated the q
y TIL of God and the blessed Redeeme
society world, from having 1ronounceu
,r Hall, OH intoxicating liquors as oeve
The The New British and Foreign II
~ WIN. stincnce Socie:y offered loo so