Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-03-02

sold at public auction close by me- VIVA;
spectacle for the DIES pots Of Europe to
gaze at! And in CONVERSATION with one
of the most amiable women | have met
with here, she mentioned, as if it was no
more than the sale Of dog, the sale of
her own maid, once slave of Judge Up
shur to the trader, for trivial piece of
-
Rumsellers put to their Trumrs.-One
of our citizens being in Gray few days
since, learned the following facts. A few
days since, traveller called at a temper
ance tavern in that place, kept by Mr..
t'oss, and ordered his horse to be put up.
Soon after this was done, he inquired if
this was temperance tavern; being told
that 1t was, be replied that he could not
stop there, and must have his horse. He
then drove to Dea. BARRELS and had the
precaution TO inquire if that was a tenn
perance house. Being answered in the
affirmative, he turned short about, and
drove TO the tavern where rum is vet sold.
1t was afterwards ascertained he was a
! wholesale rumseller from Boston, and that
the object Of his journey was to find a
per cent. cheaper than they had been ac-
customed to purchase it, and was willing
to take his pay in holses These facts
need no comment They show what the
runseIIing business is coming to. Per-
haps some Of our Gray subscribers car
inform US how the plan succeeds. We
have the names of the individuals com.
posing the firm 10 which the above men
toned travelling rum-merchant belongs.
Temperance Gazette.
COUNCIL OF CENSORS.
The Council of Censors closed its ad-
journed session in this town on Tuesday
morning Of this week. They have pro,
posed several importat changes in oul
/ Constitution, and voted to call Conven.
lion to decide upon their adoption. The
following outlines, we believe, embrace
all the essential alterations which they
recommend to the people to incorpora!
into their Constitution.
l. An extension Of the term of servic
Of the Judge Of the Supreme Court from
one yearto seven years.
H. An extension Of the term of service
of the Senators in our State Legislature
t from one 10 three vears.-one third of tn
whole number 10 be elected annually.
ILL., To take from the Legislature tn
5 appointment Of Sherif1s High BaIiffs, an
give the election OF those officers to tn
: people of the several counties-also 10 Civ
the election of Justices Of the Peace 10 tn
, people of the towns 10 which they reside.
: ". To change the time for electin
= State Officers from the first Tuesday
4 September to the frs! Tuesday O! Octobe
and the time for the meeting of the Legi
e lature from the second Thursday Of o.
f to the first Thursday ofJanuary.
r V. To enable the Governor, Leutena
! Governor, Treasurer, Judges of the S.
' 2reme, County, and Probate Courts Seer
: tarv of State and several State and Count
: Officers, to hold their respective Office
a until their successors are elected and qua
: ihed.
VI. To dispense with the forwarding
o the State Legislature the ballots for Go
:. ernor, Lieutenant Governor and Treasure
requiring only the several presiding {
: icers' certificates of the number of vot
; cast for each candidate for those offices r
) spectiveIy.
VII. To submit al! amendments, whic
e succeeding councils may hereafter recor
q mend, directly to the PEOPLE themselvt
= instead of suGjecting them to the supt
!. vision of Convention of Delegates.
n Burlington Free Press.
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